March '06 Archive
03-31-06 - Killing of militant commander sparks gun battles in Gaza A commander of a militant Palestinian group accused of firing missiles into Israel was killed yesterday in an explosion which led to gun battles that killed at least two people.
03-31-06 - Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza Strip In a separate airstrike, an Israeli plane fired a missile at the Palestine Sports Stadium in Gaza City, damaging the stadium as well as surrounding buildings, said Palestinian security sources, adding that no casualties were reported.
03-31-06 - British theatre steps in to stage play after New York run axed
03-31-06 - Abbas condemns suicide bombing, Western aid threat
03-31-06 - West is 'racist' towards Palestinians: Haniya
03-31-06 - Hamas calls for calm in Gaza
03-31-06 - Arabs evicted from Jerusalem
03-31-06 - Ex-Mossad chief: Hamas offered 30-year cease-fire in 1997
03-31-06 - Hebron Update: 21-27 March 2006 An Israeli soldier asked Corcoran why CPT didn't trust the soldiers to care for
the Palestinian children on their way to school. Corcoran responded that
somehow or other the Palestinian children felt safer when CPT was present. The
soldier nodded yes and smiled. Later when Corcoran was at a distance from the
soldier, he observed an Israeli settler take the soldier's gun and aim the gun
at the back of a Palestinian girl on her way to school.
03-31-06 - Jill Carroll: finally free Across the Muslim world, voices not normally heard on behalf of an American, called for Jill's release: Hamas in the Palestinian territories, the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, and many others.
03-31-06 - Abbas urges new Israeli leadership back to peace negotiations
03-31-06 - Palestinians should not be punished for electing Hamas: Abbas
03-31-06 - Israel asks UNRWA to expand its humanitarian program Because Israel does NOT want to be held responsible for the humanitarian crisis that it CREATED.
03-31-06 - Palestinian PM orders probe to death of militant group's leader
03-31-06 - Soldiers, settlers attack local farmers and international peace activists in Hebron Israeli army troops and scores of extrimist right wing settlers attacked, on Thursday morning, dozens of farmers and international peace activists while planting trees in the West Bank city of Hebron.
03-31-06 - Two projects aid women, children in refugee camp
03-31-06 - 'Israel lobby' critique roils academe The significance of the paper, according to those who condemn it, as well as those who embrace it, lies in the Harvard and University of Chicago credentials of the authors and in the fact that it has been presented in a high-level academic forum, in a heavily footnoted style associated with accurate, objective scholarship. This article was almost an attempt at fairness by the Boston Globe with respect to its reporting on the matter of the study of the Israeli lobby. But then they felt the need to play the David Duke card.
03-31-06 - Rice: Palestinian Aid Decision Coming Soon
03-31-06 - UN gives clean bill of environment health to Gaza pullout Apart from localized pollution and "issues associated with asbestos" the report found no water, land or building contamination, or major sources of hazardous waste that pose significant risk to the environment or public health.
03-31-06 - When Doves Cry The settlements and the Israeli separation wall are enormous obstacles to a viable two-state solution. But they were put in place by acts of political will. In principle, they can be removed by political decisions. What is uncertain is whether any coalition of forces can be assembled in Israel that can muster the wisdom and courage to undertake this. It would be greatly facilitated if the international community and the media ceased to propagate obfuscations about the nonexistent "peace process." This has become a propaganda term that conceals Israel's continued settlement expansion, the construction of the separation barrier declared illegal by the International Court of Justice and the fact that the Gaza Strip remains under occupation practically and according to international law. These harsh realities and their appalling consequences for the Palestinian people must be confronted
03-31-06 - Clinton: I would be prepared to shake hands with Hamas Asked if he would shake hands with Hamas in the name of negotiation as he did with Arafat in 1993, Clinton said: "If they made the same assurances that Arafat did.
03-31-06 - Analysis:China's Middle East agenda
03-31-06 - South Africa's Mbeki to visit Palestinian territories The Palestinian leader is also to meet with former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Saturday and hold talks with South African Jewish and Muslim leaders as well as Arab ambassadors based in South Africa.
03-31-06 - Global Divide on Israel Lobby Study In the international online media, the 83-page study, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," by John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of Harvard, has attracted largely positive coverage. By contrast, U.S. and Israeli commentators have described their findings as outrageous and scandalous. Which again proves one of the points of the study.
03-31-06 - Israel suspects journalists of spreading bird flu
03-31-06 - Palestinian daughter of Red Army founder steps out of shadows, embraces new life of liberty In 1971 at the height of global student radicalism during the Vietnam War, Fusako Shigenobu, who was then 25, headed to Lebanon with a vision to fight for Palestinian independence and eventually bring leftist revolution to Japan.
03-31-06 - Palestinian security forces remain under Abbas' control
03-31-06 - HI: 96,700 of Poultry Birds Culled by March 30 in Gaza
03-31-06 - Daniel Pipes, a new kind of Israel-basher Dr. Pipes goes on to admit "a certain frustration" with the apparent unwillingness of Israelis to go out there and do the right thing: bring the Arabs to heel, by use of overwhelming force.
Pipes would appear to be a supremacist/extremist whose ideologies inspired the Danish editor (Fleming Rose) to publish the anti-Islam cartoons.
03-31-06 - Israel medics mull long-term care move for Sharon
03-31-06 - The Lobby Strikes Back The hate campaign directed at Mearsheimer and Walt underscores and validates the study's contention that all attempts to objectively discuss our Israel-centric foreign policy and the pivotal role played by the Lobby are met with outright intimidation.
03-31-06 - Eitan has Pollard document, spy's wife says Rafi Eitan "has in his personal possession a document, a major bargaining chip in negotiations for Jonathan's release," Esther Pollard wrote Thursday in the online version of Ma'ariv. "He has held the only copy of it for 21 years. The recovery of this document would be invaluable to the Americans, as it would permit them to finally wrap up the case once and for all."
03-31-06 - High Stakes at Harvard What would motivate two well recognized academics to depart so grossly from their usual standards of academic writing and research in order to produce a "study paper" that contributes so little to the existing literature while lending so much comfort to anti-Semites? Dershowitz, while playing the anti-Semite card (big surprise there), changes tack and focuses on going after Harvard next. All angles are being worked in the relentless onslaught of bilious vitriol by pro-Israelis in response to the study of the Israeli lobby. I don't think even they know where to fling the feces next. All they seem to know is that it must be flung.
03-31-06 - America and Israel Judgment of the precise value of the Walt-Mearscheimer paper has been swept aside by a wave of condemnation. Their scholarship has been derided and their motives impugned, while Harvard has energetically disassociated itself from their views. Mr Walt's position as academic dean of the Kennedy School is in doubt.
03-31-06 - Religion in the News the "kosher phone" is real and its developers are serious about looking beyond the religious enclaves of Israel. Some Arab companies even have inquired about the phone's main feature: keeping out sex lines and other worldly temptations.
03-30-06 - Suicide bomber kills 3 Israelis in West Bank Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement, claimed the bombing and said it was in response to Israeli attacks.
03-30-06 - Israeli Arabs in landmark protests two days after polls Lod was the scene of the notorious Plan Dalet operation led by later defence minister Moshe Dayan in the 1948 Arab Israeli war in which some 80 Palestinian civilians were killed, prompting most of the rest of the town's Arab residents to flee...."It's not just Lieberman, it's the so-called moderate parties too," said Qadri Wasal of the Arab Israeli extra-parliamentary political movement Sons of the Land. "This was all our land in 1948 and they took it away."
03-30-06 - Israeli planes target rocket sites in Gaza: military Earlier, Israeli planes carried out a further airstrike on a launch site used by militants to fire rockets into Israel. No casualties were reported. Artillery gunners also shelled open areas in the northern Gaza strip in response to recent rocket fire, which killed two Israelis earlier this week.
03-30-06 - NDP urges Ottawa to redirect cancelled funding for Palestinian aid
03-30-06 - Seven people hurt in gas blast in Israeli city
03-30-06 - American volunteer believes Hebron attack was ?planned? The American has been working for several months in Hebron?s H2 district and says he is well known by the settlers and has been the target of violence and verbal abuse in the past. Members of the Tel Rumeida Project accompany Palestinian children to shield them from settler violence
03-30-06 - Israeli Army forbids tree planting Shortly after the planting commenced 25 Israeli soldiers and 12 police came on
the scene, declaring the area a "closed military zone" and giving the
Palestinians notice that they would be arrested in ten minutes if they did not
leave.
03-30-06 - A just peace or no peace Do policymakers in Washington and Europe ever feel ashamed of their scandalous double standards?..we have not heard a single demand of the Israeli parties that took part in this week's elections, though some advocate the complete removal of the Palestinians from their lands
03-30-06 - Hamas fury over West's funding threats "That surprises us that the Western societies are refusing the results of a democratic process that all observers agreed went on in a good manner,"
03-30-06 - Palestinian Official Criticizes U.S. He also said the United States is spending $3 billion a year "to expand settlements and to confiscate our rights and our land," he said, referring to U.S. aid to Israel....."Is the Canadian state willing to starve the Palestinian people while the Israelis are committing major crimes against Palestinian industry, Palestinian society, the Palestinian economy, occupying their land?" he said. "Is this is a moral principle according to which Israel should be blessed and supported by the Canadian government and people?" Canada has come under the heavy influence of its burgeoning Israeli lobby. It has become another Israeli-occupied territory. My condolences.
03-30-06 - Quartet warns Hamas government aid will be hit The statement omitted previous warnings against "unilateral actions" which referred indirectly to Israeli settlement expansion and the West Bank security barrier.
03-30-06 - House considers university funding One directs the education secretary ?to take into account the degree to which activities of centers, programs, and fellowships at institutes of higher education advance national interests, generate and disseminate information, and foster debate on U.S. foreign policy from diverse perspectives.? This sounds like an earlier bill that was to ensure that federally-funded university curricula was sufficiently pro-Israel or the funding would be cut. Now it's been cloaked in more 'patriotic' language. Be warned.
03-30-06 - Fisk paints a Middle East in crisis Robert Fisk says that in his three decades of reporting from the Middle East for British newspapers, he's never seen it more dangerous, and that he's certain another major crisis, possibly even another September 11, is coming.
03-30-06 - Inquest date set on shot filmaker James Miller was shot while filming in Gaza in 2003. An Israeli investigation in April 2005 cleared a soldier of misusing his firearm.
03-30-06 - Abbas congratulates Olmert on election victory Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has telephoned Israeli interim-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to congratulate him on his election victory this week
03-30-06 - World Vision supports food security in Palestinian villag According to the World Bank, more than 43% of all Palestinians live under the poverty rate of US$2.1/ day. One third of all Palestinian families do not have food security, and an additional 40% are vulnerable to food insecurity.
03-30-06 - Al-Assad's interview with PBS: Syria's position is very clear Al-Assad: I will tell you. There was something like we did. I will go back to our experience. I think both sides have to recognize the UN and the Security Council resolutions. This is the solution. According to those resolutions, you have an Israeli state and a Palestinian state. So it is a very good idea. Both of them will have a state but through Security Council resolutions. Whole interview is worth reading. I saw it as it aired on PBS.
03-30-06 - Exposé on Jewish role in US policy is disowned After a furious outcry from prominent American Jews, Harvard has removed its logo from the study and disowned any responsibility for the views put forward in the working paper, released two weeks ago....Yesterday it confirmed that Stephen Walt, the co-author of The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, will be stepping down in June as academic dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government to become an ordinary professor. Which again proves some of the points of the study.
03-30-06 - What Was CPT Doing in Iraq? You probably know Jonathan Kuttab he is an evangelical Palestinian, born in Bethlehem, and has been working for justice for the Palestinians in nonviolent ways for a couple decades now
03-30-06 - Hamas seeks access to Palestinian investment fund
03-30-06 - Galilee Bishop Speaks for Justice, Friendship and Peace I have the pride of introducing myself as a Palestinian. I am a proud Palestinian.
03-30-06 - Caspar Weinberger, aide to Reagan and Jonathan Pollard nemesis, dies Weinberger authored a 40-page, classified assessment of the damage Pollard's actions caused to U.S. interests. A four-page version, which was not classified, compared Pollard to other well-known spies. In the unclassified version, Weinberger said it was difficult to conceive a greater harm to national security than what Pollard had caused. He said Pollard "both damaged and destroyed policies and national assets which have taken many years, great effort and enormous national resources to secure."
03-30-06 - Paper on Israel lobby raises hackles, but fails to gain traction in Congress Off the record, Jewish officials here reverse that equation, saying their support for the Iraq war was necessary in order to curry favor with a White House that was hell-bent on war. In fact, the adventure unsettled many Israeli and Jewish officials because of concerns that the principal beneficiary would be Iran. Outright bullshit. These groups have only recently backpeddled from their stance on the Iraq war due to the fact that it isn't the 'cakewalk' that neocons such as Paul Wolfowitz asserted that it would be.
03-30-06 - Palestinian minister off to bad start: Bolton In a further sign of how the United States aims to isolate Hamas, Bolton said Washington had decided to redefine the duties of U.S. Major-General Keith Dayton, whoe was appointed last November to oversee Israeli-Palestinian security coordination efforts John Bolton's neocon 'strategery' earned him the job of ambassador to the UN. The only problem is, it would appear that he is doing the bidding of Israel therein, 99% of the time, thus earning the new title of ISRAEL's ambassador to the UN.
03-30-06 - 'Sharon studied my map before stroke' Israel would retain the large settlement blocs, Jordan Valley, all of Jerusalem - including the Old City and the rest of east Jerusalem - and holy sites such as Rachel's Tomb on the outskirts of Bethlehem and the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, said Schneller. "Jerusalem will remain united," he said. That is a recipe for disaster. Israel does not own the West Bank or E. Jerusalem - it is occupied territory. Israel has been in violation of international law by building settlements and by building its wall such that it confiscates large swaths of land therein.
03-30-06 - S Africa to urge Hamas to accept Israel South Africa, which under apartheid was a close ally of Israel
03-30-06 - Art Exhibit by Watchdog Group Banned in Beersheva The group, Machsom Watch, monitors IDFsoldiers behavior toward Palestinian Authority Arabs at Yesha checkpoints. Turner said Thursday he would not allow the group to hold the exhibit on city property.
03-30-06 - Land Day: Arab MK threatens 'another intifada' The demonstration was in protest of "Israeli policy to demolish Arab houses in Lod and Ramla, and expropriating Arab lands under false pretenses." The protestors were angered that some 1,800 Lod homes are slated for demolition.
03-30-06 - European Union mission visits Gaza Strip; says food crisis is 'serious' due to Israeli closures Though Israel re-opened al-Mintar crossing after an emergency meeting last week brokered by American representatives, experts and UN officials say it is still functioning well below full capacity, and that not enough goods are being allowed in or out.
03-30-06 - Frost & Sullivan Accolade for NICE System's Technology Innovation in Homeland Aviation Security Frost & Sullivan's 2005/2006 Excellence in Technology Award in the field of homeland aviation security is conferred on Israel-based NICE Systems Ltd. In presenting this award, Frost & Sullivan commends the suite of advanced, innovative airport video surveillance systems developed by the company's digital video security solutions division - NiceVision
03-30-06 - Jews join letter against 'anti-terror' bill The petition presented this week to the act's principal sponsor, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), says the act "would punish and isolate the Palestinian people for exercising their right to vote."
03-30-06 - Israeli Electorate Rebukes Bush American neoconservatives have close, long-standing alliances with Israel's right-wing Likud Party. Like the neocons, the Likud believe in military solutions. In their policy papers, neocons set out a strategy for U.S.-Israeli hegemony in the Middle East. Many experts are of the opinion that Bush's invasion of Iraq was the opening gun of implementing this strategy.
03-30-06 - Curb your enthusiasm This week Palestinian children were being shot and killed in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian political activists arrested (there is now more than 9,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails), Palestinian crops and farms were being destroyed, Palestinians thrown out of their houses in Jerusalem, huge new checkpoints created at Kalandia that has made an insurmountable barrier between Palestinians within the West Bank, and with the continuation of the apartheid wall taking more land from villages.
03-30-06 - US professors accused of being liars and bigots over essay on pro-Israeli lobby Prof Mearsheimer said the storm of protest proved one of its arguments - that the strength of the pro-Israel lobby stifled debate on US foreign policy. Indeed. When the ever-abused charge of 'anti-Semite!' is leveled, then you know you've hit on something.
03-30-06 - Images that will terrorise Israel Oh God forbid Israel's image suffers, nevermind the starving Palestinians.
03-30-06 - US open to Israel's unilateral move on border "I would note that if you are going to have a negotiation, though, you have to have partners, and the Palestinian government that has just been sworn in does not accept the concept of a negotiated solution." Evidently Condi hasn't read this, or, she's a puppet of the Israeli lobby. Methinks the latter is the more appropriate conclusion.
03-30-06 - Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East Concerned about Report Authored by Two Prominent American Professors This organization is Christian Zionist in nature, not surprisingly.
03-30-06 - Presbyterians hear Jewish, Muslim Middle East views "We are being used by the extremist hate mongers on both sides to destroy each other," he said. "What you folks can do in this room?quit wishing for a wishing bone and have some backbone to stand up for justice and right and for your own religion."
03-30-06 - Good Times Roll at Alon USA With the purchase from Good Time Stores, Alon USA appears to be following a similar path. Once this deal is completed, Alon USA's retail operations will include 222 convenience stores throughout the Southwest
03-30-06 - Hillel e-mail links GW law student to terrorism Sophomore Seth Weinstein said he provided the information contained in the original e-mail about Kiblawi. On Wednesday night, he was with Bob Turk, a U.S. director of the Jewish Defense League, who said "there's no way" Kiblawi can deny the accusations, because his organization "has the papers to prove them." They would not discuss where their information about Kiblawi came from, other than to say some of it was given to them by an unnamed employee of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Since when does the Department of Homeland Security turn over documents to the JDL, an organization whose members have plotted acts of terrorism?
03-29-06 - Five missiles fired at southern Israel
03-29-06 - Palestinian cabinet is sworn in
03-29-06 - Christian heads in Israel, PA warn against unilateral moves The leaders of the Christian faith in Israel and the Palestinian territories expressed concern over the possibility that the newly elected Israeli government will continue its unilateral withdrawal from the territories:
03-29-06 - Israelis have at last endorsed the gradual return of a stolen inheritance
03-29-06 - Hamas warns of return to violence Hamas warned yesterday that if the new Israeli government did not begin peace negotiations and end the confiscation of Palestinian land it would revert to "armed resistance" to the occupation of the West Bank.
03-29-06 - Arab Leaders Adjourn Annual Summit The summit repeated its plan to provide $55 million a month to the Palestinian Authority, despite Western pressure to close up funding for the Hamas-led government. But most Arab countries have failed to follow through on their pledges since the plan was adopted in 2002, and Wednesday's resolutions contained no language pressing them to pay up.
03-29-06 - Canada halts aid to Palestinian Authority
03-29-06 - Hamas would win any conflict with Israel: Iran
03-29-06 - Palestinian family calls for support to fight eviction in Jerusalem Local sources report that the Jewish National Fund and Israeli Police are forcefully removing the Palestinian Ozlan family from their home in Silwan, East Jerusalem
03-29-06 - Israel must completely withdraw from Palestinian territories: Meshaal
03-29-06 - Result could spell end of US role in pushing for peace the Bush Administration has time and again shown itself reluctant to get involved and certainly does not intend to challenge Israel
03-29-06 - Palestinian farmers receive olive tree seedlings from Canadian Gift Catalogue How long before the Israeli settlers or soldiers uproot them, I wonder?
03-29-06 - Hamas: Israeli Policies Remain Hostile Mashaal said all the top Israeli parties refuse the following Palestinian demands: to give up Arab parts of Jerusalem, to withdraw to the borders before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, to grant Palestinian refugees the right of return, and to dismantle main Jewish settlements.
03-29-06 - Pullout Won't Bring Palestinian State Soon Palestinians fear Israel's unilateral imposition of borders will destroy any hope of establishing a viable, contiguous state, mostly because of Israeli plans to maintain and expand large West Bank settlement blocs.
03-29-06 - United States Must Address Control of its Middle East Policies by Israeli Lobby by Paul Findley Former Ambassador George W. Ball said Congress behaves like trained poodles, jumping through hoops held by lobbyists for Israel. The lobby marshals great resources to defeat its critics and reward supporters. Senators Charles Percy and Adlai Stevenson and Representatives Paul "Pete" McCloskey, Cynthia McKinney, Earl Hilliard and I are among those defeated at the polls by candidates heavily financed by pro-Israel forces. With hardly a murmur of protest, Congress recently approved resolutions saluting the prime minister of Israel for building high walls and fences that keep Palestinians penned up on their own land like cattle.
03-29-06 - Abbas calls for 'negotiated peace' with Israel
03-29-06 - Radical haredim: Zionists aided Nazis Throughout the leaflet, the Zionists are described as an evil and satanic force that abused haredi children before and after the establishment of Israel.
03-29-06 - Man Sentenced for Bush Assassination Plot The jury in the three-week trial saw a videotaped confession Abu Ali gave to the Saudis in which he said he joined al-Qaida because he hated the United States for its support of Israel. Our support for Israel also motived one of the plotters of 911
03-29-06 - U.S. cuts off contacts with Hamas-led government "I weep about the suffering of the Palestinians," Bush said, but added the Hamas-led government had to make a choice. Actions speak louder than words.
03-29-06 - Ex-Spymaster Gains in Israeli Election Asked about Pollard on Wednesday, Eitan said, "I would very much like to see this man go free."
03-29-06 - AIPAC trial delayed Judge T.S. Ellis III did not explain his order Monday postponing the trial from April 25 to May 23.
03-29-06 - Israeli poll deepens Palestinian gloom They argue that they would never be able to create a viable state out of the land that Mr Olmert would leave them
03-29-06 - Bush must now focus on the West Bank Kadima's plans thus go against the larger US interests in countering terrorism in the Middle East, which include creating a viable Palestinian state and a negotiated settlement over Jerusalem
03-29-06 - .S. Likely to Back Olmert's Border Plan as 'Road Map' Shelved
03-29-06 - Europeans greet result with hope, but Arabs sceptical
03-29-06 - The New York Times Covers Up Discrimination Against Palestinian Citizens of Israel
03-29-06 - Hamas condemns U.S. rejection of Quartet dialogue
03-29-06 - The Media and the Middle East No other issue has been the victim of such treachery like the Middle East discourse in the West, and particularly that concerning Palestine and Israel.
03-29-06 - Ballistic Missile Defense: Israel BMD plan As with previous Israeli tenders, the U.S.-Israeli consortia participating in the SRBMD tender want their systems to be eligible for U.S. government funding for the proposed project, Globes said. The U.S. Congress has already approved $133 million for the Arrow program in the coming fiscal year, including $10 million for defense against short-range missiles.
03-29-06 - Israel/Palestine issues will loom large at GA At the other end of the spectrum, the Presbytery of San Francisco in California is asking the GA to "reaffirm" the 216th Assembly's decision regarding divestment. "The occupation of the West Bank continues unabated, taking more land and isolating Palestinians from one another and their livelihood, undercutting the possibility of a viable economy," the presbytery says in its rationale.
03-29-06 - Dutch Glass Barriers to Israel for Inspecting or "Killing" Palestinians
03-29-06 - Church leaders in UK gather for peace in the Middle East
03-29-06 - U.S. Consulate to review P.A. encounters American consular officials in Jerusalem must review any request for a meeting between U.S. and Palestinian Authority officials.
03-29-06 - Presbyterian Church May Reconsider Divestment The church has since received letters of protests and even arson threats from people disagreeing with what they view as an unfair targeting of Israel in what is a bilateral conflict
03-29-06 - Roed-Larsen to ask for new UN resolution on Lebanon According to the sources, Larsen proposed three possible solutions to the Shebaa Farms dispute: a Lebanese-Syrian agreement, international arbitration, or an Israeli withdrawal.
03-29-06 - Belgium demands EU guideline on issuing visa to Hamas
03-29-06 - IDF to probe death of Palestinian shepherdess shot by soldier An investigation on the scene raised the suspicion that the soldier violated the army's rules of engagement. The shooting occurred during daylight hours, at a time when soldiers ostensibly can discern a woman shepherd herding her flock Nothing will come of this, judging by Israel's track record on these matters. In fact, they have a habit of rewarding soldiers that empty their clips into schoolgirls that are already on the ground.
03-29-06 - Israel's Election Europe is not beholden to any individual European government?s objection to meeting with Hamas - oh, come to think of it, most of those have quietly faded away, amid continuing blather about how best to funnel ever more money to the Palestinians despite their choice of terrorists as leaders My but the folks over at JINSA have adopted an amateurish and downright immature tone in their latest article. Then, that's what one would come to expect from neocons.
03-29-06 - Crowley, Israeli Official Meet "I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to make sure the safety of Israel remains a top priority," Crowley said at the end of the meeting.
03-29-06 - Jews who fled Arab countries take campaign to European Union Jews who fled Arab countries following the creation of the State of Israel have taken their demands for restitution to the European Union.
03-29-06 - Russia likely to sell arms to Palestine in long-term
03-29-06 - Arab-Americans Tell Corzine Of Candidate's 'Political Lynching'
03-29-06 - Israeli army sorry for fake voting The Israeli army apologized after a photo-op of soldiers voting turned out to be a sham
03-29-06 - A nation like ours The Boston Globe's resident Israel-apologist Jeff Jacoby's SECOND response to the report about the Israeli lobby by the two professors. Americans would NOT be so supportive of Israel if they knew the truth about Isreal's sordid history and grave human rights violations. That the American media is complicit in this is one of the POINTS OF THE STUDY.
03-29-06 - The Iraq War is Going Very Well - For Israel
03-29-06 - Bookstore owners defend kids' book Local bookstore owners, impassioned defenders of free speech, are loaning out copies of a controversial book of interviews with Palestinian and Israeli children after the Toronto public school board restricted access to it.
03-29-06 - Advisors block CoE Caterpillar divestment
03-29-06 - Kentucky lawmakers pressed on religion A letter signed by leaders of the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Community Federation of Louisville mentioned bills authorizing the posting of the Ten Commandments and the motto ?In God We Trust? at the state capitol How much time do they spend on Israel? I ask because some feel that to be anti-Israel is to be anti-Semitic. Conversely, one could make the same argument that our government spends the same amount of time if not more on legislation for the state of Israel. This legislation seemingly has no real beneficial effects for the majority of the citizens of America.
03-29-06 - Author Will Continue To Write
03-28-06 - Three killed in Mid-East violence Israeli medics said the two casualties were Bedouin Arab shepherds....Samer Freihat, 24, was hit by an Israeli bullet after clashes broke out in the village of Yamun, near Jenin, Palestinian medics said.
03-28-06 - US rebuffs Hamas offer of dialogue
03-28-06 - All settlements beyond barrier to go: Olmert And so the barrier was used for a land grab after all. Who would've guessed it?
03-28-06 - All Israeli parties commit crimes against Palestinians: Hamas
03-28-06 - Olmert claims victory in Israel
03-28-06 - Egypt Leader to Urge Israel on Peace Talks
03-28-06 - Palestinians see little change
03-28-06 - Emergency Funding Needed for Lutheran World Federation's August Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem Augusta Victoria Hospital, located on the Mount of Olives, serves patients in the Occupied Palestinian Territories regardless of race, gender, political or religious affiliation, ethnic origin or nationality. Augusta Victoria provides emergency medical services as well as unique services such as kidney dialysis, cancer treatment, and head-neck surgery. It is currently the only specialized center for pediatric dialysis, and the only radiation oncology treatment center for Palestinians.
03-28-06 - Hamas wins parliament's approval
03-28-06 - Dershowitz Calls For Unbiased Talk On Israel Question Dershowitz is hardly an individual that could give an unbiased talk about Israel.
03-28-06 - 'Israel Lobby' Study Attracts More Abuse The NY Sun is unrelenting in its crusade against the study of the Israeli Lobby by the college professors.
03-28-06 - 'We're on the eve of World War III' according to Meir Amit, a former director of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency.
....Amit urged Western nations to "unite and work together. Unfortunately, the world is not uniting. China and Russia are problems. This should be taken into consideration."
03-28-06 - Maze of checkpoints separates sisters
03-28-06 - Speakout: MEMRI's systematic distortions MEMRI claims to be an independent nonpartisan research institution. One of the co-founders of the organization, Yigal Carmon, is a retired Israeli military intelligence Colonel. Checking the MEMRI website, I found it served up blatant, unbalanced propaganda and was littered with inflammatory articles aimed to incite hate and bigotry toward any person whom MEMRI considers anti-Israeli or anti-Zionist.
03-28-06 - Harvard Study Critical of Israel Lobby Unjustly Lambasted The article is neither ignorant nor anti-semitic. It is a review of previously published information and opinion that is familiar to all who have followed events in the Middle East. It presents a view of the US and Israel that people such as Alan Dershowitz and Ruth Wisse oppose, and for which they will go to great lengths to delegitimize, in the name of defending Israel and Jews, against unjust attacks
03-28-06 - Storm intensifies over Israel Lobby paper ?What was once a non-partisan policy institute is now part of the pro-Israel chorus,? the professors wrote, taking aim at Brooking?s Saban Centre for Middle East Studies and in particular its main donor, Haim Saban, an Israeli-American businessman, and its director, Martin Indyk, a former US ambassador to Israel.
03-28-06 - Dershowitz pledges to defend Israeli generals Internationally renowned criminal lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, has pledged to defend
"in any court of law
" Israeli army officers threatened with legal proceedings when travelling outside their country, especially in the UK. Naturally.
03-28-06 - At lively hearing in AIPAC case, judge hints he could dismiss case Ellis gave the sides until this Friday to submit additional arguments, but the smiles around the defense table suggested they had fared better than expected at the hearing.
03-28-06 - Iran, Mideast, Lebanon on agenda for Rice-Chirac talks Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon and Syria, are all likely to be raised when US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has talks with French President Jacques Chirac on Thursday, the foreign ministry said.
03-28-06 - Hamas: US not interested in peace in Mideast
03-28-06 - THOUSANDS OF OLIVE TREES TO BE PLANTED IN LAND DAY DEMONSTRATIONS
03-28-06 - US urges Hamas to recognize Israel
03-28-06 - Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: Long standing suffering The land area occupied by the 12 Palestinian official refugee camps in Lebanon has remained mostly unchanged since 1948 despite the Palestinian refugee population in Lebanon having swelled from an estimated 100,000 in 1949 to over 400,000 at the present time.
03-28-06 - British Government tells delegation not to meet with Hamas
03-28-06 - NY theater under fire for postponing Mideast play
03-28-06 - Israel?s Artillery: Palestinian's House Decoration
03-28-06 - Arabs renew peace offer to Israel
03-27-06 - Palestinian militant killed by Israeli army in Gaza Strip
03-27-06 - Palestinians furious over new checkpoint restrictions The Israeli military said that as of Wednesday, Palestinians would be banned from crossing the Qalandiya checkpoint on the main road connecting the city of Ramallah to Arab neighbourhoods of east Jerusalem.
03-27-06 - The lonesome death of Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie went to Gaza to draw attention to the plight of the Palestinians, whose voice is seldom heard in her country, the US. That she herself should be silenced - first by an Israeli bulldozer, next by a New York theatre cancelling a play created from her words - is a testimony to the power of her message.
03-27-06 - EU, Arab, lawmakers warn of chaos if aid cut to PA Cutting aid to the Palestinians, on top of Israel's refusal to hand over tax revenue, could lead to chaos as the local economy cannot meet the population's basic needs, European and Arab lawmakers said on Monday.
