November '07 Archive

11/30/2007 - 4 Hamas militants killed in 2 Israeli strikes in Gaza    

11/30/2007 - Palestinian refugee children die in Iraq Two sick Palestinian refugee children waiting for resettlement from Iraq died in the last two weeks, one of them in Al Waleed refugee camp at the Iraq-Syria border and the other one in Baghdad. Another refugee, a 50-year-old man, also waiting to be resettled, died earlier this month in Al Waleed refugee camp. So far seven people have died there, including three young children, since Palestinian refugees started to arrive at the border in March 2006 fleeing violent attacks against them.  

11/30/2007 - International and Israeli peace activists attacked by Israeli forces in Qalqilia A peaceful protest organized to challenge the Israeli closure of the Qalqilia ghetto was attacked by Israeli forces on Wednesday.  

11/30/2007 - Israel allows export of flowers, strawberries from Gaza Israel has allowed the export of several truckloads of flowers and strawberries from the Gaza Strip over the last two days, a Palestinian trade group and Israeli officials said.  

11/30/2007 - Israel court backs Gaza fuel cuts Israel's top court has upheld a government decision to reduce the Gaza Strip's fuel imports, but postponed planned electricity cuts to the Hamas-ruled territory, Israeli officials said on Friday.  

11/30/2007 - Palestinian refugees see dream of return under threat    

11/30/2007 - Palestinian ambulances start service in E. Jerusalem The ambulances are based at the Maternity Hospital in East Jerusalem, which is run by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society  

11/30/2007 - Four injured in peaceful Bil'in protest On Friday after the weekly prayers, residents of the West Bank village of Bil'in, west of the city of Ramallah and a group of International and Israeli peace activists marched in a massive rally.  

11/30/2007 - 'Moment of truth' has come, says Palestine Prez    

11/30/2007 - Elon touts plan in Congress Benny Elon, the Israeli lawmaker touting a plan that would extend Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank and encourage Palestinian emigration, met with U.S. lawmakers. Why the US Congress and not the Israeli Knesset? Because the US Congress is (another) Israeli-occupied territory.

11/30/2007 - Bin Laden links 9/11 to Israel Osama bin Laden described the 9/11 attacks as revenge for Israeli military actions in the Palestinian Authority and Lebanon.  

11/30/2007 - Fatah to join Hamas if Israel attacks Gaza "Fatah won't remain idle in the face of an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip," the official said. "We will definitely fight together with Hamas against the Israeli army. It's our duty to defend our people against the occupiers."  

11/30/2007 - At-Tuwani Update: 1 October ? 31 October, 2007 The team observed Thai immigrant workers in a field that was recently stolen by Israeli settlers from Susya. A Palestinian informed both the Israeli police and an Israeli lawyer who is pursuing a legal case about land belonging to Susiya village.  

11/30/2007 - India supports UN resolution on Palestine    

11/30/2007 - Turkey To Install Computerized Meteorology Program In Palestine    

11/30/2007 - Israeli soldiers attack peaceful demonstration in a Ramallah village    

11/30/2007 - Palestinian detainees declare a one day hunger strike    

11/30/2007 - Israeli military invades Al Bireh and kidnaps three from Hebron Israeli military forces kidnapped three Palestinian civilians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, transferring them to an undisclosed detention center.  

11/30/2007 - Israeli West Bank outposts: Report warns against proposal for government funding The ministerial proposal, to be discussed in the Cabinet in 10 days time, advocates cementing Jewish, ownership of Palestinian owned lands, she criticised, "allowing state funding for illegal outposts."  

11/30/2007 - U.S. pulls U.N. Middle East draft disliked by Israel The United States withdrew on Friday a draft U.N. resolution endorsing action agreed at this week's Annapolis Middle East peace conference, a document Israeli officials said they felt was inappropriate.  

11/30/2007 - Red Cross urges Israeli, Palestinian groups to cooperate more The Red Cross on Friday approved a resolution calling for greater cooperation between the Palestinian Red Crescent and the Israeli Magen David Adom society to improve humanitarian assistance.  

11/30/2007 - Richardson 'Disgusted' at Republicans on Immigration On Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Richardson, 60, urged President George W. Bush to take a stronger leadership role.  

11/30/2007 - IDF offers training deals to other armies In line with IDF policy to upgrade relations with friendly countries that are involved in the war on terror, the military has set up a unit that is responsible for creating "package deals" for foreign armies that are interested in training alongside their Israeli counterparts.  

11/30/2007 - Egypt police, Palestinian supporters clash in Sinai No one was reported hurt in the incident and police forced the convoy of around 250 people, which was heading to Gaza in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian residents of the impoverished territory, to turn back to Cairo.  

11/30/2007 - Queen accepts Bambi humanitarian award True to her role as an advocate for children, the Queen highlighted the humanitarian crisis for children in Palestine, Iraq and beyond and encouraged collective action to better their lives, as she accepted the award.  

11/30/2007 - Literature professor works for justice in Palestine "I went and taught at Birzeit University for three years and got the shock of my life. It was worth at least four doctorate degrees," she says. Brandabur's heart in fact has never left Palestine. She finally had to leave when "the university was closed by the Israeli army more often than it was open and I just couldn't stay." From there she went to Syria with a Fulbright scholarship for three years. "I learned a lot. It was an extension of my time in Palestine."  

11/30/2007 - Palestinian Growers Boost Production of Premium Olive Oil    

11/30/2007 - Palestinian makes music the answer to peace Aburedwan discovered music at the age of 17 when he took up the viola. Now the internationall acclaimed musician travels the world using music to spread a message of peace.  

11/30/2007 - Jerusalem Patriarch welcomes success of Annapolis talks    

11/30/2007 - All talk, empty promises "Bush has in effect given Israel the opportunity to say what settlement is legal and what is not, when really they all are illegal. This is not a freeze - it's a green light to continue expanding settlements."  

11/30/2007 - Bureau of Palestinian rights committee issues statement on Annapolis conference, saying it opened new page in international efforts to achieve peace in region    

11/30/2007 - Why Annapolis Is About Iran nearly one week later, it appears that the meeting, attended by 40 countries, including 16 member states of the Arab League, served a more crucial purpose -- to convince Israel and Arab regimes that they face their most dangerous threat from the ascendance of Iran and its brand of Islamic radicalism.  

11/30/2007 - From the neocons at JINSA We are appalled that a U.S. government official believes international recognition of Israel is dependent on the creation of a 23rd Arab country. Israel?s permanence and legitimacy are not conditional and not subject to review. We are further appalled that Mr. Hadley thinks Israel woke up in the 21st Century and said, "Hey, let's give up 'Greater Israel' and help the Palestinians with democracy!"  

11/30/2007 - US sees 'mixed picture' from Syria on Mideast cooperation    

11/30/2007 - Same Old, Same Old - Israel Wins Again So why is it that a theocratic non-democratic state is encouraged for Israel, but a similar theocratic non-democratic state in Iran ? that does not have nearly the nuclear capacity as Israel ? is such a big problem?  

11/30/2007 - Iran Holocaust drama is a big hit Mr Fathi's argument - one echoed time and again in this country - is that you can be anti-Zionist, without being anti-Jewish.  

11/30/2007 - Buchanan: Israel is my model "Immigration is restricted to those who are Jewish by birth or faith," he writes. "While Jews from all over the world are urged to settle in Israel or on the West Bank, no Palestinian is permitted to return to the home of his father or grandfather. The rights of land ownership extended to Jews are not extended to non-Jews.  

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11/29/2007 - Poll: Palestinian majority blames Hamas on June fighting    

11/29/2007 - All options open against Israel after peace meet: Hamas "All options are open to answer any crime, expecially after the Annapolis conference, which gave the Zionists a green light to commit more and more crimes against our people," said a statement from the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing.  

11/29/2007 - UN Security Council takes up resolution on Mideast peace The United States on Thursday presented the UN Security Council with a draft resolution backing the US-sponsored Annapolis conference decision to relaunch the Mideast peace process.  

11/29/2007 - Israel to release over 400 Palestinian prisoners Sunday Israel will release more than 400 Palestinian prisoners Sunday, the local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.  

11/29/2007 - Haj pilgrims call for opening of Gaza border    

11/29/2007 - A Palestinian village in the Jordan Valley suffers from Israeli policy Bardalah, a small Palestinian village located in the Jordan Valley has sufferd hardship as a result of Israeli actions. The village is the main source of agricultural produce for the West Bank but the Israeli authorities have prevented the inhabitants of the village and the surrounding areas from constructing much needed agricultural infrastructure.  

11/29/2007 - High Court urges state to let 4 ill Palestinians travel through Israel The High Court of Justice on Thursday urged the state to allow four seriously ill Palestinians from the Gaza Strip who are classified as security threats to travel through Israel on their way to Jordan for medical treatment.  

11/29/2007 - Russia pledges to continue Palestinian support "We will continue rendering aid to the PNA's attempts to establish statehood, the strengthening of its power structures, and the resolution of its social-economic problems," Vladimir Putin said in a message to PNA leader Mahmoud Abbas.  

11/29/2007 - Olmert, Bush talk Iran Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Olmert would not provide details except to say, "I think that the fight against Iran?s armament with nonconventional weapons must continue in every way possible."  

11/29/2007 - Olmert: 'If talks fail, Israel will be finished' Mr Olmert appeared to be half-borrowing an argument used by the Israeli left and increasing numbers of Palestinians that if the occupation is not swiftly ended and a Palestinian state established, the alternative is a single state in which both Palestinians and Israelis would eventually have equal rights ? negating Israel's status as a "Jewish democratic state". Oh the horror. That's what a true democracy is SUPPOSED to be about; one man one vote. If it's good enough for the US, then it should be good enough for Israel. And then people wonder why anyone would laugh at the statement that Israel is the 'only democracy in the Middle East'.

11/29/2007 - IMEMC Photographer beaten and detained by PA Security forces    

11/29/2007 - Palestinian politicians condemn attacks on journalists    

11/29/2007 - 1973 U.S. Cable on Mideast Mirrors Current Events A March 1973 State Department cable released yesterday by the National Archives recounts a promise by Saudi Arabia's King Faisal that terrorist threats to U.S. interests could be resolved as soon as Washington pressed Israel to withdraw from territory it had seized.  

11/29/2007 - PHR-Israel emergency appeal for medical supplies for Gaza    

11/29/2007 - Earthquake rumour panics West Bank Palestinians    

11/29/2007 - Israeli army kidnaps two from Bethlehem city, including one official    

11/29/2007 - Fmr. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Israel Should Heed Lessons of Scripture-and Apartheid Denouncing the U.S.-backed occupation of Palestinian land, Tutu says Israel and its supporters should follow biblical tradition of "forever taking the side of the weak, the oppressed, the downtrodden against the kings and the powerful oppressors."  

11/29/2007 - Bush: I'll defend Israel "I would never expect a country to allow terrorists to be on their border," he said. "I believe that the best way to defeat those terrorists and radicals, however, is through a vision based upon liberty. And so my message to the Israelis is, it is in your interest that your prime minister negotiate with the Palestinians a democracy."  

11/29/2007 - Bush: U.S. would back Israel against Iran    

11/29/2007 - Israel risks apartheid-like struggle if two-state solution fails, says Olmert    

11/29/2007 - Robert Fisk: A different venue, but the pious claims and promises are the same For more than two years, the Saudis have been offering Israel security and recognition by Arab states in return for a total withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied territories. What was wrong with that? Mr Olmert promised that "negotiations will address all the issues which thus far has been evaded". Yet the phrase "withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied territories" simply doesn't exist in the text.  

11/29/2007 - Nativity scene recast with security barrier for 'Kitschmas'    

11/29/2007 - Settler leader Levinger suffers stroke Levinger has been arrested about a dozen times for altercations with Palestinians, and he has been imprisoned several times involving incidents of violence. In 1991 Levinger was sentenced to seven months in prison for a violent altercation at the Tomb of the Patriachs in Hebron.  

11/29/2007 - Philly Loves Palestine Ever feel that the United States is on the wrong side of almost every international conflict (except that time we beat the Nazis)? Philly Loves Palestine, a three-day arts and culture celebration, offers you a chance to show some affection for the underdogs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  

11/29/2007 - Arabs return from summit uneasy and skeptical    

11/29/2007 - Judge touts benefit of trip A judge since 2002, Sierra said she feels called to bring food and Bibles to Palestinian refugees. She is joining with the Living Bread International Church, a nondenominational organization that provides humanitarian aid and weekly church services for refugees.  

11/29/2007 - Hariri probe 'finds new culprits'    

11/29/2007 - Distorting Fascism to Demonize Iran In their frantic drive to pave the way for a military strike against Iran, leading figures in the neoconservative pro-Israel lobby have embarked on a vicious campaign of demonizing that country by comparing it with the early years of Nazi Germany and its President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with Hitler.  

11/29/2007 - Russian mediator seeks Israel-Syria deal A senior Russian envoy has been trying to broker a deal between Israel and Syria on the future of the Golan Heights, an Israeli newspaper said on Thursday.  

11/29/2007 - Democracy as an Antidote to Extremism    

11/29/2007 - Photo Flash: West Bank, UK - The Musical    

11/29/2007 - Syria sees Annapolis as a start Syria endorsed the Annapolis peace talks as a launching pad for comprehensive Israeli-Arab peace.  

11/29/2007 - State of Israel could disappear, warns Olmert Israel is sensitive to any comparison to formerly apartheid South Africa, but Olmert has aired such views before. When he was deputy prime minister under Ariel Sharon four years ago, he favoured a withdrawal from most of the territories taken in the 1967 war that would leave Israel with a "maximum" number of Israelis and a "minimum" of Palestinians.  

11/29/2007 - Refugee stories - Art Mile brings Japanese-Palestinian exchange to UNRWA schools in Syria Students in Syria and Japan have created one mural in a particularly novel and exciting way: half of the mural - depicting Japanese culture - was painted by Palestinian students in Syria; the other half - portraying Palestinian culture - was painted by students in Japan  

11/29/2007 - Fmr. President Jimmy Carter on ?Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,? I think it?s accurate to say that not a single member of Congress with whom I?m familiar would possibly speak out and call for Israel to withdraw to their legal boundaries or to publicize the plight of the Palestinians or even to call publicly and repeatedly for good faith peace talks. There hasn?t been a day of peace talks now in more than seven years. So this is a taboo subject. And I would say that if any member of Congress did speak out, as I?ve just described, they would probably not be back in the Congress the next term.  

11/29/2007 - Nixon Papers Recall Concerns on Israel?s Weapons ?There is circumstantial evidence that some fissionable material available for Israel?s weapons development was illegally obtained from the United States about 1965,? Mr. Kissinger noted in his long memorandum.  

11/29/2007 - Settlers respond to Annapolis statements with new settlements The right-wing Ne?emanei Eretz Israel movement announced Thursday that it plans to establish three new outposts in the West Bank during Hanukkah and return to five outposts it had already created in Sukkot.  

11/29/2007 - Former Rep. Henry Hyde dies at 83   While he was still in office, Hyde stuck up for the Palestinians. And again.

11/29/2007 - Officials: Jones will press Israel to take risks    

11/29/2007 - Boca couple reunited after long immigration journey In April, Almbasher, 39, an auto body repairman, went to Gaza to visit his mother, who was sick. By June, when he was ready to return home, the Israeli government had closed the border between Gaza and Egypt because the Islamic group Hamas seized the territory.  

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11/28/2007 - Israeli missiles kill two in Gaza Strip-Hamas Israeli missiles that struck a Hamas security position in the southern Gaza Strip killed two Hamas naval police officers on Wednesday, a Hamas security source and Palestinian medical workers said  

11/28/2007 - Israeli army kills Palestinian farmer in Rafah; death toll rises to six in 24 hours    

11/28/2007 - Palestinians see Israel as winner in Annapolis    

11/28/2007 - Hebron Update: 19-25 November 2007 At one point, Frederick said, ?My life is not like the movies,? ? which was surprising to the Palestinians, who thought American movies gave an accurate portrayal of life in America. Frederick explained the mixed cultural background in the United States, her own heritage being German, French, Irish, Italian, and Scotch.  

11/28/2007 - U.S. urges Israel to let Palestinian ambulances travel freely    

11/28/2007 - Bush won't force plan on Palestinians and Israelis    

11/28/2007 - India pledges support to Palestinian cause as peace hopes soar    

11/28/2007 - Abbas loyalists open fire at funeral march, injuring 26 Security forces loyal to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas opened fire during a funeral procession in Hebron yesterday for a man killed in a demonstration against the Annapolis talks on Tuesday. Medics said the fresh outbreak of West Bank violence left 26 injured, one seriously.  

11/28/2007 - US envoy to study border security of future Palestine: US The United States is preparing to name an envoy to the Middle East tasked with developing security arrangements between a future Palestinian state and its neighbors, a US official said.  

11/28/2007 - Senior Vatican cardinal backs Palestinians' right of return "Palestinian refugees, like all other refugees, have a right to right to return to their homeland," Quite frankly, it's the law. Section 11 of UN resolution 194 from 1948, never implemented by Israel (big surprise there).

11/28/2007 - Israeli Special Forces kidnap 14 near Nablus The Special Forces, whom eyewitnesses say arrived in a white car with the occupants in civilian clothing, attacked the coffee shop, kidnapping all 14 men that were present.  

11/28/2007 - Israeli forces kidnap a Hamas leader and his wife in Tulkarem refugee camp    

11/28/2007 - Time to abandon piecemeal approaches in Middle East: Ban    

11/28/2007 - Israeli army shoots three children, abducts two in Azzoun village    

11/28/2007 - Shin Bet pushes Gazan to collaborate while his son is ill    

11/28/2007 - Right-wing activists hold anti-Annapolis rally at Western Wall Around 15,000 people on Monday took part in a demonstration at the Western Wall to protest the Middle East peace summit being held Tuesday in Annapolis, Maryland. 15,000. That's quite a staggering number. Yet, it was only the protests by the Palestinians in Gaza that the US mainstream media saw fit to ram down our throat. Both Fox News and Yahoo had that story on their front pages for hours on Tuesday. Yet, not a peep could be heard from regarding THESE extremists. Thus does the deception of the American people continue courtesy of the MSM. It's the Palestinians that don't want peace, dontcha know.

11/28/2007 - Iran's Ahmadinejad: Israel will not last Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday predicted that Israel would not survive, as he lashed out at the US-hosted conference seeking to relaunch the Middle East peace process.  

11/28/2007 - Iran leader dubs summit a failure "Soon, even the most politically doltish individuals will understand that this conference was a failure," said a scornful Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, the Iranian president.  

11/28/2007 - Give peace a chance: Arab League chief    

11/28/2007 - Peace process without Hamas not viable - U.N. Karen AbuZayd, head of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), said more political pressure was needed to resolve the split between rival Palestinian factions Fatah, which controls the West Bank, and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip.  

11/28/2007 - Special meeting, other events planned at Headquarters to observe International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November    

11/28/2007 - Former Nato military chief appointed Middle East envoy The new US mediator and, in effect, Middle East envoy (though he is being given neither title) is the former marine general James Jones, who was Nato's top military commander from 2003 to 2005. Technically, he will act as adviser to Ms Rice on the development of the Palestinian security services. But the job will make him a key monitor of efforts to improve confidence between Palestinians and Israelis, and making sure both sides deliver on their commitment.  

11/28/2007 - Israeli military has power over Palestinian farmers' lives and source of income. Open the gate?.close the gate, a command which only an Israeli soldier has the right to declare on a huge iron gate set up near the electronic fence supplementing the illegal separation wall in the centre of Faqqu'a village lands.  

11/28/2007 - Two Palestinians Wounded in Gaza Strip    

11/28/2007 - Michigan teen breaks up on "Dr. Phil" with man she met online    

11/28/2007 - Russia to host Annapolis follow-up Russia said it will host the next international conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace.  

11/28/2007 - Olmert wants input on Jerusalem Another Jewish organizational leader at the meeting quoted Olmert as saying the most extreme positions on Jerusalem were held by right-wing Israelis, not Diaspora Jews.  

11/28/2007 - Bahraini parliament calls to boycott Israel and parley    

11/28/2007 - U.S. kids promote Israel's 60th The Israel Ministry of Tourism is asking kids to design an image for a postcard to invite people to visit the country during its 60th birthday year. The winning entry will be made into a postcard that will be distributed throughout the United States. What the f for? America is NOT Israel.

11/28/2007 - The Judaization of East Jerusalem At first it is hard to spot the Israeli flags draped over scattered homes on the hill, but it is soon easily apparent that right-wing Jewish settlers and politically motivated archaeologists are rushing to claim this fragment of the Holy City as the ancient City of David, complete with a visitors center and busloads of young Israeli recruits and tourists, and plaques thanking generous donors for their support. Then there is the little-noticed news that the Israeli Parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill, in violation of international law and United Nations resolutions, which would seize East Jerusalem as a permanent part of Israel.  

11/28/2007 - Hamas: Divisions among Palestinians go deeper during Abbas' term Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said on Monday that the policies adopted in the current term of President Mahmoud Abbas increased the divisions among the Palestinian people.  

11/28/2007 - Rights orgs: Uphold international law at Annapolis    

11/28/2007 - UN archives reveal plan to arm Jewish militia    

11/28/2007 - Charity launches ultimate politically-correct Christmas decoration A UK based charity today launches a new Christmas nativity scene with a difference. The traditional nativity set has been updated with a modern day touch by including the Israeli Separation wall  

11/28/2007 - The danger of water wars Ever since Israel took control of the West Bank in 1967, it has refused to let Palestinians sink new boreholes there. It says this policy is necessary to protect the underground water reserves, which are already being over-used. That is true. But the reality is that Israel takes most of the water, and the limits only apply to Palestinians. Israeli settlers in their hilltop compounds on the West Bank have swimming pools and sprinklers on their lawns, while down below, their Palestinian neighbour go thirsty. Literally, in some cases. Some farmers I met there spend three hours every day carrying pots on their donkeys to get water for their children and animals  

11/28/2007 - Gov't committee calls for freeze in Wadi Ara demolitions During the meeting, the mayor of Umm al-Fah, Sheikh Hassam Abed Ah-Rahman, stated that "if the demolitions are carried out, they will also demolish the good relations between Arab and Jewish residents of the region."  

11/28/2007 - Harper to help Palestinian nation-building as part of peace process    

11/28/2007 - Bethlehem: ?No Way to the Inn? Reflection for Worship; Waiting for the Light    

11/28/2007 - UWM trying to stifle speech, group says   Shoebat, a stoolie for the Israeli lobby, is trotted about the country as a 'former PLO terrorist'. If he weren't their stooge, then he'd be deported or imprisoned like other former terrorists are, the lobby would make sure of that. Something stinks.

11/28/2007 - Pope says refugee youths have right to stability, serenity, security The world cannot "remain silent before the distressing images of the great refugee camps" where children and young people live segregated "far from inhabited towns with no possibility normally to attend school," he said.  

11/28/2007 - Three people questioned over Sharjah murder The victim has been identified as Fadi, a 33 year-old Palestinian. Police said Fadi was unmarried and his body was found in his apartment in Al Khazaniya area in Sharjah.  

