October '07 Archive

10/31/2007 - Israeli troops kill Islamist gunman in Gaza    

10/31/2007 - From Oct. 31, 1999: Israel Explores Dark Pages of Its Past By the time the shooting stopped that evening in 1956, Israeli troops had killed 49 peaceable residents, half of them women and children, in the village of Kafr Kassem, about 10 miles east of Tel Aviv. All the dead were Arabs and all were full Israeli citizens, headed home at dusk from work in fields and factories--and unaware that a military curfew prohibiting movement after sundown had been imposed an hour or so earlier. Not the first time Israeli forces deliberately gunned down civilians, and certainly won't be the last.

10/31/2007 - Hamas:Israel arrests its members after PNA releases them The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said on Wednesday that Israel arrested its members as soon as they were released from the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) jails.  

10/31/2007 - Al-Qassam Brigades: we will attack Israel should targeted assassinations continue A spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, on Tuesday stated that the group would strike inside Israeli territory should Israel not halt its policy of targeted assassination across the Palestinian territories.  

10/31/2007 - Israeli military invades Beit Jala    

10/31/2007 - Israeli under-cover unit infiltrates Bethlehem, kidnapping one    

10/31/2007 - Israeli border police seize Palestinian youth near Hebron Israeli media sources claimed that the 18 year old teen had a gun and a knife, in addition to a suicide note.  

10/31/2007 - Hamas leaders in West Bank distance themselves from Gaza activists who say Abbas will fall Two Hamas leaders in the West Bank on Wednesday distanced themselves from a Gaza counterpart who bragged that the Islamic militant group would eventually take over the West Bank.  

10/31/2007 - NATO-style force in Palestine? Israel and Western peace mediators are discussing the possibility of deploying an international security force in territory the Palestinians want for a state.  

10/31/2007 - Hamas to hold general conference in Gaza against U.S.-host meeting    

10/31/2007 - Gaza Police: "12 officers killed in October" The Ministry stated that five had been killed while on regular duty, while 7 died as a direct result of Israeli military operations.  

10/31/2007 - Hamas: Terawi's statements a ?declaration of war? on resistance    

10/31/2007 - Iranian foreign minister meets Hamas officials in Syrian capital    

10/31/2007 - Palestinian prisoner appeals to international community to save his life The Israeli authorities have thus far refused to provide Moussa with the necessary medical treatment, so he has appealed to international humanitarian organizations to intervene on his behalf to save his life.  

10/31/2007 - Israeli army launches Rafah incursion A column of Israeli tanks, accompanied by a bulldozer, on Wednesday morning launched an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, media sources and eyewitnesses reported.  

10/31/2007 - Gaza college students trapped in Gaza    

10/31/2007 - Blast rips through Gaza beauty salon    

10/31/2007 - Israeli forces prevent elderly man from entering Jerusalem for medical treatment    

10/31/2007 - Israel seeks to buy $1.3 bln of U.S. missiles "Israel's strategic position makes it vital to the United States' interests throughout the Middle East," the agency said. "It is vital to the U.S. national interest to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability." Pure BS. Israel is a liability, an albatross around the neck of the American taxpaying public.

10/31/2007 - Pro-Abbas security: 2 Hamas members surrender in West Bank Meanwhile, Tawfiq al-Tirrawi, director of the Palestinian intelligence, accused Israel of providing weapons to Hamas in West Bank. "Israel helps Hamas and moves its members to areas under the Israeli control and provides them with arms," al-Tirrawi said during an interview on Tuesday with Israel's television channel 10. Israel has no immediate comment on the claims.  

10/31/2007 - HEBRON ACTION ALERT: CPT Palestine announces "No Way to the Inn: Bethlehem During the seasons of Advent and Christmas, erect a wall around nativity sets in your homes and churches to raise awareness of the separation barrier the Israeli authorities are erecting in the occupied Palestinian territories. Inform local media and use this action as an opportunity to spread the word about the separation barrier.  

10/31/2007 - 'IDF can destroy Iran's nuclear program' ** "We don't see anyone trying to stop Iran," he added They won't if they can get us to do it for them.

10/31/2007 - IDF's tactical upper hand over Hamas in Gaza is diminishing On Monday, Major Ehud Efrati was killed and a Golani soldier was seriously injured. How do these increased casualties, which include two soldiers lightly injured on Friday and another soldier killed two weeks ago, affect the likelihood of a large-scale operation in the strip? On one hand, such losses encourage the IDF to take fewer risks, which means employing more indiscriminate fire, and this leads naturally toward escalation.  