03-27-06 - Fearing riots, Israel bars Jews from Temple Mount Israeli police have barred Jews from entering Jerusalem's Temple Mount/Al Aqsa mosque compound after fears that Jewish extremists would incite riots there ahead of general election.
03-27-06 - Hamas presents gov't to parliament Hamas called yesterday for talks with Western powers to try to reach a "just peace" in the Middle East but showed no sign of softening its stance on Israel as it presented its government to the Palestinian Parliament.
03-27-06 - Hamas urges talks on "just peace" in Mideast Haniyeh peppered his speech with language that could be seen by some foreign powers as more conciliatory.
03-27-06 - Middle East elections limit U.S. peace role Professor Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institution said the United States would not publicly take a position on the expansion of settlements, which the Palestinians oppose, but would tacitly give a "yellow light" to such a plan.
03-27-06 - Palestinians cull chickens to contain H5N1 bird flu Palestinian agriculture officials began poisoning 15,000 chickens in the Gaza Strip on Monday following an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
03-27-06 - Military force can't destroy our atomic program: Iran Soltaniyeh said that after Israel bombed Iraq's nuclear power plant at Osirak in 1981, then Iraqi-leader Saddam Hussein bombed Iran's Bushehr plant. The Security Council then passed a resolution condemning the attacks and making it illegal for countries to strike nuclear facilities.
But Soltaniyeh said those U.N. documents were "just pieces of paper" today to the United States and Israel.
A retired U.S. Air Force colonel and well-known war gaming expert told the conference the United States was under increasing pressure to use military force to destroy Iran's atomic sites and would make a decision on this option soon.
03-27-06 - US rebuffs Hamas offer of dialogue
03-27-06 - From 1997: Fulbright Called for U.S. Defense Pact With Israel But Was Labeled Anti-Semite This article from 1997 describes Senator Fulbright's version of the Harvard study of the Israeli lobby. Same s$#t, different decade.
03-27-06 - Israeli couple jailed over computer virus The Haephratis tried to market the virus to Israel's defense agencies .. who in turn said, 'No thanks, we've already got some!'....
03-27-06 - Check Point Loses Match Point With the possible exception of the Holy See, there's no country in the world less likely to attack the U.S. or aid terrorists than Israel. Evidently the author doesn't know about this incident, or perhaps this one.
03-27-06 - Academic Israeli path goes astray By Boston Herald editorial staff
This editorial from the Boston Globe follows closely the one by Jeff Jacoby in the same edition from yesterday's news.
03-27-06 - Shanghai's help for Jews hailed (Foxman of the ADL) added there were three reasons for the group's tour of the country....."And the last is to strengthen the relationship between China and Israel," he said.
Thus does the Israeli lobby take root in China.
03-27-06 - Hamas seeks $170 million per month from Arabs
03-27-06 - Israelis Rally Around Idea of Separation Thirty-nine years of occupation has taken a great toll, placing millions of Palestinians under the occupier's gun while Jewish settlers living just down the road enjoy full rights. A rare moment of honesty for the Associated Press. Wait 'til CAMERA sees it.
03-27-06 - Water reservoirs benefit farmers in Jordan Valley
03-27-06 - Hebron Update: 14-20 March 2006 A CPT intern joined Israeli activists, EAPPI, and farmers from Beit Ummar and
Saafa to plant 500 olive trees near Beit Ein where more than 1500 trees had been
uprooted the year before
03-27-06 - Olmert on verge of winning his border battle Israelis are expected to elect a government today that plans for the first time to set the final borders of the Jewish state - ending years of expansionism but still holding on to significant parts of the occupied territories.
03-27-06 - Palestinian militant refused bail
03-27-06 - HIAS: Keep immigration policies humanitarian Is this a policy they would support for Israel ? Be consistent, please.
03-27-06 - Palestinian rights advocate blocked from U.S. The U.S. State Department blocked a Palestinian human-rights advocate from entering the United States
03-27-06 - An Open Letter to President Jimmy Carter
03-27-06 - Rachel Corrie's Words Workshop officials said that given the controversial political nature of the play that they felt a need to either rewrite(!) ?My Name? to provide a more balanced context or to hold off on performing it until they could present it alongside another yet to be written piece that focused on testimonies of Israeli victims of terror.
03-27-06 - ATK, Boeing partnering on Israeli missile-defense system Alliant Techsystems Inc. said Monday it has signed on to help Boeing Co. in its pursuit of a contract for Israel's short-range ballistic missile defense system, designed to protect the country from short-range missiles and long-range artillery.
03-26-06 - Palestinian youth killed by Israeli fire
03-26-06 - 3 Palestinians wounded in Israeli airstrike in Gaza Two policemen were also injured in the attack
03-26-06 - Settlers attack Palestinian olive farmers A group of around a dozen settlers wielding iron bars assaulted the farmers who were sleeping in a tent near the settlement of Sussya, close to the Palestinian city of Hebron. The farmers had been camped out after extremist settlers had uprooted dozens of their trees last week.
03-26-06 - Child, man injured by army explosive in Tubas A local source in in Tubas reported that the explosive went off as a group of children found it and were playing with it unknowing its nature.
03-26-06 - Israel army to cut local links with Palestinians The Israeli army will end all coordination with local representatives of the Palestinian Authority once a Hamas-dominated government is sworn in on Wednesday, an officer told AFP
03-26-06 - Palestinians yearn for peace: Haniya
03-26-06 - France: Anti-Israel acts like anti-Semitism the focus on anti-Semitism created an "imbalance" in the approach to fighting all racism, and added that, if the recommendation became law, the umbrella groups the International Federation for Human Rights would be punished because it viewed Israel's treatment of Israeli Arabs as "discriminatory". Jewish groups in France, however, supported the recommendation.
03-26-06 - Palestinians, U.S. citizen complain of Hebron settler violence
03-26-06 - Arab ministers reject Israeli border move "This fulfills Israel's expansionist greed and renders impossible (all plans) to establish a sovereign and independent Palestinian state,"
03-26-06 - Kalandiya to become sole W. Bank-Israel crossing The Kalandiya checkpoint just north of Jerusalem will become an exclusive crossing into Israel a military source said Sunday.
03-26-06 - Hamas cabinet in confidence vote Hamas leaders say recognising Israel would mean accepting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
03-26-06 - Gaza farmers refuse to cull chickens in bird flu battle Farmers in the Gaza Strip where poultry have been hit by a bird flu outbreak are refusing to cull their chickens before receiving financial compensation.
03-26-06 - Tax authority keeps car despite death of elderly Palestinian owner Nearly all Israeli authorities, including the National Insurance Institute and Israel Broadcast Authority, erect similar roadblocks in East Jerusalem in an attempt to collect debts. In many cases these roadblocks are erected illegally by inspectors that aren't authorized to do so.
03-26-06 - Notice at Kalandia Checkpoint: Al Ram is Now Israel By restricting Palestinian access in this way, the Israelis have effectively annexed the village minus its West Bank residents to Israel. cutting it off from the rest of the West Bank. The restriction will also cement the illegal annexation of occupied East Jerusalem.
03-26-06 - Israel reopens key commercial crossing on Gaza border
03-26-06 - Olmert sees talks with US on Israel's borders Olmert's plan is vehemently opposed by the Palestinians, who outnumber Israeli settlers 10-to-one in the West Bank.
03-26-06 - Israel embraces Italian neo-fascist The Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted foreign ministry sources as citing three main reasons for the Israeli decision to court Fini, who is known for his anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim views...another reason for the Israeli government?s embrace of Fini seems to lie in his anti-Arab, especially anti-Palestinian, stance
03-26-06 - Abbas urges next Israeli government to cooperate
03-26-06 - Saddam Asks Arab League to Back Insurgents After dividing Iraq, the United States will carve up Saudi Arabia, Syria and Sudan, then establish a Palestinian homeland in Jordan and western Iraq, the letter said. That would let the U.S. control oil in the Arab world and Israel take over the West Bank, emptied of Palestinians, it said.
03-26-06 - Rickman's peace play heads to London the Playhouse Theatre in London has welcomed the production with open arms
03-26-06 - Palestinian Workers Right: Medical Confidentiality
03-26-06 - Israeli right nips at Kadima Russian immigrants who came to Israel after 1989 have a tendency to vote right-wing - anything that smacks of socialism brings back memories of Red Square.
03-26-06 - America takes side of Israel The Boston Globe's resident Israel-apologist, Jeff Jacoby, alleges that America's foreign policy is so pro-Israel because the American people are so pro-Israel. That may be true. But this still does not disprove the Harvard study about the Israeli lobby. For, if our media is pro-Israel (which the Harvard report alleges, as do many other organizations and this writer), then Americans will never have a chance to hear another side of the story, and thus could never be anything BUT pro-Israel - which is the point. Pro-Israeli media 'watchdogs' such as CAMERA, honestreporting.com and countless other pro-Israeli organizations see to it that you will never see the Palestinians as anything other than barbaric jihadis. I know that this is not the case. And I am not the only one. We are the only nation in the world that is so ardently pro-Israel. And we are also the only nation in the world whose pro-Israeli lobby is so powerful. Coincidence?
03-26-06 - Latin leaders balk at US 'wall' Some may not like it but I'd be willing to bet that this proposed wall follows the US borders and does not cut deep into others' territory.
03-26-06 - "We are no against the Jews .. civilians should be spared" -- Haniah
03-26-06 - Hamas urged to recognize Israel within 6 to 12 months Israel will carry out unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank unless the Hamas-led Palestinian government recognizes Israel within six to 12 months, a Kadima party's candidate for Israeli parliamentary elections said here on Sunday
03-26-06 - ISRAEL DOES NOT SEE MISSILE STRIKES AS THREAT Israeli military commanders said more than 90 percent of missiles fired from the Gaza Strip do not strike any Israeli target. They said about 50 percent of the missiles land within the Gaza Strip.
03-26-06 - Parrish's planner reflects visit to refugee camp "We think of Syria as a horrible and frightening country, but the Syrians treated the Palestinians better than the other countries we visited."
03-26-06 - Kuwait, Palestine Praise King Abdullah's Initiative The Palestinian foreign ministers for his part described King Abdullah's initiative as positive and expressed hope that it would contribute to improving the situation in Iraq and achieving Iraqis' interests.
03-26-06 - 3 injured in blast in Israeli town Meanwhile, Israeli police sources said that the explosion appeared to be caused by criminals rather than Palestinian militants.
03-26-06 - Israeli public will have to pay The fact that Israeli tax payers were forced to shoulder the entire NIS 8.5 billion (about USD 1.8 billion) price tag for the Gaza pullout bodes extremely poorly for the notion that any American administration will foot the bill for another unilateral move. First off, Israelis only recently asked again to get the money for the Gaza pullout and Negev settlement development area. So, it hasn't been ruled out. C'mon, this is Israel we're talking about here. And as for the fence, we certainly have paid for it. "While soldiers from the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) overrun church properties, the U.S. taxpayer is paying for much of the $8 billion wall. " Why should we be paying ANYONE to leave illegal settlements (and for a wall that cuts into occupied territory) that should not have been built in the first place, is the question."
03-26-06 - Beilin to Jaffa Arabs: This is your home The tour came in response to an earlier tour by rightists, who offered compensation to Jaffa Arabs in order to encourage them to leave.
03-25-06 - Palestinian child shot and injured by Israeli forces near Hebron
03-25-06 - Palestinians get $2 mln in World Bank bird flu aid The World Bank will donate $2 million to help Palestinians contain an outbreak of the deadly avian flu in the Gaza Strip, a bank official said on Saturday.
03-25-06 - UN calls for urgent bird flu aid for Palestinians The Gaza Strip is already labouring under a severe shortage of basic necessities brought on by an Israeli closure of its sole trade route for much of the year.
03-25-06 - Israeli warplanes strike central, northern Gaza Strip
03-25-06 - United Nations Study: Palestinian land has been divided into separate 'ghettos' enclosed by Wall
03-25-06 - Iran, Syria blast Israel over nuclear programme Top officials from Syria and Iran, close allies under severe pressure from the international community, stood together to denounce Israel's nuclear programme as a threat to the Middle East.
03-25-06 - Kuwait, Gulf assure Hamas of aid without specifics
03-25-06 - Abbas hints he'll bring down new government if Palestinian interests are harmed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hinted on Saturday that he was prepared to bring down Hamas' incoming government if the group's anti-Israel policies hurt the Palestinian people.
03-25-06 - Shots Fired at the Vehicles of the Acting Mayor of Qalqilya and the Mayor of Birzeit In the ongoing security chaos in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), gunmen fired shots at the cars of the acting mayor of Qalqilya and the mayor of Birzeit, causing extensive damage to both vehicles.
03-25-06 - Rights forum seeks removal of pro-Israeli adviser With the new post, Bethlehem, a former adviser to Ariel Sharon, will be responsible for advising Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on a host of several controversial issues such as Guantanamo Bay, the occupation of Iraq and the legality of any pre-emptive strike against Iran..."We are appalled that the Foreign Office is employing someone who has a very distinct bias in favour of Israel,"
03-25-06 - Israeli bulldozers raze Tulkarem olive trees
03-25-06 - Israel destroys Palestinian water sources in Jordan Valley, plan to seize entire area
03-25-06 - Arabs poised for Palestinian isolation after Israel election
03-25-06 - Israel culls 1.2 million poultry for bird flu
03-25-06 - Hebron Team Rejoices in the Release of Their Colleagues in Baghdad We are humbled by the statements of support from the Muslim community around the
world in acknowledging CPT's work in Palestine and Iraq and in their continual
calls for the release of our teammates.
03-25-06 - N.J. Dems Dump Arab-American Candidate Democrats pulled an Arab-American candidate from their election ticket on Saturday amid a furor over comments he made four years ago that some interpreted as sympathetic to Palestinian suicide bombers.
03-25-06 - Changing Mood Motivates Israelis at Polls Unless there's a dramatic upset, a last-minute Palestinian attack ? or the pollsters have wholly misread the changed Israeli political landscape ? it appears Olmert could only be denied the premiership if right-wing and religious parties opposed to territorial concessions form a "blocking majority" of 61 seats. For now, they seem short of that threshold.
03-25-06 - Of Israel, Harvard and David Duke The Washington Post reports on the study of the Israeli lobby, albeit on page B05. Gives a fairly balanced report as well, save for the title. Evidently someone felt the need to play the David Duke card in an attempt to add negative connotations to this report before anyone even had a chance to read the article.
03-25-06 - In Bil'in's Struggle, Our Own The residents of Bil'in have depended on this land for farming and harvesting olives for generations
03-25-06 - Editorial: Honest debate on the Mideast The Capital Times, which has long supported a two-state solution and tends to share the views of Jimmy Carter with regard to the peace process, does not accept the narrow character of the debate about Middle East policy that is found in most U.S. media. We want to encourage a broader debate. So we will continue to welcome contributions from writers whose interpretations of what is happening in the region will differ sometimes radically from one another.
03-25-06 - EU monitors extend 2 more office-hours at Rafah crossing
03-25-06 - Not racists but landed with raw deal ANYONE who criticises Israel is likely, sooner or later, to be accused of being anti-Semitic
03-25-06 - Qurei meets Hamas leaders
03-25-06 - Poll: 68% of American Christians would refuse to live in same building as an American Jew
03-25-06 - Christian in Hamas govt resigns Hamas sources confirmed that Abu Eita had tendered his resignation and blamed both local and US-led international pressure.
03-25-06 - Ethics reform stalling in Congress But GOP leaders are at odds over proposed limits on privately funded travel. See also Pro-Israel Activists Block Travel Reform
03-25-06 - Bush makes the ultimate commitment to Israel
03-25-06 - The Israel Lobby Honestly, these things are fairly well known to Washington insiders and those who pay close attention. But the paper is significant exactly because what it says is quite true, and as a result of this it is difficult for respectable, objective sources to publish this kind of information. Because the influence of the lobby is not openly discussed the net effect is that there is a powerful and often hidden warping of both our foreign policy and news reporting.
03-25-06 - Economic boom belies Israeli poverty Israeli Arabs and ultra-orthodox Jews, who tend to have large single-income families, are strongly represented among the poor
03-25-06 - Crunch election will set seal on the new shape of Israel Ariel Sharon, pushed Israel towards unilateral disengagement. He said he would build on Hill E1 as a mark of his right-wing credentials - despite the fierce opposition of the United States - but in fact quietly did nothing....Two weeks ago, Israeli bulldozers broke ground for a new police station for 'North' Maale Adumim
03-25-06 - Slain American became a peace activist after 9/11
03-25-06 - Arab-Israeli pupils refuse to stand for anthem
03-25-06 - Facts of Israeli occupation hamper critics of Loewenstein's viewpoint
03-25-06 - How much is a Palestinian child worth?
03-25-06 - In Dark Times, Blame the Jews Playing the anti-Semite card - again, this tactic is pointed out in the study of the Israeli lobby in its effectiveness as a tool to silence critics of this lobby and of Israel.
03-25-06 - Palestinian Rights Face Israeli Backlash
03-24-06 - Israel Drops Bid To Curb Palestinian Refugee Body Sources said that Israel is in dire need of reliable international bodies to deliver increased humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population. Those sources cited Jerusalem's desire to maintain stability in the West Bank and Gaza and avoid being forced to assume responsibility for the welfare of the Palestinians if the U.N. agency were forced to leave...A State Department official confirmed that Israeli diplomats in fact discussed with UNRWA officials the possibility of extending the organization's mandate in order to serve the nonrefugee population in the West Bank and Gaza...Pro-Israel lobbyists appear to be following Jerusalem's lead, as support among Jewish groups for immediate congressional action against UNRWA has decreased. Oops, that well-orchestrated smear campaign of UNRWA by the Jewish Telegraph Agency from last week may have been in haste. Read on in the article about Kirk's legislation. Israel's unlawful occupation of the Palestinian Territories has created one of the biggest humanitarian disasters of our time.
03-24-06 - Deadly bird flu spreads in Gaza Strip
03-24-06 - Abbas says he proposed secret talks with Israelis In an interview with Israel's Haaretz newspaper published on Friday, Abbas said he proposed opening "a back channel of talks" to U.S. officials and former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres, who has spearheaded peace efforts in the past.
03-24-06 - Lebanese ministers visit refugee camp for first time Education Minister Khaled Kabbani, who headed the group, expressed outrage about the living conditions in the camps. "What we saw in this camp is a true humanitarian drama that must shake the international consciousness," the minister said. Most Palestinians living in Lebanon are denied basic civil rights, including Lebanese citizenship, the right to work in many professions and to own property
The Palestinians are 'the Jews' of the modern-day world, as someone once said.
03-24-06 - Olmert says Haniyeh an enemy, wants to try Meshaal
03-24-06 - Israel breaks up West Bank barrier protest, 17 wounded Seventeen Palestinians were lightly injured as Israeli troops broke up a weekly protest against Israel's West Bank separation barrier and made arrests.
03-24-06 - Rice presses case to get supplies into Palestinian territories Israel has virtually sealed off its frontier with the Palestinian territories, and the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a humanitarian disaster if more supplies are not delivered to the impoverished territory, where stocks of flour, wheat and sugar are low. The fear of ISRAEL has been put into her. That is, Israel's fear of being responsible for the people in the territory it occupies - which is required by international law.
03-24-06 - Russian Immigrant Party Up in Israel Polls Avigdor Lieberman wants to swap Arabs for Jews in drawing Israel's final borders, and that platform has made him the surprise up-and-comer in Tuesday's elections"New presidential candidate John Doe wants to swap blacks for whites in drawing up America`s new borders..."
Imagine the uproar at such a headline in the United States of America? Save for the human rights orgs in Israel, it's met with silence. And why? Indeed, why.
03-24-06 - Jewish pressure drives Gaza play out of New York A public meeting attended by the activist's parents on Wednesday at a New York church brought messages of support from the writers Maya Angelou and Alice Walker, Mariam Said, wife of the late Dr Edward Said, and the actors Vanessa Redgrave and Eve Ensler. By video, Patti Smith performed Peaceable Kingdom, dedicated to Ms Corrie.
03-24-06 - Abbas to Deny Hamas Access to Big Fund A Palestinian investment fund that controls hundreds of millions of dollars will remain under the control of President Mahmoud Abbas, a senior aide said Friday - a move that would deny Hamas militants access to the money after they take control of parliament next week.
03-24-06 - Settlers uproot olive trees in Hebron Several farmers from Yatta village reported that settlers of Sosia illegal settlement outpost repeatedly attacked them and their orchards over the last month and uprooted at least 400 olive trees which were recently planted there.
03-24-06 - Abbas tells Hamas it must cooperate with Israel or fail
03-24-06 - No exports allowed out of the OPT, losses estimated at USD 500,000 a day The inability to export local agricultural produce at the height of the harvesting season has led to hundreds of tones of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and strawberries going to waste.
03-24-06 - UN refugee agency fears for Baghdad's Palestinians "On Thursday, we heard from the Palestinian community in Baghdad that reportedly over 100 families had received written death threats and that many are in a state of shock and panic,"
03-24-06 - From 2002: Intractable Foes, Warring Narratives COLUMNISTS AND COMMENTATORS WHO CAN BE COUNTED UPON TO SUPPORT ISRAEL REFLEXIVELY AND WITHOUT QUALIFICATION:
03-24-06 - KSG Seeks Distance from Paper Yesterday?s issue of The New York Sun reported that an "observer" familiar with Harvard said that the University had received calls from "pro-Israel donors" concerned about the KSG paper. Everything that the pro-Israelis have said and done thus far in response to this study - have proven the ENTIRE PREMISE OF THE STUDY.
03-24-06 - Israel Lobby Paper Proving Itself True Media, pundits and bloggers will continue to make much ado of David Duke's support, which the pro-Israel Sun elicited in an interview, but not bother mentioning that a shorter version of this paper made it into the prestigious and highly intellectual London Review of Books. That is exactly the state of discourse the paper addresses.
03-24-06 - Harvard's Paper on Israel Drew From Neo-Nazi Sites And the smear campaign continues. Everything that the pro-Israelis have said and done thus far in response to this study - have proven the ENTIRE PREMISE OF THE STUDY.
03-24-06 - UN envoy calls on Lebanon and Syria to firm up borders UN special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen called on Lebanon and Syria to agree on their respective borders in the controversial Shebaa Farms area, which is occupied by Israel.
03-24-06 - Hamas government may see decline in attacks: Israel chief of staff "The formation of a government led by Hamas will not necessarily lead to an increase in terrorism, perhaps even the contrary," he said in comments carried by army radio.
03-24-06 - ANALYSIS - Stark problems await Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
03-24-06 - American Muslims gaining a foothold in politics Up to a third of American Muslims are African-Americans who vote mostly for Democrats. The rest come from Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, the Middle East and Africa.
03-24-06 - Constitutional Questions Show in AIPAC Case Prosecutor Kevin DiGregory argued that the law regulates conduct, not speech, and therefore does not merit the same level of scrutiny. He also said that "the national security interests of the United States" require that the law be upheld.
03-24-06 - Palestinian President Sees Peace Soon
03-24-06 - Lutherans urge world community not to cut off aid to Palestinians The church also demanded that Israel reverse its freeze on about $50 million a month in taxes that it collects for the Palestinian Authority.
03-24-06 - Neocon rag bashes Jimmy Carter for supporting real democracy, not neocon 'democracy' His latest pieces that demonstrated sympathy for the ordinary Palestinians no doubt pushed the fire-breathing neocons over the edge. They're out for blood now.
03-24-06 - US rappers sing for Palestine
03-24-06 - For activist's supporters, the show does go on
03-24-06 - First Displaced, Then Attacked Since the beginning of the second Intifadah, or Palestinian uprising in 2000, Jewish settlers have killed 24 Palestinians in the occupied territories, says Bassem Eid, director-general of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group in Jerusalem. "No settler has been arrested or charged, or is facing a trial,"
03-24-06 - President Receives Seeds of Peace Vice President
03-24-06 - Woman Arrested For Midway Bomb Comment Justified Anna Mustafa was checking in for a flight bound for Israel for her father's funeral when she became upset security workers had put her luggage through a screening machine. Convinced she was being singled out because of her Palestinian heritage, Mustafa lashed out at airline employees.
03-24-06 - Common Ground: A journey from Gaza My life took a change for the worse when I was shot on February 18, 2004. The bullet stopped near my spine. The day of the shooting, we were visited by United Nations workers, who had permission to visit us. At the end of the visit, I was standing outside my house, waving them goodbye, when I was shot. This is the same boy from the story U.N. staff see boy shot in back from February of 2004.
03-24-06 - Middle East Women Discuss Importance of Empowerment Dana Jamjoum, a Palestinian, said obstacles to creating and maintaining a business at home include fear and limits on transportation and movement that stifle daily activities.
03-24-06 - Mass. officials attend Israeli conference MacMillan and 130 other senior US security officials attending a counterterrorism conference in Jerusalem found themselves caught up in an unfolding manhunt for a suspected Palestinian suicide bomber.
An hour later, after a dramatic helicopter and motorcycle chase through police roadblocks on the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, Israeli police told the Americans that the would-be bomber had been captured, with 15 pounds of explosives packed with nails and shrapnel.
Aha. This explains a lot about the dramatic chase of those 'suspected bombers' this past week.
03-24-06 - Jewish panel defends Israel Members of the Tulane community have brought Ahmadinejad's comments to light. The Tulane College Democrats, New Orleans Hillel and the Tulane-Israel Public Affairs Committee sponsored a panel discussion entitled "Democracy in the Middle East" to address how the United States and the international community should respond.
03-24-06 - HOW ISRAEL CONTROLS WHAT YOU READ
03-24-06 - KABOBalert: Support Michigan House Resolution Condemning Racist Editor Lemmons, an African American who represents Detroit's far east side, stated, "Nolan Finley's generalization of all Palestinians as terrorists is reminiscent of many stereotypes that my people have been victimized by
03-24-06 - Blair's flawed defence of foreign activism He acknowledges that the lack of western "even handedness" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rankles deeply and plans to expand on this "at a later time". That speech will be worth listening to if it makes clear the UK will not condone illegal land-grabs through which Israel plans to expand its borders.
03-24-06 - Boehner says he won?t let anti-Israel laws through Boehner?s address Monday to 5,000 activists at the AIPAC conference in Washington was his first major foreign policy speech since his fellow Republican legislators elected him on Feb. 3. Boehner was elected after Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) stepped down in the wake of his indictment on charges related to campaign fund-raising.
03-24-06 - U.S. opposes depositions in AIPAC case Lawyers for Steven Rosen, the pro-Israel lobby?s former foreign policy director, and Keith Weissman, its former Iran analyst, asked the court in a motion to be considered Friday to allow three Israeli diplomats to be deposed in the case.
03-24-06 - The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc
03-24-06 - Israeli media condemn, discuss report on US-Israel ties
03-24-06 - Libya reiterates support for Palestinians
03-24-06 - Four types of enclave in the West Bank The restrictions on movement that Israel imposes on Palestinians in the West Bank have effectively created four different types of enclaves.
03-24-06 - On a desert trek, former enemies form new bonds But when word was delivered to the group at 2 a.m. Wednesday that all were welcome except the Israelis, they didn't hesitate. "Muslim, Christian, Jewish, we're all one team, one body, one spirit," says Palestinian Mohammad Azzam Alarjah
03-24-06 - Three Wishes Controversy Continues in Ontario Schools The controversy began in February when the Canadian Jewish Council wrote OLA and every school board in the province, asking them to withdraw the title from the reading program, arguing that it lacked historical context, was too sophisticated for children in the recommended age group, and demonized people on both sides of the conflict.
03-23-06 - Two killed near Gaza border fence
03-23-06 - Wall squeezes Bethlehem Christians Jamal Salman is one of a number of Christian landowners who has seen a substantial chunk of his land taken for the barrier.
03-23-06 - U.S., British Forces Rescue Iraq Hostages Without firing a shot, U.S. and British forces stormed a house Thursday and freed three Christian peace activists who were bound but unguarded, ending a four-month hostage ordeal that saw an American in the group killed and dumped along a railroad track.
03-23-06 - Israel/Occupied Territories: Immediate action needed to avert humanitarian crisis in Gaza Amnesty International calls on the Israeli authorities: To ensure that whatever arrangement is made for passage of goods in and out of the Gaza Strip it should be one that respects the human rights of the Palestinian population
03-23-06 - We'll be big losers of Israeli elections: Palestinians
03-23-06 - Canadian hostages risked death for pacifist cause In 2004, he went to Gaza and the West Bank with a group that supports the Palestinian cause and sent emails about injustices against them to friends worldwide.
03-23-06 - Clashes during Israeli campaign Scuffles broke out after Herut members handed out leaflets that called on Israeli-Arabs to emigrate to Arab countries in return for compensation.
03-23-06 - Israeli forces demolish houses in Wallaja in the path of planned high-speed train Although Israeli forces claim, every time they destroy a Palestinian home, that the home was built without a license, Palestinians who have tried to go through the costly process of attempting to obtain a license for building have always been denied, as no licenses have been granted to Palestinians since 1967.
03-23-06 - Bird flu confirmed in West Bank The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus has been found in poultry in a Jewish settlement the West Bank, the Israeli agriculture ministry has said.
03-23-06 - Hamas to be barred entry to EU Parliament
03-23-06 - Protester's Family Appeals Lawsuit Against Bulldozer-Maker A federal judge in Tacoma dismissed her parents' lawsuit in November, agreeing with Caterpiller that it wasn't responsible for what the Israeli army did with its legally sold product.
03-23-06 - No escape for fearful Palestinians in Iraq Reports of kidnappings, murder and persecution of Palestinian refugees in Iraq have forced many to try to flee, but for most there is nowhere else to go.
03-23-06 - Israel pollutes and overexploits Palestinian water
03-23-06 - Protesters honor young woman killed supporting Palestinians A coalition of human rights, peace and justice, and religious groups sponsored two events in the area last week to mark the anniversary of the Israeli murder by bulldozer of Rachel Corrie of Olympia, Wash.
03-23-06 - Arab League to consider boosting aid to Palestinians
03-23-06 - Jerusalem taboo expunged in Israel vote campaign
03-23-06 - Bird flu forces Israeli-Palestinian cooperation
03-23-06 - Israel's Backward March The Palestinians, in turn, will no doubt employ all means at their disposal to resist Israel's attempt to transform the West Bank and Gaza into remotely controlled bantustans. Consequently, one should not be surprised if Olmert's plan is met by more of the intifada's Qassam rockets, this time launched not just from Gaza but from the West Bank toward Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
03-23-06 - U.S. delays aid decision until after Hamas sets govt The U.S. delay will have little practical effect on the Palestinians since the Bush administration has already suspended its aid programmes pending the outcome of its policy review, launched after Hamas's Jan. 25 election victory.
03-23-06 - Australians divided on Mideast crisis Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council executive director Colin Rubenstein expressed concern at the near equal levels of support for Israel and the Palestinians shown in the poll result. "They show the results of the relentless bias against Israel in sections of the Australian media, and demonstrate the need for Israel's supporters to work together more effectively to promote greater understanding of Israel's position," he said Does the Australian media show bias? Or does it show the TRUTH?
03-23-06 - Scholars' Attack on Pro-Israel Lobby Met With Silence Officials with pro-Israel organizations say that given the limited public attention generated by the new study - as of Tuesday most major print outlets had ignored it What better proof is needed of the power of the Israeli lobby in America?