11/28/2007 - Feature: Palestinian refugees dream of returning home on eve of Annapolis meeting    

11/28/2007 - Judge draws fire over talks with U.S. envoy Beinish confirmed meeting Jones but said the Forward's account of the talks was inaccurate. Nonetheless, right-wing Israeli lawmakers, sensing a threat to the already controversial status of settlements, were quick to condemn both parties.  

11/28/2007 - Why the Left is Singin' Gospels... last night in a packed church in New York, Norman Finkelstein called on the Jewish community in the U.S. to separate itself from Israel, and I think that is slowly happening Norm Finkelstein = brave soul.

11/28/2007 - UN keeps Hariri probe secret over security fears    

11/28/2007 - Syria a nation of contradictions Although allied with Iran, its people admire the West. Damascus has its own agenda for peace talks.  

11/28/2007 - Peres: Israel maintains secret contacts with Syria all the time Israel conducts secret contacts with Syria all the time, but serious negotiations cannot begin until Syria stops supporting terror and removes itself from involvement in Lebanon, said President Shimon Peres on Tuesday while touring the Negev.  

11/28/2007 - Fashion items or dangerous terrorist images? T-shirt trial divides a nation Seven face long jail terms for plan to donate to groups in Palestine and Colombia  

11/28/2007 - Olmert speaks to presidential hopefuls Ehud Olmert spoke with the major candidates for the U.S. presidency  

11/28/2007 - Woman jailed for Hezbollah ties An Israeli Arab woman was jailed for contacts with Hezbollah.  

11/28/2007 - Iranian threat a danger to entire Mideast: analyst   Israel, with its stockpile of hundreds of nuclear weapons, and being a non-signatory of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and its proven track record of violating international and humanitarian law, is the biggest threat to the Middle East. No, Israel doesn't threaten to 'wipe nations off the map', it just does it. Where is the Palestine that existed on maps one hundred years ago? What did they do to Lebanon in the summer of 2006?...

11/28/2007 - Pro-Palestinian groups threaten Israeli water company's activity in Scotland According to the Scottish daily, various local groups are calling to boycott the company, which is based in the Golan Heights, a disputed region Israel captured from Syria in the Six-Day War in 1967. 'Disputed' only by Israel. All the world knows that the Golan Heights is Israeli-OCCUPIED territory, not Israeli-owned.

11/28/2007 - ?U.S. must immediately withdraw from Iraq? The resolution noted with ?deep concern? the U.S. ?bullying and threat? to Lebanon?s sovereignty. It condemned the ?forcible encroachment? of Palestine by the ?ruling clique of Israel,? aided by the U.S.  

11/28/2007 - The hard life of Christians in Bethlehem    

11/28/2007 - Jordan asked Nixon for help against Syria Documents also detailed U.S. efforts to persuade Saudi Arabia to move away from Fatah, the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization, because American officials believed the PLO supported the terrorist group Black September, CNN reported.  

11/28/2007 - Heading for Annapolis Justice for Palestinians has never been part of the equation, which is why no peace effort has ever succeeded and why Annapolis will also sooner or later collapse. KATHLEEN and BILL CHRISTISON = former CIA.

11/28/2007 - Remarks on the Middle East and Freedom Agenda by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley    

11/28/2007 - Jews question flying the Israeli flag "For me the religious quest is a searching for the universal and eternal. I don?t see a place in that search for the nation-state,"  

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11/27/2007 - Palestinian killed in anti-Annapolis protest A demonstrator was killed on Tuesday at a Palestinian rally against the Annapolis conference when clashes broke out between security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas and Islamists who call him a traitor.  

11/27/2007 - Palestinians want peace-deal monitor    

11/27/2007 - Right-wingers denounce 'sell-out' by Israeli PM Settler rabbis decreed that "no leader has the right to give away the Land of Israel", and their hardline chairman, Dov Lior, offered an alternative solution to the conflict. "We must cleanse the country of Arabs and resettle them in the countries where they came from," he said.  

11/27/2007 - Olmert and Abbas give themselves one year to solve it all "I have the right here to defend... the right of my people to a new dawn, with no occupation, no separation wall, no prisons with thousands of prisoners, no assassinations, no siege, and no roadblocks around villages and cities  

11/27/2007 - Rhetoric and reality: Bush's battle for the future of the Middle East    

11/27/2007 - RELEASE: Demolition Order Issued for Mosque in at-Tuwani    

11/27/2007 - Hebron Update: 12-18 November 2007    

11/27/2007 - Iran to host militants for 'alternative' Mideast meet    

11/27/2007 - Saudis hoping US will pressure Israel The prince also said he believes it will be impossible to achieve peace unless Israeli withdraws to the borders it occupied on the eve of the Six Day Way in 1967.  

11/27/2007 - Hamas vows to continue campaign of resistance "The whole Palestinian population is ready to give their lives for their dignity and their land,"  

11/27/2007 - 16 Palestinians dead after being refused treatment Sixteen Palestinians from the Gaza Strip died over the past month because they did not receive medical treatment, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) attorney Yohanna Lerman told the High Court of Justice on Monday.  

11/27/2007 - Malaysia to mark Int'l Day of Solidarity with Palestine Malaysia will hold a ceremony here Thursday to mark the International Day of Solidarity with Palestine, Malaysian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.  

11/27/2007 - "If Annapolis fails, smash me," souvenir mug says In a symbol of fragile hopes for this week's Middle East peace conference at Annapolis, one Palestinian shopkeeper is selling souvenir mugs for the event -- complete with instructions to smash them if talks break down.  

11/27/2007 - Lobby to call for justice in the Holy Land Today is UN Day of Solidarity with Palestinians. People from all over the country will be visiting their MPs asking them to act now to prevent a humanitarian disaster and recognize Palestinian rights and democracy. Christian groups including the Amos Trust; Christian Peacemaker Teams UK; Pax Christi; Quaker Peace and Social Witness; Scottish Episcopal Church's Justice Peace and Creation Network will be among those taking part.  

11/27/2007 - Saudi envoy: No to 'Jewish' state "There are 1.5 million civilians in Israel who do not define themselves as Jewish," Adel al-Jubeir told reporters at the U.S.-convened Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Annapolis, Md. "We do not believe states should define themselves according to religion or ethnicity."  

11/27/2007 - UN Director of operations: UNRWA cannot feed 200,000 Palestinian children in its schools Jeng branded the sanctions as "harsh penalties" and criticized the Israeli cabinet for declaring the region a "hostile entity," adding that the reduction of fuel and electricty to the coastal region had had a grave impact on the medical sector, in addition to destroying the economy and disabling sanitation networks in population centres.  

11/27/2007 - Israeli forces kidnap a Palestinian near Qalqilia    

11/27/2007 - Israel Blocks the Delivery of Three Major Palestinian Newspapers to Gaza Strip Monday's editions of Al-Quds, Al-Ayyam and Al-Hayat Al-Jadida were all stopped at the Gaza border as a part of Israel's ongoing siege of the small coastal territory.  

11/27/2007 - Israeli forces kidnap 3 in Al Ram town invasion    

11/27/2007 - Soldiers return money stolen from Palestinian    

11/27/2007 - US to offer specific Mideast proposals-Saudi official Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said that in inviting his country to the Annapolis conference Washington promised to "use its full influence" to ultimately bring about a peace agreement. He said that meant if the two sides could not agree, "we assume the United States will come up with its own ideas."  

11/27/2007 - Police break up Mid-East conference protests in West Bank The approximately 200 protesters - waving Palestinian flags and chanting "From our soil and our blood for Palestine!" - had initially refused to disperse, scuffling with police who tried to seize their placards.  

11/27/2007 - Syria's quest to regain Golan takes new shape "These projects are a message to Israel. The refugees will no longer be scattered in slums and camps all around Syria. Soon they will live here and stare right at their Israeli occupiers,"  

11/27/2007 - The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act by Philip Giraldi One would have thought that the systematic dismantling of the Constitution of the United States would have been enough to satisfy even the most Jacobin neoconservative, but there is more on the horizon, and it is coming from people who call themselves Democrats. .....Through their proven access both to the media and to Congress, the agenda will undoubtedly be shaped by the usual players including David Horowitz, Daniel Pipes, Steve Emerson, and Frank Gaffney who see a terrorist hiding under every rock, particularly if the rock is concealing a Muslim. They and their associates will undoubtedly find plenty of terrorists and radical groups to investigate. Many of the suspects will inevitably be "anti-American" professors at various universities and also groups of Palestinians organized against the Israeli occupation, but it will be easily to use the commission formula to sweep them all in for examination. If we were supposedly attacked on 911 for 'our freedoms', then how much sense does it make to take those freedoms away? Wouldn't that mean that the terrorists have won? Another Orwellian twist courtesy of the neoconservatives. Up is down, left is right, black is white.

11/27/2007 - Iran builds new longer-range missile Iran announced on Tuesday that it has built a new missile with a range sufficient to put Israel and US bases in the Middle East within easy reach, amid rising tensions over Tehran's contested nuclear drive.  

11/27/2007 - Dutch pro-Palestinian conference shelved after Histadrut intervenes Dr. Ronny Naftaniel, who heads the pro-Zionist Center for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), said he harbored deep mistrust for the conference.  

11/27/2007 - Violent Politics Play Out in Packed Refugee Camps As a persistent political deadlock looms over Lebanon and presidential elections run beyond time limits imposed by the constitution, tensions are rising in Lebanon's many Palestinian camps, home to more than 400,000 refugees.  

11/27/2007 - Feature: Palestinian pocket in Iraq chaos The camp has apparently posed no security problems so far for Iraqi border police or for the U.S. Marines mentoring them. Lt. Col. Stefan Bien, from the 2nd Marines, said there have been reports of insurgents recruiting in the camp, which is unguarded, with open access, "but I haven't found evidence of it. I haven't been able to hammer that down."  

11/27/2007 - Kucinich hit for eyeing Paul as VP "Despite his views on the Iraq war, Rep. Paul no more belongs on a Democratic ticket than Dennis Kucinich on a Republican one," said NJDC Executive Director Ira Forman. "Any Jewish Democrats or independents that are tempted toward Rep. Paul because of his stance on the war should be reminded that this Republican representative has a terrible record on Middle East politics, is anti-choice and opposes stem cell research."  

11/27/2007 - Syria says Arab ties with Israel only after pullout "To phrase it clearly and decisively that this (normalization) comes after the total Israeli withdrawal from the 1967 Arab land," he said in a speech obtained by Reuters.  

11/27/2007 - Cleric: Lebanese wives may fight back A Muslim woman is allowed to fight back in self-defense if she is hit by her husband, Lebanon's top Shiite cleric declared Tuesday in a ruling rare for the region's male-dominated Islamic society.  

11/27/2007 - British Professor Assesses Israel, Anti-Semitism and Free Speech in AJC Booklet Those who couple the terms "Israel" and "Jewish state" with the terms "Nazi" and "apartheid," or who advocate for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, are, according to Harrison, without a doubt espousing anti-Semitism. An entirely ridiculous but not uncommon notion; SMEAR those that dare call Israel on its apartheid-like behavior. Note to Bernard Harrison: it's not working.

11/27/2007 - Gazans fed up with harsh circumstances    

11/27/2007 - India, Israel planning to jointly develop surface-to-air missile    

11/27/2007 - Israeli migration agents target German Jews An Israeli intelligence organisation is to send agents to Germany in an effort to persuade tens of thousands of Jews from the former Soviet Union to settle in Israel......"There's a huge potential here for expanding aliya,"  

11/27/2007 - PM: Arabs should open consular offices in Israel following summit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday that he expects Arab states to open consular offices in Israel following the Annapolis summit.  

11/27/2007 - Rally against U.S. ?imperialist policies? The rally comes ahead of an International Conference against Imperialism, Zionism and Occupation, being organised by the AIAIF on November 28 and 29.  

11/27/2007 - Ex-PLO bomber visits Belfast to explain how he turned to peace   Ireland gets propagandized by a 'former terrorist', the same one that gets trotted around the States with the blessing of the Israeli lobby. For, if he weren't working for them, he'd be imprisoned, deported or both because he's well, a former terrorist. Hello..

11/27/2007 - Israeli Special Forces kidnap head of Student Council at Birzeit University On Sunday, Israeli military Special Forces kidnapped Fadi Hamad, the head of the Birzeit university student council. The incident occurred on the road linking the al Jalazoon camp with the central West Bank city of Ramallah  

11/27/2007 - Jordan to take part in Arab justice ministers meetings Arab ministers will discuss 18 items covering a number of agreements and laws related to Arab cooperation in the fields of justice and judiciary and legal means to protect the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation.  

11/27/2007 - O.U. criticizes Olmert's speech The O.U. issued a statement on Tuesday saying that the organization was "concerned" that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert "did not explicitly resist Palestinian President Abbas? claim to a piece of Jerusalem."  

11/27/2007 - Egged driver, two others held for stealing buses and taxis Two Israelis including an Egged bus driver were under arrest Tuesday for allegedly stealing city and private buses and taxis and then selling them to Palestinians in the West Bank, police said.  

11/27/2007 - Bush pushes Arabs to reach out to Israel "Arab states should also reach out to Israel, work toward the normalization of relations and demonstrate in both word and deed that they believe that Israel and its people have a permanent home in the Middle East,"  

11/27/2007 - The major breakthrough: Bush agrees to arbiter role The substance of the conference bubbled underneath the rhetoric, Daniel Ayalon, the former Israeli ambassador, told JTA. It's importance, he said, was the united front it presented against Iran and other radical rejectionists of peace with Israel. "There's no doubt about the success of Annapolis," said Ayalon, now the co-chairman of Nefesh b'Nefesh, a group that advocates and facilitates immigration to Israel. "It is the achievement of the United States to bring this array of Arab League foreign ministers together with Israel. There is a strong American interest and Israeli interest and regional government interest in changing the dynamics and isolating Iran."  

11/27/2007 - Jordanians stage anti-Annapolis protest Scores of jeering Jordanians took part in a rally on Tuesday against the U.S.-hosted Middle East conference in Annapolis, denouncing it as a sellout of the Palestinian cause.  

11/27/2007 - Christians And Muslims Coexist In Gaza Seventeen-year-old Christian student Ali Al Jeldah told IPS about attending a dual faith school: "My life is normal and I've never felt oppressed. Being Muslim or Christian is never an issue."  

11/27/2007 - State orders evacuation of Hebron home The Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday instructed the army and police to evict by the weekend a group of settlers occupying a building located on "Worshipers' Way," the road linking Kiryat Arba and the Cave of the Patriarchs.  

11/27/2007 - IDF looks to install biometric ID systems at West Bank agricultural crossings The biometric initiative was made in line with the Civil Administration's ideology that the quality of life within Palestinian towns is directly connected to the level of terrorism directed at Israel. "If more people can come into Israel for work, then the [Palestinian] economy is better," the officer said. "And if the economy is better, then fewer people will be involved in terrorism."  

11/27/2007 - IDF soldier arrested for stealing 200 shekels from Palestinian car Soldier charged with looting ? an offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment - for pocketing bill found during search of Palestinian car at West Bank checkpoint. Defense attorney says soldier used stolen money to pay off family debts  

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11/26/2007 - Israeli fire kills three Palestinians in Gaza    

11/26/2007 - Palestinian man dies of a heart attack after being attacked by Israeli soldiers Palestinian medical sources in Beir Zeit town, near the West bank city of Ramallah north of Jerusalem, reported on Saturday evening that a 55-year old man died of a heart attack after Israeli soldiers fired concussion grenades near his shop.  

11/26/2007 - US, Mid East talks 'doomed to failure': Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's top authority, said a US-organised Middle East conference was "doomed to failure" and said it was being held to help Israel not the Palestinians.  

11/26/2007 - Israeli Soldiers Kidnap PLC Official in Tulkarem Israeli soldiers disguised as veiled Muslim women broke into the home of Jamal Hadaydah, the director of the Palestinian Legislative Council's office in Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Monday morning.  

11/26/2007 - Olmert: Israel can talk about Jerusalem The Israeli prime minister said his nation has the right to negotiate over the city, though he told reporters prior to the launch of U.S.-convened Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Annapolis, Md., that Jerusalem was not on the table right now.  

11/26/2007 - Iran rebukes Saudi Arabia over Mideast conference "The US government, which is an accomplice to Zionist crimes, cannot play the role of saviour by hosting the Annapolis conference,"  

11/26/2007 - Abbas: Great hope for Middle East talks    

11/26/2007 - Bush to open Mideast conference, but won't stay for discussion    

11/26/2007 - Cautious hope for Mid-East talks In Jerusalem, at least 10,000 Israeli settlers protested against the talks, some bearing placards reading "Don't feed Israel to the sharks".  

11/26/2007 - Israeli settlers attack Palestinian schoolgirls with axes In the West Bank city of Hebron Monday morning, Israeli settlers armed with axes came after the students of the Qurtuba School for girls. The settlers broke water pipes, menaced children, blocked the path to the school, and tried to set the school on fire.  

11/26/2007 - Middle East push hits early snag A US-championed Middle East peace summit hit an early snag Monday as Palestinian and Israeli negotiators struggled to agree on a written framework for future negotiations, officials said.  

11/26/2007 - Ron Lauder funding campaign against division of Jerusalem American businessman Ronald Lauder is among those funding a million-dollar campaign against the division of Jerusalem, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. Really now. How is it that Americans are allowed to pour money into supporting violations of the Fourth Geneva Conventions (article 49), which is exactly what Israeli settlements in occupied E. Jerusalem are.

11/26/2007 - Settlers Cause $17,000 Worth of Damage to Al Funduq Factory    

11/26/2007 - PM to discuss Iran with Bush during U.S. visit ** Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and U.S. President George W. Bush will on Wednesday discuss ways of stepping up efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear program before Bush's term in office ends in the coming year. The meeting will be held the day after the Annapolis peace conference......"This will be the most important meeting" of the prime minister's visit to the United States, said a senior Olmert aide.....The prime minister is concerned by what in Israel appears to be a drop in the U.S.'s determination to take action against Iran................Israeli officials said in closed meetings that it would be best if the United States attacked Iran - and not Israel alone. Note that last sentence and the source. Whose war is this? This meeting will be held the day after the Annapolis conference because the conference itself is a dog and pony show to get the rest of the Arab nations to support US action against Iran (at Israel's behest).

11/26/2007 - Israeli Settler Violence in Hebron Right wing Israeli settlers broke into the courtyard of the Qurtuba school for girls in the West Bank city of Hebron and attempted to set fire to the school building on Monday morning.  

11/26/2007 - Hebron Update: 5-11 November 2007    

11/26/2007 - Sick are in the frontline as supplies and hope drain away for isolated Gazans As peace negotiators meet in Annapolis, sanctions mean doctors in Gaza remain without medicine or equipment and 85% of the population rely on UN food aid  

11/26/2007 - Carter Says US Politicians Show No Sympathy for Palestinians Former President Jimmy Carter said in a published interview it is ?almost inconceivable? for an American presidential candidate ?to make the statements that I?ve made concerning the plight of the Palestinians or Israel withdrawing to its 1967 borders with modifications, or things of that kind.?  

11/26/2007 - Can Syrians, Saudis make summit work? The Bush administration is about to present for congressional approval a $20 billion arms deal with the Saudis. Details have yet to be released, but its core is believed to be aimed at equipping the Saudis with the smart bomb capabilities that could take out long distance targets with precision. The potential target would be Iran; in fact, the interest the Saudis have taken in the renewed peace process has mostly to do with the Sunni Muslim nation's fears of Iranian Shi'ite hegemony. Already, the Saudis are chafing at Iran's influence in neighboring post-war Iraq, where Shi'ite Muslims are the majority......As for the Saudi piece, Israeli leaders have swallowed hard and instructed pro-Israel groups here not to oppose the arms deal with the Saudis. Note the source - the Jewish Telegraph Agency. Now, isn't that interesting that they openly admit that Israeli leaders instruct pro-Israel groups here in the states on these issues. That would, I believe, make these pro-Israeli groups the agents of a foreign power and they thus should register as such. Registration is free.

11/26/2007 - Bullets, Viagra and TNT on tap as tunnellers beat the blockade    

11/26/2007 - Hebron man gets 18 life sentences for role in Be'er Sheva bombing Meanwhile, the Jerusalem District Court on Monday sentenced two cousins from East Jerusalem to prison for attempting to abduct and kill an ultra-Orthodox man.  

11/26/2007 - Gaza fears Israeli push to smash Hamas Ahmad Shafi, head of the local farmers' co-operative, said last night he was now "very pessimistic" that Israel would implement its pre-Annapolis promise to release for export all of his members' highly perishable strawberry crop.  

11/26/2007 - Israeli military implements excavation plan from Silwan reaching as far as Al Aqsa Mosque Recently the Israeli archaeological department has commenced excavation works in the Silwan area towards the Al Aqsa mosque.  

11/26/2007 - Palestinian journalist kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Bethlehem    

11/26/2007 - Palestinians not bound by US peace meet decisions: Hamas "The decisions taken at Annapolis are not binding on the Palestinian people, who have not authorised anyone -- either Arab or Palestinian -- to erase their rights,"  

11/26/2007 - On Monday morning the Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank and kidnapped five civilians, according to Palestinian sources.    

11/26/2007 - Palestinians say final-status talks to start Wednesday    

11/26/2007 - Peace effort aims to repair damaged U.S. image** "Call it a cynical bargain. The Arabs will help the United States on Iraq and Iran if the West helps towards a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because that is what is inflaming Arab opinion,"  

11/26/2007 - Cinemas pay damages over Jenin film The plaintiffs all served in Jenin, and while they do not appear in the film, they argued that it defamed them indirectly.  

11/26/2007 - PLAYBOY MAGAZINE GOES ANTI-SEMITIC Playboy dared to publish an article that criticize Israel and had the courage to describe what Israel does as war crimes. Good for Playboy for having the balls to publish the truth about Israel.

11/26/2007 - Syrian issues secondary at parley "Syrian participation is not the focus of these discussions," Hadley said. "The focus of these discussions are the Israelis and the Palestinians launching a negotiating process."  

11/26/2007 - Giuliani's Culture of Corruption Kerik failed to report a $250,000 "loan" from a mysterious Israeli billionaire, which had been laundered through a Brooklyn businessman.  

11/26/2007 - Don't ignore Hamas By Yossi Beilin  

11/26/2007 - Prize Winning Research Gives Insight Into Children?s Perspective Of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Working with the Israeli children Dr Sharabi revealed that their feelings about Palestinians could often be contradictory. Racist and dehumanising perceptions that ignore the humanity of the Palestinians or present them as inferior, savage and dangerous sit along side feelings of compassion and acknowledgment of their national rights.  

11/26/2007 - Frantic bid to bridge Middle East divide Stephen Hadley, his national security adviser, signalled that the president was unlikely to put forward new ideas. "It is now time for the parties to get into this process by way of negotiation," Hadley told reporters. "And I don't think the president will conclude that the time is right to start offering ideas on outcomes on specific issues."  

11/26/2007 - The Everest Peace Project In Everest: A Climb for Peace, the harsh reality of nations embroiled in brutal war are laid bare when Palestinian and Israeli members of a 9-man group who battle Everest come face-to-face with their very real clashes of belief.  

11/26/2007 - Exploring the Lives of Palestinian Youths Through Photography Members of the Duke and Durham communities are invited to a brown-bag lunch event showcasing photographs and several short films produced by Palestinian youth refugees in the West Bank during summer 2007, as part of the Contrast Project.  