10/31/2007 - Echoing the call for a two-state solution The Boston OneVoice Echo event, along with similar events worldwide, was part of an effort to add signatories to the OneVoice Mandate, which demands negotiations leading to a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian territories.  

10/31/2007 - McCain ad runs on Rabin conspiracy site Ma'ariv's online edition, NRG, ran a captured screen on Tuesday showing the ad and quoted campaign officials as saying they were unaware of the ad buy, but noting that "the senator has been very clear in his support for Israel." Why would an American presidential candidate need to be running campaign ads on an Israeli website anyway?

10/31/2007 - Brown in 'positive' Saudi talks Mr Brown and King Abdullah discussed their expectations for the peace conference in Maryland but the monarch did not give a clear indication whether his country would be represented.  

10/31/2007 - Carter's Efforts To Mend Ties With Community Get Cold Shoulder Carter has had strained relations with much of the organized Jewish community since the publication of his book ?Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid? and his ensuing remarks regarding the Jewish lobby?s influence on American foreign policy. The reception he received last week suggests that the resentment is still strong and that it may pose an obstacle for him as he attempts to offer his help in brokering peace in the Middle East.....The members of Congress told Carter that he needs to apologize, but the former president did not do so.  

10/31/2007 - Israeli cops give PA traffic tips Israeli police trained Palestinian Authority counterparts on road safety issues.  

10/31/2007 - Knesset move angers Arab Israelis "If we have to choose between loyalty to our people, or serving the Knesset, then good luck to the Knesset," said Muhammad Barakei, who heads the Hadash party. "All the racists can choke."  

10/31/2007 - Al-Qassam Brigades leader reportedly returns to Gaza Muhammad Daif, leader of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has reportedly returned to the Gaza Strip after spending more than one year abroad receiving medical attention.  

10/31/2007 - Clinton avoids mention of 'Palestinian state' U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reportedly did not mention a "Palestinian state" in her message to an Arab-American conference.  

10/31/2007 - Conference offered view on Israel and Palestine I'm a Christian, but I am appalled by the Christian right's support of establishing a state of Israel that excludes the rights of the Palestinians as well as advocating for a first-strike war on Iran based on their narrow interpretation of the Bible.  

10/31/2007 - Steinmeier discusses European action plan with Palestinians Steinmeier left Ramallah after his 90-minute meeting with Fayyad without answering questions or elaborating on the European action plan, and headed for Tel Aviv and talks with Israeli President Shimon Peres  

10/31/2007 - Karen Hughes leaves, mission not accomplished "Polls show no improvement in the world's view of the U.S. since Hughes took over,''  

10/31/2007 - Charges dropped against 2 Palestinians "My family and I feel a tremendous amount of relief today," Hamide said in a statement. "After 20 years, the nightmare is finally over. I feel vindicated at long last."  

10/31/2007 - Most Israelis want peace negotiations revived after Annapolis A majority of 54.4 per cent also said they would support transferring Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhoods to Palestinian sovereignty, an almost complete withdrawal from the West Bank and the release of all Palestinian militants held in Israeli prisons.  

10/31/2007 - Palestinian envoys brief Syrians on talks with Israel    

10/31/2007 - The U.S. blacklisted me. Let's talk. After American organizations sued, the government abandoned its initial reason for excluding me but came up with a new one ? that, between 1998 and 2002, I had contributed small amounts of money to a Swiss charity supporting humanitarian work in the Palestinian territories. The government is relying on a "material support" law that didn't exist until 2005 ? long after I made the donations ? and it is holding me accountable for donating to a charity that still operates lawfully in Europe today Another witchhunt likely led on by the Israeli lobby.

10/31/2007 - Hezbollah, PKK and American Hypocrisy What?s that? Washington is asking Turkey to show restraint and not attack Iraq at all? Even after the Kurdish terrorists killed or kidnapped all those Turkish people? Could it be that Turkish lives are worth less than Israeli lives?  

10/31/2007 - The Israel lobby: "We have an 'unwritten contract' with the American media"   Don't it feel good to see the Lobby scattering in all directions lately? After five plus years of spreading the word about it, the answer is YES.

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10/30/2007 - Israeli strike kills four in Gaza Four people have died in an Israeli strike on a Hamas-run police station in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinians say......Earlier on Tuesday an Israeli missile hit a house in northern Gaza, injuring two children.  