03-23-06 - Israeli warplanes illegally overfly tense Lebanon border Last week, UN chief Kofi Annan urged the leaders of Syria, Israel and Lebanon to do their utmost to prevent a new flare-up of violence, warning them of a possible "major confrontation" along Israel's northern border. These overflights of Lebanese airspace alone are a major act of provocation.
03-23-06 - Video: MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reports on Harvard study of the Israeli Lobby Note the tag line under the MSNBC video: 'Hate at Harvard'. They are referring to the study about the Israeli lobby. It's 'hate' only to those who seek to suppress the truth.
03-23-06 - Using character smears to prevent foreign policy discussions By this "reasoning," if a racist like David Duke supports one of your views or says anything complimentary about your argument, it means that you, too, are a racist, and are the equivalent of David Duke. Let's take that "reasoning" and apply it to some other examples.
03-23-06 - Professor Says American Publisher Turned Him Down John Mearsheimer says that the pro-Israel lobby is so powerful that he and co-author Stephen Walt would never have been able to place their report in a American-based scientific publication.
03-23-06 - The Palestinian Christian - persecuted, betrayed American journalist Anders Strindberg makes a clearer conclusion. He says Palestinians are equated with Islamists, Islamists with terrorists. And presumably because all organised Christian activity among Palestinians is non-political and non-violent, the community hardly ever hits western headlines.
03-23-06 - "We can not leave Hamas alone:" Islamic Jihad official
03-23-06 - Lieberman: I have international support "The most logical outcome would be to trade Israeli settlement blocs around Jerusalem?for some equivalent territories in present-day Israel with significant Arab populations," Kissinger wrote, adding such solution "would contribute greatly to stability and to demographic balance." Kissinger advocates the forced transfer of Israeli Arab communities.
03-23-06 - The protocols of Harvard and Chicago Israel's policy of occupation is not consonant with the basic values of American democracy. That is quite a pathetic argument: Israel held the values of democracy sacred at a time when several states in the United States were still prohibiting blacks, including the descendants of the slaves, from traveling in the same bus as whites Right, Israel just either out and out expelled the native population or killed them.
03-23-06 - Islamist terror threatens Europe, Israel - Germany The bomb attacks in Madrid and London are clear evidence that Europe is no longer just a recruitment and financing area but has become a target of Islamic terrorism," Uhrlau told a conference on Islamic extremism organised by the American Jewish Congress.
03-23-06 - Rescue of 3 hostages brings joy, renewed sorrow that 1 didn't make it Pyles sat vigil with Fox's body at an Iraqi air base and accompanied 82 Palestinian Iraqis to the Jordanian border for safety before returning to Fairmont, WV.
03-23-06 - Israeli Software Firm Drops U.S. Deal Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. in Ramat Gan, Israel, formally withdrew its proposal near the conclusion of a rare, full-blown investigation by a U.S. review panel over the company's plans to buy a smaller rival, Sourcefire Inc. Was the conclusion going to be a bad one? Is that why they pulled out of the deal?
03-23-06 - State Democrats feud over freeholder candidate?s alleged anti-Israel remarks
03-23-06 - Who is funding Palestine?
03-23-06 - ZOA: Harvard Pseudo-Academic 'Working Paper' Attacking Contrary to what was reported in that Forward article of today's news, pro-Israeli outfits have NOT remained silent in the wake of the Harvard study about the Israeli lobby. Rather, they have evidently instructed their cohorts in the mainstream American media to do so.
03-23-06 - 41% of Israel's Jews favour segregation The poll was conducted by a respected Israeli organisation, Geocartographia, for the Centre for the Struggle Against Racism, founded by Arab-Israeli academics. "Racism is becoming mainstream," said the centre's director, Bachar Ouda. "When people talk about transfer (removal) or about Arabs as a demographic timebomb no one raises their voice against such statements.
03-23-06 - In Honor of Mother?s Day in Palestine Courses, workshops, and computer literacy classes are all part of the work, which includes a new computer center donated by the French Solidarity Organization
03-23-06 - Palestinians unmoved by Israeli elections, say all parties are right-wing Palestinian money changer Majdi Nasr, 39, said he was more concerned about Israeli military action than politics. "Let's talk about what we see on the ground. Troops control our daily life from A to Z," he said. "Every day there is either a curfew or incursion or civilians get killed. They are competing on who can hit the Palestinians harder," Nasr said.
03-23-06 - AIPAC and American Interests: The Pushback begins.
03-23-06 - Durham won't restrict access to book Thanks partly to the controversy, Chapters/Indigo has sold out and is awaiting new copies from the publisher, according to a spokesperson.
03-23-06 - Kids are tough enough for the truth The following is a statement by writer Deborah Ellis, the author of Three Wishes, a children's book which contains interviews with children on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
03-23-06 - WCC UPDATE: Palestine/Israel: Churches advocated for peace Their programme included a visit to the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem - home to 5000 Palestinian refugees, and to a village close to Hebron which has experienced repeated attacks by Israeli settlers.
03-23-06 - Check Point Software Appoints Dan Propper to Its Board of Directors ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm Pro, Zone Labs, and the Zone Labs logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd
03-23-06 - A Tech-Knowledge Map Which Examines Israel's IT Industry Covering over 400 Companies View Israel's IT (Information Technology) Industry at a glance while saving the time needed to search, compile and summarize the vast amounts of information represented on the tech-knowledge map.
03-23-06 - U.S. Jews Withhold Enthusiasm, Cash From Israeli Race
03-22-06 - Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Fugitives After previously denying such allegations, an Israeli official on Tuesday confirmed that the Karni restrictions were partly intended to send a message to Hamas, though he also said the security threats were real. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. At the very bottom of the article by AP, the truth comes out. I was once told by an editor of a local paper in response to my question as to why an article about the I-P conflict had the last three or four paragraphs cut from it when the original I had found at Yahoo News had not, that it was a matter of cropping said article to better fit on the page.
Coincidently, AP usually reserves the last paragraphs of its articles to report damning information about Israel.
03-22-06 - Bird flu discovered in Gaza Strip Initial tests on dead chickens suggest the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has spread to the Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian officials have said.
03-22-06 - Hamas reiterates refusal to recognise Israel
03-22-06 - Israeli appeals court voids section of Wall in Jerusalem
03-22-06 - Hamas leader says won't renounce "armed resistance"
03-22-06 - PLO criticises Hamas' programme The PLO leadership again criticised the Islamic group for refusing to accept the PLO's traditional role as the supreme representative of Palestinians.
03-22-06 - From Dec. 2005: Bush Says Iraq War Is Good for Israel "If you're a supporter of Israel, I would strongly urge you to help other countries become democracies," President Bush declared Monday, in a major address defending American policy in Iraq and his wider vision for the region. "Israel's long-term survival depends upon the spread of democracy in the Middle East." No s%#t?
03-22-06 - Poll: 68% of Jews would refuse to live in same building as an Arab Sixty-eight percent of Israeli Jews would refuse to live in the same apartment building as an Israeli Arab, according to the results of an annual poll released Wednesday by the Center for the Struggle Against Racism....The poll further revealed that 63 percent of Jewish Israelis agree with the statement, "Arabs are a security and demographic threat to the state." ...Forty percent of Jews believe "the state needs to support the emigration of Arab citizens"....Eighteen percent of Jews said they feel hate when hearing Arabic speakers.
03-22-06 - Hamas assured of continued UAE aid for Palestinians The UAE has funded housing projects in the territories, footing the bill for the reconstruction of some homes demolished by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip and in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank.
03-22-06 - Israeli Bulldozers Demolish House in Qalqilia
03-22-06 - The War Party in Disarray Another good sign is the wellspring of hysteria that has arisen in the wake of the study's publication. Already Alan Dershowitz has smeared the distinguished authors as anti-Semites, and the Usual Suspects have launched a deafening chorus of caterwauling. Among the "arguments" raised by the study's detractors: David Duke has praised it, the Washington office of Fatah is handing out copies, and the Muslim Brotherhood likes it, too. None of which proves anything
03-22-06 - Hebron Update: February 28 - March 13, 2006 While Roe was there, a
grade school student entered the office, limping. She said that the day before,
while she was walking to her home in Wadi Nasarra from school, an Israeli
settler passed her in his car, turned the car around, and hit her. The
headmistress wrote out a form and instructed her to go to Alia Hospital the next
morning....They visited a family whose herd of goats had been killed
by poison planted in their pasture in January. Forty-two of sixty goats died.
The shepherd reported that Israeli settlers had warned him they might kill his
goats.
03-22-06 - U.S. moves to halt infrastructure development aid to Palestinians The Bush administration has decided to halt funding for an infrastructure development project in the Palestinian Authority, and will provide the Palestinians with humanitarian aid only, American officials told security officials and the Foreign Ministry....The United States will, however, continue funding a project to install new X-ray machines at checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza. The money to be used instead to bolster the prison called Palestine.
03-22-06 - Head of UNRWA says PA at risk of anarchy, humanitarian crisis "For the first time ever, we in UNRWA ran out of fuel and the bakeries in Gaza ran out of flour," AbuZayd said. "Half of the payroll is for security people who have arms ... there could be more breakdown of law and order,"
03-22-06 - IDF officer cleared in death of Gaza girl to receive compensation from state The officer, who at the time of the incident was serving as a company commander in the Givati infantry brigade's Shaked battalion, has since been promoted to major, and is currently serving as an operations officer in the brigade.
03-22-06 - IDF officers targeted again for arrest In what was the third time in the past eight months that a senior IDF officer was subjected to accusations of war crimes and the possibility of arrest in a foreign country, a recent petition by Arab and Jewish left-wing organizations to the Canadian government demanded them to arrest former IDF chief of general staff Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Ya?alon.
03-22-06 - OPT: New supply line to Gaza opens Around 50 lorries were allowed access to the Kerem Shalom terminal which is situated on land bordering Israel, Gaza and Egypt.
03-22-06 - Harvard's Paper on Israel Called 'Trash' By Solon The NY Sun - the only other mainstream news medium in the US (besides pro-Israeli rags, and besides the Christian Science Monitor) - has offered up three or four articles since the study was put out days ago attempting to smear the authors, link them with David Duke, and otherwise try to 'discredit' this very damning report.
03-22-06 - 'AIPAC study is ignorant propaganda' Dershowitz, one of Israel's strongest defenders in the American public and academic arena, was mentioned personally in the study as an "apologist" for Israel, ....CAMERA concludes that "Harvard should remove the report from its website - and therefore remove from the report the Harvard imprimatur - until the authors fix its manifold deficiencies". Imagine, the Israeli lobby and its apologists come out AGAINST the study? Who would've guessed? The more shrill their cries, the more you know that that study hit a little too close to home for their tastes.
03-22-06 - European position on Hamas faltering Europe?s main human rights watchdog has decided to invite Palestinian lawmakers from the Hamas group to Strasburg, France, in the hope of bringing them together with Israeli counterparts who were also asked to come
03-22-06 - Schneller offers Palestinians a J'lem capital told an audience at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies that while Israel would maintain full sovereignty over "historical" Jerusalem, which he defined as all the Jewish neighborhoods and the Old City, many of the outlying Arab neighborhoods would be ceded to the Palestinians and serve as the capital of their future
state.
03-22-06 - Pro-Israeli media 'watchdog': Harvard removes its seal from study on Israeli Lobby This 'watchdog' - CAMERA - is PART of the Israeli lobby as mentioned in the study by the two professors. It's not a surprise to see that this lobby flexed their collective muscle and put the lean on Harvard to have their seal removed from the report.
03-22-06 - Israel's war against the hospice of the Daughters of Charity continues In 1974, Jerusalem's Mayor at the time, who was notorious for his continuous efforts to transfer Christian Church properties to Israeli hands, both public and private, pressurised the Mother Superior to sign a contract of sale of part of the property of the "Hospice" to an Israeli business. The sale, which was not authorised by the Church, was of course illegal, and the Church demanded that it be declared null and void. Thereupon, the State simply confiscated the property in order to assure its transfer to Israeli business interests
03-22-06 - Two Jewish candidates figure in key races for mid-term votes Giffords' view on foreign affairs are noteworthy, especially since she is running to replace Kolbe, the current chairman of the foreign operations subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, the body responsible for delivering foreign aid to Israel and around the world. It's unclear whether Giffords would replace Kolbe on that panel. "Obviously, Kolbe was an appropriations cardinal," she said. "I don't think he began as a strong supporter of Israel. It became clear to him the importance of it."
03-22-06 - Memorial service for terror victims in Buenos Aires focuses on Iran link Israel's ambassador to Argentina, Rafael Eldad, demanded that Argentina and the international community consider the Islamic government of Iran a "global threat."
03-22-06 - Palestine has new ambassador in Czech Republic after 17 years
03-22-06 - Remarks by President Bush Mr. President, I was wondering actually how you felt about America's double standard on nuclear energy, as far as countries like Iran, India, and Israel go? Bush then ignores the Israel part of the question in his response.
03-22-06 - Israel May Be Next al-Qaida Battleground Palestinians in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Lebanon have established contacts with al-Qaida followers linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, according to two Israeli officials." Are these the same Israeli officials who found their own not guilty of bulldozing the American girl to death?
Please, give us all a break here.
Israel has been trying for a few years now to link their 'war on terror' (read, colonialism project') with ours. 'According to Israeli officials' these guys were aligned with Al Qaeda. And their lapdogs in the Associated Press waste no time in doing the bidding of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. It's like clockwork.
03-22-06 - Election sounds death knell for Greater Israel dream More than that, Lieberman wants chunks of northern Israel heavily populated by Arabs handed over to the West Bank in exchange annexing Maale Adumim, the largest Jewish settlement in the Palestinian territory.
03-22-06 - A warning from America The professors' article does not deserve condemnation; rather, it should serve as a warning sign.
03-22-06 - Moroccans Pulling for Native Son in Israel The warm ties between Arabs and Jews in the town decades ago could have been a model for a different Middle East, untroubled by religious barriers and animosity, living and trading with each other and baby-sitting each other's kids. "We treated the Jews well," said Mohammed Aloumi, 68, who owns a hardware store in Boujad, and hoped Peretz would reciprocate in his treatment of the Palestinians...Peretz says he has fought all his life against the "ethnic demon" - the charged relations between Ashkenazim and Sephardim, as Jews from the Middle East and North Africa are collectively called.The Peretz family lived in a tent camp, then in the desert town of Sderot, today a frequent target of Palestinian missiles fired from the nearby Gaza Strip
Israel puts the darker-skinned immigrants right into the line of fire as a buffer, evidently.
03-22-06 - Imams, rabbis deplore calls to eliminate Israel In a stunningly positive denouement after
days of unremitting hostility by Palestinian
participants, the 2nd World Congress of Imams and
Rabbis for Peace being held here issued a concluding statement deploring "any incitement against a faith or people, let alone a call for their elimination," a statement Jewish and Israeli representatives took to be a rebuke of Hamas calls for the elimination of Israel
03-22-06 - Pre-emptive strike against Iran might be needed: panel Emerson, executive director of The Investigative Project, a U.S.-based centre that gathers information about Islamic and Middle Eastern terrorist groups, was part of the panel organized by the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research (CIJR) in conjunction with Congregation Chevra Kadisha B?nai Jacob.
03-22-06 - Jihad denies receiving money for waging attacks in Israel Mofaz told the Israeli Yediot Aharonot daily's website on Tuesday that Iran transferred 1.8 million dollars last month to the Islamic Jihad organization in order to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel.
03-22-06 - Editorial: Honest debate on the Mideast The Capital Times, which has long supported a two-state solution and tends to share the views of Jimmy Carter with regard to the peace process, does not accept the narrow character of the debate about Middle East policy that is found in most U.S. media.
03-22-06 - President Meets British Official
03-22-06 - That's Some Hard-Hitting Speculative Reporting When I see this kind of nonsense coverage, I smell the wheels of a PR machine grinding. The only intent of this story is to link Al-Qaida and the Palestinians with some vague association.
03-22-06 - Protestors challenge links to Israel lobby
03-22-06 - 'Settlers don't know when the knock on the door will come and they have to leave' The future of Israel's West Bank colonies is at the heart of an election being fought over how best to separate from the Palestinians. The Israeli right would keep all the settlements and pen the Palestinians into cantons. The left would negotiate and pull back much closer to the 1967 border.
03-22-06 - Italy, Israel Ask for Single Strong Voice to Hamas
03-22-06 - The power of saying no Gandhi put it best: "How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done. Non-cooperation is directed not against?the Governors, but against the system they administer. The roots of non-cooperation lie not in hatred but in justice."
03-22-06 - New water source found in Israel? An Israeli researcher reported the existence of untapped water resources beneath the Judean Desert.
This does not say where exactly in the Judean Desert the aquifer was found. For, some of the 'Judean Desert' would appear to be in the West Bank, which is not Israel. It's Israeli-OCCUPIED territory.
03-22-06 - New York lawmakers back Mideast policy The New York state Senate approved a resolution backing U.S. policy toward Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The resolution passed in Congress wasn't enough.
03-22-06 - Right-wingers target Carter A conservative group wants Congress to censure former President Carter, saying he is advancing the interests of Hamas.
03-22-06 - Legal fund launched for ex-AIPAC staffer Lawyers representing an indicted former employee of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee established a legal defense fund.
03-22-06 - Israel biggest Mideast investor in U.S. The U.S. State Department published foreign investor rankings Wednesday. Israel was first from the Middle East, with $4.1 billion Why are we giving so much aid to Israel? Are they taking our tax money and using it to invest in our nation to be used as leverage in the future?...
03-22-06 - Starve the Palestinians Israel has closed Gaza's commercial lifeline, the Al-Minter Crossing, these past 50 days in peak harvest time, preventing the export of goods and stopping the import of bread supplies. 3,594 MT of wheat flour contracted to local mills did not enter. Now there is no bread and the 70% of Palestinians living below the poverty line have no food. This barbarity one does not expect from the people who cried for protection from fascist forces when they were under siege.
03-22-06 - Idol of hard-right tipped as Israeli kingmaker It is worth visiting one of the more bizarre recreational haunts of Jerusalem if you want to hear the authentic tones of the diehard, Soviet-born, supporters of Avigdor Lieberman. It is important to do so because Mr Lieberman, a far-right settler born in Moldova, could be the surprise of the Israeli election on Tuesday. Polls show he could be a coalition kingmaker with around 10 seats in the Knesset.
03-22-06 - New student group gives voice to Palestinian plight
03-22-06 - New Jewish forum to meet in the fall The World Jewish Forum will convene in Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Post reported. The body was established by Israel?s president, Moshe Katsav, to deal with Israeli-Diaspora issues.
03-22-06 - US-based Jewish group Calls on Caterpillar to Stop Profiting from Destruction of Palestinian Homes The organization Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has called on other Jewish organizations and individuals to join the campaign to pressure Caterpillar, Inc. to stop profiting from the destruction of Palestinian homes and livelihoods.
03-22-06 - Open Letter to Actress Sharon Stone
03-22-06 - Book won't be pulled The CJC argued the book lacked historical context and was too sophisticated for Grades 4 to 6.
03-22-06 - Gaza rediscovered Not only the Philistines and the Greeks passed this way. The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, the Jews, the Crusaders, the Persians, the Romans, the Turks, the British and many others left their mark on Gaza. It has been described as one of the world?s oldest living cities.
03-22-06 - Canadian market has green light to follow Israel Defense Forces' business processes
03-22-06 - Libya turns away peace delegation Israeli members of Breaking the Ice group turned away at Libyan border because Tripoli doesn?t recognize Israel?s existence
03-21-06 - Israel barrier 'hurting farmers' A UN report into the humanitarian impact of Israel's West Bank barrier says it has caused widespread losses to Palestinian farmers...The UN says farmers are not being allowed access to farmland, causing unemployment and loss of income...Nearly 75% of the barrier lies on territory occupied by Israel in 1967.
03-21-06 - Concerns for 89 Palestinians on border The United Nations has expressed concern about the fate of 89 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, who fled Baghdad and have been stuck in no man's land since Sunday after Jordan closed its border.
03-21-06 - Gaza rations food as Israel cuts supplies Widespread bread rationing has been introduced in the Gaza Strip because Israel has cut off deliveries of flour and other foodstuffs to the Palestinian territory for most of the past two months.
03-21-06 - Baruch Marzel: IDF must assassinate left-wing activist Uri Avnery National Jewish Front leader Baruch Marzel, now campaigning for the March 28 Knesset election, said Monday the leaders of the Kadima party are "traitors" and "criminals" and called on the Israel Defense Forces to assassinate the far-left leader of the Gush Shalom movement Uri Avnery
03-21-06 - Israel reopens Gaza crossing under foreign pressure The U.N. aid agency which provides food to more than half of Gaza's 1.4 million Palestinians said the reopening of the Karni crossing was welcome news but that the terminal was still operating only at 10 percent of capacity.
03-21-06 - Palestinians on state of alert over bird flu The Palestinian health service was placed on a state of alert in the wake of the outbreak of bird flu in Israel, prime minister Ahmed Qorei announced.
03-21-06 - Mystical sage, son to be probed for suspected racist incitement Rabbi David Batzri said, "the establishment of such a school is a despicable and sinful act. An Arab cannot contaminate what is pure. It is forbidden to blend darkness and light. The nation of Israel is pure and the Arabs are a nation of donkeys. They are an evil disaster, an evil devil, and a nasty affliction."
03-21-06 - Israel Arab Voters Disheartened by System
03-21-06 - Blockade halts refugee aid as the UN runs out of fuel THE United Nations refugee agency protested yesterday that its vehicles had run out of fuel in the Gaza Strip because of Israeli border closures.
03-21-06 - Lebanese leaders resume push to break political deadlock Lebanese political leaders are Wednesday to resume their drive to break a deadlock on the disarmament of the Hezbollah militia and the fate of the country's pro-Syrian Also over the weekend, Fatah's chief in Lebanon said his Palestinian faction would round up weapons from refugee camps amid growing calls for militias in the country to be disbanded in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1559.President Emile Lahoud....
03-21-06 - PLO anger as Hamas prepares for power
03-21-06 - Palestinians 'in al-Qaeda plot' The Israeli military says Azzam Abu Aladas and Balal Hafnai, both 19 and from the West Bank city of Nablus, met al-Qaeda operatives in Jordan at least three times between May and December last year. The Israeli military says
03-21-06 - Study alleges US sets aside own security interest for Israel's The Jerusalem Newswire called the paper a new example of "the centuries-old libel that the Jewish people have somehow taken control of the affairs of the most powerful nations on earth," dressed up in academic attire.
Note that CAMERA - a pro-Israeli media 'watchdog' - alleges that the study is 'lies'. But CAMERA is a PART of the Israeli lobby and is mentioned in the report by the two professors. Well no kidding. Those that are a part of this lobby are going to try to downplay and discredit this study. It's just that damaging.
03-21-06 - EU to continue its support for Palestinians The EU will judge the Hamas-led government by what Hamas says and does, she added.
03-21-06 - Israeli police thwart bomb attempt after a high-speed chase
03-21-06 - Livni warns two-state solution in danger Livni said questions have been raised - "especially in Europe" - about the need for a Jewish state, and that it was being suggested that a single state be created, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea One man, one vote? A REAL democracy? Oh dear.
03-21-06 - High hopes for Hamas According to the poll released this week by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 75 percent of Palestinians say Hamas should engage Israel in peace talks, though just 59 percent believe the radical Islamic group should recognize the Jewish state?s right to exist.
03-21-06 - Egypt fears third bird flu case
03-21-06 - Church leaders in UK gather for peace in the Middle East CTBI issued a statement stating as the 40th anniversary of Israel?s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip approaches, the pain and injustice of the situation has persisted for far too long.
03-21-06 - U.S. Calls on Arab Nations to Lean on Hamas
03-21-06 - Lawyers Say Holding Hammoudeh Legal In court papers filed Tuesday, federal officials appeared to blame Israel for the delay in deporting Hammoudeh.
03-21-06 - Arab MK calls Lieberman a 'fascist' "Lieberman wants to transfer Um al-Fahm citizens of the State of Israel outside of the country. My question is: How does Israeli democracy have a place for such a racist program?"
03-21-06 - Mutual suspicion dogs Spanish inter-religious forum "Today in Gaza we are short of food. Can I separate myself off from this reality?" the imam asked.
03-21-06 - AU condemns Israeli raid on Palestinian prison The African Union (AU) said Tuesday it has strongly condemned the Israeli attack on the Palestinian prison in the West Bank city of Jericho.
03-21-06 - Mofaz: Iran gave $1.8 million to Islamic Jihad Iran gave $1.8 million to Islamic Jihad last month, Israel?s defense minister said.
The money was supposed to fuel terror attacks within Israel, Shaul Mofaz told The Associated Press. 'Oh let's see. Palestinians 'tied to' al-Qaeda, Iran 'tied to' Palestinians. What other connection to US war on terror did we miss?'
03-21-06 - Amy Goodman and James Zogby Host Event to Honor the Words and Life of Rachel Corrie
03-21-06 - Israeli agent denied torturing Bridgeview man
03-21-06 - Anti-Zionist rabbis visit Ramallah
03-21-06 - Israel Divisive Topic for Imams, Rabbis At one point, Muslim delegates stood up and shouted when a moderator tried to halt a Palestinian professor from the Gaza Strip who said life under Israeli occupation was like being in "a large prison."
03-21-06 - Children's book yanked from Ontario school libraries
03-20-06 - Seven hurt in fresh Gaza unrest Two gunmen and two security officials were wounded - one of them hit by stray bullets in the legs as other employees ran for cover.
03-20-06 - Israel briefly opens Gaza crossing Israel reopened the main goods crossing into Gaza on Monday following warnings of a looming humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory, but later closed it citing a security alert. Prison gates open briefly, prison gates slam shut.
03-20-06 - EU leaves door open for Hamas change The bloc, the largest donor to the Palestinians, reacted cautiously to the presentation to President Mahmoud Abbas of a Hamas-dominated cabinet list, saying it still wanted to see what government programme would emerge.
03-20-06 - Pro-Israel lobby in U.S. under attack. "The thrust of U.S. policy in the region derives almost entirely from domestic politics, and especially the activities of the 'Israel Lobby'. Other special-interest groups have managed to skew foreign policy, but no lobby has managed to divert it as far from what the national interest would suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that U.S. interests and those of the other country - in this case, Israel -- are essentially identical," they add. The American news wire UPI picks up the story about the study of the Israeli Lobby. Nobody else has, save for some of the rightwing pro-Israeli outfits who have embarked on the expected smear campaign in response thereof.
03-20-06 - The Lobby : Why is American policy in the Middle East
03-20-06 - Chirac Urges Aid for Palestinians French President Jacques Chirac urged the international community Monday to avoid sanctioning the Palestinians, even if the new Hamas government does not respond quickly enough to demands it renounce violence and recognize Israel.
03-20-06 - Palestinian Gunmen Take Over Power Plant Several of the gunmen were recently hired by the Palestinian security services and demanded their salaries. Others were jobless and seeking employment. The gunmen are affiliated with Abbas' Fatah Party.
03-20-06 - Bush warns Iran on Israel US President George W. Bush said he hoped to resolve the nuclear dispute with Iran with diplomacy, but warned Tehran he would "use military might" if necessary to defend Israel.
03-20-06 - Hizbollah vows to free detainees, land from Israel Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Monday that the guerrilla group would in time free all Lebanese people held in Israeli jails and liberate Lebanese land it says is still occupied by the Jewish state.
03-20-06 - Transcript of Q and A with President Bush to the City Club of Cleveland But now that I'm on Iran, the threat to Iran, of course -- (applause) -- the threat from Iran is, of course, their stated objective to destroy our strong ally Israel. That's a threat, a serious threat. It's a threat to world peace; it's a threat, in essence, to a strong alliance. I made it clear, I'll make it clear again, that we will use military might to protect our ally, Israel, Just remember this when Bush denies that Israel was a factor in any future ME wars, like he did with regard to the war on Iraq.
03-20-06 - WFP warns food running out in blockaded Gaza strip
03-20-06 - For Wall construction; soldiers annex 766 Dunams west of Bethlehem Israeli soldiers annexed on Sunday 766 Dunams of farmland that belong to residents of villages west of Bethlehem in order to construct the annexation Wall in the area.
03-20-06 - Bishop: Occupation a factor in persecution A leading U.S. Catholic bishop said Israel?s occupation is a factor in the persecution of Christians in Muslim lands.
03-20-06 - Europe hands over Palestinian aid The European Union has handed over 64m euros (£44m) in aid to help the poorest Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
03-20-06 - Abbas ponders Hamas cabinet list
03-20-06 - Food runs low in Gaza after Israel closes key crossing
03-20-06 - Jordan confines Palestinian refugees from Iraq in camps Fearing that large numbers of Palestinian refugees from Iraq might seek refuge in Jordan from persecution through Shiite militia, Jordan closed its borders with Iraq tody.
03-20-06 - Karni crossing reopens, but closes again 40 minutes later That, however, is insufficient to alleviate the shortages of flour, sugar and rice that Palestinian and international officials say have resulted from Karni's prolonged closure
03-20-06 - Israeli settlers launch campaign of harassment against Palestinian villagers During recent months radical Israeli settlers from
Ma?on and Hill 833 have repeatedly threatened and attacked Palestinians
from the tiny village of Tuba in the South Hebron Hills. Omar
Abu-Jundiyeh, a leader from the Tuba community, described this trend of
harassment as a new concerted effort by the local settlers to drive the
Palestinians off their land.
03-20-06 - Cohn defends 'Paradise Now' nomination Producer Arthur Cohn, a six-time Oscar winner, has passionately defended the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for nominating the Palestinian movie Paradise Now for a best foreign film Oscar.
03-20-06 - Our reputation for promoting peace, is at risk, says Linda McQuaig But Canada's reputation for fairness can be tarnished if we cease to behave fairly. Unfortunately, we moved in that direction earlier this month when the Harper government voted against a non-binding UN resolution requiring Israel to allow Palestinian refugee women and children to return to their homes, in compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Canada abstained on an identical resolution last fall, but this time joined the U.S. ? the only two countries on the 44-member UN council to oppose the resolution. They can thank Canada's Israeli lobby for that.
03-20-06 - China hopes to enhance cooperation with Russia on Middle East issue China on Monday said it hopes to further cooperate with Russia in promoting peace in the Middle East.
03-20-06 - Court denies Israeli spy Pollard's appeal His case, which initially strained relations between the United States and Israel, has become a cause celebre for some Jewish groups in the United States and for his supporters in Israel, who believe Pollard passed information that Israel should have been given by the United States.
03-20-06 - John Ashcroft, Lobbyist: "Let the Earnings Soar" he's begun signing up a roster of deep-pocketed clients, such as Israel Aircraft Industries International, an Israeli aerospace company going toe-to-toe with Boeing over billions in military contracts
03-20-06 - Bahrain Prince meets Rice The Crown Prince of Bahrain has said that a Hamas-led Palestinian government has no alternative but to deal with Israel.
03-20-06 - Indonesia's plans for Palestinian diplomatic mission still on Anti-Israeli protests by Muslim activists often take place in the capital and other Indonesian cities, especially to condemn Israeli violence and attacks on Palestinians.
03-20-06 - Abdullah of Jordan fears Middle East religious war On the Palestinian territories the king said he was "worried over the creation of a viable state. I think that if two years from now such a state has not been created, there will be nothing left to negotiate.
03-20-06 - Olmert vows to build consensus on Israel borders Stealing land will never get you peace.