11/26/2007 - Romney criticizes conference's timing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized the timing of the Annapolis peace conference in an interview with The Jerusalem Post Saturday and said the Palestinians have not taken the steps necessary for peace.....He stressed, though, "It's important to me that we not in any way place pressure on Israel to take action which would further weaken its negotiating hand."  

11/26/2007 - Differing view While perusing the Internet edition of the Gazette I came across Rachel Laurn's letter (Sept. 22, "Considerations") in which she says God promised Palestinian real estate to the Jewish people.  

11/26/2007 - Write Now: Bias abounds in coverage of conflict Our national bias in favor of Israel antagonizes not only Palestinians but all Arabs. It is harmful to both Israel and the United States. It helped to embroil us in Iraq and discredits us globally, because the rest of the world sees what?s really going on in the Palestinian territories.  

11/26/2007 - Bush, the Born-Again Peacemaker Even the Saudis and Syrians are coming to Tuesday's summit. So it is odd to see an alliance of neo-cons and left-wingers unite in opposition to Bush's efforts. Writers for the Wall Street Journal editorial page and the Weekly Standard have bemoaned negotiations with "old men like Abu Mazen [Palestinian President Abbas]." Their counterparts on the left say Bush is making a cynical and rash gamble on a peace he doesn't have the stomach to push through.  

11/26/2007 - The fight for academic freedom The external push against the press by some pro-Israel organizations began with Pluto's publication and the University Press's distribution of Bard College Prof. Joel Kovel's book, "Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine." Though the book proposes a vision for peace, some have unfairly attacked it for the suggestion that Israelis and Palestinians should be treated as equal citizens in a state for both peoples  

11/26/2007 - Big-ticket pieces draw ultrawealthy On opening night, a vessel by Palestinian artist Osama Zatar, part of a reconciliation-themed exhibit of 135 works by prominent Palestinian and Israeli artists, received a top bid at auction of $15,000.  

11/26/2007 - 4 main issues that divide Israel, Palestinians    

11/26/2007 - Israeli and Palestinian security men hope for peace "Palestinian security forces are able to impose law and order, but we feel the Israeli side is trying to make our mission fail,"  

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11/25/2007 - Israeli army kills three armed Palestinians    

11/25/2007 - Sceptical Palestinians see limited Annapolis gains Chief among aspirations for Palestinian voters are economic growth and freedom of movement, both of which they see hampered by Israeli security measures. They also want to see Israel meet commitments to stop Jewish settlement and confiscating land.  

11/25/2007 - Arab states must not meddle in talks with Palestinians, says Israel FM "The Arab world is not supposed to define the terms of the negotiations or be involved in them," 'They are not to make demands. They are to sit pretty and do as we want them to do, just like the US does.'

11/25/2007 - Dismissed Palestinian premier demands Arab states to help lift the siege of Gaza Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, whose party was outlawed by President Mahmoud Abbas in June, demanded the Arab leaders to take the initiative and help lift the Israeli siege, being imposed on Gaza over the past five months.  

11/25/2007 - Army shells northern Gaza, five Palestinians injured Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that five Palestinian civilians were injured when the Israeli army shelled homes in Beit Hannon city located in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon.  

11/25/2007 - Palestinian police boost security in Nablus Palestinian security forces say they are going after "illegal weapons" and the misuse of arms. All factions, they say, will be treated equally in an attempt to end "chaos". The PA has arrested members of several groups, including the Islamic group, Hamas.  

11/25/2007 - We have not given up The Palestinian people will not yield to the west's cynical pressure on them to surrender  

11/25/2007 - Boost for Middle East summit as Syria joins in Confirmation that President Bashar al-Assad is sending his deputy foreign minister means that the Maryland meeting will be the best-attended Middle Eastern summit since the Madrid conference in 1991 - although the stakes are higher and expectations far lower.  

11/25/2007 - Arabs give U.S., Israel benefit of doubt at Annapolis Israel and the United States have also emphasised the importance of bringing in Arab governments that do not have relations with Israel, raising suspicions that the real aim is to promote "normalisation" while giving nothing in return. Bingo. Israel wants its cake (occupied Palestinian territory) and wants to eat it too (Arab recognition).

11/25/2007 - Israel Lulled by the good life by far the biggest concern in political circles is now Iran, or "the state from which all evil stems", as one minister put it. Security officials and politicians say Tehran will have acquired the technology to produce a nuclear weapon by the end of 2009 at the latest. They work from the assumption that either the US or Israel will launch a military attack before then in order to stop the nuclear programme.  

11/25/2007 - Archbishop thrown into row over US Middle East policy    

11/25/2007 - Australia's Howard swept from power Some analysts have speculated that Labor?s support for Israel may waver at the United Nations. However, Rudd has declared that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should be tried at the International Court of Justice for his genocidal declaration to ?wipe Israel off the map.?  

11/25/2007 - Three American comics find Islamic audiences laugh, too the three comedians ? Egyptian-American Ahmed Ahmed, Palestinian-American Aron Kader, and Iranian-American Maz Jobrani ? have been playing packed houses in the US and are now on their first Middle Eastern tour.  

11/25/2007 - U.S. Opposition Rises to Mideast Arms Sale The pair said they have "serious concerns" that the precision guidance kits could "fall into the wrong hands" and be used against U.S. troops in the Middle East or against Israel.....the arms sale to Saudi Arabia is generating the greatest concern in Congress.  

11/25/2007 - Explosion wounds five at Nahr al-Bared Five Palestinians were injured in an explosion set off by teenagers scavenging for scrap metal in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) spokeswoman said  

11/25/2007 - Golan Heights settlers shrug off U.S. peace summit despite Syrian participation Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981, though its sovereignty is not internationally recognized. Because the Golan Heights is Israeli-OCCUPIED territory, and those civilian settlements built therein are a violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention (war crimes). It is so nice for the Associated Press to omit this fact, thus keeping Americans in the dark as to the true nature of Israel's (unlawful) behavior.

11/25/2007 - Hip-hop makes a hesitant return to Gaza Gaza hip-hop is more akin to the early political rap of Public Enemy, N.W.A and Tupac.  

11/25/2007 - Can Rice save her legacy with 'Hail Mary' pass on Mideast?    

11/25/2007 - Pray for success of Annapolis conference, Pope urges Pope Benedict on Sunday called for a "just and definitive" solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, asking the world to pray for the success of the Annapolis conference.  

11/25/2007 - A Moral Witness to the 'Intricate Machine' Israel, like any society, has violent, sociopathic elements. What is unusual about the last four decades in Israel is that many destructive individuals have found a haven, complete with ideological legitimation, within the settlement enterprise. Here, in places like Chavat Maon, Itamar, Tapuach, and Hebron, they have, in effect, unfettered freedom to terrorize the local Palestinian population; to attack, shoot, injure, sometimes kill?all in the name of the alleged sanctity of the land and of the Jews' exclusive right to it.  

11/25/2007 - Recipes of the West Bank Olive Harvest    

11/25/2007 - Posing for peace a snap Israel's strategy has long been to talk about talks about peace while steadily continuing to expand by building settlements on the West Bank and the former Syrian Golan Heights. Israeli settlements and military bases now occupy over half the entire West Bank and its best farmland and water resources. ......The Bush administration's goal is to get Olmert to agree to a feeble Palestinian mini-state made up of tiny cantons isolated by Israeli-only roads, led by U.S. and Israeli appointed yes-men who will keep their more volatile compatriots in line.  

11/25/2007 - Mission impossible?    

11/25/2007 - Canadian students reject anti-Israel motion More than two-thirds of the voting plenary Nov. 22 at the federation's annual congress rejected the call for an investigation into the feasibility of a boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel. The motion was proposed by the Ryerson Student Union  

11/25/2007 - Cherie Blair visits West Bank to encourage Palestinian businesswomen    

11/25/2007 - From rappers to the religious, Jerusalemites consider city's future ahead of US peace summit    

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11/24/2007 - Two Palestinians 'job seekers' killed by Israeli fire: medics Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces overnight in the north of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian hospital sources said Saturday. They said the two brothers in their forties, Talal and Rafat Abu Shrena, were trying to cross into Israel in search of work.  

11/24/2007 - Six wounded, five detained in Bil'in's Anti-wall protest Residents of the village of Bil?in near the West Bank city of Ramallah organized their weekly Anti-Wall nonviolent protest this Friday, and were joined by a number of international and Israeli peace activists  

11/24/2007 - Hamas "shocked" at Arab endorsement of Annapolis    

11/24/2007 - Mideast meet should help create Palestinian state: Jordan king    

11/24/2007 - Israeli settlers assault Palestinian young men on al Hamra checkpoint    

11/24/2007 - A series of internal attacks rip through Gaza, one boy injured    

11/24/2007 - Summit Terror Threat Advisory Issued Federal authorities have advised local law enforcement agencies to be alert to possible terrorism threats because of the Middle East peace conference next week in Annapolis, Homeland Security and FBI officials said Friday.  

11/24/2007 - Israeli army attacks a peaceful demonstration in a Bethlehem village Dozens of residents of al Me'sarah village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem were joined by a group of Israeli and International peace activists on Friday at noon to protest the confiscation of their land. The Israeli army installed road blocks to prevent the peace activists from reaching the village.  

11/24/2007 - Hamas, Hezbollah lambast Mideast peace conference "The Annapolis conference has two objectives: to help shore up (Israeli Prime Minister) Ehud Olmert after his defeat in the south of Lebanon and secondly to cover up for American plans of a war against Iran,"  

11/24/2007 - Report: US will not force Israel's hand in Annapolis According to senior White House staffers quoted in the report, US President George W. Bush feels "the war on terror makes for a special bond between the US and Israel......On Monday, Olmert and Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni are scheduled to meet with Bush, Rice and US Vice President Dick Cheney in an attempt to finalize the details before heading out to Annapolis. That's like saying bears sh#t in the woods; it goes without saying. It also means that any agreement therein will not be fair or just for the Palestinians, as has happened several times in the past. But they will naturally get blamed for it. This whole affair is a dog and pony show to get the Arab nations on board for US military action vs. Iran.

11/24/2007 - Hamas warns of violence after talks Yossi Alpher, an Israeli strategic analyst and former adviser to Ehud Barak, the Defence Minister, when he was Prime Minister, said he had no expectation of anything of importance happening in the US. 'There will be the ritual speeches and a celebration of the fact that they are both going back to phase one of the road map. Everything has been rigged to call it a success, but the problems start the day after the conference,'  

11/24/2007 - Palestinian Authority gets approval for communication satellite orbit    

11/24/2007 - Briefing: Middle East peace conference begins in Annapolis    

11/24/2007 - Think tank: East J'lem withdrawal expensive An Israeli pullout from Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem as part of a peace accord with the Palestinians is likely to have serious economic repercussions on both Jewish and Arab residents of the city, according to a new study on the future division of Jerusalem prepared by a Jerusalem think tank. Mm k.

11/24/2007 - Salaam Bethlehem - looking beyond the wall Jonathan Brown, Riding Lights General Manager said about the reason for the visit ?To help Riding Lights bring this message to the UK in a creative way, we wanted to find out at first hand more about the Palestinian Christians and ways of supporting them.?  

11/24/2007 - Aharon Barak: Israel tops US at protecting human rights   A sick joke.

11/24/2007 - Third earthquake in a week shakes Israel    

11/24/2007 - A different view from a Jewish woman She calls for Americans - especially Jewish Americans - to do their own research on the Middle East on how Israelis are treating Palestinians beyond what's reported in the mainstream U.S. media.  

11/24/2007 - Rachel Corrie play will feature at B.C.'s PuSh fest Next year's edition of Vancouver's PuSh International Performing Arts Festival will feature two high-profile works: the performance-art phenomenon Haircuts by Children and the play My Name Is Rachel Corrie, which has attracted controversy since it was first staged in London in 2005.  

11/24/2007 - RSF Calls On Israel To Release Journalist, Cameraman International press rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Israel to release a reporter and cameraman of Al Aqsa television station.  

11/24/2007 - 67% - Can Israeli and Palestinian Rights Coexist? Ahead of the approaching Middle East conference scheduled to be held in Annapolis, Maryland, fully 67% of Americans say they believe a way can be found for the state of Israel to exist so that the rights and needs of the Palestinian people are taken care of, according to a May 2007 survey.  

11/24/2007 - Suicide bombers are not psychologically unstable: Research The analysis also revealed that for such bombers the conflict was mainly about politics, not religion. Despite its frequent religious trappings, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not religiously inspired, and suicide bombing is fundamentally the expression of a territorial dispute.  

11/24/2007 - Amazon.com has just reclassified "The Israel Lobby" by Harvard and Chicago U profs as a "conspiracy theory" book   They played similar nasty games with Carter's book about Palestine not so long ago.

11/24/2007 - Backers, opponents of Annapolis see Iran looming in background For now, the Saudis appear to prefer informal alliances as a means of heading off Iran, but pro-Israel groups in the United States are saying Israel needs formal relations with the Saudis if the process is to work  

11/24/2007 - South Africa will attend Middle East peace talks    

11/24/2007 - US suggests Moscow follow-up to Middle East peace conference: diplomat Washington has proposed that Arab states attending next week's US-sponsored Middle East peace conference hold a follow-up meeting in Moscow next year, an Arab diplomat said on Saturday.  

11/24/2007 - Israeli peace demo wishes Olmert well Israeli pacifists demonstrated Saturday in front of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Jerusalem home to support him as he heads for a meeting in the United States aimed at reviving peace talks with the Palestinians, organisers said.  

11/24/2007 - Detained Palestinian Professor hospitalized Lawyer of the Nafha Society which defends the rights of Palestinian political detainees imprisoned by Israel reported on Saturday that Professor Isam Al Ashqar, 50, a Palestinian Physics Scientist imprisoned by Israel since 20 months, was moved to Al Ramala Prison Hospital after his health condition had sharply deteriorated.  

11/24/2007 - Alan Johnston: Picking up the pieces    

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11/23/2007 - Three Members of Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades Injured in Clashes with Israeli Forces Three combatants, thought to be members of Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades, were injured in clashes with an Israeli undercover force near the Abasan district of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian sources said.  

11/23/2007 - Al-Aqsa Brigades leader Refuses to Meet Dayton to Discuss the Issue of Palestinians in Nablus A prominent leader from the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, told Ma'an's reporter on Thursday that he refused to meet with the US Security Advisor General Keith Dayton to discuss the issue of Palestinians in Nablus, who are 'wanted' by Israel.  

11/23/2007 - Another brick in the wall: Saving schools in the West Bank    

11/23/2007 - Israeli army orders five Hamas members to be held without charge    

11/23/2007 - Israeli military forces invade several parts of the West Bank, kidnapping four    

11/23/2007 - Bush wins crucial Saudi support for first Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in seven years Syria's position remains unclear. It has been holding out for a reference to the Golan Heights, still occupied by Israel 40 years after the 1967 war  

11/23/2007 - Hamas accused P.A security forces of arresting 13 supporters Hamas media sources stated on Thursday that Palestinian Security Forces arrested on Thursday at dawn thirteen members and supporters of the movement in Beit Umren village west of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank.  

11/23/2007 - Indonesia invited to Israel-Palestine conference in US    

11/23/2007 - IDF official: 'Gaza sanctions not working' The officer said something must happen in order for the plan to succeed. "Either step up the sanctions or call off the policy because at present, it's doing nothing."  

11/23/2007 - Thirteen-year-old Palestinian Boy Detained by Israeli Court An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a thirteen-year-old Palestinian boy to two months imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 NIS (250 US dollars) for hurling stones at Israeli soldiers.  

11/23/2007 - Syria cancels the Palestinian factions meeting in opposition to Annapolis    

11/23/2007 - Gaza militants stage mass protest against Annapolis conference Local Hamas leaders told the Gaza demonstrators Friday that over the next few days they will hold rallies and public events against the conference, culminating in a Gaza City public meeting to coincide with the Annapolis parley.  

11/23/2007 - Palestinian villagers protest on Road-443, Israel prevent them from using it    

11/23/2007 - Uneasy neighbours in occupied West Bank The World Court says settlements, home to some 270,000 Jews among 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank, are illegal. That would be because those settlements are a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49 (war crimes).

11/23/2007 - Islamic Jihad demands Hamas to halt all political arrests Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine slammed the dissolved Hamas government in the Gaza Strip for arresting the representative of the leftist Palestinian People Party, and the representative of the National Struggle Front  

11/23/2007 - Israeli legislator claims Israel lied about removing roadblocks    

11/23/2007 - What Antiwar Activists Have to Be Thankful For    

11/23/2007 - Putin meets top Saudi official as Russia eyes arms sale Saud did not give details, but a diplomatic source in Riyadh had earlier said that Putin's visit there in February was expected to lead to a "verbal understanding" on the sale of about 150 Russian T-90 battle tanks to the kingdom......A joint Russian-Saudi statement, published by the Russian foreign ministry, said that "the sides spoke in favour of creating an independent and viable Palestinian state and called on the international community to give additional aid to the Palestinian people."  

11/23/2007 - Text: Mearsheimer and Walt interview There is no question that the book has been savaged in the mainstream media in the United States, which is to be expected. But one should also recognize that we have travelled widely in the United States to talk about the book, and everywhere we go, we find that the audiences are clearly on our side, although there are always a few people at each event who harshly criticise us.....The bottom line is that I think a huge number of Americans agree with what we have to say. Yes they do, and thank you for having the courage to say it.

11/23/2007 - Syria says US agrees to put Golan on Mideast agenda The United States has agreed to put the question of the Golan Heights, captured by Israel from Syria, on the agenda of next week's Middle East peace meeting, Syria's foreign minister said on Friday.  

11/23/2007 - Father to son, keys to Palestinian home cherished "My father died as one of the oppressed. Every time he used to tell us about Palestine, where he played, where he relaxed, a tear would form. He always used to say: 'God willing, I don't want to die until I'm back in Akbarah, in my own land."'  

11/23/2007 - Israeli, Palestinian youth "just want to have fun"    

11/23/2007 - The core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict    

11/23/2007 - Door open for Golan Heights talks    

11/23/2007 - Amnesty International calls for deployment of international human right monitors in Israel and the Palestinian territories    

11/23/2007 - Can US broker Middle East peace this time? That means tackling issues such as the status of Jerusalem, claimed by both sides as their capital, the fate of millions of Palestinian refugees and the final boundaries of a Palestinian state. It also means coming to grips with the expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which are encroaching on Palestinian territory. There are doubts whether the key participants can deliver on any of these problems.  

11/23/2007 - Mr Palestine    

11/23/2007 - Palestinian leader in Morocco ahead of Annapolis meeting Abbas flew here from Cairo where Arab League foreign ministers agreed after intense discussions to attend the conference, to be hosted by the United States from Nov. 26-28 in Washington and Annapolis, Maryland.  

11/23/2007 - US Citizen Diplomats Offer Fresh Insights on Mideast Peace Process    

11/23/2007 - Wataniya prepares for launch Wataniya Palestine is preparing to launch GSM services in the Palestinian Territories in early 2008, according to ArabianBusiness.com which cites the parent company Qtel?s CEO Dr Naser Marafih.  

11/23/2007 - Israeli officer on spying charges An Israeli military reserve major was indicted on espionage charges yesterday for offering secret information to Iran and the militant Palestinian group Hamas, according to court documents.  

11/23/2007 - Classes too pro-Israel? GWU instructor quits amid charges of bias toward Jewish state "It became more of an Israeli politics class," said Berlin, noting that while understanding Zionism is important to studying the Arab-Israeli conflict, he wondered why they were they spending half of the semester learning about it....Kamens said she was "a little surprised" that the latter book was selected for an upper-level political science course because of the book's structure. It outlines common "myths" about the Arab-Israeli conflict and then provides evidence responding to those myths. Myths & Facts originated as a American Israel Public Affairs Committee publication decades ago These are my kind of kids; keep questioning this stuff, don't let them get away with it. If something doesn't pass the smell test, go deeper - that is EXACTLY what higher education should be teaching you to do.

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11/22/2007 - Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in Gaza    

11/22/2007 - UN official says Israel's siege of Gaza breeds extremism and human suffering A senior United Nations official has issued an unprecedented appeal to British MPs to use their influence to try to alleviate the impact of "indiscriminate" and "illegal" Israeli sanctions in Gaza which display "profound inhumanity" and are "serving the agenda of extremists".  

11/22/2007 - Iran a driving force for Mideast meeting According to U.S. and other Western intelligence, Iran has helped establish what amounts to a client state in the Gaza Strip, the smaller of two Palestinian territories that would make up an eventual independent nation. Pure BS.

11/22/2007 - Action promised on IDF officers The British government is taking action to stop arrests of IDF generals in the UK, David Miliband reportedly revealed during his first trip to Israel as Foreign Secretary  

11/22/2007 - A Palestinian police vehicle in Gaza blown off Unknown assailants detonated on Wednesday night an explosive device in a Palestinian police vehicle, to the west of the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, causing no injuries but damages to the vehicle.  

11/22/2007 - In Gaza: a Palestinian dies of wounds and four others injured by Israeli army fire    

11/22/2007 - Israel increases restrictions on occupied Palestinians in preparation for summit    

11/22/2007 - Palestinian negotiator: Israel, PNA can achieve joint document before peace conference    

11/22/2007 - Israel arrests more than 20 Palestinians in West Bank    

11/22/2007 - Arabs debate stance for US summit The US and Israel want the widest possible Arab participation, and have been pressing in particular for the Saudi Foreign Minister to attend. But the Arabs remain deeply sceptical about Israel's willingness to make concessions for a peace agreement.  

11/22/2007 - Palestinian security on order reinforcement campaign in Nablus    

11/22/2007 - The youngest Palestinian political detainee leaves the detention camp    

11/22/2007 - Egyptian, Jordanian leaders meet to prepare for Annapolis conference    

11/22/2007 - Hamas accused P.A security forces of arresting 13 supporters    

11/22/2007 - Arabs to further coordinate positions ahead of Mideast conference    

11/22/2007 - David Miliband denies visiting family in West Bank settlement Mr Landau added that most of Mr Miliband?s relatives in Israel are Orthodox, including some West Bank settlers.  

11/22/2007 - Israel May Reduce Power to Gaza Dec. 2 Gaza is dependent on Israel for all its fuel and about half its electricity.  

11/22/2007 - The Israeli army invades several part of the West Bank and kidnaps seven civilians    

11/22/2007 - Egypt finds tonne of explosives in Sinai    

11/22/2007 - US limits hopes for Mideast conference to opening Palestinian state talks    

11/22/2007 - Israeli army hands out demolition orders to Palestinian homeowners near Bethlehem    

11/22/2007 - Egypt, Jordan, Palestinians try to sell skeptical Arabs on Annapolis conference    

11/22/2007 - US storm over book on Israel lobby Mr Judt himself is not afraid to speak out, but he has to tread more carefully when he criticises Israeli policies in the US than he does in Israel itself. "I have written articles in Haaretz that no American newspapers would touch," he says.  

11/22/2007 - Likudnik Hawks Work to Undermine Annapolis Despite near-universal skepticism about the prospects for launching a serious, new Middle East peace process at next week's Israeli-Palestinian summit in Annapolis, a familiar clutch of neoconservative hawks close to the Likud Party leader, former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, isn't taking any chances.  