10/30/2007 - Palestinian family attacked; Mother kidnapped    

10/30/2007 - Three Palestinian police officers injured in Hebron by unknown gunmen    

10/30/2007 - Hamas plans no militant West Bank takeover    

10/30/2007 - Israeli military detain sick Palestinian woman at checkpoint in Hebron For two hours on Tuesday 30 October, the Israeli military prevented a sick Palestinian woman from reaching her home in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron. She was returning from a hospital in Jerusalem in a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance, escorted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).  

10/30/2007 - Gaza electricity cuts suspended Attorney General Menachem Mazouz's decision came after a number of human rights groups criticised the proposed cutbacks as collective punishment of the Palestinian people.  

10/30/2007 - Riot in Druze village Three rioters were wounded by live bullets fired by police, prompting Israeli Arab leaders to call for an investigation. Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter vowed a crackdown on those who had assaulted the police officers  

10/30/2007 - Russia sends aid trucks to Palestine ?The Palestinian people are not responsible for those actions of some terrorist and political groups. That?s why this collective punishment for Palestinians is unacceptable, according not only to Russia, but also to the UN. Ban Ki Moon declared very clearly his position; he rejects these measures undertaken by Israeli government,? Vyacheslav Matuzov said.  

10/30/2007 - Mayor: Concessions in Jerusalem akin to disembowelment    

10/30/2007 - Dr. al-Malky: ?security forces ready to deploy in November? Minister of Information Dr. Riyad al-Malky on Monday stated that Palestinian Security Forces are finalizing their preparations to deploy 500 security officers in the northern West Bank city of Nablus in November.  

10/30/2007 - Al-Qassam Brigades display remnants of an Israeli soldier?s dead body in southern Gaza    

10/30/2007 - Egypt arrests Palestinians over plot EGYPTIAN authorities have arrested three Palestinians linked to the group that kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston on their way to carry out bombings in Israel, a security source said today.  

10/30/2007 - Israeli army invades Bil'in village; kidnaps one international During the search, a Polish activist from the International Solidarity Movement was abducted after he attempted to prevent Israeli soldiers from attacking Bornat's family.  

10/30/2007 - Govt concerned over Gaza power cut threat Foreign Secretary David Miliband said London had raised the issue with the Israeli authorities, who had given them assurances that they would avoid "adverse" consequences from any action.  

10/30/2007 - Mubarak, Abbas meet on latest Palestinian developments    

10/30/2007 - Pro-Abbas security forces nabbs three Hamas members in West Bank In the West Bank city of Nablus, the Preventive security forces arrested a Hamas member after beating him on the street. In the same city, the same security officers detained a second Hamas members.  

10/30/2007 - Commander: Hamas to resume attacks inside Israel "A few days ago, I have met Hamas' military wing chief, Mohammed al-Dief, and he told me we will start attacking Israel instead of just defending ourselves," Sounds like BS to me.

10/30/2007 - Abbas calls for implementation of Road Map's first phase    

10/30/2007 - Israeli soldiers kidnap one Palestinian near Jenin Israeli forces on Tuesday attacked a Palestinian home in the village of Siliat al-Thaher located near Jenin city in the northern part of the West Bank, kidnapping one civilian and reportedly stealing 2500 JD from the house  

10/30/2007 - Quadruplets born to couple in troubled Gaza    

10/30/2007 - Fateh fighter dies of wounds sustained in an Israeli attack two weeks ago    

10/30/2007 - Israel steps up threats to invade Gaza Strip    

10/30/2007 - Israeli army kidnaps 15 Palestinian civilians across West Bank    

10/30/2007 - Attacking Iran for Israel? ** The Israelis appear convinced they have extracted a promise from Bush and Cheney that they will help Israel nip Iran?s nuclear program in the bud before they leave office. Ray McGovern = former CIA official.

10/30/2007 - Gazan cancer patient dies after being delayed entry into Israel for 10 days    

10/30/2007 - China, Israel disagree on Iran Talks between China and Israel on a nuclear Iran ended in a stalemate.  

10/30/2007 - Hariri: 'Evidence of fresh plot'    

10/30/2007 - Israel holds war game The exercise originally was to have taken place on the Golan Heights but was relocated for fear of worrying Syria, which has been bracing for a possible war with Israel.  

10/30/2007 - McCain to Jewish leaders: Peace in Israel requires U.S. win in Iraq    

10/30/2007 - Palestinians resist media demonization    

10/30/2007 - Hamas boy band to bring harmony to Gaza "It is our job to inspire the foot soldiers," said Maj Hosam Abu Abdu, a 40-year-old former police officer who now fronts the band. "We want to urge the soldiers and officers to push on, to make the effort needed in the struggle to end the occupation [of Palestinian land by Israel]."  