03-20-06 - Emirates Aided Kin of Palestinian Militants In the last four years the United Arab Emirates has provided substantial financial support, through its Red Crescent Society, to families of Palestinians, militants as well as civilians, who have been wounded or killed by Israeli forces, according to Red Crescent documents....The documents contain no evidence that the Emirates provided direct aid to armed militant groups.
03-20-06 - Rabbis, imams, meet in Spain to discuss peace,understanding Some 20 participants from the Gaza Strip were attending.
03-20-06 - Rabbi calls for 'UN of religions' The Imam of Gaza, Imad al-Faluji, said politicians lied but religious leaders had a different objective - to work towards a higher good. The imams and rabbis at this conference, which opened on Sunday, say the world is in crisis and it is time they acted to restore justice, respect and peace
03-20-06 - Divestment letter submitted at Michigan More than 40 professors and staff members at the University of Michigan presented a letter supporting divestment from Israel.
03-20-06 - New Home-Video Releases "Paradise Now" - Nominated for best foreign-language film at the Oscars, this disturbing drama explores the human side of terrorism, following the journey of two Palestinian friends chosen to carry out a suicide bombing in Israel. DVD, $27.95. (Warner Bros.)
03-19-06 - Gaza on brink of humanitarian crisis: UN The Gaza Strip is dangerously short of basic foodstuffs and is facing a looming humanitarian crisis as a result of the continued closure of the main trade crossing with Israel, the United Nations warned.
03-19-06 - EU ministers ponder Mideast worst-case scenario European foreign ministers ponder the grim puzzle of how to provide aid to needy Palestinians when their new government is dominated by Hamas, blacklisted by the EU as a terror group.
03-19-06 - U.S. Brokers Compromise on Gaza Crossing With Palestinians facing severe shortages of bread, milk and other foods in Gaza, U.S. officials called an emergency meeting Sunday and brokered a compromise with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in a two-month-old border standoff. The cynical use by Israel of the terror card to keep the Palestinian crossing shut is despicable.
03-19-06 - Israel extends closure on West Bank, Gaza The prison called Palestine where everyone's a 'terrorist' - and treated as such. Imagine if a foreign entity tried to do that here. What would you do?
03-19-06 - Abbas says he won't reject Hamas Cabinet list
03-19-06 - Palestinians lose in Mideast water war Israel's vast separation barrier slices Nazlet Isa off from one of the richest water sources in the arid northern West Bank where the fight for water is a fight for survival. Israel is believed to monopolise around 75 percent of Palestinian water resources in a region where rainfall is infrequent and water a strategic asset...Abdul Rahman Tamimi, director of the non-governmental Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG), said the coincidence of the route of the wall with the layout of the region's aquifers was no accident...Doctor Hossam Madi says diarrhoea, gastroenteritis, fever, kidney failure, infection and dermatological problems blight most Palestinian children and persist into adulthood because of poor water supplies
Israel has managed to steal water from the Palestinians too.
03-19-06 - Hamas submits names for cabinet The group was unable to persuade any rival factions to join a coalition.....Up to 1.3 million people in Gaza - half of them children - could be going without bread soon, Mr Shearer of the UN office for humanitarian affairs warned. Remember what Israel said about starving the Palestinians after the Hamas win at the polls.
03-19-06 - Egypt has 'second bird flu case'
03-19-06 - It's not too late for lasting peace in the Middle East Our media have totally ignored this piece which is again being featured in the Guardian UK and despite the fact that it's been out now for about two weeks. Israel's Haaretz has even covered it.
03-19-06 - U.S.: Not sure Quartet needs envoy after Wolfensohn's term ends "I do not believe you can have a million starving Palestinians and have peace," Wolfensohn said....Some U.S. officials want to squeeze a Hamas-led government so that it cannot provide services such as working sewers in the hope it will turn Palestinians against the group.
03-19-06 - AP Erases Video of Israeli Soldier Shooting Palestinian Boy This is not a surprise to me. I comb the news every day for Israel-Palestine articles. I know what AP does and does not report. I know that they also edit the articles that they release to the various news websites throughout the country - making crucial omissions from the original one - which is what I keep from Yahoo news. The AP might as well be taking their information from the Israeli Foreign Ministry. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they do. For they are working on their behalf about 97 percent of the time.
03-19-06 - Fatah to round up arms in Lebanon refugee camps There are believed to be 380,000 Palestinians living in Lebanon, many of them in dire conditions in 12 refugee camps.
03-19-06 - Emergency food agreed for Gaza: US Emergency shipments of food will be brought into Gaza from Egypt on Monday, a U.S. diplomat announced on Sunday after hosting talks with Israel and the Palestinians on alleviating an impending humanitarian crisis. Our government takes the responsibility when Israel refuses to.
03-19-06 - Church Action Week - Day 7 Reflection "There is an advertisement in the USA that reads: "Have a Holiday Home in Jerusalem." The ad does not mention this home is 100% ILLEGAL! It is clear how the wall zig zags that it is not about security but about grabbing the maximum land with minimal Palestinian occupation. The settlers have taken over the Holy Basin."
03-19-06 - Eclectic Group Crosses Sahara for Peace Ex-Israeli fighter pilot Gil Fogiel rarely talked about being a prisoner of war in Syria until he sat across a campfire in the middle of the desert with people he long considered his worst enemies - Iraqis, Iranians and Palestinians.
03-19-06 - Olmert sees deal with Russia to supply gas to Israel
03-19-06 - Camps Spotlight Double Standard Disarming Palestinians in refugee camps isn't going to stop raids by armed IDF forces. It also didn't stop a wholescale massacre of Palestinian civilians in the camps of Sabra and Shatilla of Lebanon - to which the IDF, under the direction of Ariel Sharon (who was found personally responsible for this incident by an Israeli court), was a party. Now there's a difference between terrorism and self-defense. But the Israeli government does not make this distinction, as evidenced by its use of indiscriminate gunfire against the Palestinian populations in the Occupied Territories.
03-19-06 - Illegal Israeli Digging Beneath Western Wall of Al Aqsa Mosque Continues Israeli construction companies, with support from Israeli armed forces, have resumed digging underneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, apparently in a bid to undermine the foundations of the ancient mosque and cause it to collapse, reported the Al Aqsa Institution for the Renovation of Islamic Sites Friday.
03-19-06 - Israeli-Palestinian couple asks Court to let them live together
03-19-06 - Testing times as Hamas goes it alone So if President Mahmood Abbas gives it the go-ahead, Hamas will govern alone - and under pressure from powerful forces at home and abroad.....The fact that Hamas will take power alone will make it even easier for Israel to depict the new government as what it would describe as a terrorist administration. Read last six paragraphs.
03-19-06 - Israel miffed at UN envoy Western diplomatic officials said that under agreements with Israel, senior diplomats do not need to leave their vehicles when crossing Erez, and that the norm was for the driver to present the diplomat's passport. The UN, they said, was not informed of any change in these procedures.
03-19-06 - Carter Falls Out of Love With Apartheid Wall
03-19-06 - Israeli Propaganda Denounces Hamas for Fateh Website
03-19-06 - U.S. FAILS TO FIND IRANIAN AID TO HAMAS
03-19-06 - Four arrested in protest against Caterpillar Peoria police say the four arrested for disorderly conduct yesterday afternoon were among about three dozen people who were protesting Caterpillar's sale of armored bulldozers to Israel.
03-18-06 - Israel scrambles to contain bird flu outbreak Inevitably in the conflict-ridden Middle East, the outbreak fueled rumours that the Palestinians were to blame. But Pokamonsky formally denied suggestions the virus had been brought into the Jewish state in poultry smuggled in from the Gaza Strip. And the Palestinians vowed to work together with Israel to contain the outbreak despite a collapse in relations since a controversial deadly army raid on a West Bank prison Tuesday.
03-18-06 - Photostory: Rachel Corrie remembered in Seattle The event was part of the national Rachel?s Words campaign in protest of the cancellation of ?My Name Is Rachel Corrie? at New York Theater Workshop.
03-18-06 - Palestinian leader set to approve Hamas government Moderate Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas is set to give his reluctant approval to a narrow Hamas-led government following the Islamic militant group's upset victory in January parliamentary elections, aides said.
03-18-06 - Lebanese president repeats vow not to step down Lahoud backed the call for Palestinian refugees and pro-Syrian militias to be disarmed
03-18-06 - Israel culls poultry, H5N1 not confirmed - official Near the West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian customs officials intercepted two trucks carrying poultry which had entered illegally. Palestinian officials said they would kill the 2,600 chickens in the trucks.
03-18-06 - Four peaceful protesters injured in Bil'in In a separate incident, ten residents were injured in Beit Siera village, west of Ramallah, after soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Annexation Wall.
03-18-06 - ACT Appeal OPT: Emergency Assistance to Civilians - MEPL61 Through a contract with the PA, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)-Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in Jerusalem, was providing, on a monthly basis, about 1700 medical procedures for the Palestinians such as dialysis, radiation, chemotherapy, endoscopy and head-neck treatments. The blockage of the funds will put in danger the life of the patients who are currently under treatment as it is the only source of treatment they can access.
03-18-06 - International pressure grows as Hamas unveils its new cabinet The militant Palestinian organisation Hamas yesterday unveiled its new government, setting Palestinian society on an inevitable collision course with Israel and the international community.
03-18-06 - Hamas ministry choice spurs unrest fears Hamas leaders have chosen one of their own to run the Palestinian Ministry of Finance, a decision that could bolster a US and Israeli campaign to isolate a Hamas-led government economically.
03-18-06 - Israeli Warplanes Hit Gaza Strip Witnesses said Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at a main road in northern Gaza Strip, causing severe damage to the road and smashing windows of nearby houses. No casualty was reported.
03-18-06 - Photostory: Israeli extremists' attack on Nazareth's most famous Christian church goes virtually unreported Almost from the outset the Israeli media downplayed the significance of the attack, saying only "firecrackers" had been set off by Habibi, who was described - without evidence - as being mentally disturbed. As a result, most of the world's media ignored the event entirely. These pictures capture some of that night's dramatic events and a joint Christian and Muslim protest march through Nazareth the next day.
03-18-06 - Egyptian woman dies of bird flu The Israeli Health Ministry said four people suspected of having bird flu had tested negative for the virus.
03-18-06 - Peres: We'll talk with Palestinians on pull-out
03-18-06 - Abbas Urges UN to Press Israel to Release Jericho Militants Abbas also urged the UN envoy to press Israel to open the crossings in the Gaza Strip so as to allow daily necessities and fuel to flow into the coastal area to avoid a humanitarian disaster, said Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, who also attended the meeting between Abbas and De Soto.
03-18-06 - Army arrests three Palestinian legislators from Hamas in Jerusalem
03-18-06 - Palestinian minister warns of humanitarian disaster in Gaza Sanakrot told reporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah that the Karni crossing on Gaza's eastern border had been closed by Israel for over 44 days and that all the seven mills in the coastal strip had run out of flour stock.
03-18-06 - An Old Woman Robbed of her Seasonal Food
03-18-06 - Britain condemns Israel over fatal shooting of a child The Foreign Office minister, Douglas Alexander, urged Israel to show restraint. He said: "We condemn the killing on 17 March of a Palestinian child in the Occupied Territories. Israeli actions in the Occupied Territories must be proportionate and in accordance with international law."
03-18-06 - Jennifer Loewenstein: Israel plows over human decency, Palestinians
03-18-06 - The Israel Lobby's Canadian branch office The Canadian dedication to 'neutrality' in the Middle East, forced by the Canadian branch of the Lobby, has taken Canada to the point where it now votes on UN Resolutions concerning Israel against the rest of the world and along with Israel, the U. S., and those embarrassing South Sea islands that are bribed to vote along.
03-18-06 - Open Letter to Pink Floyd's Roger Waters
03-18-06 - Photostory: Made in Palestine Exhibit opens to packed crowds in New York
03-18-06 - Death plot suspect failed to foresee Israeli prison raid
03-18-06 - Report: Bishara acted as Syria-Israel mediator in 1990s talks Former Syrian vice president Abed al-Halim Haddam said in an interview with the Arab-language Nazareth-based newspaper, A-Sinara, that will be published on Friday that Israel and Syria were very close to signing a peace treaty in the mid 1990s.
03-18-06 - Resident arrested near Huwwara checkpoint Last week, soldiers arrested a woman carrying a kitchen knife she bought for her household; the woman was arrested and interrogated for attempting to "stab a soldier".
03-18-06 - RAFAT VILLAGE AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISTS WILL RESIST DESTRUCTION OF SHEPHERD'S HOMES NEAR THE WALL The Wall in Rafat has partly been constructed. Already it has forced the shepherds from their original pasture, the most fertile valley of the village. Their sheep and goats are their only means of livelihood and the shepherds have no other fields to go to anymore.
03-18-06 - Good Shepherd to use Palestinian communion ware at weekend worship The goal of the communion ware journey is to raise awareness of the hardship that the walls being built between Israeli and Palestinian territory have caused to those living in the walled-off territories, said the Rev. Jeff Tengesdal, senior pastor at Good Shepherd....The communion ware was made by Palestinian artists at the International Center of Bethlehem, a ministry of Christmas Lutheran Church. Christmas is one of six congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land.
03-17-06 - Israeli Troops kill 8-year old child near Jenin The family of the child, and eyewitnesses denied the military allegations and confirmed that the child was shot near her house.
03-17-06 - Israel confirms bird flu outbreak The source of the outbreak has not been determined, but the Israeli army is reported to have asked the Palestinian Authority to deliver blood samples from poultry in Gaza.
03-17-06 - Israeli border police shoot dead 10 year old girl
03-17-06 - 12-year old child killed by Israeli forces near Ramallah Why aren't any of our news wires reporting on these deaths anymore. The killing of the girl today, got a mention, but it's strange how these deaths go almost completely unreported these days by MSM.
03-17-06 - Two Palestinians killed in Gaza explosion The two were apparently killed when a homemade shell detonated while they were carrying it, a Palestinian security source reported.
03-17-06 - Fatah Officials Call for Abbas to Resign In violence Friday, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 10-year-old girl during an operation in the West Bank village of Yamoun, the girl's father, Abdul Rahman Zaed, said. The girl was in a car with her uncle, who was shot in the head and arrested, Zaed said.
03-17-06 - Gazans queue for bread as shortages loom
03-17-06 - Defiant Hamas draws up Palestinian cabinet list "To this date, I have not seen a positive Hamas reaction in respect of any of these principles," David Welch told Reuters. Hamas says Israel, as an occupying power, must take the first step and recognize Palestinian rights
03-17-06 - Vigils around the world commemorate third anniversary of Rachel Corrie's murder Throughout the world on Thursday, vigils and readings were staged in Rachel's memory. In Israel, Palestine, Jordan, London and in over 70 places around the world, including in Rachel's hometown of Olympia, Washington, USA, friends, family and supporters gathered to read aloud Rachel's words, words which, in their simplicity and straightforwardness, have managed to create such controversy.
03-17-06 - Gaza farmers dumping their crops The problem is that the Israelis have blocked Gaza's export route.
03-17-06 - The Israel Lobby * For the past several decades, and especially since the Six-Day War in 1967, the centrepiece of US Middle Eastern policy has been its relationship with Israel. The combination of unwavering support for Israel and the related effort to spread ?democracy? throughout the region has inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion and jeopardised not only US security but that of much of the rest of the world. This situation has no equal in American political history. Why has the US been willing to set aside its own security and that of many of its allies in order to advance the interests of another state? Sweet Jesus. Right on the money. You can read this paper in PDF format here. It is 83 pages long.
03-17-06 - Fatah stays out of Hamas cabinet The Fatah movement of the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, has refused to join a government being formed by Hamas.
03-17-06 - Palestinians may sue Britain over storming of Jericho jail The initial focus of the legal consultations in the UK - and with the Palestinian lawyers in touch with Mr Saadat in the Israeli interrogation centre in Jeru-salem - is Article Five of the European Convention of Human Rights. It deals with the proper treatment of prisoners in detention.
03-17-06 - B'Tselem: Treatment of Jericho detainees violated int'l law
03-17-06 - As bills advance to cut off P.A., administration weighs aid approach In testimony Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gen. Keith Dayton, the U.S. security envoy to the Palestinians, pleaded with senators not to tie his hands.
"The less restrictive that the legislature can be on our activities, the more flexibility it will give me as a military man to deal with situations that are inevitably very chaotic and unexpected," Dayton said. It was highly unusual for a military figure to explicitly oppose legislation. ......APN blitzed the Hill with a bulletin headlined "questions to ask AIPAC," the first time the dovish group has openly taken on the pro-Israel powerhouse during its policy conference. "Why should Congress change U.S. law, permanently, in a way that weakens and embarrasses our best hope for a future Palestinian partner (people like former Minister of Finance Salam Fayyad, who is now an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council), and strengthens extremists?" it asked.
03-17-06 - Donors weigh paying Palestinian salaries directly Donor countries are looking into the possibility of paying salaries directly to 140,000 Palestinian Authority employees as a way to bypass a new Hamas-led government, Western diplomats said on Friday.
03-17-06 - Study: U.S. Middle East policy motivated by pro-Israel lobby "No lobby has managed to divert U.S. foreign policy as far from what the American national interest would otherwise suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that U.S. and Israeli interests are essentially identical," write the authors of the study.
03-17-06 - UN sounds fears over Israeli border UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the leaders of Israel, Syria and Lebanon to take steps to ease tensions along Israel's northern border following reports a possible confrontation may be in the works, the United Nations said on Thursday.
03-17-06 - Israel's colonisation of Palestine blocking peace, says Jimmy Carter Chris McGreal of the Guardian UK comes through with this article about Jimmy Carter's latest piece about Palestine that was entirely ignored by the American press.
03-17-06 - IDF extends seal on territories as humanitarian state worsens A closure on Palestinian areas, meant to end Thursday after Purim, has been extended until at least next week, and the Israel Defense Forces is inclined to continue it until after the March 28 elections....Israel's tightening of security procedures has exacted a heavy humanitarian toll in the territories since the Palestinian parliamentary elections in January, according to a United Nations report obtained by Haaretz last month.
03-17-06 - A wall that enlarges Israel and embitters its victims Mr Khalil, who gives his age as about 80, lives in the West Bank village of Wadi Fukin, whose fields have been confiscated by the nearby settlement of Betar Illit. He broke down in tears when asked if he would have to leave. "I can't take any more of this. We were born here and will die here."....These villagers are caught up by what Israel calls US assurances to Ariel Sharon, the prime minister who has been in a coma since January, that it will be allowed to keep the large settlements being de facto annexed to Israel by the barrier
03-17-06 - ADC Remembers Rachel Corrie
03-17-06 - Group honors Mideast peace activist Corrie
03-17-06 - Israeli soldier killed by comrade An Israeli soldier who was killed in a fierce gun battle in the West Bank on Thursday was killed by friendly fire, an army investigation has found.
03-17-06 - Ismail Haniyeh: "I Never Sent Anyone on a Suicide Mission" CBS quoted Israeli officials as saying they have no evidence connecting Haniyeh to any terror attacks. However, Haniyeh is a senior official in Hamas, which has ordered many terror attacks, is responsible for scores of Israeli deaths and pledges to destroy Israel.
03-17-06 - President Abbas Receives Phone Call from British Foreign Secretary President Abbas asked Mr. Straw to work on the return of the captured Palestinians and not to put them to trial before Israeli courts in accordance with the Palestinian-Israeli signed agreements.
03-17-06 - Gaza Clinic a Lesson In Anatomy of Chaos
03-17-06 - Talk Is Cheap: "Dialogue" vs. Divestment In the Struggle for Justice in Palestine
03-17-06 - Palestinian diplomat takes on Israel, AIPAC and U.S. "We are the Jews of the Jews, a wandering Palestinian global tribe, dispersed from Scandinavia to Australia," said Safieh, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization mission in Washington, D.C.
03-17-06 - IDF preparing for PFLP revenge attacks in wake of Jericho raid The army fears Palestinian terror groups may attempt to abduct Israelis in an attempt to exchange prisoners, Israel Radio reported Friday.
03-17-06 - Common Ground: Bush and Jewish community Mirroring the sentiments of the Israeli right wing, powerful groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee want that door slammed shut until Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces violence. American Christian fundamentalist groups, meanwhile, which have been strong supporters of Israel of late, take much the same view as their more hawkish Jewish-American counterparts. Both these groups are vital constituencies for Bush, and have influence in the White House and in the House and Senate, particularly with congressional elections next November. Indeed, they could make the president's life almost as complicated as dealing with Hamas.
03-17-06 - Trojan spyware couple face jail
03-17-06 - Christian Ministers Unite to Decry Denigration of Prophet The organization has brought thousands of interreligious clergy to visit Israel and Gaza in more than a dozen delegations over the past 3 years to interface with the children of Abraham in constructive dialogue, leading participants to a greater understanding and appreciation of each other's faith
03-17-06 - Watchdogs Target Small Arms, Saying Dealers 'Defy UN Embargoes' Last year's report further faulted: ...the United States for ramped-up sales to Israel and Pakistan
03-17-06 - OPEC Fund extends US$2.5 million grant for urgent housing project in Palestine
03-17-06 - Foreign correspondent faults Christian Zionists In a talk given at Ottawa's First Unitarian Congregation on March 10, former CBC foreign correspondent David Halton laid much of the blame for the failure to resolve the Middle East conflict at the feet of the Christian Right in the United States. Their influence on American foreign policy has, he said, eliminated "any significant U.S. role as an honest broker between Israelis and Palestinians." ....Christian Zionists have, said Halton, raised some $100 million to promote expansion of settlements on the West Bank and to encourage Jewish immigration to Israel. They flooded the White House with 100,000 e-mails to protest President Bush's urging that Sharon pull troops out of Jenin on the West Bank. About 100 Congressmen and Senators are Christian Zionists, he said....On a visit to Israel, Tom DeLay, former House majority whip, announced, "I don't see occupied territories; I see Israel."
03-17-06 - U.S. doctors question quality of medical care given to Sharon "One striking part of Mr. Sharon's saga is that he was taken in an ambulance for a trip to an emergency room more than one hour away,"
03-17-06 - Japanese Food Aid to Palestinians through UNRWA, WFP The Government of Japan has decided to extend food aid totaling 660 million yen (approximately US 6 million) for Palestinian refugees and other Palestinian population through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
03-17-06 - Predictions of a better Middle East have evaporated three years after invasion Although Israel tacitly backed the effort to oust Saddam and some of its American allies urged the U.S. to attack, there's now broad, if quiet, criticism of the way the United States has handled the postwar period.
03-17-06 - Festival backs Palestine
03-17-06 - "You won?t impose your wall on us!"
03-17-06 - Terror suspect reveals the daily misery of life under control order Mahmoud Abu Rideh, 34, was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugee parents.
03-17-06 - Images from a floating world Do Israelis live in a bubble? Karma Nabulsi assesses Linda Grant's The People on the Street
03-17-06 - Books on sexuality drew most complaints in U.S. This year, Three Wishes, a book featuring interviews with Palestinian and Israeli children, has been withdrawn from a reading list at the York and Toronto District School Boards after a challenge by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
03-16-06 - The Jewish Exponent: Pull the Plug on UNRWA! Halting aid to the P.A. means nothing if funds shift to the 'humanitarian' front Here is the reason for the five-article report on UNRWA from the Jewish Telegraph Agency of yesterday - to put forth that humanitarian organizations such as UNWRA are 'politicized', or found to 'support terror', and therefore nobody should give those agencies money either. In other words, Palestinians must be cut off from aid completely - including from humanitarian aid. Sound like Nazism to you?
03-16-06 - (Three) Years Later, Justice Still Not Served: Remembering the Death of Rachel Corrie
03-16-06 - Amnesty International: Israel/Occupied Territories: Elections are Opportunity to Address Human Rights In the Occupied Territories the spiral of violence, which has claimed the lives of thousands of Israelis and Palestinians and caused widespread destruction and suffering over the past five years, makes the quest for a just and durable peace all the more urgent. Too often, policies pursued by Israel in the name of security have breached international law and grossly violated the fundamental rights of the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.
03-16-06 - Three Palestinians in Awarta village injured after being attacked by Israeli settlers The settlers threw hand grenades and fired live rounds at the Palestinians, injuring three, local sources reported.
03-16-06 - Israel bans Palestinian conference in Jerusalem Israeli police banned a conference, to be attended by Palestinian non-governmental organisations and MPs, at an east Jerusalem hotel and detained six people.
03-16-06 - Israeli soldier killed in Jenin Palestinians also threw stones at Israeli soldiers. The Israeli forces took over a number of homes in the area
03-16-06 - Israeli Forces to Step up Targeted Killings: Mofaz
03-16-06 - NY theatre under fire for postponing Mideast play Corrie has long been a controversial figure, with critics accusing her of naivete and not giving equal weight to Israeli victims of Palestinian attacks, and supporters praising her for defending Palestinian civilians. An Israeli investigation concluded her death was an accident. accident???????????
03-16-06 - Hamas 'days away' from government
03-16-06 - Hospital kept new-born baby over unpaid bill "This is not the first time that the hospital has kept babies as hostages for payment of debts."
03-16-06 - Hamas Leader Talks Peace In an exclusive interview, CBS News correspondent David Hawkins talked with the man who will lead the government, new prime minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Haniyeh says there's no blood on his hands ? that he's never personally ordered any kind if military action or terrorist action against Israel. Israeli officials agree: They tell CBS News that they have no evidence connecting Haniyeh to any terror attacks.
03-16-06 - US distances itself from Jericho prison raid The United States distanced itself from Israel's raid on a West Bank prison, with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice saying the US had never been responsible for security at the Jericho jail.
03-16-06 - Palestinians accuse Israel of destroying Authority Israel stood accused of working to destroy the Palestinian Authority after a raid on a West Bank prison that boosted acting premier Ehud Olmert's prospects of re-election.
03-16-06 - 49 haredim arrested in J'lem for Purim riots A policeman lightly injured from stones was treated at Shabbat Square in the city, where dozens of haredim tried to attack two Arab taxi drivers.
03-16-06 - U.S. bill would fund Israeli security research
Israel is named as an ally in the war on terror in a U.S. congressional bill that would fund international cooperation for homeland security....The funding for international cooperation would be at least 2.5 percent of the total U.S. research and development budget. ???????????????????
03-16-06 - Dead birds spark Israel flu fears Israeli Agriculture Minister Zeev Boim said the dead turkeys were found in Ein Hashlosha and nearby Holit, next to the Gaza Strip in the western Negev region.
03-16-06 - US Homeland Security delegation in Israel next week The Export Institute said yesterday that a 120-strong delegation from the US Department of Homeland Security would visit Israel next week. The delegation, which will comprise experts in the fields of security, internal defense and homeland security will attend a conference in Jerusalem, where they will study Israeli technologies and solutions for homeland security issues. The conference will be attended by dozens of Israeli companies, which will exhibit products and technologies for explosives detection, surveillance and armor.
There's a big irony. If you don't know what it is, then you haven't been paying attention.
03-16-06 - UN Council stymied on reacting to Jericho raid Last minutes changes in a council statement, which requires the approval of all 15 members, are usually difficult because governments may have to send the new wording to their capitals for approval.
03-16-06 - Amnesty International Calls On Israel to End Settlements and Constructing Apartheid Wall
03-16-06 - Israeli family charged in shrine attack An Israeli couple and their 20-year-old daughter were charged Thursday with arson and public disorder after they set off firecrackers inside a major Christian shrine, sparking violent protests by Israeli Arabs.
03-16-06 - State prosecutor: Ze'evi killers to face trial in Israeli court The six Palestinian inmates were seized Tuesday in a raid by the Israel Defense Forces on the Palestinian Authority prison in Jericho, where they have been held in the last four years.
03-16-06 - In pictures: Palestinian anger over Jericho raid
03-16-06 - Soldier killed in Jenin from friendly fire? Investigators said there is no conclusive evidence that Shapira was killed by Palestinian gunmen.
03-16-06 - Saadat Says Not Involved in Killing Israeli Minister A Palestinian militant leader seized by Israel in a raid on a West Bank jail denied any responsibility for his group's 2001 assassination of an Israeli cabinet minister, his lawyer said on Thursday.
03-16-06 - 'Gitmo' prisoners wrapped in Israeli flags U.S. military interrogators wrapped prisoners at Guantanamo in Israeli flags, according to the FBI.
03-16-06 - Pro-Israel Activists Block Travel Reform Jewish organizations, in the lead of a loose coalition of nonprofit groups, moved to block the reforms on travel, arguing that one of their most effective lobbying tools has been privately sponsored trips to Israel for lawmakers. Israel is the number one foreign destination of privately funded congressional trips, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Washington's powerful pro-Israel lobby, is the second largest underwriter of such overseas travel. It's all just a big conspiracy theory though - all of this talk about the Israeli lobby and it's control over the US government - nothing to see here...
03-16-06 - Army resumes land bulldozing in Tubas The orchards were annexed by the soldiers and settlers last month in order to expand the nearby settlement of Ronem, local sources reported.
03-16-06 - Prison raid gives Israel's Olmert a boost Haaretz in an editorial Thursday pointed out that the raid marks a troubling end to the cooperation and coordination Israeli and the Palestinian Authority officials had managed to maintain on security issues, turning a page on a deeply uncertain future.
03-16-06 - John Thomas: 'The IRS, the IRD, and Red State / Blue State Religion' If the IRD were merely a think tank on the nexus of religion and politics from a neo-conservative perspective, there would be little to complain about even from those who disagree sharply. But the agenda is far less benign....This past summer the IRD launched an advocacy effort aimed at undermining the mainline churches? long standing support of justice for Palestinians in the Middle East conflict. As church assemblies addressed the Occupation, the security barrier or wall, and in some cases the use of economic leverage - either divestment or positive investment - to advocate for an end to the occupation, the IRD and its related organizations joined with some Jewish organizations to vigorously challenge these resolutions....Since our Synod, the Wiesenthal Center, the David Project, and the Anti-Defamation League have been eager allies for IRD related organizations within the United Church of Christ in an on-going strategy of disinformation and disruption. The IRD agenda matches that of AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobby that largely controls the Washington agenda on Middle East policy. What was striking in this instance, however, was that the debates were not among United Church of Christ members or Disciple of Christ members; the debates were between the church and others outside the church Those CHURCHES that don't toe the pro-Israeli line are now being targeted.
03-16-06 - NY fund to sink $100m into local equity The New York State employees' pension fund will establish a new $100 million fund for investing in Israeli high-tech, said New York State comptroller Alan G. Hevesi yesterday during his visit here.
03-16-06 - Lebanese army out in force for anti-Israel demo Lebanese troops were out in force in a bid to prevent violence at a demonstration in protest at the controversial Israeli raid on a West Bank prison this week.
03-16-06 - Hamas denies running kids' suicide Web site "We know and assume that they are working together," said Ehrlich. "I checked it out with my Israelis sources and they confirmed this. I can't reveal who they are." Naturally. Why should we question the word of pro-Israeli outfits such as 'Palestinian Media Watch'?
03-16-06 - Theater Addresses Tension Over Play Mr. Nicola did say he had had a conversation with one board member who said that his rabbi had concerns about the play. An old friend, who is Jewish, also questioned the play's message
03-16-06 - CAIR Calls for Probe of U.S. Role in Israeli Prison Attack The 10-hour assault resulted in the deaths of three Palestinians and sparked protests throughout the Occupied Territories. Both the United States and Britain denied cooperating with Israel, despite the short time period between the withdrawal of the monitors and what was apparently a pre- planned attack.