11/22/2007 - Israeli: Syrian site hit not a reactor A Syrian site bombed by Israel in September was probably a plant for assembling a nuclear bomb, an Israeli nuclear expert said Thursday, challenging other analysts' conclusions that it housed a North Korean-style nuclear reactor.  

11/22/2007 - 'WIPED OFF THE MAP' rumor is totally false, so why lie?'   Whether or not Ahmadinejad said or meant that Israel should be 'wiped off the map', there is a cold hard fact that cannot be contested: look at the maps of the region from 100 years ago, what happened to Palestine? Israel wiped Palestine off the map.

11/22/2007 - ZOA Opposes Secretary Rice's Promotion Of A Palestinian State & Abbas' "Moderate" Leadership    

11/22/2007 - Five reasons to bomb Iran now **   Note the source.

11/22/2007 - Donor representatives visit UNRWA installations in Syria Delegates from 19 of UNRWA's major donor countries arrived in Damascus yesterday to begin a two-day tour of Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. UNRWA Syria Director, Panos Moumtzis, welcomed them, noting that their presence demonstrates a strong and on-going commitment to the welfare of the Palestine refugees.  

11/22/2007 - U.S. advised Israel on Syria radars The United States reportedly assisted Israel's September air strike in Syria with information on enemy air defenses.  

11/22/2007 - Police vigilantes busted Israel's Northern Police District announced Thursday that five of its personnel, one of whom is an officer, were arrested this month for planting two bombs on property belonging to major crime figures. No one was hurt.  

11/22/2007 - Airtime for Israel's Arabs    

11/22/2007 - Debate rages across US on academic freedom At the University of Michigan, a vocal pro-Israel lobby is campaigning to prevent the university?s publishing house from resuming distribution of Overcoming Zionism, by Joel Kovel, an author and anti-war activist.  

11/22/2007 - Palestinian youth see little hope in upcoming summit Mr Dawahik is worried about where his family?s next meal is coming from. ?We have no livelihood, no work, no nothing,? says the teenager, who was jailed for eight months for throwing stones at soldiers.  

11/22/2007 - Hamas operative sues Shin Bet for abuse Young Palestinian said to be involved in suicide bombing attempt says prolonged confinement in handcuffs left his arms paralyzed  

11/22/2007 - ADL, AIPAC endorse Annapolis The Anti-Defamation League's national director, Abraham Foxman, said Israel could rely on the Bush administration's established record of good will not to push the Jewish state into a corner.  

11/22/2007 - Pact Unlikely Before Talks in U.S., Palestinian Insists A senior Palestinian official said here on Thursday that it would be a ?miracle? if the Palestinian and Israeli negotiating teams agreed on a joint document, as they had hoped, to present at the American-sponsored Middle East peace gathering set to start Tuesday in Annapolis, Md.  

11/22/2007 - Report of the distribution of the food baskets in the Gaza Strip during the summer of 2007    

11/22/2007 - Senior CPC official meets Palestinian guests Senior Chinese Communist Party leader He Yong met on Thursday with a delegation from the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), led by Abdallah Alfranji, member of Fatah Central Committee and director-general of Fatah International Department.  

11/22/2007 - Teaching on the frontline in Gaza and Israel    

11/22/2007 - Nehaia Abu-Nahla: Life as head of WFP's Gaza sub-office    

11/22/2007 - Palestinian cell phone company Jawwal says it signed up millionth customer The eight-year-old Palestinian cellular phone company Jawwal announced Thursday that it has signed up its one-millionth customer, presenting it as a sign of Palestinian economic potential in sectors not hampered by Israeli travel restrictions.  

11/22/2007 - What about Israel as a Jewish state don?t the Palestinians understand?   that it's a supremacist notion, perhaps?

11/22/2007 - Hamas's Haniya says US peace meeting 'stillborn'    

11/22/2007 - ?We can learn from Palestine kids? ? exchange trip teachers    

11/22/2007 - A taste of Palestine in London    

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11/21/2007 - Mourners at terror victim's funeral block entrance to Palestinian village Dozens of mourners at the funeral of Ido Zuldan, who was killed Monday night in a shooting attack in the West Bank, on Tuesday blocked the entrance to the Palestinian village Fourik, near the Kedumim settlement.  

11/21/2007 - Palestinians spell out their vision of the future in peace blueprint    

11/21/2007 - Hamas shrugs off US peace talks Hamas political supremo Khaled Meshaal, exiled in Damascus, said the Annapolis conference was called by Bush to mask agressive plans in the region......"And today he wants to make peace in Palestine in preparation to a hit against Iran," Meshaal said. "This is an American game. The Palestinians and the Arab peoples are aware of it and know that it is not serious."  

11/21/2007 - Demolition Decimating Palestinian Village Since Israel?s full-scale military occupation of the West Bank began, more than twelve thousand Palestinian homes have been demolished, making house demolitions a grim hallmark of Israel?s occupation strategy.  

11/21/2007 - Mortars land near Erez crossing in N Gaza    

11/21/2007 - Israel under fire over Palestinian cancer patient's death    

11/21/2007 - The Israeli government makes six obstacles ahead of Annapolis conference    

11/21/2007 - Nafha Society: Israeli forces kidnap 20 in 24 hours    

11/21/2007 - Israel to release Palestinian prisoners on Sunday    

11/21/2007 - Hamas: Fatah forces arrested five Hamas members from several parts of the West Bank    

11/21/2007 - Palestinian parliament convenes with Hamas lawmakers    

11/21/2007 - Hebron Update 29 October - 4 November 2007    

11/21/2007 - Palestinian security forces arrest four Hamas members in W Bank    

11/21/2007 - Come to summit, Abbas tells Arab nations    

11/21/2007 - Jon Wilks, British Government Spokesman visits IMEMC    

11/21/2007 - Second Committee approves text calling on Israel not to exploit, damage or endanger natural resources in occupied Arab lands    

11/21/2007 - Rice sets Mid-East peace target US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the United States will try to broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians over the next year.  

11/21/2007 - Israel eases Gaza export block prior to US summit Israel said yesterday it would allow farmers in Gaza to export their high-quality strawberries and flowers into Israel and on to Europe in what is the first easing of the trade embargo imposed on the Palestinians in June.  

11/21/2007 - Israel Blocks 670 Students from Studies Abroad The Israeli government is arbitrarily blocking some 670 students in Gaza from pursuing higher education abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. Israel is denying exit permits that the young men and women need to leave Gaza for university programs in countries such as Egypt, Jordan, Germany, Britain, and the United States  

11/21/2007 - Hamas: Fatah security forces arrest Nablus municipal council member    

11/21/2007 - Inside the maze: movement restrictions in the West Bank    

11/21/2007 - American Peace activist holds hunger strike Allene Rusers, a seventy-one year old American Peace activist, on Monday announced that she intended to go on hunger strike for the next two weeks in protest against infighting amongst the Palestinian people and the continued occupation of the Palestinian territories.  

11/21/2007 - High-level Saudi presence seen unlikely at Annapolis    

11/21/2007 - Closed Israeli borders squeeze Gaza farmers    

11/21/2007 - Media Advisory: Leading World Experts Create Declaration to Protect Civilians in Middle East    

11/21/2007 - Negotiators 'not pushing PM's line' on cluster bombs ban    

11/21/2007 - Carnation instant breakfast Forced to dispose of his crop because of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian flower grower in Rafah feeds red carnations to sheep.  

11/21/2007 - Palestinian Activists Hone Advocacy Skills    

11/21/2007 - Israeli city sues Hamas leader The city of Sderot, Israel, and the emergency response organization Zaka have filed court papers against the militant Palestinian organization Hamas.  

11/21/2007 - NYC Rights Activists Escalate Protests Against Leviev Over Palestine Land-Grab Protesters focused on Leviev?s companies? construction of five illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, Leviev?s close ties with the repressive government of Angola where he mines diamonds, and Leviev?s massive New York City development projects with his former US partner Shaya Boymelgreen, which have been plagued by construction problems, and have frequently utilized underpaid, non-union workers in hazardous conditions.  

11/21/2007 - Two nuncios on the "delays" in Israeli policies regarding the Church    

11/21/2007 - Blair discusses Mideast conference with Saudi king    

11/21/2007 - Plan announced to improve E. Jerusalem Amid signs that the city could be divided, a plan to improve neglected Arab areas in east Jerusalem was announced. That's all well and good but it doesn't change the fact that E. Jerusalem is still only Israeli-OCCUPIED territory.

11/21/2007 - Victims on both sides skeptical of Mideast peace push    

11/21/2007 - Gaza must be the priority in Annapolis    

11/21/2007 - Middle East diplomats rack up air miles ahead of US summit    

11/21/2007 - As blockade drags on, friends in Gaza crave cigarettes, Coke Who knows what be next: Yogurt. Baby milk. Diapers. My friend needs cement and other construction material to finish the apartment he and his new bride share. Maybe the next time I'll be quietly trying to haul 50-pound bags of cement on my back into Gaza.  

11/21/2007 - Coalition MKs send 'message to America' National Union Party chairman Benny Elon said Israel should retain all the settlements. He added that it should take steps to place them under the regular Israeli legal system rather then the West Bank military one that governs them now.  

11/21/2007 - Palestinian statehood talks key to Annapolis success: Rice She said it was important for the Israelis to know that their broader conflict with the Arabs will be finally over following a settlement with the Palestinians  

11/21/2007 - Olive Oil Season: A West Bank Kitchen Story "They are like jewels in the mountains," said the Palestinian artist Rana Bishara. "They glow in the landscape of Palestine," inviting villagers to renew the ritual.  

11/21/2007 - Alternative Israeli peace plan gaining supporters An alternative Israeli peace initiative that would see the Jewish state extend its sovereignty over all Judea and Samaria (the so-called "West Bank"), instead of allowing the creation of a Palestinian Arab state there, is gaining support, even among left-wing Israeli lawmakers.  

11/21/2007 - Look Who's Downplaying Iran's Nuclear Threat ** Podhoretz and company could have difficulties presenting a case for going to war against Iran in order to protect Israel?both Israel's foreign minister and a former head of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, have suggested that if Iran does acquire nuclear weapons, Israel would deal with it by deterring Iran. Not attacking it.  

11/21/2007 - Iraq sets free trips home for refugees With violence down in Iraq, the country's embassy in Damascus is starting to organize free trips home for Iraqis who fled the conflict and now want to return, an Iraqi diplomat said Wednesday.  

11/21/2007 - U.S. accuses Syria of meddling in Lebanon    

11/21/2007 - Terror trial defendant gets 11 years In a passionate, arm-waving statement before sentencing, Ashqar painted a grim picture of the suffering of Palestinians under the Israeli occupation and said some of his own relatives had been killed or jailed. He said he would rather go to prison than betray his people as they strive to free themselves from Israeli domination.  

11/21/2007 - Howard era may be ending, but Australia likely to stay ally Howard supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq, has defended the legitimacy of Israel?s security barrier in the West Bank and Israel?s war against Hezbollah in Lebanon last year, and delivered a scathing eulogy when Yasser Arafat died in 2004. Howard has been showered with awards from Jewish community organizations here and in the United States.  

11/21/2007 - Israeli envoy tells anti-U.N. crowd that world body is not all bad Though speakers drew from an extensive repertoire of singular negative treatment of Israel by various U.N. bodies, much attention was directed to the area of human rights, where Israel has typically been a subject of overwhelming scrutiny.....U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) called the treatment of Israel by the United Nations an "abomination" and pledged to use financial pressure to compel changes within the organization A whinefest because the world refuses to turn a blind eye (as the US does) to Israel's atrocious human rights record.

11/21/2007 - Cheney's ex-adviser: Annapolis not 'priority' "Priorities for the United States right now should be three or four major crises that are reaching the near acute stage," David Wurmser, formerly the U.S. vice president's senior adviser on Middle East issues, said Tuesday at an Israel Project luncheon in Washington, D.C.  

11/21/2007 - U.S. invites 40 to peace talks The United States invited more than 40 countries, including Syria, to participate in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.  

11/21/2007 - France, Israel enjoying 'honeymoon': Sarkozy spokesman    

11/21/2007 - Is It Just Business-as-Usual in D.C. When a Lobbyist Brings Classified Info to a Foreign Embassy?    

11/21/2007 - GOP Jewish group polls on Iran strike ** The questions, recalled by a focus group participant, were: "How would you feel if Hillary [Clinton] bombed Iran? How would you feel if George Bush bombed Iran? And how would you feel if Israel bombed Iran?"  

11/21/2007 - Israeli peace activist arrives in UK to protest home demolitions Professor Halper predicts that Annapolis will result in the end of the two state solution. He said: "If it's true that Olmert intends that Israel permanently retain the settlement blocs, an Israeli 'greater' Jerusalem and effective control of the entire country to the Jordan River, then we will merely be substituting a sophisticated form of apartheid for occupation."  

11/21/2007 - A Conservative View of Iran by Philip Giraldi ** Contrary to the repeated assertions by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, an endless series of threats emanating from Washington is not diplomacy. The United States is refusing to negotiate with Iran, and the only obstacle to a war from the U.S. side is the resistance coming from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and some military and naval officers, most notably the Central Command's Admiral William Fallon, who are heavily outnumbered by those in the administration and outside it who are pro-war.....Powerful lobbying groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) continue to resist talks and urge a military resolution.  

11/21/2007 - Israel seeks US help to fight Iranian pistachios A US official says Israel has asked for US help in cracking down on illegal pistachio nut imports from Iran, after Washington warned the trade was hurting efforts to curb Tehran's nuclear programme.  

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11/20/2007 - Israeli soldiers kill four militants in Gaza    

11/20/2007 - One killed and three injured in Israeli shelling on Khan Younis    

11/20/2007 - Palestine Protests Biased U.N. Reporting "For sometime now, the delegation of Palestine has been troubled by misrepresentations in several U.N. reports in the recent period, including some issued by the secretary-general, that have had the effect of skewing the context of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem."  

11/20/2007 - ICRC activities in Israel and the occupied and autonomous territories: Oct 2007    

11/20/2007 - The Israeli army attacks a refugee camp near Jenin and injures four civilians    

11/20/2007 - Hamas says Gaza patients 'dying' because of Israel blockade    

11/20/2007 - Gaza's Interior Ministry criticizes West Bank arrests    

11/20/2007 - PM agrees to supply of 50 armored vehicles to PA security    

11/20/2007 - Abbas, Olmert fail to reach breakthrough ahead of peace meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders failed to reach a breakthrough and agree on a joint statement during talks on Monday, but vowed to keep hammering away at a declaration for a key US peace meeting.  

11/20/2007 - Olmert: Israel will freeze settlement activity and evacuate outposts    

11/20/2007 - Bush to host key Mideast peace conference Nov 27    

11/20/2007 - Israel approves release of 432 Palestinians inmates Israel on Tuesday approved the release of 432 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a peace conference to take place next week, an Israeli political source said.  

11/20/2007 - Due to factional tension Palestinian University suspends teaching until further notice On Tuesday at midday, Beir Zeit University suspended teaching indefinitely due to an attack by unknown gunmen on one of the university students late on Monday night.  

11/20/2007 - Photostory: Bil'in, the art of shaking off    

11/20/2007 - Austrian bishops barred from Jewish holy site in Jerusalem for wearing crosses    

11/20/2007 - CPT Palestine releases photos for "No Way to the Inn: Bethlehem behind the Wall" campaign.    

11/20/2007 - Jewish group protests at Israel's treatment of Christian delegation The incident occurred when a delegation of Austrian Catholic Bishops seeking to pay their respects at the Western Wall, a remnant of the Second Holy Temple, declined to remove their crosses before entering the wall area.  

11/20/2007 - Middle East bishop meets Jimmy Carter on peace mission In the meeting with Jimy Carter, Bishop Younan said he told the former president of the plight of Palestinian Christians and decsribed the work of the Council of Religious Institutions.  

11/20/2007 - 12 Jewish Dems back P.A. funding The American Israel Public Affairs Committee also backed the letter, albeit without proactive lobbying. That stance was controversial and earned criticism from top AIPAC donors who back right-wing causes in Israel.  

11/20/2007 - Syria wants Golan on agenda at Middle East talks    

11/20/2007 - Hailstorm sets off bomblets in Lebanon The season's first hailstorm Tuesday was a blessing in disguise for cluster bomb-infested parts of southern Lebanon, triggering blasts from previously unexploded bomblets. No injuries were reported.  

11/20/2007 - Israel 'reluctant' to see more Egypt troops on border    

11/20/2007 - Channel 4 commissions 'Hurndall' Blighty's Channel 4 has commissioned a TV pic about British peace activist Tom Hurndall, killed by an Israeli sniper in 2003 as he tried to protect three Palestinian children being used as human shields. Three children being used as human shields? Not so. They were three children that the Israeli army was endangering by randomly opening fire at them, hitting Hurndall in the head.

11/20/2007 - Canada's Hip Hop Godfather Belly the First Canadian Indie Hip Hop Artist to go Gold this Century    

11/20/2007 - Bush, Putin, discuss upcoming Middle East meeting US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday discussed the upcoming US-hosted Middle East peace conference and US missile defense plans, the White House said.  

11/20/2007 - Al Funduq and six other villages under house arrest    

11/20/2007 - Palestinian blindfolded, beaten by Israeli forces in Hebron    

11/20/2007 - Egypt offers broad support for Annapolis talks Egypt offered broad support on Tuesday for peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians in the United States next week but again pressed for a firm timetable for setting up a Palestinian state.  

11/20/2007 - Iraq to offer Syria funds for refugees    

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11/19/2007 - Seven Hamas members arrested across West Bank    

11/19/2007 - Palestinian child dies after being denied medical treatment in Israel Tamer died after the chicken pox he was suffering went untreated.  

11/19/2007 - Palestinian Authority demands Israel allow reopening of Palestinian institutions On Monday afternoon, the Palestinian Minister of Information Riad El Malki stated that one of the demands that the Palestinian people would be presenting at the Annapolis summit with Israel next week would be the reopening of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem.  

11/19/2007 - US welcomes Israeli promises ahead of peace meet    

11/19/2007 - Israel disrupts Palestinian policing -EU adviser    

11/19/2007 - High-level Saudi presence seen unlikely at Annapolis    

11/19/2007 - Israel's Syrian Airstrike Was Aimed at Iran Until late October, the accepted explanation about the Sep. 6 Israeli airstrike in Syria, constructed in a series of press leaks from U.S. officials, was that it was prompted by dramatic satellite intelligence that Syria was building a nuclear facility with help from North Korea. But new satellite evidence has discredited that narrative, suggesting a more plausible explanation for the strike: that it was a calculated effort by Israel and the United States to convince Iran that its nuclear facilities could be attacked as well.  

11/19/2007 - Israeli military attacks Azzoun High School    

11/19/2007 - Gaza plans media fun park, no kissing allowed    

11/19/2007 - The Middle East has had a secretive nuclear power in its midst for years When will the US and the UK tell the truth about Israeli weapons? Iran isn't starting an atomic arms race, it's joining one  

11/19/2007 - Human Rights groups seek court injunction against Gaza power cut    

11/19/2007 - Gaza cancer patient dies after being denied entry into Israel    

11/19/2007 - Al-Quds Brigades members survive Israeli air strike    

11/19/2007 - Gazan dies of cancer after being refused entrance into Israel    

11/19/2007 - Israel and Palestine fail to agree before conference    

11/19/2007 - UN aid chief attacks new Israeli checkpoint plan "An insidious new regime to limit freedom of movement is threatening to further stifle economic activity and smother social interaction between villages and towns in the West Bank," AbuZayd said today at a meeting of UNRWA donors in Amman, Jordan.  

11/19/2007 - Negotiations on a knife-edge ahead of Middle East summit Addressing the main issue ? Israel's insistence that the families of Palestinian refugees who fled or were driven from their homes in 1948 should not return to Israel ? Mr Weissglass said that the US's description of Israel as a "Jewish state" had been to make clear it accepted that there would be no such return, a position he endorses  

11/19/2007 - Blair unveils Palestinian schemes The Quartet's envoy said an emergency sewage treatment project would help prevent the collapse of the sewerage system which serves 200,000 people in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.  

11/19/2007 - Red Cross gives war lessons in Gaza The head of Gaza operations for the Red Cross, Anthony Dalziel, said the course was part of his organisation's worldwide effort to teach international humanitarian law to all parties in armed conflict.  

11/19/2007 - Defense officials predict limited conflict in Gaza after summit If Annapolis peace conference fails, there's good chance IDF will push for large-scale Gaza operation in order to curb Hamas terror and prevent organization's further military buildup, officials say  

11/19/2007 - Israeli army kidnaps five civilians across West Bank    

11/19/2007 - After 20 years, freedom is sweet Why did the US government spend 20 years trying to ban us from this country? Because we tried to educate Americans about the situation facing millions of Palestinians living in apartheid-like conditions under Israeli military occupation.  

11/19/2007 - Fatah central committee meets in Ramallah    

11/19/2007 - Israeli military invades Nablus, kidnaps 6    

11/19/2007 - Sisters invite public to hear presentation The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls invite the public to learn more about the situation in areas inhabited by Palestinians.  

11/19/2007 - Palestinian refugees vote in Jordan    

11/19/2007 - Ban urges 'just' solution for Palestinian refugees    

11/19/2007 - Expectations low for U.S.-Mideast peace talks    

11/19/2007 - Reservist reps. want oversight on arms deal Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Christopher Carney (D-Pa.), the only two active reservists in the House of Representatives, sent a letter to President Bush signed by 188 of their colleagues insisting that the president?s proposed $20 billion arms deal comes with strict congressional oversight and consultation with Israel.  

11/19/2007 - Ballet a leap of faith for a Palestinian Billy Elliot    

11/19/2007 - Buildings not blocks    

11/19/2007 - Norway puts its money where its ethics are    

11/19/2007 - Debate erupting over role of Jewish organizations in the peace process Comfort with Bush's record on Israel helps explain the ambivalent feelings among many Jewish groups, said Abraham Foxman, the director of the Anti-Defamation League and another supporter of the Gaza plan who now has serious questions about the upcoming meeting  

11/19/2007 - Egypt: We're tough on Gaza smuggling Egypt rebuffed Israeli accusations that it is not doing enough to stop arms smuggling to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.  

11/19/2007 - Back undivided Jerusalem, umbrella group urged In closing, the organizational leaders said in the letter, "We believe it is an imperative that the Conference make loud and clear that Jerusalem must remain the eternal, undivided, sovereign capitol of Israel and the Jewish people."  

11/19/2007 - ADL poll: Americans back Israel   A rather ironic and comical boast by one of the major arms of the Israeli lobby. If they didn't have so much influence over our media, the views of Americans about Palestinians would fall in line with every other nation on earth (hint, most of the world supports the Palestinians).

11/19/2007 - Miliband has Israeli kin David Miliband, who visited Jerusalem this week as part of international efforts to show support ahead of the Annapolis peace conference with the Israelis and Palestinians, is himself Jewish and has extended family in Israel.  

11/19/2007 - European cops to get hate-crimes training The officers will meet in London this week for training on responding to hate crimes led by a legal expert affiliated with the American Jewish Committee.  