10/30/2007 - Seizure of terror suspect funds questioned "The fact that they couldn't get a single conviction suggests that we need to rethink the process by which (Holy Land) was shut down," David Cole, a law professor at Georgetown University told the Monitor. "They were able to close it down, freeze its assets ... ultimately on the basis of secret evidence."  

10/30/2007 - Archbishop Hana: Jerusalem should be placed at top of agenda    

10/30/2007 - Amnesty International Calls for Inquiry into Reports of Looting and Abuses at Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon Amnesty International submitted a letter to Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora calling for an urgent investigation into reports of looting, arson and vandalism of homes and property inside Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp since the Lebanese army regained control of the camp in September, and into continuing reports of harassment and abuse of Palestinian refugees by Lebanese army soldiers.  

10/30/2007 - India to contribute 600,000 USD for rehabilitation of Palestinian refugee in Lebanon Indian today announced its decision to contribute 600,000 dollars for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Palestinian refugee camps in Northern Lebanon.  

10/30/2007 - Minister would nix automatic citizenship Sheetrit also said he would not let in potential immigrants who say they are descendants of Jews. "Don't go finding me any lost tribes because I won't let them in anymore," he said. "We have enough problems in Israel. Let them go to America.?  

10/30/2007 - Gaza sanctions: The legal argument The intervention by Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to suspend a plan to restrict electricity supplies to Gaza raises the issue of Israel's rights and responsibilities under international humanitarian law.  

10/30/2007 - FM: World must halt Iran nukes regardless of economic interest **   Even if it had the bomb, Iran would never be dumb enough to strike Israel. This matter is entirely about having the upper hand in the area - and Israel seeks to retain that edge, no matter the cost in American blood and treasure, because it sure the hell isn't Israel fighting in Iraq, and it won't be Israel that attacks Iran. Whose war is this?

10/30/2007 - Toronto alt-mag labels Israel an ?apartheid? state Published six times a year, the Toronto-based journal, which is known for its leftist leanings, claims a readership of some 10,000 people. Its 2007 September-October issue contains five features and one smaller story on Israel, all meant to shed light on what editor Jessica Johnston called in her editor?s forward the ?clear and well documented? injustices perpetrated by the Israeli state against Palestinians.?  

10/30/2007 - OU Concerned by Rice Consultations with Former President Carter    

10/30/2007 - Secretary-General appoints Max Gaylard of Australia as Deputy Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process, ad interim The Secretary-General has asked Mr. Gaylard to travel to the region this week to lead the United Nations country team in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.  

10/30/2007 - Former Hamas spokesman decries group's extremism In seven blunt pages, he calls the group's military takeover of Gaza in June unjust and a "strategic mistake that has burdened the movement with more than it can bear." He accuses Hamas of being too stubborn to admit its mistakes. He chastises it for forgetting that militancy is a tool and not a goal. And he makes an emphatic appeal for Hamas to embrace "tolerance, pardon and reconciliation."  

10/30/2007 - Middle East expert or Islamophobe? FAU speaker generates protests Critics say Pipes, considered an ally to Israel, has demonized Muslims. "He uses the word 'terrorist' for anyone who disagrees with his position on Israel," Pipes = neocon extraordinaire.

10/30/2007 - The International Laws of Belligerent Occupation The Fourth Geneva Convention applies to the West Bank, to the Gaza Strip, and to the entire City of Jerusalem, in order to protect the Palestinians living there. The Palestinian People living in this Palestinian Land are ?protected persons? within the meaning of the Fourth Geneva Convention. All of their rights are sacred under international law.  

10/30/2007 - Sabotage fails, free speech wins    

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10/29/2007 - Israeli soldier and 3 Palestinians die in Gaza clashes Israeli tanks and helicopters shelled Beit Hanoun during the clash, killing a gunman and a civilian  

10/29/2007 - Four die in Israeli raid in Gaza Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed. At least two of the Palestinians were from Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza.  

10/29/2007 - Attorney general says Israel can't cut power to Gaza    

10/29/2007 - Conditions worsen in Warsaw ghetto as Nazis tighten grip "The situation is so bad that you really prefer to die," Sultan said. "I prefer to die rather than to live a life like this." Collective punishment was supposed to have gone out with the Nazis.