03-16-06 - The time for accounting The pledge that all this suffering would at least assist a solution to the Palestinian question has proved painfully hollow, with the Israelis ram-raiding a Palestinian prison in Jericho - just like British troops in Basra. But still the war junkies seem to believe one more hit - this time against Iran - will lead to the breakthrough to the docile Middle East they desire
03-16-06 - Packed Finkelstein talk draws 'real outrage' Finkelstein, who cracked light-hearted jokes about his own Jewish heritage, is known for a pro-Palestinian stance and criticism of Israel.
03-16-06 - South African Union Head: "Israel is an apartheid state" He actually said that compared to Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, South Africa's apartheid policies were 'a Sunday picnic'.
03-16-06 - Freed Canuck aid worker to stay in Gaza
03-16-06 - Jewish groups urge Archbishop to have 'moral strength' over disinvestment "We, the undersigned representatives of Israeli and Jewish organizations, have witnessed the Occupation first hand. In our view, Israel's Occupation and settlement policies stem more from territorial claims than from genuine concerns of security, which can only be addressed through a complete end to the Occupation and peace with the Palestinians. Of the 12,000 Palestinian homes demolished by Israel in the Occupied Territories since 1967, less than 5% were demolished for security reasons "
03-16-06 - Syria condemns Israeli raid on Jericho prison as state terrorism
03-16-06 - Landmark Lawsuits Filed in U.S. Courts Against Israeli Officials Israelis have filed suit in the US against Palestinian organizations - and have won. But watch how this goes. One can only imagine how itchy pro-Israeli legislators such as Ileana Ros-Lehtinen must be to pass new laws barring Palestinians(only) from seeking justice in this fashion.
03-16-06 - Palestinian Hip-Hop Comes to DC
03-16-06 - As P.A. financial crisis looms, Europe's hard line starts to waver Abbas' case was not helped by the Palestinian reaction to the Israeli raid on the Jericho prison Israel decided to raid this jail while Abbas, at that very moment, was in Europe seeking to discuss aid to Palestine. Abbas abruptly left Europe because of this raid. My guess: Israel alerted the British and American authorities ( " U.S. and British observers who had monitored the jail for the past four years withdrew early Tuesday morning - just before the raid - citing security concerns " )at that Jericho prison that they were about to storm the place. This is why, I believe, that the British beat feet as fast as they did ("The monitors slipped away at 9.30am after telling Palestinian authorities at the prison they were getting their car fixed. They headed straight for the Israeli checkpoint on the road out of Jericho. "). Israel does not want Europe (or US) funding the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. And conveniently, Europe is now looking more askance at the idea than before the Jericho raid.
03-16-06 - US Bias Against Palestine Palestine Media Watch is not the same outfit as Palestinian Media Watch. The latter is a pro-Israeli website.
03-16-06 - Hamas cited in White House strategy U.S. demands that Hamas abandon terrorism and recognize Israel are part of a new U.S. national security strategy. "The opportunity for peace and statehood - a consistent goal of this administration - is open if Hamas will abandon its terrorist roots and change its relationship with Israel," says the document, released Thursday by the White House
03-16-06 - Israeli professors hit anti-Hamas policy
03-16-06 - Colonization of Palestine precludes peace Israel-run Haaretz, the only MSM to run the piece by Jimmy Carter from 03-09. I wonder if any of OUR media will pick this up now?
03-16-06 - Protesters in Novi pressure Caterpillar to stop sales to Israel The protest is occurring on the third anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, a protester who was run over by a bulldozer destroying a home in the Occupied Territories
03-16-06 - Palestinian delegate asks US Christians to help spread message
03-16-06 - Predictions of a better Middle East have evaporated three years after invasion President Bush cited Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and ties to international terrorism - neither of which turned out to exist - when he ordered a pre-emptive war that began March 19, 2003. He predicted payoffs for the wider Middle East: spreading democracy, deterred enemies, more secure oil flows, a less hostile environment for Israel. "a less hostile environment for Israel."
03-16-06 - 'We love Canada' "When they were certain I was Canadian, they were very disappointed. Then, they told me, 'We love Canada.' That's wonderful to hear when you have guns pointed at you,"
03-16-06 - India pledges support to new Palestine regime
03-16-06 - When All That's Left is Aipac The defendants' former employer has denied any knowledge of or connection to "Aipac-gate." But it's very possible that once the media start focusing on Aipac's inner workings in federal court, the organization - and therefore the entire pro-Israel community - will be on trial in the court of public opinion. Critics of Israel and its overwhelming influence brought to bear over our government by its well-financed and powerful US lobby AIPAC are branded 'anti-Semitic', 'anti-Zionist' 'Jew-bashers' by the author of this article. Naturally.
03-16-06 - U.S.: We won't oppose China deal The United States does not object to Israel's resumption of arms sales to China.
03-16-06 - From Massacre to Militia: The Case Against Palestinian Disarmament in Lebanon Two days after the PLO fighters were evacuated, Israel deployed its armed forces around the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in breach of the cease-fire agreement. Nevertheless, Israel was not asked to withdraw by the supervising international forces. On the evening of Sept. 16, 1982, then Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon reportedly invited Lebanese Phalangist militia units to enter the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. For the next 36 to 48 hours, they massacred 3,000 to 3,500 unarmed Palestinian refugees. It's strange our government's insistance that Lebanon implement UN resolutions when it has refused to insist that Israel implement any of the scores of UN resolutions that it has been in violation of for over thirty years.
03-16-06 - Dumbarton Church Hosts Palestinian Ambassador, Photo Exhibit
03-15-06 - We warned of prison attack, says Israel Days before Israel's military assault on Jericho prison it warned Britain and America that it would seize Palestinians held there under an international agreement for killing an Israeli cabinet minister if the two countries withdrew their monitors...British sources said yesterday the monitors were withdrawn after a "specific and credible threat" earlier this year against their lives. The sources said it was the most serious of concerns that included fears of roadside bombs, kidnappings and being caught up in a riot inside the jail. Seems like old times for the Brits in Palestine, eh?
03-15-06 - U.S. Envoy Warns of Palestinian Chaos "I do not believe you can have a million starving Palestinians and have peace," Wolfensohn said. Israel wants the Palestinians in chaos. That way, they can say, 'see, look what we have to deal with here'.
03-15-06 - Jordan monarch warns against strike on Iran Jordan's King Abdullah II warned in an interview with AFP that any military operation on Iran would cause the situation in the region "to explode".
03-15-06 - Amnesty Holds Israel Responsible for Prisoners Safety
03-15-06 - US court told Israel subjected American detainees to "traumas" In order to undermine Salah's claims, the prosecution called two agents of the Israeli Security Agency who took part in Salah's 1993 interrogations.
The six and a half days of testimony were held behind closed doors, but a transcript edited of classified information will be made available to the public in a few weeks.
Disguised agents of a foreign government are allowed to give testimony in private at a trial of a US citizen. I forget which country I am in for a minute. What happened to America?
03-15-06 - Palestinian Authority begins paying salaries
03-15-06 - Ezra: U.S. didn't object to E1 construction The United States did not voice firm objection to the beginning of construction work in the disputed E1 area connecting Jerusalem to the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra told Ynet on Monday. What's the difference whether or not our government objected? Israel will do what Israel wants to do, international law, world be damned.
03-15-06 - 'Disenfranchised' Wolfensohn threatens to quit Mideast peace process Wolfensohn took exception at Wednesday's hearing to calls to withhold aid to the Palestinian Authority, following the surprise victory by Hamas in January's legislative elections. "It is essential to ensure the continued humanitarian and economic welfare of the Palestinian people in a way that is predictable and clear to the population," Wolfensohn said.
03-15-06 - US was alerted that Israel planned to raid Jericho Prison Israel briefed the US on its plan to raid the Jericho prison a short time before the IDF forces reached the area and kept the Americans updated on the progress of the raid. Diplomatic sources in Washington said Tuesday that the briefings were done both through the US embassy in Tel-Aviv and by the Israeli embassy in Washington.
03-15-06 - Rights group: Gaza-West Bank travel ban violates international law
03-15-06 - Last hostages freed as Palestinian leader tours jail rubble
03-15-06 - Abbas Calls Raid an 'Unforgivable Crime' "I'm giving the facts. They (the monitors) left at 9:20 a.m., and the Israelis came in at 9:30 a.m. How can we explain that?"
03-15-06 - U.S. may veto bid for UN condemnation of jail siege the text would almost certainly face a veto from the United States, Israel's closest ally, if brought to a vote in
its current form, the diplomats said.
03-15-06 - Israel's attack on Jericho: Palestinians remain without protection The missing contextual facts are that the PFLP killed Ze'evi in retaliation for Israel's murder of its leader Abu Ali Mustafa (Mustafa al-Zibri) in August 2001. Al-Zibri was not carrying arms or fighting, but sitting at his desk when an Israeli Apache helicopter fired a missile at him blowing him to pieces. Ze'evi was the leading advocate in Israel for the destruction of the Palestinian people, calling for their wholesale expulsion. The party he founded is running on the same platform in the current Israeli election campaign as anyone can read on its website.
03-15-06 - Israeli aggression, British betrayal Another act of aggression by the Israeli state, emboldened by western governments' hostility to Hamas.
03-15-06 - Suppression of witness names underlines battle in AIPAC case Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley, Anthony Zinni: For a few hours, the list of subpoenaed witnesses on the docket in the classified information case against two former staffers of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee read like a Who's Who of U.S. foreign policy. And that probably was precisely the point for defendants eager to prove that trading inside information with the most senior government officials was par for the lobbyists' course.
This will only serve to further prove that our government is beholden to AIPAC, a foreign lobby.
03-15-06 - Raid Deals a Blow to Abbas' Reputation
03-15-06 - PCHR strongly condemns attacks on international institutions and citizens
03-15-06 - Islamic FMs condemn Israel's 'state terrorism'
03-15-06 - Qatar asks UN council to condemn Israeli jail raid
03-15-06 - Euro deputies round on Israel after jail raid ends Abbas visit
03-15-06 - Rice, Lavrov touch base over Jericho raid Earlier on Wednesday Moscow had expressed its "profound concern" over the Israeli raid on the West Bank prison and called for all parties to avoid an escalation of violence.
03-15-06 - Prison raid brightens Olmert's political star "Voters love these kind of operations in which the enemy is humiliated and our forces return safely to base," political commentator Nahum Barnea wrote in Yedioth Ahronoth...Faced with overwhelming Israeli force, Palestinian prisoners -- ordered to strip down to their underwear to show they were not carrying weapons or bombs -- walked with arms raised over their heads out of Jericho prison, where bulldozers tore apart its walls. And we are supposed to believe that Israel is the underdog here, in danger of being 'pushed into the sea' by these people. Mmmm k.
03-15-06 - Palestinian Militants Sorry for Abductions of Foreigners
03-15-06 - Blair's credibility suffers body blow among Arabs Confidence in Mr Blair has more recently been knocked by his role in pressing Hamas to recognise Israel, renounce violence and commit itself to existing agreements. Some Palestinians see that as a rejection of their democratic choice. Others say that the position of Britain and its allies would have more credibility if they held Israel to a similar standard.
03-15-06 - Palestinians protest at jail raid All Palestinian factions called on businesses and schools to close after Ahmed Saadat gave himself up after troops stormed his jail in Jericho.
03-15-06 - Election politics show Israel's drift from peace negotiations The new and favored Kadima party promises to establish borders on its own
03-15-06 - Kidnapped Australians not mistreated, says Downer
03-15-06 - JTA's attack on UNRWA to be wielded by neoconservative John Bolton who has embarked on a campaign to abolish pro-Palestinian agencies at the UN. The staunchly pro-Israel JTA lays the blame for the Palestinian refugee problem on UNRWA, not Israel - which created this problem in the first place.
03-15-06 - E. J'lem hospital allegedly held baby to guarantee payment The woman gave birth prematurely to triplets at Moqassed two months ago, and the babies needed extensive hospitalization. But due to the hospital's concern that the National Insurance Institute (NII) would not cover the costs, since the babies' father is a resident of the Palestinian Authority, the hospital allegedly decided to release only two of the babies, keeping the third as a "guarantee."
03-15-06 - Britain 'totally respects' Hamas victory but it must recognise Israel
03-15-06 - 'It was like Beau Geste' British monitors keeping an eye on jailed Palestinian militants in Jericho were on to a fairly cushy number - while it lasted, writes Ewen MacAskill
03-14-06 - Israeli Forces Raid Jericho Jail During the operation, a Palestinian officer and a prisoner were killed in a shootout between Palestinian police and Israeli forces, Palestinian security officials said....U.S. and British observers who had monitored the jail for the past four years withdrew early Tuesday morning - just before the raid - citing security concerns. The Israeli government ordered the raid because the monitors were withdrawn, the army said, blaming the Palestinians for violating the agreement regarding the prisoners.
03-14-06 - Palestinians Attack Foreigners After Raid Palestinian police whisked foreigners to safety, and several international relief agencies closed in the Palestinian territories on Tuesday in response to the kidnapping of aid workers and journalists by angry militants
03-14-06 - Groups Pull Staff From Palestinian Areas Angry Palestinians accused Britain and the United States of complicity in the raid because the two countries withdrew their inspectors shortly before the Israelis arrived to try to seize a top Palestinian militant leader.
03-14-06 - UNICEF sees aid shortfall for Palestinian children In a report to donors, UNICEF said it urgently needed $6.2 million to address "a sharp deterioration in the humanitarian situation" in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas group won elections in January. Nearly one in ten children under age five in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are so malnourished that it has stunted their growth, while newborns often lack medical care, the agency said.
I'm sure Israeli officials will lose sleep at night over this news..
03-14-06 - EU warns Palestinians of disruption to EU help The European Union may cut back assistance to the Palestinians if attacks on EU property there and kidnappings of Westerners do not stop, a senior EU official said on Tuesday...."Israel is in an election campaign but at the same time I think we have to condemn this action by Israel,"
03-14-06 - In pictures: Jericho prison raid
03-14-06 - Explosions, smoke and angry crowds Other BBC staff saw gangs of youths gathered near the prison throwing stones at the Israeli soldiers, he said. "One Palestinian teenager stood in front of an Israeli military 4WD vehicle preventing it from going any further. 'Run me down!' he screamed. 'Run me down!'"
03-14-06 - Abbas rushes home after jail raid He was on the first day of a trip aimed at securing aid for the Palestinians..... The BBC's Alex Kroeger in Strasbourg said the trip - which was to include a speech to the European Parliament on Wednesday - was an important one.
03-14-06 - A sudden exit, a jail is stormed - and Israel's long wait is over The monitors slipped away at 9.30am after telling Palestinian authorities at the prison they were getting their car fixed. They headed straight for the Israeli checkpoint on the road out of Jericho. Col Belkin was waiting. He says there was no collusion between Israel and Britain, but the speed with which his men moved against the prison did nothing to quell Palestinian suspicions.
03-14-06 - Britain accused after day of chaos and kidnaps in Gaza Jack Straw, told the Commons the monitors were withdrawn as the Palestinian Authority had not done enough to ensure their security. He denied Britain had collaborated with Israel
03-14-06 - Olmert: Separation fence to be completed by end of year Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday told settlers the State of Israel intends to complete the construction of the separation fence around the West Bank within several months.
03-14-06 - US monitoring Israel's Iran options The sources pointed out that it is clear that Israel would have to coordinate with the US forces air control any attempt to fly over Iraq on the way to Iran, if Israel chooses to attack using the shortest route. Last week, former Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon said in Washington that the West does have a military option against Iran and that a joint US-NATO-Israeli air strike against dozens of nuclear facilities in Iran could set back Teheran's nuclear programs for several years. ...One of the questions Pentagon analysts are grappling with is how an Israeli attack - if launched - would affect the US and its forces in the region and whether it would force the US to follow with further strikes in order to complete the mission. The US is also discussing what could be the possible avenues of retaliation Iran would take against US's forces and interests in the region.
03-14-06 - Israeli Jail Raid Angers Palestinians British and American officials said they had complained repeatedly about security conditions at the prison and threatened in a letter last week - a copy of which was sent to Israel - to remove the monitors if things did not improve immediately. Naveh said troops were outside Jericho for days, waiting for the monitors to leave. Minutes after the withdrawal, troops rushed in, he said, denying there was any coordination with the monitors....The six wanted men were being held at the jail under the supervision of British and American wardens in accordance with a 2002 deal between President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The agreement allowed the prisoners to be transferred from Yasser Arafat's besieged compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where they were holed up during Israel's operation Defensive Shield that year....Abbas lashed out at the Americans and the British, saying they violated the agreement by withdrawing monitors without telling him
03-14-06 - Israel tightens grip on Jordan Valley UN officials have also told the BBC they are concerned that the region is gradually being cut off by restrictions imposed on the Palestinian population by the Israeli security forces.
03-14-06 - High alert along northern border Israel blames the Lebanese government for the planned Hezbollah attack. The IDF says Beirut must regain its composure, take control of what is going on in southern Lebanon and allow its army to patrol the Lebanese-Israeli border.
03-14-06 - Israel closes Gaza export terminal Karni, the only export terminal for goods leaving the Gaza Strip to Israel, was closed, just five days after being reopened following a lengthy closure, a security official said.
03-14-06 - Lebanon to disarm Palestinians outside camps Berri said the leaders backed a government decision to disarm Palestinians outside refugee camps in six months and to "tackle the issue of the arms inside the camps," while also pledging to improve Palestinian living conditions in Lebanon.....The politicians also agreed to consider the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms border area Lebanese land, even though the United Nations says it belongs to Syria. Israel seized the tiny pocket of land in the 1967 Middle East War.
03-14-06 - Russia, Syria will push Hamas on road map: Lavrov Russia and Syria are both trying to persuade the Palestinian group Hamas to fulfil steps laid out in the road map toward Middle East peace, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
03-14-06 - Former Labour MP Tony Benn on how Britain Secretly Helped Israel Build Its Nuclear Arsenal I knew Michael Michaels very well. I went through my diary, which is about 17 million words long, and picked out every reference to him. And I had good grounds for not trusting him. But I had no idea of this, of course, at all. And he was doing it behind the back of ministers, and he undoubtedly did assist Israel and was intended to assist Israel, because I believe after he retired, he was given a job by the Israeli government. So there could be little doubt that that was what it was about.
03-14-06 - Arab League head accuses UK, US in raid Moussa said he was in touch with Arab and international leaders, including U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, to "bring a swift and complete end to this dangerous and strange (Israeli) intervention".
03-14-06 - Louisville man briefly abducted by Palestinian militants
03-14-06 - Red Cross official freed in Gaza - witnesses
03-14-06 - S.Korea confirms journalist kidnapped in Gaza
03-14-06 - Ariel part of Israel under permanent borders: Olmert
03-14-06 - 400 Palestinian children imprisoned in Israeli jails without the most basic human rights
03-14-06 - Who's afraid of Rachel Corrie? Artists clamor for play to be seen
03-14-06 - Christian Radio Host Fired For Criticizing Israel The program was canceled by the WFAX management because supporters of Israel had complained to the radio station about Crowley's criticisms of Israel.
03-14-06 - Chicago court hears chilling tales of torture In federal court in Chicago Tuesday, chilling stories about the torture of political prisoners by Israeli police
03-14-06 - India to send special envoy to Palestine: Govt In the first high-level contact, India is sending a special envoy to Palestine to talk to the newly-elected Hamas regime, Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed informed the Rajya Sabha today.
03-14-06 - Indonesia, US agree to create peace in Palestine and Korean Peninsula
03-14-06 - A moral duty to support Christians in the Holy Land
03-14-06 - Gaza turmoil prompts US appeal for calm
03-14-06 - Senators press Bush on Saudis A bipartisan slate of U.S. senators led by Jews from each party asked President Bush to urge Saudi Arabia to cancel a meeting on an Israel boycott.
03-14-06 - No respect for borders or the rule of law
03-14-06 - Jordan urges Israel to stop military operation in Jericho
03-14-06 - Human rights lawyer testifies in Hamas trial in US
03-14-06 - The walls of Jericho
03-14-06 - American donors to Israeli parties draw back with Sharon out of picture By contrast, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu was loudly applauded for pledging never to give up the Jordan Valley and to bring more West Bank settlements inside Israel's security barrier, essentially annexing more land. "Wherever your political career takes you, we will be your friend, and we know that you will always be a friend of the U.S.-Israel relationship," Michael Levin, an AIPAC board member, said after Netanyahu's address
03-14-06 - Play about activist's death pulled; Iowa aunt saddened Brodersen, who had been looking forward to seeing the play in New York, said the cancellation of the production was "very discouraging, very disheartening." She said for three years, family members have been fighting for an independent investigation into Corrie's death ? or at least official public acknowledgement that such an investigation has never been done.
03-14-06 - Poll finds huge support for broad Palestinian coalition
03-14-06 - Anglicans retreat on Israel divestment However, the shift hasn't mollified the American Jewish Congress.
03-14-06 - Evan Bayh: Loves His AIPAC In other words, he wants that "free flow of information" for which AIPAC is so famous to continue. Unfortunately, it is a free flow of classified information from our officials to Israeli officials
03-14-06 - AJCommittee, Portugese Jewish group sign pact "This association will bring our communities closer to one another as we work together to strengthen a united Jewish world and combat anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism,"
03-14-06 - U.S. was wrong to support dividing Palestine in 1947 In 1957, my high school debate class, on the 10th anniversary of the partition, debated the issue. Our team took the position that this act was wrong, not because we were anti-Semitic, but because we felt it was wrong to displace the Palestinian people just so someone else could have their land.
03-13-06 - Palestinian farmers say Israel taking their land TONY EASTLEY: Palestinian farmers are accusing Israel of throwing them off their land in a bid to annex the Jordan Valley in the West Bank. Their claims have been backed up by an Israeli human rights group, which says it has proof that the Israeli Army is quietly implementing new controls on Palestinian residency and movement.
03-13-06 - Some 2,000 Palestinians banned from entering Jordan Valley Thousands of dunams of land have been illegally transferred to settlements and army bases in the area.
03-13-06 - Israel starts work on settlement expansion - source Israel has begun construction to link a West Bank settlement to Jerusalem, sources in the prime minister's office said on Monday, in a move a Palestinian official said could torpedo future peace talks Who is the biggest obstacle to peace? How is building settlements on confiscated land in the interest of Israeli security?
03-13-06 - Israel begins new construction on W. Bank land - sources Israel has begun new construction on occupied West Bank land near Jerusalem, sources in interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office said on Monday, days after he had warned Israel could set permanent borders. This is an earlier version of the settlements story from Reuters. Notice how Reuters self-corrected some of the terms they used in this earlier version - such as 'West Bank land', and 'occupied territory'.
03-13-06 - Israeli Settlers attack Palestinian farmers; injure four, including one child The Palestine News Network reported that the attack was carried out during a voluntary work session conducted by the Israeli organization Rabbis for Human Rights, who were planting olive trees in solidarity with the Palestinian farmers and cave dwellers of the area.
03-13-06 - Ending Ban, Olmert Ally Meets With Abbas Elder statesman Shimon Peres secretly met the Palestinian president in Jordan with the blessing of acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, ending a ban that followed the victory by the militant group Hamas in Palestinian elections, Israel said Monday.
03-13-06 - Israeli Army resumes work on a new settler road in the middle of Hebron Israeli army bulldozers resumed work on a road for 'Israeli Settlers only' which will cut through the middle of the old city of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Monday morning.
03-13-06 - U.S. May Shift Aid From Palestinian Authority to Relief Agencies
03-13-06 - Israeli warplanes overfly Lebanon Beirut has filed repeated complaints to the United Nations -- which has in turn called for Israel to halt violations of Lebanese airspace -- following the May 2000 Israeli troop pullout from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
03-13-06 - Hamas case testimony in U.S. continues out of eye of public, press Prosecutors say the measures are needed to protect the Israelis from possible retribution by Hamas terrorists. Mr. Salah's attorneys argue their client has a constitutional right to confront his accusers....What is rare about the Salah case, according to Northwestern University law professor Ron Allen, is Judge St. Eve's decision to block the agents' testimony from the public....Prosecutors will make transcripts of the testimony public -- minus material that the government deems classified under the federal Classified Information Procedures Act.
03-13-06 - Hamas pushes for coalition deal The meeting reportedly ended without agreement, but Hamas was expected to submit a new draft programme before talks continued on Tuesday.
03-13-06 - The piper's pipe dream: Tom Fox' vision for Hebron
03-13-06 - Mubarak says EU must not cut aid to Palestinians "The aid is used by the man-in-the-street to buy medicine and to send his children to school. If this money is cut, terrorism will grow and all the (Palestinian) people will suffer,"
03-13-06 - CDI in Israel petitions High Court against Gaza-West Bank travel ban The Center for the Defense of the Individual, in Israel, filed on Monday a petition to the Israeli High Court of Justice, demanding the army to lift or lessen the restrictions on Palestinians wishing to travel between the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
03-13-06 - Olmert to declare Ariel part of Israel during visit 'Ariel' is an illegal settlement built in the West Bank.
03-13-06 - Fatah faces US cutoff if it joins Hamas government Washington plans to curtail contacts with President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction and other parties if they join a Palestinian government led by the Hamas militant group, Western diplomatic sources said on Monday.
03-13-06 - Israeli Counter-Terrorism Expert Trains Police At Mall
03-13-06 - Jewish Settlers Despair Before Election Beyond the violence, Israeli critics of the settlers have long complained that the settlers have led the nation astray for decades and antagonized the international community. Israeli governments have invested billions of dollars in settlement construction, including generous subsidies for settlers.
03-13-06 - The revolutionary matriarch of Hamas "People voted for Hamas not for their beliefs and not for their attitudes toward peace and Israel. They voted for Hamas because they are tired of Fatah and their corruption," says Nabil Kukali, the head of the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, in Beit Sahour in the West Bank.
03-13-06 - Eceptionist(R) Begins Palestine Service
03-13-06 - Interfaith Group Prays for Peace in Iraq at U.S. Capitol The council recently awarded the controversial, Oscar-nominated movie "Paradise Now," which tells the story of two Palestinian suicide bombers, with its 15th Annual Media Award
03-13-06 - Israel avoids wrangling with Straw Israel will not make an issue over British Foreign Minister Jack Straw's statement last week that after the world deals with Iran's nuclear "threat," it will deal with Israel's.
03-13-06 - Palestinian leader to meet EU officials in Strasbourg "The EU will continue to be a reliable partner for the Palestinian people, around half of whom live in deep poverty,"
03-13-06 - Cardinal: Holy Land at critical stage Cardinal McCarrick, a member of the CRS board, visited a CRS kindergarten project in Bethlehem, West Bank. He also celebrated Mass at a parish in the West Bank village of Aboud....The barrier is one of the reasons cited for the decline in the Catholic population, he noted, and while it may have seemed necessary to the Israeli authorities, it seemed "harsh and unreasonable to those who have lost property." If completed as planned, the barrier were stretch nearly 400 miles and restrict the movements of 38 percent of residents of the West Bank.
The cardinal pointed specifically to Bethlehem as an example of a city whose lands have shrunk significantly because of Israeli security measures, causing many of the local businesses to close.
"I obviously worry about the economy of that very important town which always had a large Christian population," he said.
03-13-06 - Bethlehem Calling According to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA) of December 2004, Bethlehem is surrounded by 78 physical obstacles, including illegal Israeli settlements, settler-only roads, checkpoints and military roadblocks, and of course the Wall.
03-13-06 - Israeli Elections as Palestinian-Killing Contest
03-13-06 - Israeli police issue unjustified tickets to Palestinian drivers The drivers said that police chased some of them and issued tickets with extremely high fines without any justification.
03-13-06 - On the Side of the Peacemakers I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went to the West Bank and Gaza Strip because I wanted to see what three generations of occupation had done to Palestinian society. I found a lot more hopelessness and despair in Palestine. I met people who didn?t have that vision, like Iraqis did, that their situation was going to change in the near future
03-13-06 - Students deliver Torah to Israel The students will receive shooting lessons from the police while in Israel.
03-13-06 - Paris confirms Abbas' visit to Paris on Friday
03-13-06 - Americans enter Holocaust cartoon contest One cartoon shows an Israeli soldier pointing a gun at a Palestinian's head with the words, "What has Ariel Sharon learned from the Holocaust?"
03-13-06 - Greenhouses in Gaza suffer export blow Greenhouses bought on behalf of Palestinians by Jewish American benefactors are losing up to $130,000 a day in export sales because of Israeli restrictions on produce leaving the Gaza Strip, says the company running the project
03-13-06 - Palestine will never forgets Indonesia's help, support
03-13-06 - Israeli, U.S. labor leaders sign pact The agreement ? the first between an Israeli and a U.S. city ? was signed by Rich Rogers, executive secretary-treasurer of the Greater Boston Labor Council, and Baruch Zalts, chairman of the Histadrut-Haifa Labor Council
03-13-06 - European socialists open on Hamas Leaders of European socialist parties said Europe should be open to talks with a Palestinian government led by Hamas.
03-13-06 - Poll: England, Canada top list of foreign friends American voters feel that England, Canada and Israel are their country's best friends, Propaganda really does work. Go figure.
03-13-06 - Writers and Readers Week: Joe Sacco Joe Sacco is a cartoonist best known for his journalistic comics focusing on war zones. Palestine depicts stories and his experiences in Israel and the Palestinian territories - other works have focued on the Bosnian War and he is currently working on a book about the Rafah refugee camp.
03-13-06 - Seeds of Peace Experience Brings New Responsibilities After returning home to Hebron and seeing the suffering and despair that he had escaped while in the United States, Fadi, a Palestinian Seed, said, "in my mind I felt extremely selfish that I had this opportunity. ? There is nothing to worry about (in America) compared to what they have."
03-13-06 - Rabbis call for Sudan action The program also featured a briefing on the topic by John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, at the offices of the Anti-Defamation League. The neocon hero du jour, John Bolton, doing the bidding of pro-Israel organizations. It's doubtful that these orgs would give a rat's about Darfur if it weren't for the fact that it's Arabs that are doing the crimes therein.
03-13-06 - Seeking an end to a history of violence Zaru maintains that fundamentalists who believe Israelis have the sole rights to Israel misrepresent Scripture, and that flawed perspective, unless corrected, will continue to bring bloodshed and violence.....Israel recently denied Zaru permission to travel to Jerusalem for a conference to discuss nonviolent solutions. Though her case was presented several times, each time she was refused entry. The Israelis said the denial was for "security" reasons.
03-13-06 - 2 comedians try to narrow Mideast rift Blakeman, who is Jewish, and Obeidallah, who is of Palestinian descent, are stand-up comedians who perform around the country, hoping to unite two cultures that have been bitterly divided.
03-12-06 - Army to annex vast areas near Beit Jala Israeli soldiers handed, on Sunday, several residents of Beit Jala city, near Bethlehem, military orders informing them that the military intends to annex vast areas of farmlands near the city.
03-12-06 - Olmert to offer settlers: Expand blocs, cut outposts
03-12-06 - Friends Remember Slain American Hostage Palestinians throughout the West Bank also expressed sorrow Saturday over the killing of Fox who had traveled to the area to protest for their cause before he was taken hostage in Iraq.
03-12-06 - Lieberman - nyet, nyet, nyet In a nutshell, the principal difference in the plans of the two transfer-mongers with regard to the Arab citizens of Israel is that Lieberman is proposing border adjustments that would place them and their homes (that would instantly plumment in value) outside their state, while Ze'evi proposed deporting them from their state (and paying them suitable compensation for their homes).