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11/18/2007 - PLO official: President Abbas to meet PM Olmert on Monday    

11/18/2007 - Dutch Christians no longer see 'inalienable bond' with Israel    

11/18/2007 - The young prisoners of the West Bank to human rights organizations, Ayat is one of an alarming number of Palestinian youths being jailed under a largely concealed military justice system. During the last seven years of violence in the Middle East, Israel has put more than 5,000 Palestinian children behind bars, human rights groups and Palestinian officials estimate.  

11/18/2007 - Miliband urges Middle East action Mr Miliband's visit to Jerusalem comes ahead of a US conference to bring Israelis and Palestinians together.  

11/18/2007 - PFLP's armed brigades warn of PA crackdown    

11/18/2007 - Hamas slams human rights group for Gaza shooting report    

11/18/2007 - Hamas says ready to establish independent state if Israel ends occupation    

11/18/2007 - Acting PLC speaker calls for attendance of lawmakers at parliament session on Wednesday    

11/18/2007 - Students at West Bank university throw chairs in clash over Mideast conference Ten students were hurt in the clash at Bir Zeit University which pitted supporters of Abbas' Fatah movement against followers of a small PLO faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.  

11/18/2007 - U.S. said dissatisfied with Israel positions on settlements, prisoner release    

11/18/2007 - Jihad opposes disarming West Bank militants    

11/18/2007 - Powell: Iran is a long way from having nuclear weapon "I think Iran is a long way from having anything that could be anything like a nuclear weapon," Powell told a gathering of bankers, businessmen and diplomats.  

11/18/2007 - Abbas sends team to U.S. to narrow conference gaps    

11/18/2007 - PA security forces attack West Bank refugee camp Hundreds of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) security personnel on Sunday attacked the el-Ein refugee camp, located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.  

11/18/2007 - US and Israel 'face up to' Iran bomb "Military strikes might only set the programme back a couple of years, but the current thinking is that it is just not worth the risks." A political rethink has also begun in Israel, where security policy is linked to its status - never publicly admitted - as the region's only nuclear state.  

11/18/2007 - Israeli army injures Palestinian youth near Bethlehem    

11/18/2007 - Hezbollah rebuilds south Beirut    

11/18/2007 - No Way to the Inn Christmas Campaign Resources    

11/18/2007 - Norris show to help Palestinian villagers all monies to go to set up a clean water supply for the Palestinian village of Twani in South Hebron.  

11/18/2007 - Survey: Majority of Americans still strong on Israel Among Americans who believe that the chances for peace have declined, 47 percent blame the Palestinians, whereas 23 percent say that Israel is responsible  

11/18/2007 - Making the inevitable happen    

11/18/2007 - UAE calls for more aid to Palestinian refugees The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called on the international community to double its efforts to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.  

11/18/2007 - Livni: Every MK must recognize that Israel is the Jewish homeland Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni criticized MK Ahmed Tibi (UAL) on Sunday for his statements encouraging the Palestinians not to agree to recognize Israel as a Jewish state  

11/18/2007 - Hamas must prosecute those responsible for demonstrator deaths in Gaza    

11/18/2007 - SARANDON CROSSES PICKET LINE FOR DIAMONDS The group were carrying Palestinian flags in protest of the Finesse Diamond Corporations, which provides gems to Leviev, and the store's construction of "illegal West Bank settlements." According  

11/18/2007 - MK Pines: Livni sounds like Lieberman Foreign minister's call for Palestinian state that would constitute national solution for Israel's Arabs draws fire from Labor, Arab Knesset members. 'Israel wants to cement the status of its Arabs as second-class citizens,' Jamal Zahalka says  

11/18/2007 - Moore: Denver "Corrie" hits home with parents    

11/18/2007 - U.S. Pushes for Turnout at Middle East Conference By pushing Israel to accept immediate negotiations with the Palestinians on the thorny ?final status? issues, with the aim to conclude a peace settlement within a year, the Bush administration is trying to attract a significant Arab presence at the peace conference in Annapolis, Md.  

11/18/2007 - Equal health services to non-Israeli children bill rejected    

11/18/2007 - Road in Palestine named after President A road in Palestine was named yesterday after President Mahinda Rajapaksa, to signify his steadfast commitment to the Palestinian cause during the last 30 years.  

11/18/2007 - York U. Must Pay Fine for Criticizing Professor Mr. Noble?s 2004 pamphlet accused the university of being biased in favor of Israel and coming down more harshly on pro-Palestinian student groups. The pamphlet named some officials who work with pro-Israeli agencies and suggested that that relationship influenced the university?s decision to expel a student who held protests on the campus.  

11/18/2007 - State revokes Hebron house purchase The state concluded on Sunday that Jews did not purchase the four-story building overlooking the road leading from Kiryat Arba to the Machpela Cave and that police may evict the Jewish settlers who have been occupying it since March without recourse to a court order.  

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11/17/2007 - Thousands of Palestinians hemmed into Israel seperation barrier face hardship: U.N. report Only 18 percent of some 30,000 West Bank farmers who used to work the lands cut off by Israel's separation barrier now have Israeli permits to reach their fields, the U.N. said in a report on the lives of some 230,000 Palestinians in 67 communities close to the barrier. How Palestinian land gets stolen by Israel, folks.

11/17/2007 - Human Rights Watch urges independent probe into Gaza killings    

11/17/2007 - Under Siege, Life in Gaza Just Shrinks "At least in prison, and I've been in prison, there are rules," he said. "But now we live in a kind of animal farm. We live in a pen, and they dump in food and medicine."  

11/17/2007 - Hamas warns Abbas: No peace concessions    

11/17/2007 - Blair hopes Palestinian employment projects ready soon Blair told France's Journal du Dimanche that the projects would represent tens of thousands of jobs for Palestinians who have faced widespread unemployment since Israel closed the border to most workers following the launch of the second intifada in 2000.  

11/17/2007 - Palestinians demand halt to Israeli settlement expansion The Palestinians have written to the US government demanding a complete freeze on the expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, a senior official said on Saturday  

11/17/2007 - Troops bar international supporters from entering Jenin    

11/17/2007 - Different beliefs, same cause Wejdan Jaber, a 39-year-old Muslim Palestinian from Gaza; Abir Kopty, a 32-year-old Christian Palestinian citizen of Israel; and Hagit Ra'anan, a 57-year-old Jewish Israeli born in Tel Aviv, took turns speaking to the crowd. Jaber said most of her people are not radical suicide bombers intent on destroying Israel."Not all the Palestinian people are terrorists," Jaber said. "We are normal people who want to go to work and school and to parties."  

11/17/2007 - Troops invade Al Ein refugee camp, impose curfew Israeli military forces carried a pre-dawn invasion in al-Ein Refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday morning, and enforced house arrest for several hours in the area.  

11/17/2007 - Israeli army closes Nablus checkpoint Israeli soldiers stationed at the Huwwara checkpoint, located near the the northern West Bank city of Nablus' southern entrance, on Saturday closed the checkpoint, barring residents from crossing  

11/17/2007 - Congress asks government to aid Palestine Noting that the Congress has remained 'unwavering' in its support to the Palestinian cause right from the days of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) resolution said:  

11/17/2007 - UNRWA disappointed over Israeli approval of Gaza power reduction The United Nations' Agency for Palestine refugees expressed concerns on Saturday over Israeli Attorney General Menahem Mazuz's approval of reducing electricity supplies to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.  

11/17/2007 - Palestinian detainees to hold a one day hunger strike Palestinian detainees will hold a one day-long hunger strike in protest against their ongoing poor treatment, the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees on Saturday stated.  

11/17/2007 - South Hebron Hills: Settlers interfere with Palestinians plowing Police did not immediately arrest or detain these individuals. They were released at the edge of the field, and the same individuals returned to the land repeatedly to interfere with Palestinians plowing. Several times, Israeli police had to remove the settlers by force from the Palestinians? fields.  

11/17/2007 - Palestinian minister says planned Israeli prisoner release unilateral step Palestinian minister of prisoners' affairs, Ashraf al-Ajrami, said Saturday the planned release of a number of Palestinian prisoners by Israel was "a unilateral step."  

11/17/2007 - Gaza Palestinian militants fire rockets into S Israel    

11/17/2007 - PNA condemns Israeli incursion into Nablus despite deal    

11/17/2007 - Cut Israel Off by Charley Reese Israel's goal is and always has been to take all of Palestine and to get rid of the Palestinians.  

11/17/2007 - Palestinian village loses half its land for Israeli Wall construction    

11/17/2007 - Erekat: "Israel can define itself as it likes"    

11/17/2007 - Fatah supporters attack leftist rally in Ramallah, six injured    

11/17/2007 - Shimon Peres feels way to peace with heels Last week Peres put the finishing touches to an unprecedented agreement with the Turkish and Palestinian presidents that will see the creation of an industrial park in the occupied West Bank funded by Turkish businessmen.  

11/17/2007 - Lies his fathers told him A whole generation of Jews under 50 are discovering that they've been lied to about the State of Israel. They were told that Israel had been created in a land largely empty of Arabs, but are discovering there were hundreds of thousands of Arabs living there when the big aliyot (Jewish immigration) began in the early 20th century. They were told that Palestinians voluntarily left their homes in 1948 in order to create space for the Arab armies to wipe out the Jewish state, and are discovering that some of that exodus was caused by Jewish terrorism against Arab villagers and by forced evacuations ordered by David Ben Gurion and carried out by young soldiers of the Israeli Defence Forces.  

11/17/2007 - Condoleeza Rice's Middle East Photo-Op    

11/17/2007 - One-woman play at Mars Hill College Admission is free for Mars Hill students, faculty and staff, $8 for adults and $5 for students who do not attend Mars Hill.  

11/17/2007 - MTV launches new Arabic service    

11/17/2007 - PCHR holds Gaza workshop Raji Sourani, the Director of the Gaza-based Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), on Saturday hosted a workshop with 27 European Diplomats, designed to inform them of the previaling situation in the coastal region.  

11/17/2007 - Controversy over iconic images of Palestinian deaths ends up in court For Karsenty - whose numerous Jewish and Israeli supporters swarm over the blogosphere - the pictures have to be exposed as fakes because of the enormous damage they have done. "People have died because of these images," he says.  

11/17/2007 - Kouchner to Haaretz: Not ruling out strike on Iran In an interview with Haaretz, Kouchner, who along with President Nicolas Sarkozy is leading the European hard-liners against Iran, described the crisis over Iran's nuclear program "as extremely serious," adding that France "will never compromise on Israel's security."  

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11/16/2007 - Huwwara detainees to launch hunger-strike    

11/16/2007 - HEBRON UPDATE: 22-28 October 2007    

11/16/2007 - Israel and Abbas agree to peace talks Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed a pledge to negotiate "immediately and continuously" to reach a final peace agreement within a year in a joint declaration to be issued in 10 days at a key summit in the US.  

11/16/2007 - Israel's demand to be recognized as Jewish state roils preparations for Annapolis The Palestinians see Israel's insistence that they recognize its Jewish nature now as no less than a last-minute effort to sabotage the conference, which is to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, at the end of the month.  

11/16/2007 - Report: Olmert flexible on Palestinian refugees In his private talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Olmert has said he would be willing to absorb 50,000 refugees under an accord that would ensure the remaining millions of refugees would be permanently settled in the future Palestine, Maariv reported Friday.  

11/16/2007 - Israel OKs Gaza electricity cut Israel's attorney general has approved, in principle, reducing the electricity supply to Gaza.  

11/16/2007 - Report: Israeli work risks destroying Jerusalem?s Islamic assets A Turkish technical mission sent to Jerusalem to inspect Israeli archaeological work near the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque has criticized the excavations and called on Israel to consult with Palestinian and international authorities on a final plan, the mission's report, obtained by Today's Zaman, revealed.  

11/16/2007 - Israel set to free 500 Palestinian prisoners    

11/16/2007 - Israeli military invades Nablus and the refugee camps    

11/16/2007 - Israeli women soldiers recount army trauma in film One girl who had wanted to save lives as a paramedic said she ended up scrubbing corpses to hide signs of abuse by Israeli soldiers. Visibly distressed, she looks for the first time in years at a photo of her and a dead Palestinian man.  

11/16/2007 - Hamas: Fatah security forces attack girls' dormitory at al-Najah University    

11/16/2007 - Members of French Parliament to join Bil'in protest    

11/16/2007 - DFLP commemorates Independence Day in Bethlehem    

11/16/2007 - Nine injured, four kidnapped in Bil?in?s weekly anti-wall protest    

11/16/2007 - Israeli defense: not to make concessions to PNA    

11/16/2007 - Hamas says it has freed dozens of Fatah prisoners    

11/16/2007 - Red Cross training Palestinian militants All armed factions in Gaza have signed up to the course, which explains the rules of war under the Geneva Convention and how to protect civilians.  

11/16/2007 - Hamas' Haneya orders release of Fatah detainees in Gaza    

11/16/2007 - Settler enclave mocks Mideast peace prospects    

11/16/2007 - Homes in illegal Israeli settlements for sale at London expo Israeli companies are using UK property shows to sell housing in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Guardian Unlimited can reveal.  

11/16/2007 - Israel slams IAEA for 'failing to expose' Iran ambitions Israel slammed the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Friday for failing to expose what it insisted was Iran's drive to acquire an atomic bomb in a key report on its archfoe's nuclear programme. LOL.

11/16/2007 - Israel dismisses UN report on Iran Israel has called a recent report on Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency "unacceptable."  

11/16/2007 - Poll: 70% of youth don't think Bedouin deserve same rights as Jews    

11/16/2007 - Students clash on 'Kaffiyah Day' "Kaffiyah Day" was declared by national Arab student organizations following an incident earlier in November in which an Arab student wearing a kaffiyah at the Hebrew University was assaulted by a group of Jewish students.  

11/16/2007 - Leaflets at Haifa U call for Arabs to reoccupy Jerusalem Arab students distribute pamphlets calling for the reoccupation of capital; material not sanctioned by university. 'They are guilty of incitement,' says MK Miller  

11/16/2007 - Prince Charles thrust into row over Israel Leaked emails between senior staff Clarence House have put Prince Charles at the centre of a row about the Royal Family's attitude towards Israel.  

11/16/2007 - Vatican diplomat: Relations with Israel better before diplomatic ties The Israeli interior ministry, he said, had decided too many people had multientry visas valid for a long period of time. In the government's efforts to restrict the number of visa holders, church personnel from Europe and other Western countries faced new restrictions  

11/16/2007 - Palestinian militants clash in Lebanon camp    

11/16/2007 - Bolton calls Annapolis a mistake "I just don't see this as the moment to make progress on Israeli-Palestinian matters," said John Bolton  

11/16/2007 - Vatican envoy warns of worsening Israel ties Archbishop Pietro Sambi, a formal papal envoy to Israel, warned that Israel's failure to keep promises related to church land, taxes and travel restrictions on Arab clergy was making relations worse then they were before the establishment of full diplomatic relations in 1993.  

11/16/2007 - The Lobby    

11/16/2007 - Lutheran Bishop in Holy Land Meets Former President Carter    

11/16/2007 - Lebanon facing brink of abyss: UN chief United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has warned that Lebanon risks nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis is solved.  

11/16/2007 - Peace is possible The Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh tells Ian Black that despite widespread pessimism surrounding talks in Annapolis a change of focus could go on to yield spectacular results  

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11/15/2007 - Two militants killed in Israeli Gaza attack    

11/15/2007 - Israel's economic blockade stops Gaza's strawberry-farmers selling their crop "I am not Fatah, I am not Hamas," says Mr Hmaideh. "I am a farmer. They should pay condolences in the farmers' houses because we built this market with our blood and if I lose this market I lose my life. How are we going to get these markets back if the Dutch and other Europeans are left waiting for our products?"......he also blames the international Quartet that ratified the agreement brokered in November 2005 by Condoleezza Rice, which was supposed to keep Karni open for trade, and which even before June was honoured as much in the breach as in the observance. "They were the ones who said they would guarantee to keep the crossing open."  

11/15/2007 - The Palestinian path to peace does not go via Annapolis Today no major party is willing to contemplate a reasonable concept of Palestinian independence. Instead, the ancient settlement project of Zionist dreams moves forward unabated, with the outrage of the ever-expanding wall and the annexation of east Jerusalem and its hinterland.  

11/15/2007 - Palestinians commemorate 19th anniversary of their independence    

11/15/2007 - Israeli army kidnaps four across West Bank Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped at least four Palestinian civilians during predawn invasions across the West Bank on Thursday.  

11/15/2007 - Israeli army attacks peaceful demonstration west of Ramallah    

11/15/2007 - Settlers set fire to Palestinian olive groves    

11/15/2007 - Israeli Authorities demolish road in unrecognized village inside Israel Bulldozers of the Israeli Ministry of Interior on Thursday demolished a road in the main Street of the unrecognized village of Dar el Honoun, located in the in Wadi Ara area.  

11/15/2007 - Russia prepping for Annapolis Russia sent envoys to Israel to prepare for the Annapolis peace conference with the Palestinians.  

11/15/2007 - Abbas calls for overthrow of Hamas in Gaza Strip, claiming population is being abused    

11/15/2007 - Arab MK holds Israeli ministry responsible for death of Palestinian girl    

11/15/2007 - Police suspect Palestinians stab employer    

11/15/2007 - Israeli setters attack Palestinian house near Salfit    

11/15/2007 - PLO: no solution without Jerusalem as Palestinian capital Palestinnia Liberation Organization (PLO) stated on Thursday that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can never be resolved without Jerusalem as a capital for the Palestinian statehood.  

11/15/2007 - Report: Israeli authorities interrogate doctor about his patients    

11/15/2007 - Hamas spokesman: Annapolis summit will be added to list of failed meetings    

11/15/2007 - Israel to deport four Palestinian detainees to Jordan    

11/15/2007 - Israeli military establishes three flying checkpoints near Jenin Israeli military forces on Wednesday established three flying checkpoints in several parts of the northern West Bank city of Jenin  

11/15/2007 - Two al-Qassam Brigades members wounded in explosion    

11/15/2007 - Palestinian leader refuses to be drawn on 'Jewish Israel'    

11/15/2007 - Entangling Alliances by Rep. Ron Paul Entangling alliances with no one means no foreign aid to Pakistan, or Egypt, or Israel, or anyone else for that matter. If an American citizen determines a foreign country or cause is worthy of their money, let them send it, and encourage their neighbors to send money too, but our government has no authority to use hard-earned American taxpayer dollars to mire us in these nightmarishly complicated, no-win entangling alliances. Truer words never spoken.

11/15/2007 - Israeli military storms northern West Bank cities of Tulkarem and Nablus    

11/15/2007 - Ex-presidents to hail Israel at 60 Israel's 60th Independence Day, which will be celebrated on May 8, 2008, will be marked by a year of events across the United States beginning early next year, according to Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Presidents Conference. Why the US? Why not in ISRAEL?

11/15/2007 - Billionaire is Fatah's new rival    

11/15/2007 - Clarence House steers clear of Jerusalem visit Clarence House rebuffed an invitation for the Prince of Wales to visit Jerusalem because of fears that Israel would use the prince to "help burnish its international image".  

11/15/2007 - Israel Begins Preparations for Possible Iranian Attack    

11/15/2007 - Adelson raps AIPAC on aid letter Adelson, a Las Vegas-based casino magnate who is a major donor to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Jewish causes, likened the support to helping a friend commit suicide.  

11/15/2007 - Tough homecoming for Lebanon's refugees "We had one television smashed and one stolen, three radios stolen, and $8,000 in cash stolen," says Mahmoud. "The soldiers wrote us a note saying that the money was for them not us."  

11/15/2007 - AIPAC judge to probe anti-Jewish bias The federal judge in the case against two former AIPAC staffers wants to probe prospective jurors for anti-Semitic views.  

11/15/2007 - Report: Nasrallah in al-Qaida's sights An al-Qaida branch in Lebanon reportedly tried to assassinate the leader of Hezbollah.  

11/15/2007 - Judge in AIPAC case to probe jurors on anti-Jewish bias   The problem is: exactly how is 'anti-Jewish bias' defined? If it were up to the Israel-defenders, it would include criticism of Israel.

11/15/2007 - Germany ready to talk to Israel over Holocaust reparations    

11/15/2007 - Pressure for Iran sanctions continues Israel is getting increasingly restless about the failure of sanctions to effect a change of direction by Iran and is likely to press Washington for action at some stage.  

11/15/2007 - 'Pak in touch with Israel for 50 years' Outgoing Pakistan foreign minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri says Pakistan has never been out of touch with Israel in the last 50 years.  

11/15/2007 - London concert will highlight Bethlehem's plight this Christmas An all-star concert in London on 7 December 2007 will highlight the plight of the people of Bethlehem this Christmas, as they live in social isolation and impoverishment as a result of the separation wall built by Israel.  

11/15/2007 - US keeps people guessing as Mideast meet approaches    

11/15/2007 - First death among Palestinian refugees on border The UNHCR said about 11 children at al-Waleed camp are suffering from leukaemia, spinal injury, skin diseases and intestinal problems. None is able to obtain care inside the country.  

11/15/2007 - LAPD's Muslim mapping plan killed there is no scientific data on the size of the nation's Muslim population, let alone its location, with estimates of totals ranging from about 1.4 million adults in a Pew Research Center study this year to the 7 million or more claimed by some community organizations. Census data on ancestry would also fail to yield accurate Muslim estimates, because large numbers of people with Iranian backgrounds are Jewish and many people with Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian roots are Christian.  

11/15/2007 - Israel urges Disney to sue Hamas    

11/15/2007 - Germany toughening on Iran, but critics say not enough Germany?s position as Iran?s biggest trade partner in Europe and Merkel?s insistence on pursuing a diplomatic solution prior to pushing for tougher sanctions have some Israeli officials, American Jews and U.S. neoconservatives homing in on Germany for not doing enough to thwart Iran?s nuclear aims.  

11/15/2007 - With Iran set to get nukes, Israel plans for "day after" "First, we must make clear that this is a threat not just to Israel but to the wider world,? said Ami Ayalon, a minister in Olmert's security Cabinet. If Israel felt that threatened by Iran, they would have nuked them (yes, Israel has nukes NOW) already. Read paragraphs 11-18 especially. Whose war is it?

11/15/2007 - An extended Birthright trip in Israel provies an experience beyond just tourism. There will be some students who can?t ? or won?t ? hear the Palestinian perspective on Israel. But there will be some who will want to learn as much about the country as they can. No matter what these students ultimately decide about Israel, its history and its current policies, seeking out as complete a picture as possible can only better enrich their experiences.  

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11/14/2007 - Palestinian man dies from wounds sustained during Fatah rally The officials said Marwan Nunu, 21, a civilian, was shot in the head at Monday's rally.  

11/14/2007 - Hebron: Obstacles to School, Obstacles to Peace When one thinks of Israeli occupation, one probably does not think immediately of the ways in which it may affect the life of a little Palestinian boy in a wheelchair.  

11/14/2007 - Palestinians aim for agreement with Israel within year    

11/14/2007 - Israel 'will halt new settlement' before peace summit It said the move followed US pressure on Israel to issue the declaration as a gesture to the Palestinians, to make up for its refusal to discuss the core issues of a final peace agreement before the conference, which is due to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, before the end of the year.  