10/29/2007 - Lawmaker: Palestine in difficult phase Palestinians are experiencing "one of the most difficult phases in our history," said Hanan Ashrawi, an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and an active voice in the Mideast peace process.  

10/29/2007 - Israel's Gaza fuel cuts alarm UN Israeli energy sanctions against the Hamas-run Gaza Strip punish an entire population and are unacceptable, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said.  

10/29/2007 - Abbas urged to stop meeting Israeli officials The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Monday urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop meetings with Israeli leaders.  

10/29/2007 - Peres defends actions against Gaza    

10/29/2007 - Britain sees American continentals too "exhausted" to rebel Israeli intelligence believes that Palestinians would lack the will for a new popular uprising against occupation should an upcoming peace conference fail to meet their expectations, a senior official said on Monday. Lil word play there. Lest we forget, Americans were once under a foreign occupation for a time. That is, until we shook it off. 'Twas an American intifada. And folks, we Americans rebeled in response to much MUCH less than what these people have had to endure.

10/29/2007 - Israel's decision to cut power in Gaza is illegal, says UN The UN's top official in Gaza will tell British ministers today that Israel's cuts in fuel and power to the Palestinians violate international law, while the isolation of Hamas has strengthened extremism and started to drive non-affiliated moderates who can leave Gaza to do so.  

10/29/2007 - Hamas spokesperson brands Abbas "submissive" Hamas spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum on Monday branded Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "submissive", after the latter voiced his opposition to the alternative fall summit, scheduled for Novemeber, in Damascus.  

10/29/2007 - Al Ajrami: no settlement with Israel without solution to detainees issue The Palestinian Minister for political detainees' affairs in the care-taker government, Ashraf Al Ajrami, stated on Saturday that the issue of Palestinian political detainees held by Israelis is now being brought to the negotiating table.  

10/29/2007 - EU concerned over Israel sanctions on Gaza    

10/29/2007 - Livni to China: Get tough on Iran    

10/29/2007 - Three Palestinians kidnapped in Nablus Three Palestinians were kidnapped, and two Israeli soldiers moderately injured, when the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus in the early hours of Monday morning.  

10/29/2007 - Violence, lack of land access, make for bitter olive harvest "Just yesterday the settlers were here, very violent. They were armed. They yelled and threatened us," Nadia said. She said the previous day, her neighbours from the village Til were attacked by several settlers from the nearby outpost Havat Gilad.  

10/29/2007 - Israeli soldiers attack a Palestinian worker in Jerusalem    

10/29/2007 - Israeli army attacks Hebron area Local sources reported that the bulldozers demolished animal sheds and huts in an attempt to force Palestinian farmers from the land.  

10/29/2007 - 'Mystery' US base causes confusion among Lebanese according to a report in Beirut newspaper As-Safir published last week, Edelman - who during his visit met with Premier Fouad Seniora, Defence Minister Elias Murr and Lebanese Army Commander General Michel Suleiman - not only discussed the Lebanese Army's training and equipment needs but also put forward a draft agreement that would see US naval, air and land bases set up on Lebanese territory. So's we can continue to fight Israel's enemies in the area.

10/29/2007 - Nazis evict Jews on 'wrong' side of barrier Israeli troops on Monday destroyed tents where nearly 300 Palestinians have been living near Hebron and handed out orders for them to decamp to a neighbouring West Bank village, witnesses said.  

10/29/2007 - Palestinian team refused permission to travel by Israeli government The Palestine football association has approached the sport's governing body FIFA with a request to reschedule Palestine's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Singapore after the team was refused permission by the Israeli government to travel to the game. Another Nazi-like behavior manifested by the Israeli government.

10/29/2007 - Despite promises of support, Fayyad facing budget woes An impending drop in revenues and a lack of direct budget support for Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's government is raising the prospect of a large cash shortage starting in January, Western officials said.  

10/29/2007 - Lieberman demands population exchange Lieberman demanded that the permanent agreement with the Palestinians include an exchange of populations and territories, in a way which will guarantee the Jews a majority of 80% in the State of Israel.  

10/29/2007 - Israel rejects criticism of Gaza sanctions    

10/29/2007 - ZOA: No Palestinian statehood The ZOA published a full-page advertisement in the New York Times and other newspapers a month before the U.S. secretary of state convenes a conference aimed at creating a Palestinian state.  