03-12-06 - Pro-Israel Activists Cheer Cheney In recent weeks Bush has seen his approval ratings drop to around 35%, leading some analysts to the conclusion that his poll numbers were putting him perilously close to a "failed presidency" - one unable to effectuate its policies because of a lack of popular support. But this week, at the annual policy conference of the main pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, several of the most hard-line administration officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, drew a resounding response. This was by no coincidence. For it is their policy that the Bush administration is fulfilling - to the detriment of the rest of America.
03-12-06 - Rice Sought for Testimony in Spy Case Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley are among the witnesses defense lawyers want to subpoena in the case of two pro- Israel lobbyists accused of receiving classified information
03-12-06 - Recognising Israel 'is up to the people' Hamas's draft government programme has left the question of recognising Israel to the Palestinian people - leaving the door open for a possible referendum
03-12-06 - Israel threatens to kill detained FPLP members if released Israel is prepared to assassinate four Palestinians accused in the 2001 murder of an Israeli tourism minister if they are released from jail, Israeli television reported.
03-12-06 - Ayalon: "I've killed more Arabs than Hamas killed Jews"
03-12-06 - Meretz MK Gal-On blasts Ayalon for comments on killing 'many Arabs'
03-12-06 - Straw: Israel's nukes will be dealt with after Iran Highly doubtful. Britain is the one that helped Israel to get nukes in the first place.
03-12-06 - Rabbis visit Tehran to support call for Israel's destruction "The issue of the Holocaust has to do with the Zionist use ... The Zionists are using this issue. We, the Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, do not use the Holocaust as a tool for promoting our cause," Weiss was quoted as saying.
03-12-06 - Aide: Israel Told U.S. of Withdrawal Plan U.S. officials have reacted coolly to Israeli claims on the Ariel settlement bloc, deep inside the West Bank, and the Jordan valley. Also, up to now, the U.S. has insisted that borders must be set through negotiations and has opposed unilateral Israeli moves. AP tries to make like America has any say in the matter. Hysterical.
03-12-06 - Report Tracks L.A. Police Chief's Trips Bratton, who leaves Thursday for a nine-day business trip to Israel
03-12-06 - Israel's Likud, Hamas square off over future relations
03-12-06 - Hamas falters in effort to achieve unity
03-12-06 - Rice hopes to increase humanitarian aid to Palestinians Speaking to reporters en route to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, Rice said Hamas must make its intentions clear. First off, Rice is pandering to a mostly Muslim nation - big surprise there. Secondly, all aid for Palestinians should be deducted from the billions we give to Israel each year. Then I bet Israel would be singing a different tune. All aid to Israel should be contingent on its obeisance of international law. Bush the first attempted to do just that, and the AIPACers royally roasted his rear end.
03-12-06 - The erosion of free speech I better remember what I wrote in this newspaper just over six years ago, that "the degree of abuse and outright threats now being directed at anyone ... who dares to criticise Israel ... is fast reaching McCarthyite proportions. The attempt to force the media to obey Israel's rules is ... international". And growing, I should now add.
03-12-06 - A candidate to be Israel?s next defense minister called for an 'Axis of Pragmatism' in the Middle East
03-12-06 - Quartet envoy says he will step down unless mandate revised
03-12-06 - NYC mayor suspends imam The move by Michael Bloomberg regarding Umar Abdul-Jalil came after the New York Post reported that the imam made several anti-American and anti-Israel comments in an April 2005 speech, including saying that Muslims in America should stop letting "the Zionists of the media to dictate what Islam is to us."
03-12-06 - Affirmative action for Israeli Arabs Israel introduced affirmative action for Arabs in the civil service.
03-12-06 - 11 Israelis on Forbes list Eleven Israelis made the Forbes billionaire list
03-12-06 - Iran urging Islamic Jihad to attack Israel ahead of election Israeli intelligence sources say
03-12-06 - New legal approach draws museums into fray in fight against terror Among the museums and institutions being pursued by David Strachman is the University of Chicago. He wants the university to surrender a treasure trove of ancient Persian artifacts to survivors of an attack staged by Hamas, the militant group that won the recent Palestinian elections. The request was recently sustained by a federal magistrate in Chicago.... Supporters of terrorism should be punished. Hamas is partially financed by Iran. Therefore, Hamas' victims should be compensated by confiscating Iranian property, making Persian artifacts in American museums, such as University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, fair game for federal marshals and a moving truck.
03-12-06 - Poll: Palestinians happy with Hamas win A staggering 80 percent of respondents believe Hamas will improve basic services like health and education.
03-12-06 - A 21st-century Palestinian and Israeli dream: free movement
03-12-06 - Fatah urges Hamas to accept interim peace deals
03-12-06 - Local Palestinians called on to help build up a nation
03-12-06 - The 48 Hour Media-blitz for War with Iran Bush, Cheney, Bolton, Rice, Rumsfeld, Burns, Congress, and Israel. Whoa! That?s quite a line-up. All in the last 48 hours! Was it spontaneous or a calculated public-relations campaign? ....The Iran bourse is a direct threat to the present economic system of extorting labor and resources from the developing world for worthless paper. The Bush administration will do everything in its power to defend that system. It's coming, people. Better get ready for it. AIPAC has given our government their marching orders. And they rarely if ever disobey them.
03-12-06 - WCC, Pax Christi, YMCA to Convene for Peace in Palestine, Israel The World Council of Churches (WCC) is set to convene a joint advocacy initiative for peace in Palestine and Israel Mar. 12-19.
03-11-06 - Palestinians mourn the killing of an American who helped their cause Palestinians throughout the West Bank expressed sorrow Saturday over the killing of American Tom Fox, 54, who had travelled to the West Bank to protest for their cause before he was taken hostage in Iraq.
03-11-06 - Israeli Arab assaulted for dating Jewish girl in Kiryat Yam According to a police source, the fact that the Jewish girl chose to go out with an Arab man may have sparked the racist and violent attack.
03-11-06 - Canada vetoes key UN motion on refugees OTTAWA -- Canada voted against a controversial resolution on Palestinian rights at the United Nations yesterday, an early sign that the new Harper government is aligning its Middle East policy more closely with the views of Israel and the United States.
Canada - Israel's newest occupied territory, thanks to the efforts of Canada's powerful Israeli lobby.
03-11-06 - Five Residents Including a Journalist Were Wounded In Rallies against the Wall
03-11-06 - Palestinian Prosecutor Cites Progress Against Corruption
03-11-06 - Hamas says gets Saudi promise on continued aid
03-11-06 - Majority of Hamas' cabinet to come from outside Palestinian legislature Incoming Palestinian prime minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said Saturday that a majority of the ministers in the cabinet he was assembling would come from outside the newly elected legislature.
03-11-06 - Palestinians struggle as paychecks fail to arrive
03-11-06 - Abbas says Hamas "too vague" on peace agenda
03-11-06 - CPT Release: CPT Release: We Mourn the Loss of Tom Fox
03-11-06 - REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK In past years, Aipac conferences celebrated Israel's military, economic, cultural and technological might, while underscoring its vulnerability in the face of regional threats. This year, there was very little celebrating. The focus was on the threats, on the dangers facing Israel and on Aipac's role as a bulwark to help fend them off. Such a focus works best to rally and consolidate member support, said a former Aipac lobbyist. "Nothing works better than gevalt," quipped the former Aipac staffer, using the Yiddish expression for alarm or dismay
03-11-06 - U.S. Found in Violation of Native Americans' Rights, Anti-Racism Treaty Palest Indians, meet the Amer Indians.
03-11-06 - Raising Yousuf: a diary of a mother under occupation Blog from Palestine.
03-11-06 - Bethlehem Bloggers: Voices from the Bethlehem Ghetto Blog from Palestine.
03-11-06 - First Museum-quality Exhibition of Contemporary Palestinian Art to Open in New York City on March 14th, 2006
03-11-06 - Hamas unveils new government program
03-11-06 - Chile, U.S. Share Values, Democratic Principles, Rice Says We're in a very difficult war against people who kill innocent people, who blow up a Palestinian wedding party or a subway system in Madrid or in London or fly an airplane into buildings in New York. But we are a people of laws, we believe in the rule of law, and the President has made very clear that he does not accept or condone torture.
03-11-06 - Palestinian documentary wins first reward The 41-minute film's story pictures depict the sufferings of the Palestinian people during an Israeli army operation "Rainbow" in Rafah in 2004 in which dozens were killed or injured
03-11-06 - Hamas woman is potential top candidate for Palestinian Minister of Education
03-11-06 - Merkel meets Mubarak on Iran nuclear issue, Middle East peace
03-11-06 - Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails prepare for hunger strike in protest of solitary confinement
03-11-06 - Erekat condemns Israeli curfew imposed on Palestinian territories
03-11-06 - Teachers in two schools in Hebron strike in protesting salary delay
03-11-06 - Jihad armed wing denies receiving aides from Iran or Hezbollah
03-11-06 - After the massacre The aftermath of this massacre is the setting of Elias Khoury's Gate of the Sun
03-11-06 - Abbas to tour Europe for keeping financial aide to PNA: sources
03-10-06 - West Bank tours reveal the grim reality of Israeli occupation When Mr Shaul talks about innocent targets, he means Palestinian civilians. Yet he is not afraid to tell stories from his 14 months service in the Israeli army in Hebron.
"Could we fire grenades at areas where Palestinians lived? Sure. Why not?" he asked, describing many Israeli army actions breaking the army's own rules of engagement. "It was fun. It was cool. Could we shut 2,000 Palestinian shops with a curfew on a whim? Why not?" ...."Many Israelis are shocked," he said. "I have seen some start to cry."
03-10-06 - This story from 03-09 was ignored by all mainstream media
03-10-06 - Israel to close Palestinian territories for Jewish holiday Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered a lockdown of the Palestinian territories over the Jewish festival of Purim. The extraordinary measure will go into effect Saturday evening and remain in place until Wednesday. Prison gates shut for the Jewish holiday.
03-10-06 - From AIPAC to Check Point In May 2000, reports began appearing in the US media linking Amdocs Ltd. (NYSE: DOX) to the wiretapping of government communications. "Insight", a magazine of the right-wing "Washington Times" group, cited "scores" of sources, including intelligence sources, who claimed that the FBI was convinced that Amdocs, a contractor for upgrading the White House's telephony system, had listed to conversations in the president's residence...In another report, Cameron said Comverse Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: CMVT) subsidiary Comverse Infosys, a provider of surveillance equipment to US law enforcement agencies, was itself conducting secret wiretapping through a back door in the equipment it installed.
03-10-06 - House committee votes to restrict P.A. aid The U.S. House of Representatives? Appropriations Committee added restrictions to Palestinian Authority aid before referring a bill to the full House.
03-10-06 - Israelis were warned on illegality of settlements in 1967 memo The Israeli acting Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, has made it clear that while Israel is prepared to withdraw further settlements from the West Bank, it intends, unilaterally if it cannot reach a negotiated peace deal, to annex territory occupied by others, including the three big settlement blocks of Ma'ale Admumim, Gush Etzion and Ariel.The Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, 78, who is still in a coma, had secured assurances from President George Bush that borders in a "final status" agreement with the Palestinians would allow such blocks to remain in Israel
03-10-06 - Settlers uproot 50 trees Olive trees near Hebron
03-10-06 - Abbas willing to grant extra time on forming Hamas government
03-10-06 - Ya?alon: Don?t rule out force for Iran Western nations should not rule out using military force against Iran, Israel?s former military chief said.
03-10-06 - Acting PM Unveils Sweeping Plan for Israel Israel also would keep most of Jerusalem, including its disputed holy sites
03-10-06 - EU threatens Palestinian aid cut The European Union has warned it will cut funding to a Palestinian government led by Hamas if the group fails to renounce violence against Israel.
03-10-06 - 'US not doing enough to stop Iran' "America needs to get its act together," the official said. "Until now the US administration has just been talking tough but the time has come for the Americans to begin to take tough action." Wow.
03-10-06 - Israeli plan to finalise borders is act of war: Hamas chief "This is not a peace plan, but a war declaration, which will permit Israel to stay in the largest section of the West Bank, to maintain their wall and settlements, to refuse all concessions on Jerusalem and to reject the Palestinians' right of return."
03-10-06 - Israel firm on Iran, reticent on military action "Ultimately, our objective is that the international community prevents the Iranians from developing non-conventional weapons, and Israel has helped in efforts to get the case brought before the UN Security Council," Olmert said. Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz also appeared to downplay Yaalon's comments to the Hudson Institute in Washington,
The Hudson Institute recently welcomed neocon Lewis Libby to its ranks, go figure.
03-10-06 - Paul Findley: Seek Justice, Only Justice In Middle East policy, America ignores injustice, because religion-based passions here at home override even vital national interests. Our bias is not controlled by government officials but by two peculiar, politically powerful religious communities -- fundamentalist Christianity, on one hand, and on the other an extreme element of Judaism. Together, they burden our country year after year with an Israel-centric foreign policy that is disastrous to America's vital interests. Both groups have a deep-seated, passionate attachment to the State of Israel, no matter how outrageous its behavior becomes. Both are represented powerfully in Washington and exert a suffocating level of influence throughout America's political system, as well as in almost every other part of our society.
03-10-06 - Israel Border to Follow Barrier Route Olmert said he would retain control over Jerusalem, including areas of the city claimed by the Palestinians for a future capital, and build another large West Bank settlement near the city Remember when Israel said that the wall is not a border? That the wall will be moved? Right.
03-10-06 - US presses Palestinian moderates to stay out of Hamas government US officials are exerting pressure on moderate Palestinian politicians not to serve in a Hamas-led government and have warned that Washington would sever existing contacts with them if they did.
03-10-06 - Four Palestinians injured in Israeli shelling
03-10-06 - 15 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in W. Bank
03-10-06 - Residents, Israelis and International peace activists protest against the annexation Wall Soldiers attacked the peaceful processions in the two villages and fired rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs at the protesters before attacking them with batons.
03-10-06 - Karni crossing opens just part of day on Friday At 8:00 a.m., Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz had ordered the opening delayed for security reasons. By the time the crossing was opened, most of the Palestinian laborers waiting to enter Israel had already gone home. And Israel is back to its usual BS.
03-10-06 - Hamas will accept funding from Iran: Meshaal
03-10-06 - 4 Qassams hit Israel Four Kassam rockets were fired at Israel on Friday, causing no injuries and no damage.
03-10-06 - Bil?in Continues to Defy Israeli Violence
03-10-06 - "Thou Shalt Not Criticize the Zionists!"
03-10-06 - U.K. Play Seen as Pro-Palestinian Faces Rough Atlantic Crossing But in the case of ''Rachel Corrie,'' Nicola appears to have had an epiphany. Realizing that the work was likely to be viewed as pro-Palestinian, he determined that the play demanded ''contextualizing'' with such politically correct accoutrements as panel discussions, forums with the cast, perhaps a pairing with a pro-Israeli play.
03-10-06 - Palestinian Child Festival; Al-Ahmar Invests $1M
03-10-06 - Palestine for strengthening ties with India
03-10-06 - MacKay meets Annan, signals active role at UN on some contentious issues Canada had just voted against a resolution critical of Israel in the Commission on the Status of Women. Last year, Canada abstained from the same resolution, which condemns Israel for its treatment of Palestinian women Canada - the newest Israeli-occupied territory.
03-10-06 - ANALYSIS - Islamists gain in Mideast with freedoms agenda
03-10-06 - Israeli Arab gallery breaks taboos
03-10-06 - Hamas will ask Saudi Arabia to continue support
03-10-06 - Bush: Hezbollah must disarm Hezbollah continues to attack Israel six years after Israel withdrew to U.N.-certified borders. Israel continues to violate the airspace of Lebanon.
03-10-06 - ADL: U.N. Human Rights Official Uses Status To Promote Anti-Israel Bias The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called for the immediate dismissal of a United Nations Human Rights Commission official for his "outrageous accusations" in a report that accuses Israel of human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
03-10-06 - Israelis Want Aipac-Backed Bill Softened They argued that at this point the bill could end up limiting the diplomatic flexibility of the new Israeli government in dealings with the new P.A. regime. In addition, Israeli officials said, the bill may place the onus of providing for the wellbeing of the Palestinian population on Israel, the occupying power in the territories. The bill could also result in the cancellation of several internationally funded aid programs in which Israel has a vital interest, in fields such as public health, water and sewage. ..Israel does not want to see the U.N. agency dissolved out of fear that Jerusalem would end up inheriting the responsibility for the welfare of about 1.5 million refugees in the West Bank and Gaza. ...Israeli officials said that Israel has coordinated its positions on Hamas and the P.A. with Aipac..but could not say whether Israel had consulted regarding specific provisions of the bill. The measure, according to several congressional staffers who followed its development, was drafted with the active involvement of Aipac's staff. Israeli officials would not say whether they suggested to Aipac that the bill be softened.
THis is why AIPAC needs to register as a foreign agent. They are acting on behalf of Israel, not America, in case you hadn't noticed.
03-10-06 - Hamas gets more time for cabinet
03-10-06 - Remarks by President Bush at the National Newspaper Association Government Affairs Conference I'm concerned about -- I would say they're equal, Iran and North Korea, as for a security threat, because any time there's a non-transparent regime without a free press to hold people to account, it creates an unpredictability in the world. The Iranian President has stated his desire to destroy our ally, Israel. So when you start listening to what he has said, to their desire to develop a nuclear weapon, then you begin to see an issue of grave national security concern. Israel is our 'grave national security concern, straight from the Bushes mouth.
03-10-06 - A poignant atlas of Palestinian dispossession and exile There is a good new book that helps people work through such dilemmas. The book is Salman H. Abu-Sitta's monumental "Atlas of Palestine 1948," recently published by the London-based Palestine Land Society (www.plands.org) and available worldwide in the offices of Saqi Books or the Institute of Palestine Studies.
03-10-06 - International Muslim group denounces widespread Western 'double standards' Their defense of freedom of expression and human rights were undermined by the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the US-led occupation of Iraq, and Israel's occupation of Palestine, he said during a visit to London
03-10-06 - Women in Palestine
03-10-06 - Source: Hamas to take key gov't security portfolio
03-10-06 - Finkelstein Rethinks Israel-Palestine Finkelstein also voiced his belief that claims about a "new anti-Semitism" are little more than attempts to silence criticism of Israel
03-10-06 - MADE IN PALESTINE ART EXHIBIT TO OPEN IN NEW YORK CITY
03-10-06 - Drawn into a blueprint of bias Apparently anyone associated with such a position ? in other words, anyone taking a principled stand in favor of human rights and international law ? may have to count himself out of a contract for the Javits Center....This is only the most recent example of Israel's American defenders ? who will not tolerate any criticism of Israel ? using their political clout to punish or silence dissident voices
03-10-06 - Syrian: Rabin almost made peace Yitzhak Rabin?s murder prevented a peace deal between Israel and Syria, a former top Syrian official said.
03-10-06 - Study note to Jewish campus groups: Embrace universalism to be effective "You have to do Israel education," Sales says, "but in the second semester, or later. It's not the way to build community in the first semester."
03-10-06 - Too hot for New York, Rachel Corrie's story plays here The play is uncritically on Corrie's side. Israel is represented as a big foot crushing innocent Palestinians. The plot features no Hamas-sponsored violence and no suicide bombers bent on earthly havoc followed by spiritual glory. Not only that, representatives of the Palestine Solidarity Committee are passing out literature in the lobby. There's no table representing Israel.
I'm sorry but since when does a play have to feature the other side of a story, or 'balance'? It's a PLAY!
03-09-06 - Colonization of Palestine Precludes Peace by Jimmy Carter For more than a quarter century, Israeli policy has been in conflict with that of the United States and the international community. Israel?s occupation of Palestine has obstructed a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land, regardless of whether Palestinians had no formalized government, one headed by Yasir Arafat or Mahmoud Abbas, or with Abbas as president and Hamas controlling the parliament and cabinet. This man is legend. My hat's off to former president Jimmy Carter. God bless him.
03-09-06 - Child's finger cut off during interrogation The interrogator forced the child to put his hand between the hinges of the door and slapped it closed resulting in the cutting on one of the boy's fingers. The boy was transferred to Affoula hospital for treatment.
03-09-06 - Palestinian man, woman in hospital after Israeli settler attacks A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian man and woman in separate incidents in the Old City of Hebron Wednesday night, medical sources reported. Shaher Fakhouri, 43, and Ghazala Shaban Barade'y were both admitted to the hospital with various bruises and contusions all over their bodies, after being attacked by Israeli settlers living illegally in Hebron....The physical assaults on Palestinian citizens comes after an afternoon attack by Israeli settlers on Hebron-area orchards, in which 50 olive trees belonging to Palestinian families were uprooted.
03-09-06 - Israel reopens main Gaza crossing point for goods More than 500 tons of produce grown in Gaza greenhouses had to be destroyed in the last week because of the Karni closure, a U.S. government report has said. ...."The decision to open the crossing was made despite existing security alerts and after both humanitarian and security aspects were all taken into consideration," the Israeli army said in a statement. Translation: 'We received so much bad press about the closing and the resulting near starvation of the Palestinians, we've decided to reopen the border.' It's a PR move. Otherwise, the border would've stayed shut forever.
03-09-06 - Carter On A Roll Jimmy Carter has, of late, been breaking the unwritten rule that former presidents shall not contradict sitting presidents on major issues of policy. He did it yesterday, when he called the Iraq War unjust, unnecessary and based on false pretenses. Today, the 2002 Nobel peace prize winner did it again, right here on TomPaine.com.
03-09-06 - Palestinian Bodies Celebrates International Women Day with "The Land of Women"
03-09-06 - Israel's Gaza stranglehold continues The system as it is forces Palestinians to pay fees to Israeli truckers who have to wait in lines at the border, and gives Israel control over trade volumes....According to a similar interim assessment released by the World Bank on February 28: "Very little has been implemented and the system that exists today is virtually unchanged from that which existed in December 2004."
03-09-06 - Your Israel gig is another brick in the wall, star told PALESTINIAN artists have appealed to the British musician Roger Waters, who wrote the song Another Brick in the Wall when he was with Pink Floyd, to cancel a concert in Israel out of solidarity with their fight against Israel's West Bank barrier.
03-09-06 - Olmert Says He?ll Build in Controversial E-1 Section Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that he will continue building in the controversial E-1 section of land between Maale Adumim and Jerusalem if elected this month.
03-09-06 - Documents reveal Labor-Likud plans for West Bank Highly confidential documents from the Ministry of Justice dating from the early 1990s, copies of which were sent to the ministers of defense, justice and housing as well as the attorney general, confirm the existence of a vast network of ties between Likud and Labor governments, and land dealers and settlers' associations, for the purpose of acquiring land in the West Bank.
03-09-06 - Talk about Iran military option could backfire, IAF source warns "If we emphasize too much, express ourselves too much, it frees the international community (of responsibility)," Ben-Eliyahu told Israel Radio. "Our major achievement, from a military perspective and from a political perspective, is that an international coalition has been created that understands and comprehends that Iran's nuclear development must be stopped." Whose war?
03-09-06 - House panel clears emergency war funds The committee cut most of the $75 million Bush sought for new pro-democracy efforts in Iran, calling the plan announced with fanfare last month poorly justified...Lawmakers also agreed to put into law a block on aid to the Palestinian Authority unless the new government being formed by the militant group Hamas renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel's right to exist, backing Bush's stance
03-09-06 - Hamas presents Palestinian coalition proposals to Fatah Radical Islamic group Hamas presented Fatah with proposals for forming a Palestinian coalition government, in the search for an elusive deal on sharing power, an official said.
03-09-06 - Secret sale of UK plutonium to Israel Under Wilson, Britain also sold Israel tons of chemicals used to make boosted atom bombs 20 times more powerful than Hiroshima or even Hydrogen Bombs...Using Freedom of Information, Newsnight has obtained top secret papers. They show Foreign Minister Kim Howells misled the IAEA and that Britain made not one, but hundreds of secret shipments of nuclear materials to Israel.
03-09-06 - Israel Expects to Draw Borders by 2010 Olmert said his broad guidelines for Israel's borders included incorporating its three major settlement blocs - Maaleh Adumim and Gush Etzion outside Jerusalem, and Ariel, deep inside the West Bank...Jerusalem and its environs would also fall within the permanent borders, as would the West Bank's Jordan Valley on the frontier with Jordan, which Olmert characterized as a "security border." Again, Israel is the only nation in the world (to my knowledge) that gets to draw up its own borders at will - at the expense of another people, in violation of international law, and with the full backing of the United States.
03-09-06 - Islamic Jihad threatens to target Israeli leaders
03-09-06 - U.N.: Number of West Bank roadblocks up The Israeli army has increased the number of roadblocks and barriers in the West Bank by 25 percent since last summer,
03-09-06 - Palestinian women continue to suffer under Israeli occupation as they commemorate International Women's Day
03-09-06 - Palestinians complain of mistreatment at checkpoint in the Jordan Valley The deliberate and unexplained delays include forcing the farmers back for unnecessary documents and taking their identity cards for several hours.
03-09-06 - Israeli report: When Palestinians are killed, no questions are asked A new study examining media coverage of the Intifada finds that in incidents when Palestinians are killed, the Israeli media relies almost exclusively on the security establishment's official version of the story.
03-09-06 - 'Civilians get in the way'
03-09-06 - Probe: Air force didn't fully survey Gaza strike scene But air force officials said that neither human error nor technical failure was to blame, but that it is inevitable that targeted killings in densely populated areas will occasionally result in civilian casualties.
03-09-06 - NYT Rachel Corrie Play Theatre Review Critiqued Rachel and the play, already "disingenuous" and "radical" are made sacrilegious and even obscene to some readers. Despite all Rothstein's efforts at distraction, the simple truth is that Rachel was an idealistic woman who used nonviolence to support international law. Finally, Rothstein implies that Hamas' recent victory in the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council somehow should have some bearing on whether or not the play "My Name is Rachel Corrie" should be staged in New York City
03-09-06 - NY, Jewish leaders drop opposition to architect Concerns about his links with the British group were allayed after Silver, Weiner and Rogers met on Thursday in the Manhattan offices of the Conference of Presidents, which represents over 50 U.S. Jewish organizations. Rogers' backpeddling and groveling paid off.
03-09-06 - Federal Hearing Incenses Civil Advocates Two Israeli intelligence agents are being called to testify about Salah's interrogation in an effort to determine whether the confession can be used at Salah's trial. Although experts say judges frequently take special precautions to protect witnesses, the judge's decision to keep the pretrial hearing secret to better safeguard the agents against reprisals has upset opponents of government secrecy. "I don't believe serving the interest of a foreign intelligence agency is high priority for the American people,"...Over defense objections, U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve ruled in January that she would close the courtroom for the Israeli agents, offer heavy security and permit them the use of pseudonyms and "light disguises."
03-09-06 - British Government Condemns Israeli Air Force Attack in Gaza
03-09-06 - Parishes to boycott C of E over continued investment in Caterpillar Parishes are being urged to withdraw their money from the Church of England after a decision to continue its current investment in US company Caterpillar inc.
03-09-06 - No dialogue with Hamas without recognition of Israel: defence minister
03-09-06 - BBC criticizes itself over story The BBC?s board of governors said a report published late last year failed to give a balanced account of a U.N. resolution regarding the 1967 Six-Day War, the Guardian newspaper reported.
Pro-Israelis have a hard time with UN resolution 442.
They seek to downplay or deny the fact that it specifically calls on Israel to withdraw from the territories it occupied in the Six Day War. Read it for yourself at the UN website. Ever since a BBC official met with Sharon last fall, the BBC's reporting of the I-P conflict has become decidedly more pro-Israel.
03-09-06 - Be "vocal locals," Israeli press official urges Baker acknowledged that "biased" reporters covering Israel are in a minority, but he said there are correspondents who have preconceived notions about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nothing less than total control over press reports about Israel is acceptable.
03-09-06 - School boards limit access to controversial book While the book will remain in the district?s library inventory, children who request it may find the librarian directing them to other books.
03-09-06 - IDF re-opens Nablus checkpoint, allowing students to sit exams Hundreds of Palestinians had arrived Wednesday morning at the Beit Iva checkpoint on the western side of Nablus, among them students, teachers, medical personnel, businessmen and laborers, only to be turned away by IDF soldiers.
03-09-06 - "Peace climbers" from different religions to scale Mount Everest The climb team includes Palestine-born Ali Bushnaq and Israelis Micha Yaniv and Dudu Yifrah
03-09-06 - Palestinians deplore "Wall" musician's Israel show Concert promoter Shuki Weiss said Waters was persuaded to come to Israel after it quit the Gaza Strip, territory on which Palestinians want to build a state, last year in a move billed as breaking a deadlock in peacemaking.
03-09-06 - Senate rejects travel ban Pro-Israel groups have been working to ensure that the original bill, which remains under debate, does not include a ban on non-profit travel, which would hamper their ability to send lawmakers to Israel. You didn't really think the AIPACers would allow Congress to ban all lobby-sponsored trips, including those to Israel, did you? Hahahaha. We are talking about the Israeli lobby here.
03-09-06 - Jewish groups push for travel A Jewish leader urged Congress not to ban or limit privately funded congressional travel.
03-09-06 - Bush reaches out to philanthropists A large number of Jewish groups oppose faith-based initiatives, because of concerns that using federal money for religious charitable organizations violates the separation of church and state. See this next short article from JTA for today as well.
03-09-06 - Jewish studies program gets government money A U.S. university received a $500,000 matching grant from the U.S. government to support its Jewish studies program. Abe Foxman would scream bloody murder if this were about government funding of Christian studies. Allegations that there is 'anti-Semitism' on campus, are a prelude to a new Jewish studies program being implemented on said college campus.
03-09-06 - BBC Partially Revises Biased Timeline on Web site CAMERA?s submission to the BBC Board of Governor?s Independent Panel demonstrated that throughout the timeline, Arab perspectives are amplified and endorsed, while Arab violence is downplayed and emphasis is given to supposed Zionist or Israeli culpability. Bingo. The BBC board did not self-criticize, the board came under pressure from CAMERA, a virulently pro-Israeli lobby in the US. This pro-Israeli media 'watchdog' succeeds in getting BBC to whitewash its coverage of Israel on the timeline of the I-P conflict on its website.
03-09-06 - Palestinians open up mobile phone market The Palestinian Authority has decided to end the monopoly on the mobile telecommunications market and will call for tenders for a second licensee, an official said.
03-09-06 - Ministry documents highlight West Bank land acquisition network
03-09-06 - US report cites Israel and Arab countries as having major human rights flaws
03-09-06 - Israeli security officer indicted over sexually harassing Palestinian Women A central court in Israel sentenced the security officer of Maale Adumim settlement to six years and a half imprisonment after being indicted with sexual harassment and abuse against Palestinian women, Palestine News Network Reported.
03-09-06 - National Lawyers Guild Urges Support for Boycott of Israeli Goods The US-based National Lawyers Guild (NLG) issued a statement Wednesday urging international support for the boycott of Israeli goods by the Norwegian County of Sor-Trondelag.
03-09-06 - 'Israel respects citizens' rights, but discrimination exists'
03-09-06 - Israel Feeds Palestine on Steady Diet of Death By Genevieve Cora Fraser
03-09-06 - Aznar: Make Israel a NATO member Spain?s former prime minister said Israel should become a member of NATO as a warning to Iran
03-09-06 - Potter's Israel trip sparks debate, requests "It's a private vacation. He is doing no official duties," said John Doussard, the mayor's spokesman. "He is going as Tom Potter, who is very interested in archaeology." Riiight.