11/14/2007 - MPs seek to block Jerusalem deal Israel's parliament has given initial approval to draft legislation making it harder to change Jerusalem's status in any peace deal with the Palestinians.  

11/14/2007 - Israel won't be included in new genocide probes The newly formed Genocide Prevention Task Force indicated Tuesday night that it will not be examining whether Israel has committed genocide in the West Bank and Gaza despite earlier statements that it would be addressing the subject.  

11/14/2007 - Stranded Palestinians to commence hunger-strike    

11/14/2007 - Palestinian security forces arrest 4 Hamas members    

11/14/2007 - Hamas to ban journalists without press IDs in Gaza    

11/14/2007 - Israeli forces destroy two wells in eastern Jenin    

11/14/2007 - Qureia's daughter held up at roadblock, assaults security officers    

11/14/2007 - Israel eyeing PA tax funds as compensation The Israeli Knesset is considering a bill that would use taxes collected for the Palestinian National Authority as compensation for militants' rocket attacks.  

11/14/2007 - Fatah Opens Police Academy Funded by EU, Saudis    

11/14/2007 - Israeli police arrest hundreds of Palestinian workers inside Israel    

11/14/2007 - Parents of Jerusalem prisoners hold protest demanding their release Dozens of families of Palestinian detainees from Jerusalem currently imprisoned by Israel held a protest on Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the International Red Cross in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.  

11/14/2007 - Hamas in West Bank pays tribute at Arafat tomb    

11/14/2007 - US diplomat praises Palestinian security in Nablus US consul general Jacob Wallace on Wednesday praised the Palestinians for restoring security to the streets of Nablus, and announced a 1.3-million-dollar aid package to the West Bank city.  

11/14/2007 - Israelis on US mission ahead of peace meeting Two top aides to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert flew to Washington overnight ahead of expected peace talks, amid reports of a freeze on construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.  

11/14/2007 - Olmert sets new condition on Palestinian talks Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday talks on Palestinian statehood must be predicated on the recognition of Israel as "the state of the Jewish people," a new Israeli condition.  

11/14/2007 - Britain to pledge 500 million dollars if progress in Mideast    

11/14/2007 - Palestinians feel pinch as Israel privatises crossings    

11/14/2007 - Israeli soldier wounded in Gaza border shooting An Israeli soldier was wounded on Wednesday by Palestinian fire near the security barrier with the Gaza Strip, a military spokesman said.  

11/14/2007 - Palestinian farmers wrest olive harvest from settlers The Israeli soldier swings the large metal gate open and an extended family of sun-hardened Palestinian farmers file out, with boys in dusty shirts driving donkeys past snarls of barbed wire.  

11/14/2007 - Annapolis Could Fail Before it Begins    

11/14/2007 - Report: Disney to act against Hamas Israel's Foreign Ministry has received an assurance from Diane Disney Miller, the daughter of Walt Disney, that the corporation will take unspecified "steps" against the radical Palestinian Islamist group, Yediot Acharonot reported Thursday.  

11/14/2007 - Central Author Presents Book on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict    

11/14/2007 - US, Israel refuse to cooperate with inquest into Syria strike    

11/14/2007 - Bush signs defense funding bill President Bush signed a defense funding bill that includes $450 million in cooperative projects with Israel  

11/14/2007 - Dichter: Syria is Israel's only neighbor that thwarts smuggling Syria is the only country among Israel's neighbors that keeps a quiet border and meets its obligations to prevent smuggling from its side, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter told a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya Tuesday.  

11/14/2007 - Palestinian National and Former Colombian Detective Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Support the FARC and Alien Smuggling Jalal Sadat Moheisen (Sadat), 49, a Palestinian national and resident of Bogota, Colombia, pleaded guilty in Miami before U.S. District Judge Joan A. Lenard to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which is a State Department designated foreign terrorist organization.  

11/14/2007 - Livni pressures Solana to consent to new Iran sanctions "I would have thought that your answer would be 'yes' to sanctions on Iran," Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni told EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Wednesday afternoon after the latter attempted to dodge a reporter's question regarding Iran during a joint press conference in Jerusalem.  

11/14/2007 - Oh, the Fun Walt and Mearsheimer Will Have Shockingly, while major Jewish organizations have weighed in heavily in favor of increased sanctions, they have been lukewarm and sometimes hostile to comprehensive and intensive negotiations, silent on military assault. Oh, what fun John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt will have in their next book.  

11/14/2007 - Israeli settler leader protested in New York Lev Leviev, a diamond dealer and one of Israel?s richest men, faced protests from Palestinian rights advocates in New York Tuesday evening. The protesters were challenging Leviev?s funding of Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land in contravention of international law.  

11/14/2007 - Pilgrims moved by Christians who live where Jesus lived The words of the Palestinian Christians echo in my mind, "Tell our story, we are suffering!" "We are the Living Stones of the Holy Land." "Come and See!"  

11/14/2007 - 'For 1st time, Israel in driver's seat'   Another exercise in Israeli 'demography' (read, racism).

11/14/2007 - Medical Program Brings Care to Isolated Palestinian Seniors A $30 million USAID grant funds the Emergency Medical Assistance Program, a three-year project aimed at alleviating shortages in the Palestinian health care sector. We should be giving them much more than that.

11/14/2007 - 'An embarrassment to the rule of law' As it turned out, the only thing these men were guilty of was expressing unpopular views against Israel, and for that our government put them through an unconscionable ordeal.  

11/14/2007 - Republicans pledge embassy move to Jerusalem Surrogates for three Republican presidential candidates pledged they would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem if elected.  

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11/13/2007 - Palestinian village to be destroyed for sixth time The village of Ka?abna, in the Jordan Valley, was on Monday issued with its sixth demolition order in the past five years by Israeli authorities.  

11/13/2007 - Israeli military confiscates lands near Jenin Local farmers reported that enforced Israeli forces descended on fields located behind the illegal wall, near Barta'a village, and ordered them to leave the land.  

11/13/2007 - PLO official rejects conditions to recognize Israel as Jewish state    

11/13/2007 - Palestinian delegation delivers letter of protest to French consulate    

11/13/2007 - Erekat asks Quartet to implement road map timetable    

11/13/2007 - Palestinian and Moroccan Musicians to Perform at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage    

11/13/2007 - Hamas's singing policemen boost morale in Gaza "Our duties are to boost the spirits with entertainment and encourage the forces," Hussam Abu Abdu told Reuters after a band rehearsal at the Hamas-run Gaza Strip's police headquarters.  

11/13/2007 - Abbas say Israel will have peace if it ends Arab occupation    

11/13/2007 - Mourning families in Gaza blame Hamas for deaths at rally On Monday morning, 13-year-old Ibrahim Ahmad, devoutly religious as well as a keen sports fan, went to dawn prayers at the local mosque before taking a taxi with his three older brothers to the neighbouring town of Beit Lahiya and joining the steadily growing procession on foot to the Yasser Arafat commemoration in central Gaza city. By the afternoon, he was in the morgue in Shifa hospital, shot in the neck and side, the youngest of the seven victims of the bullets fired by Hamas forces in the bloody aftermath of the rally.  

11/13/2007 - Mother dies after being denied access to health care    

11/13/2007 - Hamas government in Gaza ?dismisses? Palestinian UN Representative    

11/13/2007 - Israel plays down prospects for Mideast peace meet A senior Israeli official said the meeting, due to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, may only last a single day and not involve any real negotiations on ending the decades-old Israeli-palestinian conflict.  

11/13/2007 - Camp David veterans caution about 'right of return' hurdle The corollary to recognizing Israel as a Jewish state is rejecting the "right of return" for Palestinians into Israel.....Another member of the Camp David negotiating team, Dan Meridor, warned that even if the Palestinians accepted the principle of a Jewish state, they could still press for the right of return.  

11/13/2007 - Israeli military kidnaps one Palestinian and closes eastern entrance of Qalqilia    

11/13/2007 - Annapolis will change road map paradigm - Olmert "In the past, the Israeli policy was not to talk about the future as long as the current situation was unstable," Olmert told the committee. 'Oh my god, we're actually going to have to DO something!'. The horror.

11/13/2007 - Israel to hold major war games in West Bank "The army will undertake a current exercise on November 18 to prepare it to better face all eventualities," an army spokesman told AFP.  

11/13/2007 - Rice: Abbas a true peace partner Rice was cheered multiple times when discussing the need to defend Israel, fight anti-Semitism and confront Hamas and Iran. But the crowd was silent as she described the P.A. president, Mahmoud Abbas, as a true partner for peace and said now there was "responsible leadership" with which Israel could deal.  

11/13/2007 - Hamas says Shalit talks restart Hamas announced the resumption of indirect negotiations with Israel on the return of a soldier held in the Gaza Strip.  

11/13/2007 - Fatah loyalists held by Hamas after rally Hamas forces arrested dozens of Fatah loyalists in Gaza yesterday, a day after seven people were shot dead during a pro-Fatah demonstration.  

11/13/2007 - Palestinian prisoner left temporarily paralyzed after interrogation    

11/13/2007 - Rice: Israeli-Palestinian talks needed to repel Iran's influence "They're not going to create the Palestinian state at Annapolis," she said. When asked if Saudi participation has been secured, she said no invitations had been sent out yet. "I don't want to speculate about the participants," Rice said.  

11/13/2007 - The Big Question: Why is there such violence in Gaza, and is there any hope of a resolution?    

11/13/2007 - Ban nominates Canadian to head UN probe into Hariri murder    

11/13/2007 - Iran demands Argentines show up in court Iran has strongly denied that the Iranians were involved and has accused Interpol of bowing to U.S. and Israeli pressure to issue the warrants.  

11/13/2007 - Paul's broad appeal understandable He tells the truth to the American people when he states that our actions cause the terrorists to hate us, especially our support of Israel's occupation of Palestinian land and our own occupation of Iraq.  

11/13/2007 - With Pakistan in turmoil, Israel keeps eye on nukes Some Israeli analysts see in the Pakistani unrest this month a danger to Israel even graver than Iran. The reason is simple: Pakistan already has nuclear weapons No kidding? Israel ought to pick its battles ('primary threats') more carefully.

11/13/2007 - Paul's call to end foreign aid draws small Jewish following Even as Paul makes headway in some circles, organized Jewish support for his Republican presidential bid is nearly nonexistent, thanks to the candidate's longstanding stance against providing foreign aid, including U.S. assistance to Israel.  

11/13/2007 - Profs petition for greater academic freedom These groups, the petition claims, have attacked scholars whose opinions regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict differ from their own, and have employed tactics including "unfounded insinuations and allegations ... of anti-Semitism," campaigns against public presentation of certain scholarly work and "pressures on university administrations by threatening to withhold donations."  

11/13/2007 - Rice on AIPAC trial: I cooperate with the law Condoleezza Rice was mostly mum on plans to subpoena her testimony in the trial of two former AIPAC staffers  

11/13/2007 - Israel braces for nuclear-armed Iran The preparations include proposals for revamping Israel's civil defense system and for countering any new emigration trends or drops in tourism caused by fear of an Iranian nuclear attack.  

11/13/2007 - Teens in D.C. for lobbying lessons The students are participating in the first three-day American Israel Public Affairs Committee High School Summit, which included lessons in subjects ranging from the Arab-Israeli conflict to public speaking to in-depth lobbying classes with AIPAC representatives....."The stakes are incredibly high," Gillette said. "If the United States does not stand with Israel, then no one stands with Israel." And why would that be, Mr. Gillette, hmm?

11/13/2007 - Israeli military chief at NATO summit    

11/13/2007 - E. J'lem family gives homeless Jewish family shelter after authorities fail to help    

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11/12/2007 - Six die in clashes as Fatah emerges onto streets of Gaza The rally, organised by Abbas's Fatah movement to mark the third anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, the former Palestinian leader, degenerated into a shoot-out between gunmen from Fatah and Hamas. At least 60 people were injured, hospital officials said.  

11/12/2007 - Israel arrests Hamas lawmaker Mariam Saleh, one of the few women politicians serving the dominant Palestinian Islamist movement, was taken into custody in Ramallah early Monday.  

11/12/2007 - Annapolis is dangerous, Netanyahu tells Rabbi Yosef Netanyahu arrived at the rabbi's home in Jerusalem along with Knesset Member Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) in a bid to boost the campaign against the upcoming US-sponsored Mideast peace conference and create a united front alongside the Shas party.  

11/12/2007 - Israelis urge EU to get tougher on Iran Senior Israeli officials are touring Europe this week to raise the alarm about Iran's accelerating nuclear programme and urge EU governments to take tougher sanctions without waiting for the United Nations.  

11/12/2007 - All Not Quite Aboard for Annapolis not only did Palestinian officials say over the weekend that there were still difficulties holding up the negotiations over a joint document, Abbas phoned Rice to complain that Israel was retreating from understandings that had already been achieved.  

11/12/2007 - Israeli court declines to rule on Gaza sick "We are very disappointed indeed and afraid for the lives of those patients because they are in very bad condition,"  

11/12/2007 - Erekat: Peace treaty with Israel has to contain release of all Palestinian prisoners    

11/12/2007 - Palestinian teachers hold strike Palestinian public school teachers on Monday held a one-day strike, warning that a further strike would follow in two weeks if the government failed to meet their demands.  

11/12/2007 - Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Gaza Update 10 Nov 2007 Several of the patients have already suffered deterioration in their condition due to the delays so far.  

11/12/2007 - Three-day mourning decreed as Hamas kills seven at Arafat rally    

11/12/2007 - Security forces kidnap 10 Hamas members    

11/12/2007 - At least 15 Palestinians kidnapped in Tulkarem district    

11/12/2007 - Israeli army kidnaps six civilians, including two legislators The Israeli army on Monday morning attacked the cities of Bethlehem and Ramallah, located in the southern and central West Bank, kidnapping six civilians, including two Hamas legislators.  

11/12/2007 - 'How can a dying man pose a security threat?' Na'al al-Kurdi, 21, from Gaza is dying of cancer; for the past four months Na'al has been waiting for a permit from the State of Israel to enter the country in order to receive medical care in one of its hospitals. This permit has not been granted so far due to "security concerns."  

11/12/2007 - U.S. media corporation offers discounted 'birthright tours' The U.S. media giant MSNBC has begun offering discounted trips to Israel to the corporation?s internet audience.  

11/12/2007 - Rice tells Jordan king US committed to Mideast peace    

11/12/2007 - Israeli-Palestinian teams hold "difficult" talks    

11/12/2007 - Olmert mulls freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners    

11/12/2007 - Multi-million EU push to police the West Bank "Israeli raids cause problems for our work day and night. How can we provide security if we don't control all the land?"  

11/12/2007 - Erekat: Palestinians will not accept Israel as 'Jewish state'   To force the Palestinians to recognize Israel as not just a state, but as a 'Jewish state' is Israel's way of making sure that the Palestinian refugees renounce their right of return which was guaranteed, but never implemented by Israel, under UN resolution 194, section 11. To attempt to force Palestinians to do so has been a dealbreaker in the past.

11/12/2007 - Reports of Palestinian prisoner release "speculation": Israel    

11/12/2007 - Nablus is key to success of upcoming Middle East peace talks    

11/12/2007 - Palestinians stranded in Egypt call for assistance    

11/12/2007 - Israeli lawmaker urges US Senate to sanction Egypt In a letter written at the behest of Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona), The Jerusalem Post reported that Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz (Likud) explained to the American senators that Hamas only took over the Gaza Strip and established itself as a formidable terrorist and military force there because Egypt allowed it to.  

11/12/2007 - Turkey expects U.S.-sponsored Mideast talks to yield results    

11/12/2007 - Queen Rania provides some light relief to Operation Smile patients There are 120 Jordanian, Iraqi and Palestinian children receiving cleft pallet correction surgeries, at the Jamil Toutanji Hospital in Sahab.  

11/12/2007 - Palestinians get training on news writing in English    

11/12/2007 - UN Approves $1.1 Billion To Fight Major Diseases For the first time, a project focused on the occupied Palestinian territory of West Bank and the Gaza Strip - a HIV prevention programme - has received money from the Fund  

11/12/2007 - Israeli peace group appeals to Egypt to open Rafah Crossing    

11/12/2007 - Palestinian rapper Belly goes deep about his war-torn homeland in "History of Violence" "If this puts me in the line of fire, then so be it," he emphasizes. "I felt I had to do this. I represent Arabs who don't want war, who are just like everybody else and that is 99% of us. I want people to see and hear that perspective."  

11/12/2007 - Rice to address G.A. gathering amid growing summit skepticism Rice's speech at the G.A. comes amid mounting Jewish opposition to various proposals aimed at jump-starting Israeli-Palestlnian talks and a growing campaign to raise questions about whether the Palestinians are committed to peace. I do hope Rice can keep in mind which country she was appointed to serve.

11/12/2007 - With boos for Rabin and blast, violent sports fans alarm Israel Back-to-back incidents of extreme unruliness by soccer and basketball fans have stirred debate here over whether violence somehow has become innate to the Jewish state Umm, ya think?

11/12/2007 - 9 Jewish Dems urge P.A. aid boost The letter urges assistance for "financial and personnel reforms in the Palestinian Authority, for housing or other labor intensive projects, for the effective operation of a Palestinian police force and an independent Palestinian judiciary, and for long-term economic development and job creation programs." It also asks Rice to press Arab nations to increase assistance and to "engage" with Israel toward the transfer of Palestinian tax monies collected by Israel.  

11/12/2007 - Palestinian, Israeli scholars to advance one-state solution in London Leading Palestinian and Israeli scholars and activists will be among the speakers at an unprecendented conference to explore a one-state solution, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London on 17-18 November.  

11/12/2007 - Middle East Expert Rami G. Khouri To Answer Viewer Questions Rami George Khouri, executive editor of the Beirut, Lebanon-based The Daily Star newspaper, will speak at the Madison Civics Club on Nov. 17, giving a presentation titled "A Fair and Balanced View from the Arab World."  

11/12/2007 - Pastor completes West Bank peace trip I was very surprised to learn that in Hebron the majority of Jewish settlers, including some of the most aggressive, are from the United States. I was surprised by the number of Palestinians who are at work for peace and justice in nonviolent ways. I was surprised that Christian tourists from all over the world could come to these holy sights and be blind or indifferent to the level of injustice that is being perpetrated against the Palestinian people  

11/12/2007 - Federations to press Iran issue The measure calls on the UJC and Jewish federations to act in concert with the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Jewish community relations councils around the United States to initiate, coordinate and fund expanded efforts to educate and mobilize the Jewish community and global community about the threats posed by a nuclear Iran.  

11/12/2007 - Peres, Gul at odds over Iran nuke threat Peres told Gul that Israel could not accept a nuclear Iran. In response, Gul said that while Turkey was against the development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, it did believe that countries had the right to develop alternative sources of energy.....In what officials said was an odd break in the rules of international diplomacy, Peres spoke frankly at a press conference following the meeting and told reporters that he disagreed with Gul. He said he told the Turkish leader that Israel was not willing to accept Ankara's line of thinking and that Iran, which has vast resources of oil and natural gas, was not in need of an alternative source of energy.  

11/12/2007 - Roseanne Barr to Perform With the Cast of Comedy Central's® 'The Sarah Silverman Program' in Live Uncensored Benefit Concert the uncensored comedy event is aimed to raise awareness and funding for The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a premier university-level environmental teaching and research program in Israel that prepares Palestinian, American, Israeli Arab and Jewish future leaders to solve the region's environmental challenges through peaceful cooperation.  

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11/11/2007 - Palestinian negotiators blocked at Israeli checkpoint Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's negotiators said they were stopped at an Israeli checkpoint, prompting them to call off talks on Sunday ahead of a U.S.-led conference on Palestinian statehood. The supreme metaphor for just who exactly is the obstacle to peace in the region.

11/11/2007 - Olive branch blossoms amid harvest of fear Mr Nir, the peace activist, said that Israel was complicit in the violence that haunted the Palestinian olive-pickers every year: ?It's the Government. They want to humiliate the Palestinians . . . The hidden agenda of Israel is to take as much as possible of the land.?  

11/11/2007 - Soldiers attempt to search Christian Peacemaker Team premises    

11/11/2007 - Dimona security beefed up Israel stepped up security measures at its main nuclear reactor in Dimona.  

11/11/2007 - Abbas says Arafat will be reburied in Jerusalem Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that late leader Yasser Arafat, who died in a Paris hospital of a mysterious disease three years ago, will be reburied in Jerusalem.  

11/11/2007 - Israeli President Peres arrives in Ankara on landmark visit The meetings come before an economic forum which will bring together Turkish, Israeli and Palestinian leaders on establishing a planned joint industrial zone in the West Bank.  

11/11/2007 - Israeli MI Chief: Hamas may attempt to sour Annapolis   Pot, ...

11/11/2007 - Hamas police confiscate Fatah rally materials    

11/11/2007 - Palestinians pay tribute to Arafat Thousands of Palestinians gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah Sunday to pay tribute to the late Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat.  

11/11/2007 - Palestinian PM vows crack down on outlaws Palestinian Prime Minister Salem Fayyad vowed on Sunday to hunt down outlaws in the restive West Bank city of Nablus as part of a Western-backed push to revive peacemaking with Israel.  

11/11/2007 - Fatah spokesperson: Israel's actions prove it is not interested in peace process Fatah spokesperson Fahmi Za?areer on Sunday stated that by banning the head of the Palestinian negotiating team from entering Jerusalem on Sunday, Israel has proved that it is not interested in the ongoing peace process.  

11/11/2007 - Military bulldozers uproot lands west of Bethlehem Israeli military bulldozers on Sunday afternoon uprooted large areas orchards belonging to residents of the nearby village of al-Ma?sar, loacated south of Bethlehem.  

11/11/2007 - Israel will cut back on Gaza electricity: Barak Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak vowed on Sunday to press ahead with cuts to the power supply to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip despite legal moves to stop them.  

11/11/2007 - Militants launch more rockets from Gaza at Israel    

11/11/2007 - Conference in Bethlehem on mobilizing faith communities for resistance The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine together with Peace for Life organization organized a conference in Bethlehem on Friday on taking the faith communities to the front lines of resistance to end the Israeli occupation in Palestine.  

11/11/2007 - Israel to advise Chinese on Olympic security Israel will help Chinese security forces prepare for the 2008 Beijing Olympics  

11/11/2007 - No power can disarm Hezbollah: Nasrallah "The resistance in Lebanon has determination, will, manpower and sufficient weapons" to face Israel in a new conflict, Nasrallah said.  

11/11/2007 - Syria likely to be invited to US peace conference: Rice    

11/11/2007 - Iran able to bypass US sanctions, says IDF intelligence chief Maj-Gen Amos Yadlin briefs cabinet on Iran, pre-Annapolis Palestinian efforts, Hamas actions in Gaza. 'If peace talks fail situation at PA will deteriorate,' he warns  

11/11/2007 - Olmert: Israel is not leading and should not lead standoff with Iran Israel Radio additionally reported that the prime minister warned government ministers to be cautious when making any public comments regarding Iran. With respect to the first part of the title: utter BS. Israel IS leading the standoff on Iran and they know it, which is why he's telling them to watch what they say to the public. Too late, moron.

11/11/2007 - UN tries to resettle Palestinians trapped on Iraq-Syria border Mr. Redmond said Chile and Sudan are the only other countries to have given positive indications to resettling other Palestinian medical cases, such as cancer patients and children with birth defects.  