03-09-06 - Controversial anti-Israel speaker to take stage in S.C. More attempts at censorship.
03-08-06 - U.N.: Jewish Settlers Harass Palestinians Jewish settlers are terrorizing Palestinians with impunity, attacking children on their way to school and destroying farmers' trees and crops, a U.N. expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict said in a report. ...."It seems that settlers are able to terrorize Palestinians and destroy their trees and crops with impunity," Dugard said, adding that he himself was a victim of settler abuse while visiting the city in June 2005
03-08-06 - Boys' Deaths in Attack Stir Anger in Gaza "This was a street full of people and children. How can they fire a missile? Who is the terrorist here?"
03-08-06 - Palestinian female prisoner with heart condition nearing death
03-08-06 - Community will honor Rachel Corrie, protest Caterpillar
03-08-06 - Army stops students in Al Aroop refugee camp from going to school Soldiers stopped the school buses, searched them and detained the students for several hours before sending them back to the camp, causing scores of students to miss school for the day, eyewitnesses reported.
03-08-06 - Middle East 'road map' way out of date: UN envoy Furthermore, the 2003 road map was drafted before Israel started building its controversial barrier in the West Bank "which has come to symbolize Israeli territorial expansion and oppression," Dugard said."There is a need for a new road map which takes account of present political realities and is anchored in respect for human rights and the rule of law in the resolution of the conflict,"
03-08-06 - Mid-East peace plan 'out of date' The report also said Gaza was still effectively occupied despite Israel's pullout from settlements last summer....The report, to be discussed by the UN commission in Geneva next week, said "much more needs to be done by Israel" to meet its human rights obligations.
03-08-06 - Israel will have to act on Iran if UN can't
03-08-06 - Middle East neighbors living side by side and worlds apart Here in the Gaza Strip, almost every day brings the thud of incoming Israeli artillery shells or air-launched rockets, some of which have killed Palestinians, including children. There's also a tightening economic siege, with Israel blocking the entry of many necessary goods.
03-08-06 - Ex-England star kicks off Israeli anti-racism drive While problems in the English game and elsewhere were most acute against black players, in Israel the predominant racist chants are against the Arab minority
03-08-06 - Internet suppliers may reveal identity of web-posters New Jersey wants to do this very same thing.
03-08-06 - U.S. 'will always be by Israel's side,' Clinton says Clinton said he "sympathized" with the reason Palestinians voted for Hamas in recent parliamentary elections because the average Palestinian is worse off now than a decade ago. U.S. 'will always be by Israel's side,' Clinton says - maybe our Congress whom AIPAC has in their back pocket. Last I checked though, this government is still by the people of the people and for the people.
03-08-06 - For politicians and candidates, AIPAC event is a time to shine Participating at the AIPAC conference has, for years, given politicians close access to active donors from across the country who are willing to feed money into the campaigns of pro-Israel candidates. In addition to the formal program, AIPAC conferences include several small cocktail receptions for high donors, where business cards and alcohol flow freely.
"It's fund-raising, it's votes and it's leadership," Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who is running for Senate, said at a National Jewish Democratic Council reception on the sidelines of the conference. "It puts us together with people that are influential in the community." The whoring of American legislators and would-be legislators is repulsive.
03-08-06 - Researchers to Report That Arab Population Figures in West Bank and Gaza Are Dramatically Overestimated as House International Relations Subcommittee Reconsiders US Aid to Palestinian Authority The ADRG released, "Arab Population in the West Bank and Gaza: The Million Person Gap," a report authored by Bennett Zimmerman, Dr. Roberta Seid and Dr. Michael L. Wise at the American Enterprise Institute. Bingo. The American Enterprise Institute, AEI, is a neocon 'thinktank' - now there's a nonbiased source of information. Our legislators will nonetheless slurp up this neocon slop in their usual subordinate manner.
03-08-06 - Stone Offers Kisses for Mideast Peace During her visit, Stone planned to play soccer with a mixed group of Israeli and Palestinian children, visit Israeli hospitals that care for Palestinian children and celebrate her 48th birthday Friday with a gala to raise funds for children's educational and health projects.
03-08-06 - Jewish Congress-paid trip to Israel has national chief on defensive An open letter from 47 grassroots groups to Phil Fontaine, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, says he was used by the Canadian Jewish Congress - which paid for the trip - as a cover for "Israeli atrocities committed against the Palestinian people.".."To oppose an educational, historical trip to Israel is to oppose Jews and Israel for their own sake," Trips to Israel sponsored by pro-Israeli lobbies taken by politicians in both the US and Canada, are now labelled 'educational'. This will be used by Congress to bypass the limits of trips provided to lawmakers by lobbyists.
03-08-06 - 'HATE' STORM LOOMS Norman Finkelstein was slated to speak at the university's largest lecture hall tomorrow night on the topic "Israel and Palestine: Misuse of Anti-Semitism, Abuse of History." .."I am distressed that after so much effort toward dialogue on this campus, these groups are bringing a divisive anti-Semite to Columbia," Norman Finklestein is himself Jewish. This fact ups the severity of the shrill cries by pro-Israelis for censorship - since it gives the lie to the charge that all Jews stand with Israel.
03-08-06 - Remarks by Vice President Cheney to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2006 Policy Conference
03-08-06 - Newsmax.com: U.N. Report Card: Israel, Palau, Micronesia and Marshall Islands Top Best U.S. Friends List Ever since we partnered with Israel, our nation's prestige, stature in the world has suffered. We stand isolated.
03-08-06 - Jewish anti-Zionists visit Iran
03-08-06 - Lord Rogers fights to save US project in Jewish row Local politicians and some Jewish organisations have demanded Lord Rogers be sacked from the project because of the group, which opposes the separation barrier that has sliced up the West Bank and the building of settlements in Palestinian territories. The group has also criticised Israeli building companies for their support of settlement building, and has called for an economic boycott of those firms.
03-08-06 - Israel-Palestine conflict engulfs Rogers's $1.7bn New York project Under attack by local politicians and others who are calling for his sacking, Lord Rogers will arrive at the offices of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organisations with a daunting brief. He must negotiate his way through a row that combines Israeli-Palestinian politics with a major public building project - two topics virtually guaranteed to cause contention in New York, even if the Javits centre had not been built in honour of Jacob Javits, a New York senator who was a staunch campaigner for Israel...The furore is not the first time that the politics of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute have become charged in New York in recent weeks. Late last month a play about the activist Rachel Corrie, co-written by the Guardian journalist Katharine Viner, was cancelled by a theatre in the city. The political opinions of Israel in Britain are vastly different than those found here. Yet Britain is our number 1 ally.
03-08-06 - Palestinian plea to Floyd's Waters Last year, Waters was among several British artists who supported a War On Want campaign against the West Bank barrier. At the time, Waters said: "The poverty inflicted by the wall has been devastating for Palestinians. It has kept children from their schools, the sick from proper medical care and continues to destroy the Palestinian economy."
03-08-06 - Hamas legislators to prevent reopening of Palestinian casino The Islamic militant group Hamas, which is poised to form the next Palestinian government, would prevent the reopening of a casino in the West Bank town of Jericho on religious grounds,
03-08-06 - Gaza berry farms pinched
03-08-06 - Israel's mobsters grow more daring Israel's mob turf is so dangerous that the State Department has issued a travel advisory warning Americans of the dangers of the infighting.
03-08-06 - Israel slaps the U.S. - and slaps again The second was delivered via a USAID report, which corroborated the claims of Palestinians that Israel was failing to keep promises it had made to Rice, a situation which according to the study could bring about economic catastrophe, beginning with the destruction of the Gaza hothouses project, which Washington had so strongly supported
03-08-06 - U.S. report cites Israel, P.A. on rights
03-08-06 - AJC Discusses Hamas, Iran with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov the discussion focused primarily on the challenges posed by Iran's quest for nuclear weapons and the implications of the success of Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections.
03-08-06 - Integrated Software Development Expands Sales in the Security Industry
03-07-06 - Sad Day for Children of Gaza UNICEF said Monday was a sad day for the children of Gaza, after five were killed in conflict-related incidents.
In the first incident, two brothers, aged 14 and 15, were killed instantly when they were exposed to an unexploded device in a pond in Bereij, south of Gaza City.
03-07-06 - Gaza Closure Is Causing Food Shortages "This is nothing punitive," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev. Mmm K. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck..
03-07-06 - Israel Accused Of 'Inhumane' Threat Two of the dead were children but Israel defended the airstrike, saying its policy of targeted killings is effective.
03-07-06 - Amid AIPAC's Big Show, Straight Talk With a Noticeable Silence Luncheon speeches by former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and former Virginia governor Mark Warner (D) were declared off the record. At another speech yesterday by Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, reporters were turned away at the door; an AIPAC spokeswoman went through the room making sure no journalists had infiltrated.
03-07-06 - World Bank approves 42 mln dollar grant to Palestinians The World Bank announced that it was issuing a 42-million-dollar grant to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority to help ensure it can continue providing basic services.
03-07-06 - Censorship of the Worst Kind: The Second Death of Rachel Corrie By VANESSA REDGRAVE
03-07-06 - AIPAC taking Hamas, Iran to Congress Delegates of the AIPAC conference will depart Tuesday to Capitol Hill for more than 450 lobbying meetings with their members of Congress. The two main issues on the legislative agenda of the organization are Hamas and Iran.
03-07-06 - Abbas to Free Cabinet Minister's Killer Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday he would free from prison the mastermind of an Israeli Cabinet minister's assassination, but he would not be responsible for any Israeli actions against him.
03-07-06 - Abbas against temporary-border Palestinian state Abbas also announced in his speech that as of next year, March 8 -- International Women's Day -- would be a national holiday in the Palestinian territories "only for women".
03-07-06 - Israel's Olmert says will reduce settlement funding He said "billions" now poured into Jewish settlements would be diverted to infrastructure projects in Jerusalem and Israel's sparsely developed Galilee and Negev regions.
03-07-06 - Cheney Says U.S. Won't Let Iran Get Nukes "The Iranian regime needs to know that if it stays on its present course, the international community is prepared to impose meaningful consequences," Cheney said in a speech to the to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, an influential pro-Israel lobbying group. Cheney bows before his AIPAC masters.
03-07-06 - Hamas leader accuses west of hypocrisy over threat to withhold cash "There was never any pressure on Israel when it ignored agreements. The PLO recognised Israel and what did it get for it? Now we are being asked to recognise Israel when it is annexing half of the West Bank behind the isolation wall."
03-07-06 - Hamas-Fatah row goes before court Mr Erekat, one of the MPs who walked out of the session, condemned Hamas' attempt to annul the legislation.
03-07-06 - Israel: Hamas leaders not immune Palestinian PM-designate Ismail Haniya will not be immune from assassination if Hamas renews attacks on Israel, the Israeli defence minister has said.
03-07-06 - NATO spy planes fly in Israel Jones was answering a question from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) about what NATO was doing regarding a potential Iranian nuclear threat to Israel.
03-07-06 - Netanyahu would control more territory Benjamin Netanyahu said he would move Israel?s security barrier deeper inside the West Bank.
03-07-06 - Party leaders pledge support for Israel trips Leaders of both major U.S. parties are making sure that educational trips to Israel for legislators are not affected by lobbying reforms.
03-07-06 - Couple face jail for Trojan trickery A couple accused of corporate espionage using Trojan software have beenindicted in a Tel Aviv court.
03-07-06 - Church investment body snubs Synod over Caterpillar Detailed in War on Want?s recent ?alternative report? on Caterpillar, thousands of Palestinian homes and vast swathes of agricultural land have been destroyed by the Israeli military using armoured Caterpillar D9 bulldozers. The bulldozers have also been used in the construction of Israel?s Separation Wall, ruled illegal by the International Court of Justice in July 2004.
03-07-06 - So what if the Jews run Hollywood? "So many fundamentalists in my own community, the Jewish community, have grown very angry at me for allowing the Palestinians simply to have dialogue and for allowing Tony Kushner to be the author of that dialogue," Spielberg told Newsweek last month. Spielberg learns a valuable lesson from Hollywood: you do not question Israel, even if you are Jewish.
03-07-06 - "Gaza Blues: Different Stories" provides surrealist snapshot of conflict
03-07-06 - Norway allocates USD 10 million to the interim Palestinian government
03-07-06 - Christians must forgive Nazareth incident, Holy Land official says
03-07-06 - Children's book angers Canadian Jewish group The censorship campaign continues. All books, universitiy curricula, oscar-nominated movies, and etc will soon have to pass the sniff test administered by the Israeli lobby.
03-07-06 - Man Pleads Guilty in Attack on Muslim Van A man who blew up an empty van belonging to a Palestinian Muslim family pleaded guilty to federal charges alleging he was trying to intimidate them.
03-07-06 - Patriarch Calls Christians in Holy Land to Solidarity
03-07-06 - HIRC Hearing: What Course for Palestinians after Elections?; Ros-Lehtinen Schedules Wednesday Oversight Hearing
03-07-06 - Film gives rare look at Palestinian women The 12 years Furui spent shooting still and video images has borne fruit in a documentary titled "Ghada -- Songs of Palestine,"
03-07-06 - Israeli says civilian deaths not its fault Naturally.
03-07-06 - THE MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATION OF THE AIPAC CASE Notice how, curiously, what started out as what would have been called an espionage case if the alleged parties had been working on behalf of, say, Iran or Palestine instead of Israel - in which secret information was transferred to an Israeli diplomat - has been mysteriously transformed into a freedom of the press cause celebre even though the indicted parties were not journalists at all
03-07-06 - A rainbow shines in Shatilla refugee camp "While creating jobs for women in the camps," explains Khanazeh, "[the embroidery project] also preserves and promotes traditional Palestinian embroidery."
03-07-06 - Church advisers oppose divestment The Ethical Investment Advisory Group voted unanimously Tuesday against divestment, saying it "could find no compelling evidence that Caterpillar is or has been complicit in human rights abuses."
03-07-06 - Peace Now blasts Kadima for 'capitulating' to settlers The Peace Now movement on Sunday blasted Kadima for "capitulating" to settlers after the party won the backing of a top religious Zionist movement rabbi, who had earlier heard assurances from Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about the future of Israel's borders.
03-07-06 - Hamas pledges efforts to solve prisoner issue
03-07-06 - Russian church happy with cooperation between Muslims, Christians in Palestine
03-07-06 - China says it would weigh Hamas aid China is a major exporter of Iranian oil and a veto-wielding member of the United Nations Security Council.
03-07-06 - NZ Palestine aid to be re-evaluated after $500,000 payment
03-07-06 - Debate over ports deal shows complex reality of Arab boycott What seems to politicians like a crystal-clear case - how can you entrust the nation's ports to a regime that harbored terrorist money? - gets murkier the closer you get to the realities of Israel's dealings in the Middle East.
03-07-06 - Women in Israeli prisons facing torture, abuse
03-07-06 - What the Indian giver got by Patrick J. Buchanan Israel, which has also refused to sign the NPT and has 200 to 300 nuclear weapons, will demand the same nuclear technology that India got. On what grounds can Bush deny Israel?
03-07-06 - Russia: Hamas looking at Saudi deal Hamas is ready to consider a Saudi diplomatic initiative that recognizes Israel?s existence, Russia?s foreign minister said.
03-07-06 - Hamas hints at softer line A senior Hamas member hinted his group might one day recognize Israel.
03-07-06 - Israel sells arms to China Yaakov Toren, director general of Israel?s Defense Ministry, announced the resumption of sales March 1, according to Jane?s Defence Weekly. Israel had suspended the sales after signing an agreement last August allowing U.S. officials to review Israeli arms sales.
03-07-06 - Alleged Israeli mob boss appears before US judge on drug charges The case against him is largely based on the seizure of about 700,000 ecstasy pills in July 2001 in New York.
03-07-06 - Dershowitz pledges to defend Israeli generals
03-06-06 - Two Children Among Dead in Israeli Strike
03-06-06 - Palestinian militants, children killed in Gaza air strike Eight-year-old boy, Raed al-Batsh, and 15-year-old Ahmed al-Sweissi, who were standing in Salaheddin Street at the time, were also killed in the massive explosion. Another 15-year-old boy died later from his wounds. Eight bystanders, most of them children, were also wounded.
03-06-06 - Thanking Israel's powerful friend Thus, a few years ago, an AIPAC lobbyist's activities developed ties to an anonymous candidate from a remote state, which has almost no Jews, until the latter reached one of the highest offices in the Senate, and was able to have a real influence in Israel's favor. Thus, last week, the adviser to a senator from a southern state, which also has few Jews, explained: "We have an excellent relationship with the Jewish community. We would never do anything related to Israel without first explaining to Israel what we are doing." Wow. This is the complete opposite of "taxation with representation". It's what revolutions are made of. Who are our officials representing?
03-06-06 - Fears of new Israeli settlement as wall completed The wall around Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem will not only sever the connection between the region's most holy Christian sites, but will also herald the creation of a new "fact on the ground" - an illegal Jewish settlement which will be home to some of Israel's most extremist religious groups, claims Open Bethleham.
03-06-06 - Palestinians targeted in Iraq
03-06-06 - For AIPAC delegates, clear goal on Iran, but mixed messages on P.A. Stop Hamas and stop Iran.....Instead of just showing progress on key issues, for instance, the Palestinian Authority must now prove that it has crushed terrorism and incitement before it reenters the United States? good graces. It also must recognize Israel as a Jewish state, a step further than merely recognizing Israel?s existence. Just look at our legislators scurrying about after they were given their orders from AIPAC.
03-06-06 - Russia says to continue contacts with Hamas Russia said on Monday it would maintain contacts with Palestinian militant group Hamas and urged other nations interested in building Middle East peace to do the same. The remarks by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov could increase tensions with Israel, which criticized Russia's decision to invite a Hamas delegation to Moscow over the weekend for talks Ruh roh.
03-06-06 - Hamas leader vows armed struggle against Israel The supremo of Palestinian radical group Hamas vowed to continue armed struggle against Israel and declared that the Palestinian Authority had accomplished nothing by recognising the Jewish state.
03-06-06 - Theater Still Hopeful on 'Rachel Corrie'
03-06-06 - Hamas Leader Says Group's Isolation Ending
03-06-06 - Pride and anguish at first Palestinian Oscar party Assistant director Inas Muzafar, watching the ceremony at the Ramallah bar, told Reuters: "The nomination was for me a victory -- not only for the film but also for the Palestinian and Arab film industry."
03-06-06 - UK: Solution to war crime lawsuits near Britain has informed Israel it is close to finding a solution that will enable IDF officers to visit the UK without fear of getting arrested due to war crime lawsuits filed against them, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday. Thus does Britain kowtow to Israeli war criminals.
03-06-06 - World Bank sees scant progress boosting Gaza trade Israel has retained control of all access points for bringing goods in and out of the Gaza Strip, citing security concerns. The prison known as Gaza, run by a government that so parallels the Third Reich, it's frightening.
03-06-06 - State prosecutor: Palestinian rights groups undermine Israel The statement called HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual and B'Tselem - Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories - organizations "that undermine the existence" of the State of Israel, "besmirch" the state and its security forces, and "cause it damage in the world." Attack the messenger when you can't handle the truth.
03-06-06 - Palestinians Vote to Strip Abbas of Powers In the West Bank administrative capital of Ramallah, Fatah delegates walked out, accusing Hamas of twisting the rules to weaken Abbas' authority.
03-06-06 - Israel adviser switches to top FO job The British Foreign Office has appointed a controversial Israeli government adviser to one of its most sensitive posts as head of the legal department. Is Britain falling victim to Zionists (Again)..?
03-06-06 - Palestinian aid may be funneled via World Bank
03-06-06 - Palestinians demand Lebanon rights before disarming One of the Palestinian militant groups which retains bases in Lebanon said that it would only discuss laying down its weapons once the country's 380,000 Palestinian refugees have been accorded basic civic rights.
03-06-06 - Palestinian man shot by Israeli border police near Daharia checkpoint
03-06-06 - Another War for Israel: The amen corner howls for war with Iran All the same ingredients of the Iraqi potboiler are being thrown into the mix: a Middle Eastern country ruled by an unattractive tyrant, Israel's partisans furiously beating the drums for war, and "weapons of mass destruction" described by dubious exile groups.
03-06-06 - UAE urged to end its boycott of Israel Leading U.S. Jewish groups have long sought to end the boycott. The boycott "is an anachronistic practice that has been used by the Arab worlds to unfairly isolate and stigmatize Israel," said Josh Block, a spokesman for the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "No company should be participating in the boycott."
03-06-06 - The Jewish Right's movie madness This mindless hysteria is truly offensive. It would be one thing if this was 1942 and Jews were powerless in the face of the Nazis. But this is an entirely different world
03-06-06 - Israel's Kadima split over more West Bank pullouts In comments to reporters late Sunday, Dichter also poured cold water on the roadmap, calling it "obsolete" in the absence of a Palestinian partner. As with Oslo, Israel never stopped building its illegal settlements - which was a violation of the Road Map. It takes two to tango.
03-06-06 - 'Tsotsi' Wins Oscar for Foreign Film the academy decided to say the film was from the "Palestinian Territories," a compromise designed to be the "least controversial" option according to academy spokesman John Pavlick.
03-06-06 - Alleged Israel Mob Boss Extradited to U.S. Zeev Rosenstein is suspected in the distribution of more than 1 million Ecstasy pills in the United States, mostly in New York and Miami.
03-06-06 - Wiesenthal Center May Move Muslim Graves
03-06-06 - EU Commissioner says Israel should release payments "It would be important that the Israelis are paying out what is actually Palestinian money -- the customs duties," the European Commission's Benita Ferrero-Waldner said in an interview with Austria's daily newspaper Der Standard.
03-06-06 - Despite Court Ruling, Army resumed Wall construction in Aboud Israeli soldiers resumed the construction work of the Separation Wall near Aboud village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, in spite of a ruling of the Israeli High Court to halt the construction there.
03-06-06 - Palestinian link could cost Rogers $1.7bn New York deal One of Britain's leading architects, Richard Rogers, is battling to save his $1.7bn (£971m) redesign of a New York convention centre, after his connections to a pro-Palestinian protest group outraged politicians and Jewish organisations.
03-06-06 - U.S. bishops: Middle East needs strong U.S. leadership The bishop said it was crucial that Palestinians continue to receive humanitarian aid and that they not be punished "for the possible actions of their political leaders."
03-06-06 - Brethren, Christian Peacemaker delegation visits Palestine and Israel
03-06-06 - More than 300 Palestinian laborers arrested by Israeli Police Forces in raid
03-06-06 - Woman speaks to foster peace in the Middle East "I was surprised, shocked, and sometimes angry that I hadn't been told the whole truth," she said. "Four times as many Palestinian civilians are killed as Israeli civilians. You don't really hear about that."
03-06-06 - Hamas expected in Saudi, Chirac opposes sanctions visiting French President Jacques Chirac said he opposed sanctions against the Palestinian Islamist movement
03-06-06 - "Cycle of Peace" "Palestine is one of the great moral causes of our time" Nelson Mandela
03-06-06 - America's "Most Dangerous" Professors? Campus witchhunts by the usual suspects.
03-05-06 - Spreading Rachael?s words
03-05-06 - Nato may help US airstrikes on Iran Israel's special forces are said to be operating inside Iran in an urgent attempt to locate the country's secret uranium enrichment sites. "We found several suspected sites last year but there must be more," an Israeli intelligence source said. They are operating from a base in northern Iraq, guarded by Israeli soldiers with the approval of the Americans, according to Israeli sources.
03-05-06 - Assad urges Hamas not to recognize Israel Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged the radical movement Hamas, which now holds a majority in Palestinian parliament, not to recognize Israel unless Palestinians' rights are restored.
03-05-06 - Family Trapped by Israeli Barrier, Road The Jados say the situation claimed the life of their matriarch, Fatima, who died of a heart attack last year when she couldn't get to a hospital on time.
03-05-06 - Ally: Olmert Wants Israel to Set Borders Israel will draw its own borders and withdraw from isolated West Bank settlements if acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's party wins elections next month, a political ally said Sunday, the clearest indication yet of the Israeli leader's plans for a new government. Israel- the only nation in the world that gets to draw up its own borders at will at the expense of another people, and with the full backing of the United States.
03-05-06 - Hamas Rejects Support of al-Zawahri "Our battle is against the Israeli occupation and our only concern is to restore our rights and serve our people. We have no links with any group or element outside Palestine,"
03-05-06 - US warns Iran of consequences of nuclear ambitions U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton reaffirmed that the United States will use "all tools at our disposal" to thwart Iran's nuclear program and is already "beefing up defensive measures" to do so. "The Iran regime must be made aware that if it continues down the path of international isolation, there will be tangible and painful consequences," he told 4,500 delegates to the annual convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the leading pro-Israel U.S. lobbying group.
03-05-06 - Bolton: World Must Confront Iran The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday told an influential pro- Israel lobbying group there is an urgent need to confront Iran's "clear and unrelenting drive" for a nuclear weapons program. Bolton, a key speaker at the AIPAC conference once again, demonstrating that he is ISRAEL'S new ambassador to the UN.
03-05-06 - Israel 'plans to annex West Bank colonies' in response to Hamas ISRAEL will exploit the radical Hamas movement's rise to power in a bid to gain international legitimacy for annexing the large settlements of the West Bank and their environs, Israeli newspapers said yesterday
03-05-06 - Plans ready for limited West Bank withdrawal Mr Dichter said residents of the small, isolated settlements would be transferred to the larger ones Israel intends to keep. Unlike the situation in Gaza, he said, the Israeli army would maintain a presence in the evacuated settlements.
03-05-06 - Soldiers attack, wound, five Palestinian worker in Beit Hanoun Crossing Soldiers attacked and clubbed the workers while waiting to be inspected and allowed to cross, several workers were injured.
03-05-06 - Palestinian MPs set to hold first working session
03-05-06 - Lobbying really DOES work, go figure! Paradise Now fails to win the Oscar for best foreign film, much to the delight of the pro-Israeli community who lobbied hard against it.
03-05-06 - Olmert vents anger at Putin over Hamas invite
03-05-06 - Masked gunmen take over Palestinian Education Ministry, demand jobs
03-05-06 - Israeli Soldiers beat and arrest two children in Bethlehem
03-05-06 - Architect for NY's Javits Center under fire American Jewish leaders welcomed the decision by British architect Richard Rogers to resign his membership in a professional organization that has called for the boycott of Israel's construction industry...Abraham H. Foxman, Anti-Defamation League national director, welcomed the statement but said it did not go far enough.
03-05-06 - Hamas ready to 'change manners' after landmark Russia trip "Hamas must change its manners. We know that very well. But what we are saying is that we want a response from the Israelis. If you want Hamas to change its policies, you must also request that the Israelis change their policies. "We are saying 'yes' to peace. We are sayihg 'yes' to building relations with the international community. We are saying 'yes' to anything we feel will be in the interest of the Palestinian people," Nazzal said
03-05-06 - Israel operating in Northern Iraq
03-05-06 - Jewish plot to kill Bevin in London JEWISH terrorists plotted to assassinate Ernest Bevin, the foreign secretary, in 1946, as part of their campaign to establish the state of Israel, newly declassified intelligence files have shown. The plan was devised by Irgun, the insurgent group led by Menachem Begin, who went on to become a Nobel peace prize winner and prime minister of Israel. Begin, whom MI6 believed was backed by the Soviet Union, planned to send five terrorist cells to Britain to carry out bombings and assassinations that would "beat the dog in his own kennel". Hmm.. terrorists that were rewarded with their own state..a state that had said terrorists in their government.. where have I heard that before?
03-05-06 - Pro-Israel credit card launched "We felt a need to devise a plan to have the 6 million Jews and millions of Evangelical Christians in the US affect Israel's economy on a daily basis," Good, now we can keep the billions in taxpayer aid to Israel for use here at home?..
03-05-06 - Olmert accuses Muslims of exploiting Nazareth church attack Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accused Israeli Muslims of seeking to exploit an attack on a Nazareth church, which led to riots in Jesus Christ's hometown, for their own purposes. The pro-Israeli community would never exploit the standoff between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli forces in the Church of the Nativity in like fashion, would they?
03-05-06 - Olmert: Israel Ultimately Seeks Separation
03-05-06 - Telegram warned of plot to kill Attlee's ministers The Stern gang, in common with Irgun, were fighting against the British mandate of Palestine and murdered Britain's Minister Resident in the Middle East, Lord Moyne, in Cairo in 1944
03-05-06 - French president, Saudi king meet on Mideast issues
03-05-06 - Accusations of anti-semitic chic are poisonous intellectual thuggery debate is poisoned and consensus becomes difficult when allegations of anti-semitism are bandied about for reasons that have nothing to do with fighting racism
03-05-06 - Israel 'to make more withdrawals' Mr Olmert has previously indicated Israel will hold on to the Jordan Valley, as well as East Jerusalem and the major settlement blocks of Maale Adumim, Ariel and Gush Etzion as part of a final settlement.
03-05-06 - Director defends his bomber movie
03-05-06 - Israel church attackers 'sorry'
03-05-06 - Hamas leader unconcerned by funds threat
03-05-06 - U.S. Bishop Urges Continuation of Aid for Palestine "(W)e believe it is essential that humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people be continued and that a decision about aid to the new Palestinian government not be made until the policies of the new government become clear."
03-05-06 - Barakeh on church attack: Olmert's head 'sick with racism' MK Muhammad Barakeh (Hadash), accusing Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of racism, rejected Olmert's criticism Sunday of the Islamic leadership in Israel for using Friday's an attack at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth for political purposes.
03-05-06 - IDF chief invites anti-fence protesters to Tel Aviv meeting Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz fielded complaints by members of "Machsom (checkpoint)-Watch" during a meeting at his Tel Aviv office on Sunday. The activists voiced their concerns over the army's policy restricting Palestinian travel in the West Bank.
03-05-06 - Prison official: Hamas good for Israel The senior prison official, who has spent long hours in conversations with many of the group's members at the prison, said knowing them has led to better understanding and a common language.
03-05-06 - The Art of Politics A few of the curators confided in one of Samia's colleagues explaining, "They would lose their funding if they show Palestinian art."
03-05-06 - Hamas blames 'hate culture' for Church attack Ismail Haniyeh, the designated Palestinian prime minister from the Islamic Hamas group, held Israel responsible for Friday?s attack in the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth, saying the attack is the result "of a hate culture which Israel is feeding its public against the Palestinians, and their Christian and Islamic holy places and believers."
03-04-06 - Four residents, Israeli officer, injured in clashes near Ramallah Soldiers fired rounds of rubber-coated bullets and concussion grenades at the protesters injuring four.
03-04-06 - Roman Catholics to march in Nazareth after church attack "Priests in the church helped us save the three from the raging crowd as they took us to a small room. Hundreds of people besieged the room. Policemen who protected the three with their own bodies were hit," a police officer told the Yediot Aharonot daily. The three assailants were dressed in police uniforms and whisked out of the church, the newspaper added.
"The three assailants were dressed in police uniforms and whisked out of the church" ???
03-04-06 - Soldiers attack peaceful protesters, local and international journalists
03-04-06 - Olmert to seek international support for West Bank withdrawal According to senior political sources, in return for the next disengagement in the West Bank, Israel will ask the U.S. to recognize the withdrawal line - apparently to be based on, but not identical to, the separation fence route - as an international border. This would mean U.S. recognition for annexing the settlement blocs of Ma'aleh Adumim, Gush Etzion and Ariel, based on President Bush's letter of April 2004, which acknowledged the "facts on the ground" created by the settlement blocs
03-04-06 - Britain told future Israeli PM had cosmetic surgery in 1940s: secret files The British security services viewed future Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin as a terrorist and were told he had undergone cosmetic surgery to change his appearance, secret files from the 1940s show.
03-04-06 - Bishop Seeks Protection of Christian Sites Archbishop Elias Shakur, the top Roman Catholic official in Nazareth, issued a call for unity among Israel's citizens and dismissed the attackers as lone extremists. While praising the Israeli response, he said "it is not enough."
03-04-06 - Bush, Putin Confer by Phone on Hamas, Iran Bush took the call from Putin, lasting little more than 15 minutes, in the cabin of Air Force One and "reiterated the importance of the Quartet statement, which calls for Hamas to renounce violence, recognize Israel and disarm," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. Because all things Hamas are of the utmost importance to the national security of the United States, right?..
03-04-06 - Arab League to vow support to Hamas
03-04-06 - Nazareth residents march to protest church attack Police said the Habibis were not motivated by ultra-nationalism but as the result of psychological and economic distress after daughters of theirs were taken away from them by social services. This family evidently knew exactly what they were doing since they wanted to draw attention to their plight. Trying to lean back on mental illness as an excuse is an insult to the truly mentally ill.
03-04-06 - Sinnoqrot: Food and Medicine Supplies in Gaza Will Run Out Within Days if Closure Continues
03-04-06 - Hamas rejects recognition of Israel despite pressure "I gave the Russian officials a white sheet and I asked them to draw me a map of the Israel they want me to recognise and nobody was able to draw the map," You know, he does have a point. When Israel gets to decide its borders - which change at whim with all manner of illegal settlements going up - it's got to be hard to figure out which Israel to 'recogize'.
03-04-06 - Gaza Workers Think Things Will Soon Worsen "Maybe it is time for the Palestinians to build their own economic life without leaning on Israel," Dror said. Maybe they could, you arrogant #@!hole, if Israel wasn't illegally occupying and imprisoning the whole lot of them.
03-04-06 - Thousands of Israeli Arabs protest church incident
03-04-06 - Hamas Praises Russian Mediation Efforts In an apparent attempt to avoid further damage to relations with Israel, Putin will not meet the Palestinian delegation. The visitors will instead only take a sightseeing tour of the Kremlin on Sunday.
03-04-06 - Fatah lawmakers oppose coalition with Hamas
03-04-06 - Lebanon leaders close on fate of Palestinian arms "The leaders are close to reaching an agreement on the issue of Palestinian militants' arms outside the refugee camps," the source told Reuters without elaboration.
03-04-06 - Hamas victory 'complete fiasco' for US: Primakov He said it was "wrong" for the West to continue to treat Hamas as a terrorist organization in light of the election, "wrong" to demand immediate formal recognition of Israel and "wrong to starve them financially" as the United States has said it intends to do.
03-04-06 - Oscar contender 'Paradise Now' shot amid bombings, tanks
03-04-06 - In Tape, al-Zawahri Blasts Cartoons He complained that the previous Palestinian leadership had "sold Palestine."
03-04-06 - Abbas pressed not to transfer police control to Hamas The United States and Europe were pressing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas not to transfer his control on police and security forces to a Hamas-led government, well-informed Palestinian sources said on Thursday.
03-04-06 - Bipartisan pressure on Bush administration against dealing with Hamas The committee's top Democrat, Rep. Tom Lantos, said there must be "an end to humanitarian assistance" to the Palestinians with the exception of food, water and medicine....Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said the election victory of Hamas poses "enormous threats" to U.S. security. Hilarious. It poses no such threat. Ros-Lehtinen and Lantos are Israel-firsters.
03-04-06 - Israeli settlers mock their image in campaign against West Bank pullouts The campaign sought to fan fears among secular Israelis that if the settlers are forced to relocate, the middle classes of Tel Aviv could find themselves living beside devoutly religious families with large numbers of children.
03-04-06 - Israeli interrogation tactics put on trial in US courtroom Deutsche said he would be introducing reports by the Israeli Supreme Court, the US State Department, United Nations Committee on Torture, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch detailing how torture was a government-sanctioned practice of the Israeli security forces at the time of Salah's arrest.
03-04-06 - US President Bush asked Yemen to cut ties with Hamas
03-04-06 - Islamic Jihad condemns attack on Nazareth cathedral
03-04-06 - Russia gets Hamas to honor truce
03-04-06 - Palestinian Narratives Enter the Mainstream Abu-Assad says, "Israel as a state denies our stories; their leaders are using fear in order to make others inhuman and to continue this injustice. And you know, I don't understand this fear. When you are stronger than me, and you are afraid of me," he says, "you don't need politics to solve your problems, you need a psychoanalyst."
03-04-06 - Pro-Israel Lobbying Group Roiled by Prosecution of Two Ex-Officials But the question of dual loyalty, to the United States and to Israel, became touchy after the investigation was revealed. At last year's conference, the group broke with tradition and did not sing the Israeli national anthem. Dual loyalty? I don't see it. I see loyalty to one nation - and it ain't this one.
03-04-06 - Israeli leaders to address AIPAC The main issue on the agenda will be the call to isolate the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. AIPAC is supporting tough legislation in Congress, intended to cut off direct financial aid to the PA and to limit the possibility of supplying humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. A non-binding resolution with similar language has already been approved overwhelmingly by both chambers of Congress. The binding bill is expected to be voted on in the next weeks. AIPAC is also working tirelessly to promote legislation against Iran and to make sure that the administration and Congress remain firm on their opposition to an Iranian nuclear program.
03-04-06 - Elon: Two-state solution dead Hamas's failure to recognize Israel means the end of a two-state solution on this side of the Jordan River, according to MK Benny Elon, who heads the National Union and National Religious Party. The two state solution is dead not because of Hamas but because Israel has illegally confiscated and 'settled' large portions of the West Bank - thus rendering any viable Palestinian state untenable.
03-04-06 - Love and hate in Jerusalem if an Israeli falls for a Palestinian these rights can seem elusive.
03-04-06 - 'Brokeback' named best independent film The Spirit Awards' other top two prizes also went to Oscar nominees: The Palestinian terrorist tale "Paradise Now" was picked as best foreign film, while "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" was honored as best documentary.
03-04-06 - New Actors on the Middle East Scene America's gross bias in Israel's favour -- together with the war in Iraq eagerly promoted by the neo-conservatives -- has contributed to fuelling unprecedented hostility to the United States throughout the Arab and Muslim world....In intervening directly in the Arab-Israeli conflict, Vladimir Putin's Russia is challenging America's monopoly of the peace process while seeking to regain the influence it once had in a vital region not far from its southern borders
03-04-06 - Bil?in and Beit Sira March Together For Peace
03-04-06 - Hamas Victory Has Changed Everything Nothing was left but the good old democracy pretense, which worked well until Palestinians cast their vote on that critical day in late January. The majority voted for Hamas, not because of its Islamic agenda, but because of its uncompromising anti-corruption platform, its stance on Palestinian rights, and the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza.
03-04-06 - Reality Checkpoint: A Reality few Israelis know The placement of checkpoints between Palestinian towns and villages can only be seen as a form of harassment, to say the least.
03-04-06 - Serving One Flag
03-04-06 - Bakheit Meets with US Delegation Prime Minister Marouf Bakheit reiterated that finding a just solution for the Palestinian issue is the key to fighting terrorism and extremism in the region
03-04-06 - Like it or not, politics will always be part of Oscars The crowd sighed a deep breath of relief. Everyone was afraid of what might happen if Redgrave, who was outspoken about her pro-Palestinian homeland stance, took the podium.
03-04-06 - On eve of Oscars, debate intensifies over 'Paradise'
03-04-06 - A book where children simply speak their truth It takes a decided talent for lifting things out of context, and a failure of faith in the young, to have objected ? as some Greater Toronto school boards and the Canadian Jewish Congress have ? to her latest book.
03-04-06 - Teacher stands by work "In the view of Palestinians, who are the real terrorists?" Bennish asked at one point. "The Israelis, who fire missiles that they purchase from the United States government into Palestinian neighborhoods of refugees and maybe kill a terrorist but also kill innocent women and children."
03-03-06 - Unrest after Israel church attack The three entered the church pushing a pram filled with fireworks and small gas canisters and began throwing them, reports said...."It went on for six or seven minutes," she was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. "I thought we were going to die."
03-03-06 - Hamas says no lasting peace until Israel pulls out
03-03-06 - Palestinians Trying to Keep Al Qaeda Out, Abbas Says Raising the alarm about Al Qaeda could be a means of drawing attention away from Abbas' rift with Israel over how to deal with Hamas
03-03-06 - US lawyers attack Israeli security agent "It's embarrassing that this kind of argument would be going on in an American courtroom," Deutsch said, comparing the methods used by Israel in its occupied territories in 1993 with those once employed in South Africa and Chile. It violated not only international human rights but the U.S. Constitution's guarantees, he said. We will now allow confessions extracted by torture, and this is exactly where our (neocon) Pentagon got it from.
03-03-06 - Israel has classified areas near Gaza perimeter fence as "killing zones" Since the disengagement from the Gaza Strip was completed, in September 2005, IDF soldiers have killed nine unarmed Palestinian civilians who were in the area of the Gaza perimeter fence. Five minors, including an eight-year old child, were among the nine persons killed.
03-03-06 - Israelis set off firecrackers in church Television reports said the man, a Jew, was a Jerusalem resident known to police and security services as having a history of threatening to attack churches
03-03-06 - Over 200 Palestinian Children Arrested in Two Months The scale of arrests over the past two months brings the number of Palestinian children in Israeli custody to almost 400. This represents a significant increase on the already-inexcusably high numbers of recent years and marks a further indication of the scant regard Israeli pays to Palestinian children's rights and to international legal instruments.
03-03-06 - Sewerage of Ariel settlement pumped into Palestinian farmlands
03-03-06 - Settlers attack, abuse two residents near Tubas
03-03-06 - Russia: No Future for Hamas Without Change
03-03-06 - Abbas says still suspects Arafat was poisoned
03-03-06 - Despair and suffering Since September 2000, more than 3200 Palestinians, and more than 600 Israelis have been killed, and at least 30,000 Palestinians and many Israelis injured, many of them severely.
03-03-06 - Daniel Pipes, the expert of hate Daniel Pipes could not be considered as an unconditional supporter of the Israeli government. He has actually criticized it sometimes, especially when he has reproached it for not repressing Palestinian populations enough. Pipes believes Palestinians must be annihilated
03-03-06 - IDF officers: We have less freedom than terrorists Senior Israel Defense Forces officers are outraged over the army's decision to prevent one of their number from traveling to Britain for fear he might be arrested as a war criminal, charging that leading Hamas terrorists now enjoy more freedom of movement than IDF officers.
03-03-06 - Israelis petition to stop suicide bombing film from winning an Oscar it's exactly because even Paradise Now's harshest critics agree that it is so well made that it has triggered a campaign for the withdrawal of the Oscar nomination
03-03-06 - State Dept. Says Russia Helped With Hamas The Bush administration credited Russia on Friday with putting the extremist Palestinian group Hamas on notice that it must renounce terrorism and accept Israel.
03-03-06 - Row over postponement of play about US Gaza activist In a statement on the theater's website, its artistic director James Nicola said the delay was motivated by concerns that those on all sides of the Middle East conflict would use the play as a platform to promote their own agendas...In an interview with the New York Times, Nicola said the decision to seek a postponement of the performance until the 2006-07 season had been taken after consultations with local Jewish religious and community leaders. Both sides, huh? Riiight.
03-03-06 - Palestinian filmmaker fears for Oscar after outcry Rightly so.
03-03-06 - Editorial: Carter's right on Palestine
03-03-06 - Tel Rumeida's Cycle of Trash The urgent letter from the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee asking for
help complained that among other acts of insolence and worse the
"seven Jewish families settling in Tel Rumeida" have been throwing
their garbage into nearby Palestinian yards for years.
03-03-06 - Arsenal face protests after deal to promote tourism in Israel
03-03-06 - Petition Seeks to Revoke Film's Nomination "Not gonna happen," Pavlik said. "It would be physically impossible to happen between now and Sunday and, beyond that, we're not going to disqualify films because some people don't like the content."
03-03-06 - Christian group blasts Sabeel conference John Salzberg, a member of the conference?s planning committee, said it "plans to show that peace with justice requires an end to the occupation and the wall," a reference to Israel's West Bank security barrier, "and a viable Palestinian state."
03-03-06 - Protesters Hang Themselves on The Wall
03-03-06 - Palestinian resistance group vows to protect internationals in Gaza strip
03-03-06 - UN REFUGEE AGENCY 'SERIOUSLY CONCERNED' FOR THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS IN IRAQ The United Nations refugee agency today voiced serious concern over the safety of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Iraq, some of whom have reportedly been directly targeted and killed in the continuing violence there
03-03-06 - Boy caught in crossfire bouncing back
03-03-06 - Hypocrisy Running Wild In Israel
03-03-06 - From The Horse's Mouth: Israeli journalist: Israelis need to know Gideon Levi: It is important because I want to prevent any kind of situation in which Israelis, or at least the readers of Ha?aretz, will ever be able to say that they don?t know what is being done on their behalf in the occupied territories
03-03-06 - Women ponder future under Hamas
03-03-06 - UN drafters fail to end terrorism treaty impasse The dispute over the treaty?s scope centers mainly on how to treat Palestinian suicide bombings and Israeli military actions in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza.
03-03-06 - Palestinian eyes alcohol-free beer after Hamas win
03-03-06 - Official: No Hamas-UAE connection ?To the best of my knowledge, the United Arab Emirates government has no relationship with Hamas,? Welch said Thursday in testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives on the recent Hamas win in Palestinian Authority legislative elections.
03-03-06 - Livni, Blair meet Israel?s foreign minister asked Britain?s prime minister to deny Hamas international recognition.
03-03-06 - Israeli: Pollard gave good info Rafi Eitan, Pollard?s Israeli intelligence handler, told Yediot Achronot that Pollard?s information was so important that Israeli officials did not consider ending the operation, even though the target was the United States.
03-03-06 - Resolution calls for Israel in NATO The non-binding resolution, which aims for Israel?s full inclusion in NATO, was introduced this week by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen By now it is abundantly clear judging from the amount of legislation submitted on behalf of a foreign nation, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the US Congress' representative of Israel.
03-03-06 - Snort The difference between the ports and possible monitoring of the telephone system and intelligence computers is that everybody will know if something goes wrong at the ports ? and will be quick to blame Dubai for it ? while monitoring of secrets can take place for years without anyone having the slightest idea.
03-03-06 - Al-Arian's Christian champion Especially after his recent pilgrimage to Israel in February, Clark came away with a clear feeling that Israel is continually oppressing the Palestinian people.
03-03-06 - Couple remember wedding bombing
03-03-06 - Peace group sends 18 observers to Middle East According to EAPPI, their objectives include the exposing of the violence of occupation, and to end the "brutality, humiliation and violence against civilians," as well as to express "solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli peace activists and empower local Palestinian communities/churches."
03-02-06 - Israeli sniper kills Palestinian youth - medics They said Amer Bassyouni, 15, was shot in the neck and died from his wounds as Israeli forces searched for militants in the Alamin refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus.
03-02-06 - Gaza agriculture faces collapse The agriculture sector in Gaza, an important lifeline of income and employment in the impoverished territory, has incurred an estimated loss of 57 million euros (68 million dollars) during 35 days of Karni closures, it said.
03-02-06 - Army started implementing plan to isolate lands near Hebron The isolation plan includes a forced evacuation of the residents from their villages.
03-02-06 - Israel plans to imprison five Palestinian villages near Jerusalem in an enclave Israel plans to run a barrier around five Palestinian villages northwest of Jerusalem , and imprison them in an enclave that will separate them from East Jerusalem and neighboring Palestinian villages
03-02-06 - Israel keeps Gaza crossing closed A US-brokered deal last November specified that the crossing would be kept open unless there was an immediate security threat.
03-02-06 - Israel gives military free rein "We will use an iron first against any attempt to renew terror activity anywhere," he said. "There are no restraints on security forces to use any means necessary to stop terror attacks." This is not a new policy.
03-02-06 - Arrow missile may block Iranian attack "We will shoot all of Iran´s missiles down," the official told the newspaper. "The Arrow knows how to intercept the Shihab missile."
03-02-06 - Abbas doubts Iran aid would reach Palestinians Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks broadcast on Thursday he doubted funds pledged by Iran in case of Western aid cuts would reach the Palestinians because of global checks on the flow of funds.
03-02-06 - Israel not out to 'punish' Palestinians for Hamas win: Livni Actions speak louder than words.
03-02-06 - Israeli opposition leader meets Abbas
03-02-06 - US would make it 'enormously difficult' for Hamas to govern The United States wants to isolate Hamas financially and politically to make it "enormously difficult" for the radical Palestinian group to govern, the US envoy for the Middle East said.
03-02-06 - Palestinian leader warns of Al-Qaeda threat
03-02-06 - U.S. panel objects to software handover to Israeli company The company was told U.S. officials feared the transaction could endanger some of government's most sensitive computer systems. The objections by the FBI and Pentagon were partly over specialized intrusion detection software known as "Snort," which guards some classified U.S. military and intelligence computers.
03-02-06 - Palestinian salaries delayed as Israel stops funds
03-02-06 - US probing deals by 2nd Dubai firm, Israeli company Plans by the Israeli firm Check Point Software Technologies to buy the Maryland software security firm Sourcefire, which does business with US Defense Department agencies, have raised concerns over the possible sale of sensitive technology to third countries, the daily said on Thursday.
03-02-06 - Mofaz: Karni to remain shut ?The security of Israeli citizens is an utmost priority,?
03-02-06 - OPT: Weekly Press Release 18 - 24 Feb 2006 During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delays, denial of access and arbitrary searches had a negative impact on wounded and sick in Nablus & Hebron.
03-02-06 - Palestinians give back $30 mln in US aid
03-02-06 - U.N. Launches Anti-Semitism Investigation The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, follows the reprimand of a security guard for drawing swastikas on a log sheet knowing a guard from Israel would almost certainly see them. The guard also made Nazi-like salutes to his Israeli colleague.
03-02-06 - Israel again authorises military exports to China
03-02-06 - Hamas arrives in Moscow in search for legitimacy
03-02-06 - Gulf monarchies call on world to aid Palestinians Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers "invite the international community to continue financial aid to the Palestinians and not to punish the Palestinian people for their democratic choice,"
03-02-06 - IDF predicting return of 'stone intifada' to West Bank
03-02-06 - Russia would never harm Israel: Olmert
03-02-06 - Russia can rectify US 'errors' in Middle East: Hamas Russia is in a position to rectify "errors" of US policy in the Middle East and advance a more balanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior member of the radical Palestinian group Hamas said
03-02-06 - US promises humanitarian help to Palestinians
03-02-06 - Syria accuses Israel of dumping nuclear waste on Golan Heights
03-02-06 - Christians in Hamas stronghold unfazed by Islamist victory
03-02-06 - Report: U.S. asked PA to help Kadima Washington has asked the Palestinians to delay the formation of a Hamas-led government until after the March 28 general elections in Israel for fears that the Islamic group?s effective control of Palestinian affairs might weaken Kadima?s showing in the poll.
03-02-06 - Changing fence route called danger to fast train to Jerusalem
03-02-06 - Qatar-Palestine ties reviewed
03-02-06 - The UN asks Scandinavians to leave the West Bank According to NRK, the threats were intercepted by the Israeli intelligence service, which in turn informed the UN organization for Palestinian refugees (UNWRA) about the threats.
03-02-06 - Chief of Justice Denounces the Profane Sanctity of an Ancient Mosque in Safad
03-02-06 - Prep school to open in Jordan Promising students will be sought, including those in Palestinian refugee camps and small villages.
03-02-06 - Hamas Victory Is Built on Social Work
03-02-06 - Would Iranian Nukes Only Kill Jews? A variation in the use of Palestinians as human shields by Israelis.
03-02-06 - South Africa Invites Hamas Leaders to Talk
03-02-06 - Israeli company under scrutiny for sale The Check Point sale is undergoing deeper scrutiny because of its owner?s ties to Israeli military intelligence and ties between Sourcefire?s founders and the U.S. National Security Agency.
03-02-06 - Scheuer: Israel of no U.S. concern Michael Scheuer, until 2004 the top analyst advising a CIA team hunting for Osama bin Laden, has become an ardent critic of U.S. support for Israel since his retirement.
He is one of many officials from the CIA who, after leaving office, become very vocal in their criticism of Israel.
03-02-06 - Israelis warned away from Jordan, Egypt The government?s Counter-Terrorism Unit reissued its long-standing travel advisory Thursday, citing new levels of terrorist activity in the two Arab countries. Israel has full relations with both countries.
03-02-06 - Dems target UAE for boycott The letter to President Bush, drafted this week by Reps. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), warns that the United Arab Emirates pledged millions last month to help the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority and is enforcing an Arab League boycott of Israel
03-02-06 - Israeli firm endorses Dubai port deal ?We are very comfortable calling at DP World?s Dubai ports,? Idan Ofer, chairman of Zim, wrote in a letter to Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), who has led criticism of the Bush administration for making the deal. ?We have not experienced a single security issue in these ports.?
03-02-06 - Putting 'Palestine' on the map? "This is a waste of time, to try to battle against the use of this term when the majority of the Israeli public accepts the creation of a Palestinian state." Israel is losing its war against 'Palestine'.
03-02-06 - PA factions sign anti-truce pact
03-02-06 - LEBANON: Young Arabs want stricter gun control, study finds The study further found that extreme poverty, political insecurity and the absence of the rule of law have led to prevailing gun cultures, especially in the Palestinian territories and in areas of Sudan.
03-02-06 - NYC: Free the P Hip-Hop & Slam Party
03-02-06 - The Attacks on Beyond Chutzpah all mainstream human rights organizations reach identical conclusions and no contrary evidence exists, there's no rational reason to infer that their reports are false--unless one accepts the faith-based counterclaim that Amnesty, HRW and B'Tselem are part of a vast (anti-Semitic) conspiracy to malign Israel. Any person or organization that dares to criticize Israel will likely be labeled anti-Semitic in the end.
03-02-06 - Lucy Liu Was Heartbroken by Palestinian Earthquake United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) ambassador Lucy Liu has taken a camera crew to Balakot, Pakistan, to film the devastation of October's 7.6 earthquake Oops. Wrong country.
03-02-06 - Book deserves to be in competition Speaking as a father, a practising Jew and a librarian, this book fully deserves to be in the Silver Birch competition
03-02-06 - Judge delays Al-Arian trial Federal prosecutors have not announced definitively whether they will try the 48-year-old Al-Arian again on charges that he raised money and supported the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group responsible for hundreds of deaths. But they have said in recent hearings that they are preparing for a second trial.
03-01-06 - Israeli shot dead by Palestinian gunfire in West Bank
03-01-06 - Jihad leader killed in Gaza blast
03-01-06 - Remembering Rachel Corrie
03-01-06 - Accidental explosion rocks Gaza The accidental explosion of a container of road tar caused panic in Gaza City
03-01-06 - Palestinians will lose essential services, says UN The report says that there has already been a "sharp deterioration" in humanitarian aid because of increased security measures by Israel since Hamas's election victory.
03-01-06 - First AIPAC Test In Years Looming In PA Aid Fight Ros-Lehtinen has indicated she will press ahead with her tougher bill that goes beyond even what the government of Israel is seeking in dealing with the PA. And AIPAC delegates will press right along with her, setting the stage for what could be the first real fight for the pro-Israel lobby group since the 1992 debacle over loan guarantees to Israel.
Are you nauseous yet from the level of control a foreign nation has over our government? You should be. Our lawmakers fall over themselves to please their AIPAC masters.
03-01-06 - Food stocks dwindling in Gaza, say UN officials
03-01-06 - Abbas urges to protect Palestinians in Baghdad
03-01-06 - Fears of new Israeli settlement as wall completed around Bethlehem The wall around Rachel?s Tomb in Bethlehem will not only sever the connection between the region?s most holy Christian sites, but will also herald the creation of a new ?fact on the ground? - an illegal Jewish settlement which will be home to some of Israel?s most extremist religious groups.
03-01-06 - America's Pro-Israel Lobby Holds Its Annual Policy Conference in Washington D.C. AIPAC - the real policymakers in Washington. They have Congress and the Executive Branch (among others) in their backpocket.
03-01-06 - U.N. employee kidnapped in Nablus A Palestinian employee of the United Nations in Nablus has been kidnapped by al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Fatah faction.
03-01-06 - Palestinian President, Legislators condemn the attacks against Palestinian refugees in Iraq
03-01-06 - White House Extends Palestinian Aid Review
03-01-06 - Israel shells northern Gaza Strip Israeli forces shelled the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday as Palestinian militants launched a bomb attack on an Israeli military jeep on patrol, Palestinian security sources reported.
03-01-06 - Israeli report reveals $14 billion spent by Israel to construct West Bank settlements
03-01-06 - Israelis ask Oscars to drop suicide bomb film
03-01-06 - Israeli gang wars prompt US State Dept travel warning The travel warning also cites assault by Jewish settlers and IDF troops on protestors....The State Department warns against participating in demonstrations, saying, ?In recent months, citizens of Western nations, including Americans, involved in pro-Palestinian volunteer efforts were assaulted and injured in the Occupied Territories by Israeli settlers and harassed by the IDF. Those taking part in demonstrations, non-violent resistance, and ?direct action?, are advised to cease such activity for their own safety.?
03-01-06 - Israeli police arrest two Hamas MPs in Jerusalem "They are not allowed to do any political activities in Jerusalem,"
03-01-06 - Arab Players Refuse to Boycott Game Arab players on Israel's national soccer team ignored calls to boycott Wednesday's exhibition game against Denmark, saying the controversy over Danish newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad was not related to sports.
03-01-06 - Former Iranian president attacks Ahmadinejad over Holocaust "The persecution of Jews, just like Nazism, is a Western phenomenon. In the east, we have always lived side by side with them. And we follow a religion that states that the death of an innocent person is the death of all of humanity,"
03-01-06 - AIPAC donors to ask questions on scandal Several donors have asked AIPAC to explain its decision in recent months to limit funding for the defense of Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman
03-01-06 - Lawmaker presses USTR on Saudi treatment of Israel A U.S. lawmaker asked the Bush administration on Wednesday to explain what steps it is taking to ensure Saudi Arabia no longer participates in the Arab League boycott of Israel. Our lawmakers once again are doing the bidding of a foreign nation.
03-01-06 - Middle East tragedies vie for Oscars "The problem here is that the folks from Israel are not satisfied in controlling every aspect of Palestinian daily life but in controlling every aspect of the manifestation of things Palestinian in the outside world. They ought to let up and let people define themselves,"
03-01-06 - Soccer: Late strike stuns Lions Lions were sent crashing down to earth yesterday after they went down 1-0 to Palestine at the Amman International Stadium in a Group E Asian Cup qualifier.
03-01-06 - Sub fleet chief: We can hit targets overseas While Colonel Yoni's statements are shrouded in mystery, publications in the foreign press have already hinted Israel's Dolphin submarines have the ability to carry and launch nuclear weapons, a capability that will be put to use should the country's nuclear ground bases are hit in a surprise attack. Psyops piece.
03-01-06 - Jordan urges patience with Hamas
03-01-06 - Israeli 'ruler-in-waiting' plans to starve Hamas Raised in a hardline Likud household, Ms Livni has an ideological pedigree that is hard to top. "My family is part of the founding history of Israel," she has said. Her father's gravestone bears the inscription, "Here lies the head of operations of the Irgun"
The Irgun and Stern gangs used terrorism to drive the British and then hundreds of thousands of Palestinians out of Palestine. Remember Livni's comments from a few weeks ago. "When an entity, a state is being led by terrorists, the meaning is that this entity, this authority, this state is going to transfer into a terror state," said .
03-01-06 - Palestinian and Israeli men will climb Mt. Everest together in world peace climb This April world history will be made when Palestinian born Ali Bushnaq will climb Mt. Everest with Israelis Micha Yaniv and David Yifrah. The three climbers are part of a group of ?peace climbers? called The Everest Peace Project
03-01-06 - Israeli army arrests 12 villagers near Bethlehem
03-01-06 - From yesterdays news: Dubai Ports World uses Zim connection in US deal Zim offices are used as a source of Mossad cover. Zim had an office in the WTC and bailed shortly before the attack on September 11. Israeli Company Mum About
Perfect Timing Of WTC Pullout
03-01-06 - Reflecting fair Scottish views about Israel The advantages of Israel in its economy, military, land resources, water, health, in fact in its whole quality of life, are so overwhelming as to be oppressive. So when Israel gripes about how it suffers from the Palestinians then fair-minded people are offended, and more. Further, it is my strong experience that this is the view of the majority of (non-partisan) Scots, despite the best, behind-the-scenes efforts of Scottish Jewish community leaders, a fact supported by The Herald's letters over many years.
03-01-06 - Lord Rogers leaves anti-Israel group after anger in US Jewish groups and local politicians were enraged when they learned of the involvement of Lord Rogers in the group, which accuses Israel of an "apartheid system of environmental control". "His associating with this bigoted view would disqualify him from receiving our tax dollars," said Malcolm Hoenlein, vice-chairman of the Conference of Major American Jewish Organisations PLENTY of American tax dollars go to those with bigoted views.
03-01-06 - European aid cannot buy Hamas, says Meshaal
03-01-06 - Checkpoint expansion continues at Hawara
03-01-06 - Olmert: We must improve relations with Russia
03-01-06 - Iran: Jewish Groups Want President Barred From Europe
03-01-06 - Policing thought after 9/11 * An interview with historian Beshara Doumani on threats to academic freedom and the looming privatization of Middle East studies
03-01-06 - Pensioner promoting peace while helping Palestinians ?There?s still a tendency by the media to treat Palestinians as terrorists, but in our experience the vast majority are engaged in peaceful resistance ? the kind of resistance of being absolutely determined to stay where they have always lived, and not to be squeezed out and to carry on with their every day lives under increasingly terrible conditions.?
03-01-06 - Palestinian national team beats Singapore
03-01-06 - ELCA bishop calls for careful response to Hamas
03-01-06 - The Wall : Cinequest documentary entry 'Occupied Minds' takes disturbing trip through Israel and Gaza Strip While the Israeli lobby always likes to point out young Palestinians indoctrinated in hate, Dajani and Michaelis show us a stage show of singing right-wing Israeli children, returning such hatred
03-01-06 - Vouchers for Jewish day schools? A gathering of Jewish leaders, academics and Israeli Knesset members discussed the possibility of pushing for U.S. government vouchers for private Jewish schools.
03-01-06 - Here's how you know Kevin Sites came pretty darn close to the truth A bitchfest from CAMERA - a pro-Israeli 'media watchdog'.
03-01-06 - Cultural differences dissipate in the world of medicine Imagine limited access to hospitals, a scarcity of ambulances and the challenge to doctors of treating a chronic illness during a home visit.
03-01-06 - Judge denies journalists? motion in AIPAC case The judge in the classified information case against two former pro-Israel lobbyists denied a motion from a journalism organization to weigh in
03-01-06 - Geraldo Rivera Considered Run for Israeli Parliament Israel's occupation of the West Bank "is bull," in Rivera's view, and it "dehumanizes" the Palestinians. "I want peace between Jews and Palestinians, based on equality between the countries."
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