11/11/2007 - Israel wants national service from Arabs    

11/11/2007 - Arafat?s widow: I live on just £5,000 a month "My husband was a martyr," said Suha without hesitation, when asked whether she believed her husband had been assassinated. "There was something there, but the medical reports were never conclusive. They just could not find concrete evidence. I don't think that we will ever know."  

11/11/2007 - Daughter yearns for freedom IT COULD not have been easy being the daughter of Yasser Arafat, the late Palestinian leader.  

11/11/2007 - Former UN chief: No wonder everyone hates you Boutros Boutros Ghali blames Israel for lack of peace in Middle East, paints a stark picture for future of Arab-Israeli relations; 'After 30 years, I don't even see one centimeter of progress'  

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11/10/2007 - IDF kills two Gaza teens over weekend The two slain youths, Jihad and Bilal al Nabhin, 16- and 17-years old, were shot at night, and Gaza rescue forces reported they found their bodies in the morning. Palestinian sources said the two youths did not belong to any militant organization.  

11/10/2007 - Arafat mausoleum opened by Abbas   'The mountain cannot be shaken by the wind'

11/10/2007 - Gaza?s Isolation Takes Toll on Students and Prices    

11/10/2007 - Palestinian child injured by Israeli gunfire    

11/10/2007 - Palestinian Jihad says Israeli offensive won't stop rocket attack    

11/10/2007 - Palestinian say forces seize weapons in West Bank town Palestinian security forces have seized explosive devices and home-made munitions as part of a campaign to curb militant actions in the West Bank city of Nablus, the local police chief said on Saturday.  

11/10/2007 - Three years on, divided Palestinians remember Arafat    

11/10/2007 - Egyptian president meets Saudi king, expresses support for Mideast peace conference    

11/10/2007 - Tamimi: Islam is a religion of peace In a speech delivered to the US house of congress on Friday, the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of the Jurisprudence, Sheikh Taiseer Tamimi, called on the US Administration to support the basic rights of the Palestinian people, and to end the Israeli occupation.  

11/10/2007 - Tarqumia terminal brings hardship to local Palestinians    

11/10/2007 - Erekat vows PNA never let Hamas take over West Bank Erekat made the remarks in response to Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahhar's Friday speech at a rally in northern Gaza that if Israel withdraws "from the occupied West Bank, Hamas would immediately take control of the territory."  

11/10/2007 - Spokesman: Abbas to visit Turkey, Jordan, Egypt this week    

11/10/2007 - Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades shoot Israeli soldier in northern Gaza    

11/10/2007 - Israeli military wounds one militant, two civilians, in attacks on Gaza rocket squads    

11/10/2007 - Abbas vows to pursue Arafat's drive for statehood    

11/10/2007 - "All options on the table" in facing Iran: Israel's Deputy PM    

11/10/2007 - Boxed In "It used to be the most rich area for work," she said. "We used to have all kinds of festivals, and shops and restaurants would stay open day and night. Now we are caged alone in a small prison. Also, Bethlehem is caged alone, in a big prison,"  

11/10/2007 - Palestinian Authority accepts U.S. mechanism to implement roadmap plan    

11/10/2007 - President To Visit Israel Israeli and Jewish officials, on the other hand, are more concerned with pressing Yuschenko to take a tougher line against the genocidal ambitions of Iran and against Syria, a major trading partner with Ukraine.  

11/10/2007 - Florida governor cancels Brazil meeting over Iran ties Gov. Charlie Crist denounced Iran as a terrorist regime in a statement posted on the Florida state Web site and said support for the Islamic republic was a threat to the United States and allies like Israel.  

11/10/2007 - Report: Talks on possible Israel-Syria conference in Moscow underway    

11/10/2007 - A glimpse at a life in line Harry, I later learned, was an Israeli chiropractor from a kibbutz near Haifa. He traveled weekly to Jenin to treat Palestinian refugees, a fact that did not endear him to the Israeli guards. But for the better part of an hour, Harry argued with a small circle of soldiers and officers while I stood on one foot and then the other, trying to remember to breathe.  

11/10/2007 - Israeli arrested by Palestinian forces in village near Hebron An Israeli was rescued from the Palestinian village of Dura near Hebron on Saturday evening, Army Radio reported.  

11/10/2007 - Opportunity censored by hatred, fear Schumann, 73 (pictured, above left, teaching a workshop), German-born founder of the activist Bread and Puppet Theater of Vermont, traveled to Palestine last year to teach Palestinians about performance art. He listened to the stories of his students, who ranged in age from 18-60, stories of poverty, persecution, home incursions and violence.  

11/10/2007 - Smearing Scheuer The AIPAC spy scandal is a disaster for the neocons, who are being outed as Israeli assets as well as prodigious liars.  

11/10/2007 - Israel fears UNIFIL's power might shrink    

11/10/2007 - Israelis shoot two in Lebanon border village Israeli troops shot and wounded two suspected Lebanese drug smugglers as they tried to infiltrate the Israeli-held sector of a divided border village, a military spokesman said on Saturday.  

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11/9/2007 - Is a vote for Rudy a vote for war? By Patrick J. Buchanan ** A second member of Rudy's team is Martin Kramer, an Israeli-American who, according to Ken Silverstein of Harper's, "spent 25 years at Tel Aviv University and whose Middle East policy can best be summarized as, 'What's best for Israel?'" Silverstein calls Rudy's eight-man advisory group "AIPAC's Dream Team" ? AIPAC being the Israeli lobby, two of whose leaders go on trial in January for espionage against the United States.  

11/9/2007 - U.S. to aid restive West Bank city before summit    

11/9/2007 - Palestinians at the Iraq-Syria border We continue seek better solutions, including resettlement options, for the refugees ? both within and outside the region. Earlier this year, we appealed for specific support and urgent medical resettlement for vulnerable and sick children in Al Waleed camp as they are unable to find medical treatment in Iraq.  

11/9/2007 - PLO official urges Palestinian negotiators to address Israeli settlements    

11/9/2007 - Palestinians to commemorate anniversary of Arafat's death Palestinians on Sunday mark three years since the death of their legendary leader Yasser Arafat, split into separate entities and never more divided since the icon of unity passed away.  

11/9/2007 - Hamas leader sees W.Bank takeover if Israel leaves    

11/9/2007 - Palestinian editor arrested after airing Hamas speech A major Palestinian news service stopped broadcasting on Friday to protest the arrest of one of its top editors by Palestinian police after his station broadcast a speech by a Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip.  

11/9/2007 - Beit Omer village attacked by Israeli troops; 19 civilians kidnapped    

11/9/2007 - Israel, US meet to discuss common Middle East strategy Earlier, Minister Shaul Mofaz spoke to reporters regarding joint America-Israeli efforts vis-à-vis Iran and said: "We're progressing with the strategy that was put in place and we are raising the level of sanctions incrementally. There are more severe measures that can be taken against Iran, its leadership and its economy. It is important to exhaust all these possibilities before we resort to the use of force," Mofaz told reporters.  

11/9/2007 - Palestinians to commemorate anniversary of Arafat's death    

11/9/2007 - Five injured and two kidnapped in the weekly protest at Bil'in.    

11/9/2007 - Two kidnapped, three injured during peaceful demonstration near Bethlehem    

11/9/2007 - Palestinians agree to security demands    

11/9/2007 - Pilgrims reach Bethlehem after four-week long walk    

11/9/2007 - 'Apocalyptic scenario' if Egypt, Saudi go nuclear: Israel minister   Israel's hitlist (for America) grows ever longer.

11/9/2007 - Israeli army kidnaps student Islamic Jihad leader    

11/9/2007 - Politics represents root cause of terror, Muslim leader says    

11/9/2007 - Agent: Terror probe lacking    

11/9/2007 - US to purchase $700m worth of arms from Israel The purchase of weapons from Israel is not part of Israel's annual defense aid from the United States, which amounts to $2.4 billion and is expected to grow in 2009 to an annual average of $ 3 billion for the following 10 years  

11/9/2007 - Israel, US to set up joint committees on Iran: report   American foreign policy - long ago outsourced to Tel Aviv. Their 'primary threats' become OUR 'primary threats'.

11/9/2007 - Kantor urges Merkel on Iran The European Jewish Congress president has urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to up the ante on Iran.  

11/9/2007 - U.S., Israel discuss Iran, Hezbollah In a separate statement, Israel said the sides agreed to set up two sub-groups, one focused on rallying support for sanctions against Iran and the other on sharing intelligence on Iran.  

11/9/2007 - U.S. Presidential Hopefuls Running after Jewish Voters The candidates know that "they cannot be a serious contender for the Presidency if they do not stand strong on Israel," declared Hillel Schenker, Vice Chairman of Democrats Abroad, an organization for American citizens in countries outside the United States. Note the source.

11/9/2007 - Israel-Palestine conflict seen key to Middle East    

11/9/2007 - Princeton groups sponsor anti-Israel speech   Oh dear.

11/9/2007 - Schools Cancel Dance Troupe's Performances After receiving a complaint that a Palestinian dance troupe's performance at the high school was offensive to Jews and Israel, school officials canceled the troupe's scheduled appearances this week at the town's elementary and middle schools. You have got to be kidding me.

11/9/2007 - Palestinian factions call on Hamas to relinquish power in Gaza The factions called for a return to comprehensive national talks based on the national unity document and the Cairo declaration in order to resolve the current crisis. They hope this would lead to a transitional government, paving the way for early presidential and legislative elections in the Palestinian territories.  

11/9/2007 - Demme shows us the real ?Man From Plains?    

11/9/2007 - O.U. promotes Jerusalem Sabbath In a statement, the Orthodox umbrella group called the Nov. 16-17 campaign "part of its multifaceted campaign to keep Jerusalem from being divided during Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations at Annapolis and beyond," referring to the U.S.-led talks to take place in Maryland later this month.  

11/9/2007 - Lieberman: Ban Arab committee    

11/9/2007 - ADL Delegation Meets with Russian Foreign Minister They urged Russia to join with the other permanent members of the Security Council in quickly seeking a new round of tougher sanctions against Iran.  

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11/8/2007 - One Palestinian killed, three injured, by unexploded Israeli ordinance    

11/8/2007 - US fears Israeli strike against Iran over latest nuclear claim ** The Pentagon is reluctant to take military action against Iran, but officials say that Israel is a ?different matter?.  

11/8/2007 - Israeli army arrests Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank    

11/8/2007 - Hamas preachers pushed out of West Bank mosques    

11/8/2007 - This day in history Israeli shells killed 18 Palestinian civilians in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun during an attack targeting militants.  

11/8/2007 - IDF reservists: Hamas men fight like soldiers, not terrorists During the patrol company's operations deep in Palestinian territory, four Hamas militants and one Israel Defense Forces soldier, Sergeant-Major (Res.) Ehud Efrati, were killed. "The people we killed weren't terrorists, they were soldiers," an officer in the company told Haaretz.  

11/8/2007 - PA: Israel apologized for raid The raid was an embarrassment for P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, who just days earlier deployed 300 of their own policemen in the Nablus area to prove they can provide security ahead of the U.S.-hosted peace summit with Israel in Annapolis, Md  

11/8/2007 - Israel minister: Sack ElBaradei Mr ElBaradei has said Iran's nuclear programme is not an immediate threat and if it wanted to build a nuclear bomb it would need years to do so. 'Wahh. He won't say what we want him to (like the Americans do). Wahh.'

11/8/2007 - Gaza and West Bank viewpoints Palestinians describe how they think divisions between the separate administrations of Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza are becoming more entrenched.  

11/8/2007 - Israeli intelligence: Abbas is too weak   And whose fault is that?

11/8/2007 - OPT: Vital product - Gone too fast The high rate of unemployment and poor economic situation means many households cannot afford even basic medications. In addition, Gaza is cut off from the world because the main crossing points are closed.  

11/8/2007 - Palestinian official: US has made its invitations for participants in Annapolis summit    

11/8/2007 - Ban Ki-moon condemns rocket attack from Gaza school run by UN agency    

11/8/2007 - Israel and Palestinians turn to U.S. as talks hit snag    

11/8/2007 - Lutheran Holy Land Bishop, Other Faith Leaders Make Peace Commitments    

11/8/2007 - Meeting the Other in Israel and Palestine As the fight over the legacy of Rabin shows, the longer the occupation of the West Bank continues, the coarser, more fractious and more potentially violent Israel's inner life becomes. It is too much to say, as some do, that the survival of Israel depends on finding a safe way to leave. But the survival of Israeli democracy may well depend on it.  

11/8/2007 - Palestinian pianist performs at Brown    

11/8/2007 - Refugees from Lebanon siege camp want EU visas    

11/8/2007 - Interpol warrants decision pleases Israel, angers Iran    

11/8/2007 - Israel to release book labeled 'incitement'    

11/8/2007 - ?Palestinian Night? planned    

11/8/2007 - Israel vital to Australia, says defence minister "No longer can we accept the fact that this has nothing to do with us, it has everything to do with us," Dr Nelson told the State Zionist Council of Victoria?s Annual Assembly last week.  

11/8/2007 - New Palestinian Tourism Portal Launched Alternative Business Solutions, the founders of visitpalestine.ps, today announced the launch of Palestine's first online destination marketing portal www.visitpalestine.ps  

11/8/2007 - Testimony: Israel delays entry of two toddlers with cystic fibrosis who need to be treated in Hadassah    

11/8/2007 - Charity raises cash for Palestinian orphanage    

11/8/2007 - Court seeks reassurances on sanctions Israel 's highest court on 7 November ordered the state to explain within one week how it planned to ensure that the latest sanctions imposed on Gaza, including fuel and power cuts, would not have a negative humanitarian impact.  

11/8/2007 - The Anti-Americanism of the Israel-Firsters by Michael Scheuer The truth is, of course, that Mr. Schoenfeld and his allies are not dumb people, they are simply anti-American. Their tarting-up of the rendition operation described above is just part of their ongoing attempt to discredit the case and to try to convince Americans that U.S. and Israeli interests are identical, and so spying on America for Israel ? and suborning American citizens to commit treason ? is really an okay and even admirable activity. Michael Scheuer is a former CIA counterterrorism official.

11/8/2007 - Lebanese news: IAF runs mock Lebanon raids Israel's jets reached deep into Lebanon's airspace all the way up to the Litani River, the agency claimed.  

11/8/2007 - Christians to build new hospital in West Bank for Palestinian children    

11/8/2007 - Dispute rages over al-Durrah footage "The footage is authentic," he told the BBC News website. "This is a campaign designed to harass foreign correspondents and call into question all the footage shot in the occupied Palestinian territories."  

11/8/2007 - Jewish Dems rally troops with Robertson nod The council's message recalled some of Robertson's controversial statements, including his belief that Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the former Israeli prime minister's Gaza Strip withdrawal, and his comparison of American liberals to Nazis.  

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11/7/2007 - Hamas-Jihad clashes in Rafah leave one resident dead    

11/7/2007 - Nothing less than our freedom We have suffered too much for too long. We will not accept apartheid masked as peace. We will settle for no less than our freedom.  

11/7/2007 - Gaza tunnel collapses, three wounded and one missing    

11/7/2007 - Hamas: Palestinian security forces arrest 15 Hamas members, and send one to the hospital    

11/7/2007 - Israeli military kidnaps the father and brother of a 'wanted' Palestinian man in Jenin    

11/7/2007 - Israeli army detains 25 Palestinians in refugee camp near Nablus    

11/7/2007 - Jimmy Carter's Middle East realities by Robert D. Novak In the film, Carter repeatedly and unequivocally states what Palestinian and Israeli peace advocates view as undeniable: to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace with all its benefits for the world, Israel must end its illegal and oppressive occupation of the West Bank. That is a prerequisite that neither President Bush nor congressional leaders of both parties can approach for fear of being labeled anti-Israeli or even anti-Semitic (as Carter has been).  

11/7/2007 - Jordan's Ruweished camp empty as last family leaves The isolated Ruweished camp was empty on Monday after the last nine Palestinian refugees left the desert facility in eastern Jordan en route to a new life in Brazil. The camp, which once provided shelter for some 1,000 refugees, is not expected to reopen  

11/7/2007 - Hamas holds PLC session alone amid other parties' absence    

11/7/2007 - U.S. chides Israel for curbs on Palestinian forces Israel seized body amour from the Palestinian Presidential Guard and conducted raids in the city of Nablus despite the deployment of Palestinian forces there, sparking private protests from the Bush administration, Western officials said.  

11/7/2007 - Court delays Israeli bid to cut Gaza electricity    

11/7/2007 - Hamas to consider joining Annapolis summit if invited    

11/7/2007 - Hundreds of Jerusalemites protest against Israeli policies in the city    

11/7/2007 - U.S. Security Advisor examines Palestinian implementation of security plan in Nablus    

11/7/2007 - Hamas lawmakers recommend firing Palestinian PM from PLC    

11/7/2007 - Israeli Police Impersonate TV News Crew to Arrest Suspect Israeli police have admitted several of their officers impersonated a television news crew during an operation that resulted in the arrest of a wanted Palestinian man.  

11/7/2007 - Israeli gunfire injures a Palestinian youth in Jenin    

11/7/2007 - Report: Palestinian agricultural losses since 2000 exceed $56 million    

11/7/2007 - Mideast religious leaders say they vital to peace Dressed in traditional religious garb, the chief rabbis of Israel sat alongside Muslim leaders and Christian patriarchs and said they had agreed on steps to help resolve the conflict.  

11/7/2007 - UN: Israel fuels support for extremists "They're trying to punish those who've taken control of Gaza but in fact they're punishing everybody inside Gaza, a very small percentage of whom support the people who are controlling Gaza right now," Karen Koning AbuZayd of the United Nations Works and Relief Agency said.  

11/7/2007 - CURE International Plans Hospital in Bethlehem:    

11/7/2007 - Bush defends World War Three comments on Iran ** "The reason I said that is because this is a country that has defied the IAEA -- in other words, didn't disclose all their program -- have said they want to destroy Israel," Bush said in the interview with German broadcaster RTL. Whose war?

11/7/2007 - West Bank settlements 'expanding' Construction is continuing in dozens of Jewish settlements in the West Bank despite Israel's pledge to freeze their expansion, an campaign group has said  

11/7/2007 - Palestinian Mayors Lobby for Christian Support Palestinian Christians have been struggling against the powerful Christian Zionist coalition led by evangelical churches and their pro-Israel lobbying arm, Christians United for Israel.  

11/7/2007 - Israeli army demolishes a house in central Gaza On Wednesday, the Israeli army demolished a Palestinian-owned house to the east of Deir Elbalah city in the central Gaza Strip, media reports and witnesses said  

11/7/2007 - Israel talks peace, but expanding settlement hurts prospects for Palestinian state Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he's ready to make a deal that would give the Palestinians a state in the West Bank. But realities on the ground ? outlined in a new report Wednesday showing vigorous Israeli construction in the West Bank ? could have momentous implications for the latest U.S. peacemaking push.  

11/7/2007 - Bush elaborates on Iran nukes' warning ** President Bush elaborated on his recent warning that an Iranian nuclear attack on Israel would trigger World War III. Bush on Wednesday cited the threatening language from Tehran about Israel.  

11/7/2007 - Palestinian Journalists Pay Visit to Wheeling    

11/7/2007 - Walt & Mearsheimer Are Honored In England. Disgraced Here.    

11/7/2007 - Israel destroys 15 Bedouin homes Since the beginning of this year, Israel has demolished 130 homes in unrecognized Bedouin communities, according to Association for Civil Rights in Israel. Can someone provide me with solid evidence that Israel has ever demolished a home of an Israeli JEWISH person? Thanks.

11/7/2007 - Israel's Strike on Syria Still Raising Questions    

11/7/2007 - The Jewish Lobby Israel Needs    

11/7/2007 - IAEA dismisses recent Israeli criticism of its treatment of Iran    

11/7/2007 - U.S. appropriators hike missile defense funding Appropriators from the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate agreed Wednesday on a defense appropriations package that includes $155 million for missile defense cooperation with Israel. That's $17 million more than last year's appropriation and $75 million more than President Bush requested.  

11/7/2007 - Bombing suspects put on Interpol wanted list Argentine prosecutors claim the JCC attack was carried out by Hezbollah but orchestrated by the Iranians  

11/7/2007 - Racism is underlying cause of war on terror    

11/7/2007 - Neocons New Target (After Iran): Ha'aretz Newspaper The good news is that the owners of Ha'aretz have repeatedly told CAMERA to take a walk. But who knows what will happen when the whole McCarthyist apparatus goes to work? (CAMERA types in Israel succeeded in getting CNN pulled out of local cable packages last week, in favor of contracting with FOX).  

11/7/2007 - Syria wants Golan Heights discussed at Mideast talks    

11/7/2007 - Campaign takes aim at Fatah charter, but envoy says it's been replaced , lawmakers and Jewish organizations are taking their lead from a ZOA ad that appeared in the New York Times on Oct. 18, listing the offending articles as "ten commandments," including one calling for "the complete liberation of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist economic, political, military, and cultural existence."  

11/7/2007 - Remembering LIBERTY and Calling for a Second American Revolution!    

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11/6/2007 - Protesters block traffic in Gaza City against fuel cutbacks Palestinian drivers blocked traffic in the middle of a busy road in Gaza City Tuesday in protest against Israeli fuel curtailment to the strip.  

11/6/2007 - Nine Palestinian civilians kidnapped in northern West    

11/6/2007 - Chorus of hope for Mideast peace grows, despite obstacles The Palestinians want the document to address "core" issues in the conflict: future borders between Israel and a future Palestinian state, the status of disputed Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees and their descendants. Israel wants a much vaguer document.  

11/6/2007 - Palestinian Chief negotiator meets British envoy in Jericho    

11/6/2007 - Hamas: internal Palestinian crisis won't last forever    

11/6/2007 - Companies warn fuel will run out in Gaza in five days    

11/6/2007 - PLC member: Palestinian prisoners to protest on eve of Annapolis summit    

11/6/2007 - Israel arrests two Hamas leaders in West Bank    

11/6/2007 - Hamas accuses arrests of its members in W. Bank    

11/6/2007 - Israeli military invades Qalqilia and Tulkarem areas; four kidnapped    

11/6/2007 - Unknown gunmen abduct and torture son of Hamas senior official    

11/6/2007 - Palestinians Get Some Medical Care There are only six major hospitals in the entire West Bank, and three are located in East Jerusalem. Because the Israeli wall, deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2004, severs East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank, Palestinians in need of specialised medical treatment are at the mercy of the Israeli military.  

11/6/2007 - Palestinian ex-minister slams calls for kidnapping Israeli soldiers Former Palestinian prisoners' affairs minister Hisham Abdel Razeq on Tuesday rejected statements of militant groups that threaten to kidnap Israeli soldiers.  

11/6/2007 - Israel: UN Human Rights Council 'morally bankrupt'   Pot, this is the kettle calling....

11/6/2007 - Latest TIM payment for Palestinian population The Temporary International Mechanism, put into place by the European Commission with European Union Member States, will contribute again to this month?s payment of allowances to public service providers and pensioners in close co-operation with the Palestinian authorities.  

11/6/2007 - Israeli army kidnaps three Palestinians in Hebron    

11/6/2007 - Mofaz: 2008 decisive for stopping Iran    

11/6/2007 - Israeli soldiers arrest Hamas politicians    

11/6/2007 - Israel sees Iran bomb in 2009 Iran could procure nuclear weapons by 2009, a top Israeli intelligence analyst said.  

11/6/2007 - Message from a Palestinian elder to Annapolis summit participants    

11/6/2007 - Pre-parley outpost removal deemed 'unlikely'    

11/6/2007 - Israeli DM says not right time to invade Gaza Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday that Israel would not launch a large-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip in the near future.  

11/6/2007 - Palestinians struggle with surge in drug use    

11/6/2007 - Women in focus at Palestinian film festival    

11/6/2007 - Israel, Palestinian presidents to visit Turkey Israeli and Palestinian presidents Shimon Peres and Mahmud Abbas will visit Ankara next week to address the Turkish parliament and attend a regional economic forum, officials said on Tuesday.  

11/6/2007 - Palestinian Stowaway Making Representation To AG Osama was found after he fell off the nose-wheel well of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) after the plane landed at the Changi International Airport in Singapore  

11/6/2007 - 'If we set up a Palestinian state now, we'll get an Iranian state' Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday morning.  

11/6/2007 - Israel's illegal activities    

11/6/2007 - Push for Annapolis summit triggers slew of Jewish lobbying efforts AIPAC's emphasis, however, is on another letter sent to Rice by U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asking her to ensure the active participation of Arab nations at Annapolis.....Seventy-nine senators signed on before the letter was sent in early October.  

11/6/2007 - Patriarchs, property, and politics in Jerusalem    

11/6/2007 - Turning the other cheek Rory McCarthy on one Palestinian's patient struggle to uncover the truth about his 10-year-old daughter's death  

11/6/2007 - Has the AIPAC spy trial been derailed?    

11/6/2007 - Iran lobbies Interpol assembly Iranian delegates to Interpol's general assembly in Marrakesh, Morocco, warned that the United States and Israel were using Interpol as a political tool, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.  

11/6/2007 - Turkey leaves behind Israeli sortie Turkey said the controversy over Israel's penetration of its airspace during a bombing run in Syria is over.  

11/6/2007 - Syria says new U.S. sanctions "pitiful"    

11/6/2007 - UN asks Israel to stop violations of Lebanon airspace Such overflights are a violation of Resolution 1701, which brought an end to the 34-day war between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah in August 2006.  

11/6/2007 - Merkel says she feels duty to protect Israel against Iranian threat German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday said she felt a moral duty to protect Israel and would stand firm in the face of Iran's nuclear ambitions and its threats to wipe the Jewish state off the map.  

11/6/2007 - Getting a Master's in Bethlehem isn't easy, says student    

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11/5/2007 - Islamic Jihad offers conditional truce to Israel The radical Palestinian Islamic Jihad faction said Monday it was prepared to stop its near-daily rocket attacks against Israel, if that country ended its military operations in the Palestinian areas.  

11/5/2007 - Detainee's family appeal for medial intervention The family of detainee Hilal Mahmoud Al Sa?ady, 23, on Monday called on international human rights groups to put pressure on the Israeli government to ensure that the man is afforded the correct, and much-needed, medical treatment.  

11/5/2007 - Israel reduces Gaza fuel deliveries to about half    

11/5/2007 - Palestinians weave their legacy in Lebanon refugee camp "We seek to preserve Palestinian heritage because a people without a heritage is a people that doesn't exist," project director Aleya al-Abdullah said.  

11/5/2007 - Israel extremists mobilise against Mideast talks    

11/5/2007 - Palestinian civilian injured by Israeli mine    

11/5/2007 - Two female detainees appeal for medical intervention    

11/5/2007 - Closure of crossings traps students in Gaza    

11/5/2007 - Mashaal: ME summit US 'distraction' for war with Iran ** "Strategically, it (the US) is setting the stage and covering up for the upcoming American war in the region,"  

11/5/2007 - Cop impersonation of reporters in arrest raid raises ire of Ch. 2    

11/5/2007 - Abbas's security forces and gunmen clash in West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's forces clashed on Monday with gunmen for the first time since their deployment in the city of Nablus as part of a Western-backed push to bolster West Bank security.  

11/5/2007 - Jalud Olive Harvest Stopped by Armed Settlers and the Israeli Army    

11/5/2007 - Panel votes no to including 'Nakba' in school curriculum "The Education Committee rejects presenting two perspectives in textbooks of the events of the War of Independence and the creation of the state and the reasons for the creation of the refugee problem,"  

11/5/2007 - Bill seeks Palestinian compensation for rocket damages A bill approved by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation Sunday would allow Israel to claim compensation from the Palestinian Authority for damages caused by Qassam rockets fired at Israel. The money would be deducted from the tax payments collected by Israel on the PA's behalf. Can the Palestinians do the same for the damage caused by the Israeli military? Ask a Palestinian, they'll be rolling on the floor in hysterics.

11/5/2007 - Op-Ed: Israeli occupation: Injustice in our name    

11/5/2007 - Ackerman slams Hamas cash-smuggling Ackerman accused Cairo of not cracking down. "Egypt is not helping as much as it can. It can certainly do a better job on that border," he said.  

11/5/2007 - Mohammad Darawshe to speak in N.H. about Arab-Jewish Coexistence    

11/5/2007 - New York parley to discuss plight of Jewish refugees The mission of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC), which has brought together 40 delegates from 10 countries, is to ensure that any official mention of Palestinian refugees should be accompanied by a similar mention of the nearly one million Jews from Arab countries who were forced to flee in 1948  

11/5/2007 - IDF helps expedite Gaza sewage plant Under the direction of the World Bank and with the financial support of the United States, France, Belgium and Sweden, the Palestinians have been working for the past year to establish a new sewage purification plant just south of Beit Hanun in northern Gaza.  

11/5/2007 - British MPs visit the West Bank on Bible Society trip MPs from Britain?s three major political parties have visited the West Bank to meet Bible Society staff working against a backdrop of violence and conflict.  

11/5/2007 - Strong Military Repression at Non-Violent Demonstration in Bilin    

11/5/2007 - Israel convicts conmen who defrauded Greek church Estate agents Yaakov Rabinowicz and David Morgenstein were found guilty of making fraudulent land purchases from the Greek patriarch in 2000 by posing as agents for Israel and the JNF, the para-governmental organ that buys land. They were able to lease hundreds of strategically placed acres around Jerusalem and thousands more in Beit Shemesh, which lies between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and which are still under a state lease for several dozen years.  

11/5/2007 - A Land With People, For a People with a Plan    

11/5/2007 - Palestinian-Israeli conflict topic of discussion Ali Abunimah will present "Beyond Ethnic Cleansing, Partition and Apartheid: Peace and Justice in Palestine-Israel," at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Anderson Center's Chambers Hall at Binghamton University's Vestal campus.  

11/5/2007 - A story of persecution in Palestine    

11/5/2007 - U.S. officials demand IAF cease overflights in Lebanese airspace Olmert also met Thursday with visiting U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, who is in Israel as the guest of Mossad chief Meir Dagan. Negroponte's talks with Israeli intelligence officials are focusing on Iran and its nuclear program, a subject that will also preoccupy Bush and Olmert during their meeting in Washington.  

11/5/2007 - Is Israel About to Attack Hizballah?    

11/5/2007 - Hezbollah guerrillas stage military exercises in southern Lebanon Hundreds of unarmed Hezbollah guerrillas staged military-style exercises in southern Lebanon at the weekend which the media said on Monday were to prepare for any new war with Israel.  

11/5/2007 - 17 Year Old Girl Arrested in Tel Rumeida    

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11/4/2007 - Israeli fire kills four Palestinians in Gaza Three of the Palestinians -- civilian workers -- were killed when an Israeli shell exploded near the place where they changed clothes for their factory job, local medical officials said.  

11/4/2007 - Top clerics press Rice on peace A coalition of top U.S. Jewish, Muslim and Christian clerics pressed Condoleezza Rice on peace.  

11/4/2007 - Ferrero-Waldner calls Gaza sanctions group punishment   But, as with other Israeli transgressions, they'll do nothing about it.

11/4/2007 - Explosion in Hamas training camp in central Gaza, cause unknown    

11/4/2007 - Hamas sources: ?Palestinian security forces arrest six Hamas members in the West Bank?    

11/4/2007 - Haneya delivers speech on status of affairs amid tightened siege    

11/4/2007 - Palestinian militants continue rocket attacks at Israel The military wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement claimed responsibility on Sunday for launching six home-made rockets into southern Israel.  

11/4/2007 - Blair submits plan to bolster Palestinian economy    

11/4/2007 - Israel, with US support, says peace possible by end of 2008 "There is no intention to drag out the negotiations without end. There is no reason to again hit the foot-dragging that characterised our talks in the past," Riiight.

11/4/2007 - Israel tells Rice security comes before Palestinian state    

11/4/2007 - New Palestinian police force makes tense debut in West Bank    

11/4/2007 - Rice says US will defend Israel in peace process   That's like saying bears sh#t in the woods. Goes without saying. And then people wonder why Karen Hughes can't shore up our image in that part of the world.

11/4/2007 - Israeli military invaded Ramallah, Al Bireh and Qalqilia; kidnapping three Palestinians Israeli military forces invaded overnight Friday the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Al Bireh and Tulkarem, kidnapping three Palestinians from Azoun town, near Qalqillia.  

11/4/2007 - Olive harvest season threatened by the Wall, military restrictions    

11/4/2007 - 'Our mission to the Holy Land is support of Christians'    

11/4/2007 - Mideast peace circus comes to town The Laughing Circus has come to a bedouin village in Israel to preach peace.  

11/4/2007 - Israelis hold peace rally in memory of Rabin    

11/4/2007 - This is no basis for talks Trimble and his Israeli friends need to learn that you cannot make peace by forcing people to relinquish their basic rights and legitimate aspirations. You cannot make peace by denying people their essential needs, by threatening to cut supplies of power, fuel and water  

11/4/2007 - Mideast meet could be last chance to stop extremism: Jordan    

11/4/2007 - Blair calls on Israel, Palestinians to 'get real'    

11/4/2007 - Subpoenas in AIPAC trial could reveal Bush team's inner workings "Defendants are entitled to show that, to them, there was simply no difference between the meetings for which they are not charged and those for which they are charged," Ellis wrote, "and that they believed that the meetings charged in the indictment were simply further examples of the government's use of AIPAC as a diplomatic back channel." Who was using whom here?

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11/3/2007 - Lion escapes from an Israeli settlement near Bethlehem Palestinian villagers from Al Fourdess added that now they have to fear not only the settler and their violent attacks on the locals, but now they also have to fear the ferocious animals kept as pets by the Israeli settlers.  

11/3/2007 - Lebanese paper: US okays large Gaza op The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported Saturday morning that "credible diplomatic sources" had said American approval for a broad operation in Gaza had come after Israeli intelligence impressed on US officials the importance of such an incursion as an answer to the unprecedented level of arms smuggling to Gaza from Sinai.  

11/3/2007 - Abdel-Rahman: Hamas must end its 'coup' before starting dialogue    

11/3/2007 - Palestine and Apartheid    

11/3/2007 - HEBRON UPDATE: 15-21 October 2007    

11/3/2007 - Rice flies in for talks with Israeli, Palestinian leaders    

11/3/2007 - Palestinian PM asks Israel to accept deadline for peace deal, free prisoners Israel has rejected a timeline, the U.S. has been cool to the idea and Fayyad said he is not issuing an ultimatum. However, he warned that the situation on the ground is not static and that with continued Israeli settlement expansion, prospects for a two-state solution are getting dimmer every day  

11/3/2007 - Head of Palestinian central bank resigns The head of the Palestine Authority's central bank resigned on Saturday, the office of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas announced.  

11/3/2007 - Hamas chief wants talks but will not 'beg' Fatah    

11/3/2007 - No Hamas-Fatah dialogue despite positive signals: Abbas aide    

11/3/2007 - Peace activists join the Palestinians in olive harvesting season    

11/3/2007 - Palestinian President meets US envoy in Ramallah Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas met on Saturday with David Welch, assistant of the US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. The two met at the Palestinian presidential compound in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.  

11/3/2007 - Hamas vows to convene parl't despite lawmakers absence    

11/3/2007 - Zawahiri urges overthrow Palestinian president Al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri called for the overthrow of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas saying he had turned the movement into an "annex of the CIA," in an audiotape message released on Saturday.  

11/3/2007 - Popularity of Arafat growing in West Bank While Arafat's reign was tumultuous and never short on conflict, regional pollster Jamil Rabah said his memory has taken on mythic proportions from his supporters and critics alike, the newspaper reported.  

11/3/2007 - Major powers warn Syria against meddling in Lebanon vote    

11/3/2007 - Weak case seen in failed trial of charity "The whole case was based on assumptions that were based on suspicions," said juror Scroggins, who added: "If they had been a Christian or Jewish group, I don't think [prosecutors] would have brought charges against them.".....In the aftermath of the mistrial, Turley said, it was clear "this case was riddled with highly suspect evidence, some of it derived from Israeli intelligence." Thankfully, American jurors still require actual proof before they will convict.

11/3/2007 - 'Waltheimer' on the Hot Seat In essence, Mearsheimer and Walt argue that America's uncritical and uncompromising support of Israel is not in America's interests. It stimulates the spread of anti-American sentiment in the Muslim and Arab worlds and fuels terrorism. They charge the Israel lobby ? a coalition of individuals and groups, some of them Jewish, some evangelical Christian ? with playing a key role in pushing for the invasion of Iraq as well as driving a policy of confrontation with Syria and Iran.  

11/3/2007 - Israeli Authorities demolish Arab houses in Negev The Authorities demolished four houses in Wadi Al Ni?am, including the house of Salama Al Danfeery, who managed on Wednesday to obtain an order from an Israeli court to halt the demolishing of his home, but the authorities disregarded the order.  

11/3/2007 - Palestine Mural unveiled After two years of planning, painting, and controversy, the General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) Friday unveiled the Palestinian Cultural Mural at the Cesar Chavez Student Center at SF State.  

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11/2/2007 - Israeli strike kills Hamas security man in Gaza An Israeli aircraft attacked a car carrying Hamas security men in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing one of them and wounding two others, Hamas officials said.  

11/2/2007 - Hamas sources: ?PA security in Jenin breaks into students residence, arrest seven? Media sources close to Hamas movement reported on Friday that Palestinian security forces arrested on Thursday seven students, members of the Islamic Bloc, at the Arab American University in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.  

11/2/2007 - Hamas detainees slam the arrest of 15 Hamas supporters by Palestinian forces Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, members of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, slammed on Friday the arrest of 15 Hamas supporters by Palestinian forces in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, including four who were recently released from Israeli detention facilities.  

11/2/2007 - Olmert ally says Israel wants peace before Bush quits    

11/2/2007 - Two injured in the weekly Bil'in protest On Friday a number of International and Israeli peace activists joined the villagers of Bil'in near the central west Bank city of Ramallah, in their weekly protest against the illegal wall. The main theme of Friday's protest was the 90th anniversary Balfour Agreement promised to the Jewish movement of an independent Jewish country in Palestine.  

11/2/2007 - Palestinian force enters Nablus in security drive Hundreds of Palestinian security officers arrived in Nablus on Friday in the first stage of a Western-backed drive to crack down on gunmen in the occupied West Bank ahead of a peace conference with Israel.  

11/2/2007 - CNN Video: Gaza students desperate to go CNN's Ben Wedeman reports more than 600 Gaza students can't get to class abroad because of an Israeli travel ban.  

11/2/2007 - 'No legal obstacles to Gaza fuel cuts' Mazuz did approve the decision to reduce supplies of gasoline and diesel, and it went into effect last week. The state informed the court that the amount of gasoline allowed into Gaza had been cut from an average of 350,000-400,000 liters per week to 300,000 liters. The government is also considering a further, gradual reduction.  

11/2/2007 - Israeli sanctions mean "dire consequences" for Gaza Strip - UN    

11/2/2007 - Israeli forces invade Nablus; PA police to assume control soon    

11/2/2007 - US hopes Iran fears will prod progress at Mideast peace meet    

11/2/2007 - Abbas talks with Hamas officials Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has met Hamas officials for the first time since the militant group's takeover of the Gaza Strip in June  

11/2/2007 - Only Christian TV station in Holy Land closes Unemployment runs as high as 65% in Bethlehem and farmers complain that large areas of their land have been taken up by the West Bank barrier and the several Jewish settlements that have been built nearby. The Christian population of the town of Bethlehem is thought to be around 40% today, down from around 90% in the 1940s.  

11/2/2007 - The Chorus of Slander on Palestine    

11/2/2007 - Qalandiya Road Improvements Will Ease Palestinian Traffic Jams    

11/2/2007 - ID cards granted to workers from 'non-countries' The Department of Foreign Affairs said last night that Ireland recognised the right of the Palestinian people to a separate homeland, but that PPS numbers did not denote nationality.  

11/2/2007 - Israeli city relives 'last charge' In 1917, Beersheba, located in the Ottoman province of Palestine, was a strategic stronghold of the Ottoman Empire. It wasn't an Israeli city back then.

11/2/2007 - Church Leaders Condemn Killing of Christian Palestinian    

11/2/2007 - Judge subpoenas Rice, Hadley for AIPAC trial Rosen and Weissman have contended that government officials routinely used AIPAC to convey messages to Israel and to other parties, including the media.  

11/2/2007 - Site aims to defend, monitor Palestinian media A Web site for media professionals in the Palestinian territories aims to promote press freedom and publicize violations against Palestinian media.  

11/2/2007 - Rice against 'compromises' with Lebanon's pro-Syrian opposition US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday warned against diplomatic moves to solve Lebanon's serious political crisis by compromising with the country's pro-Syrian opposition. Who is always calling for the cessation of foreign interference in Lebanese politics, mewonders? Can you say HYPROCRISY?

11/2/2007 - Balfour's legacy: Creating Israel from empire's needs "Lloyd George thought that maybe, if he could swing Jewish opinion in Russia behind the Allies, that might keep Russia in the war. And if he could win over Jewish opinion in America, maybe that would push America into the war on the side of the Allies. "And what would be the key to winning Jewish opinion? The promise to set up a Jewish national home in Palestine. That was the crucial trigger for the Balfour declaration."  

11/2/2007 - ?USAF Struck Syrian Nuclear Site? The sources were quoted as saying that Israeli F-15 and F-16 jets provided cover for the US planes.  

11/2/2007 - IAEA Syria probe may be inconclusive "If the IAEA got credible indications from anyone of nuclear procurement or activity, that would be different, but imagery of a tall building shaped like a square, that's not enough (to tell whether or not the site may have been a nuclear site)."  

11/2/2007 - True Torah Jews' Statement on Jerusalem World Jewry includes hundreds of thousands of more traditionally Orthodox Jews who do not see any inherent value in Jewish sovereignty over Jerusalem or any other place. Most of these Jews, in fact, see the Zionist occupation of the Holy Land as a terrible sin and a misfortune.  

11/2/2007 - Rice, Hadley to be subpoenaed in pro-Israel lobby spy case   Almost all are neocons, pro-Israelis or Israel-stooges. The defense (two former AIPACers) is trying to suggest that they don't have to spy on the US - it openly shares secrets with them. This only bolsters the case of those opposed to the overwhelming influence of the Israeli lobby over our government. Might that be the real point here, mmm? We've still got some true patriots in govt, praise the lord.

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11/1/2007 - German FM moots EU sanctions on Iran Visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday raised the possibility of EU sanctions against Iran after Israel called for Berlin's backing over its enemy's nuclear drive.  

11/1/2007 - Egypt Challenges Israeli Smuggling Claims "The Israelis are trying to pressure Egypt into reinforcing the ongoing siege of Gaza," Gamal Zahran, political science professor at Suez Canal University and independent member of parliament, told IPS. "At the same time, they are hoping to sabotage the relationship between Cairo and Hamas on one hand, and Cairo and Washington on the other."  

11/1/2007 - Heavy rocket barrage hits southern Israel According to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth's website, a total of 13 Qassam rockets were fired at Israeli communities close to the Gaza border. No injuries were reported in the attack.  

11/1/2007 - Severe water shortage in Hebron District The shortage exists for two primary reasons. One, Mekorot's policy in the West Bank has always been based on flagrant discrimination against Palestinians and in favor of settlers.  

11/1/2007 - Erekat: Israeli-Palestinian negotiation teams still exchange views    

11/1/2007 - U.S. ups pressure on Israel to quit W. Bank outposts Hadley's message was that if Israel wants to delay the discussions on the core issues - refugees, Jerusalem and borders - it must help the Palestinians change the situation on the ground and evacuate the outposts. What a joke.

11/1/2007 - Israeli court demands money from child of a killed Palestinian fighter The family of a Palestinian fighter killed by the Israeli army were this week shocked to receive an Israeli court order demanding the child of the fighter pay for the cost of transporting the body.  

11/1/2007 - Hamas calls for a state of emergency in Gaza The ruling Hamas movement in Gaza called on Thursday on all Palestinian resistance factions to declare a high state of alert, in preparation for an imminent Israeli massive offensive on the coastal region  

11/1/2007 - Israeli soldiers exchange photos of killed Palestinians Israeli soldiers have recently exchanged photos of killed Palestinians on their cellular phones, the Israeli Daily Mariv reported on Thursday.  

11/1/2007 - Germany pledges one million euros to UNRWA in Gaza Germany has pledged one million euros for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, visiting German Foreign Minister Frank- Walter Steinmeier said during a press conference in Ramallah on Thursday evening with Palestinian Minister of Information Riad al Malaki.  

11/1/2007 - Israeli army invades village near Salfit, kidnaps six civilians    

11/1/2007 - Fatah targets mosques in latest anti-Hamas campaign    

11/1/2007 - Senior Palestinian official warns of land seizure in East Jerusalem    

11/1/2007 - Female detainee on hunger strike for fourth day    

11/1/2007 - Israeli fire wounds 10 in Gaza    

11/1/2007 - West Bank fence driving out Christians   It's not a fence, it's a wall. And it was built not on the border, but inside Palestinian territory - illegal under international law.

11/1/2007 - Israel prods Germany on Iran Israel urged Germany to stand strong on the need for tougher international pressure against Iran.  

11/1/2007 - The siege of Gaza is going to lead to a violent escalation the US is gearing up for a peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, from which Hamas is excluded and which almost nobody believes offers any prospect of real progress towards a settlement. Its main appeal to the Bush administration is perhaps that it can be seen to be doing something about the Israel-Palestine conflict at a time when it needs to corral its Arab allies for the coming confrontation with Iran. My sentiments exactly.

11/1/2007 - Israeli army invades Ramallah; shopping malls attacked    

11/1/2007 - Al Aqsa Foundation warns of new Israeli excavation south of the Al Aqsa Mosque    

11/1/2007 - Shiokhy slams ongoing attacks carried by settlers and soldiers in the West Bank    

11/1/2007 - Palestinian journalists get investigative training The Media Development Center at Birzeit University in the West Bank is organizing a training workshop for print journalists. Application deadline: November 12.  

11/1/2007 - Jimmy Carter Man From Plains    

11/1/2007 - New doc proves Carter embodies American spirit    

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