10/29/2007 - Palestinian political detainees meet with Israeli prison administration    

10/29/2007 - Humanitarian delivers Middle East insights Since his arrival in Jerusalem in 2005, Garofalo has established many relationships with Palestinians that has informed his opinion on their plight. The CRS office serving the area employs a staff of 40 people, only four of them are non-Palestinian.  

10/29/2007 - Israel, Canada sign security accord During his stay in the US, the Kadima minister has also been active in helping to lay the groundwork for the upcoming Annapolis summit as well as addressing the annual convention of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee).  

10/29/2007 - Fifty-first anniversary of Kufer Qassem massacre   Here is an older article about from the Washington Post.

10/29/2007 - Palestinian President to meet Kuwaiti King and other officials on Monday    

10/29/2007 - Olmert to remain in office despite cancer The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, pledged today that he will carry on with his job despite being diagnosed with prostate cancer.  

10/29/2007 - Alan Johnston answers your questions    

10/29/2007 - What will happen after Bush? Another context is the continuing erosion of Israel's standing in the United States. This does not manifest itself in public opinion polls and in votes in Congress, but rather in the loss of the "moral horizon," the change that has occurred in the standing of Israel, which used to be regarded as an attractive and just state. A clear expression of this is the recent reception of Jimmy Carter's book and of the book written by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt about the Israeli lobby, which not only expressed criticism of Israel's policy but also questioned its legitimacy. Despite the criticism to which they have been subjected, these books are making waves and their authors are appearing throughout the United States. The "letter of the eight" is another link in this chain. If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

10/29/2007 - One-state plan defeated at Oxford debate A motion calling for a one-state solution was defeated at the famous Oxford Union debating forum.  

10/29/2007 - Free craft Sundays at the National Arab American Museum this Sunday, kids will decorate handkerchiefs with cross-stitch embroidery, in patterns inspired by the current exhibition, Threads of Pride: Palestinian Traditional Costumes  

10/29/2007 - Israel, IAEA spar "If countries have information that the country is working on a nuclear-related program, they should come to us," ElBaradei told CNN's "Late Edition." "But to bomb first and then ask questions later, I think it undermines the system and it doesn't lead to any solution to any suspicion."  

10/29/2007 - Essen Jews to boycott Kristallnacht ceremony At issue is a flyer that an employee in the city's office for intercultural projects signed and circulated last year in which she called Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert "Adolf Olmert" and used the phrase "Holocaust in Lebanon."  

10/29/2007 - Inside Israel's Military Courts   We have adopted Israel's tactics in many venues, which is where the term 'Palestinian hanging' came from. Their influence is overarching.

10/29/2007 - The cost of American bellicosity toward Iran Israeli officials have welcomed this American escalation of pressures on Iran, apparently considering it a foreign-policy achievement for Israel, as well as for the formidable array of pro-Israel US pundits who push for a combative policy against Iran.  

10/29/2007 - Palestinian census carries sobering subtext for Israelis since that last census, the trepidation among Israeli Jews to return the country to its narrow borders prior to the 1967 Six Day War has been trumped by fears of a "demographic problem": Israelis may one day wake up to find themselves a minority in control of a Palestinian Arab majority  

10/29/2007 - Report: ?360 Palestinian children remain imprisoned by Israel"    

10/29/2007 - Peace Now Urges Israeli Government to Reverse Policy of Cutting Supplies to Gaza. APN: Decision Underscores Need for Diplomacy In a letter to Barak, Peace Now's Secretary General Yariv Oppenheimer characterized the new policy as both immoral and impractical.  

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10/28/2007 - Israeli military invades Islamic charitable organization in Nablus Eyewitnesses report that Israeli soldiers invaded a building in Nablus and confiscated property belonging to an Islamic charitable organization for orphans, in the early hours of Saturday morning.  

10/28/2007 - EU officials says Gaza power plant receives fuel shipment Gaza's power plant received a full supply of fuel on Sunday, officials with the European-funded fuel supply programme said.  

10/28/2007 - Iran: 'Tell us where Arad is and we'll get him' "If you have the address where he is being held ? give it to us so we could go and get him," he said in a challenge to Israeli officials who have long said that Iran is involved in the case.  

10/28/2007 - At least 16 die in illegal immigrant tragedy off Italy - Summary The illegal immigrants, mostly Palestinians and with a 10-year-old child among them, are believed to have set out on their perilous journey from Turkey.  

10/28/2007 - At-Tuwani Release: "My piece of land that has grown things": harvest Currently around 35 villagers of Susiya are still living in the area in tent dwellings surrounded by Susya Israeli settlement, three outposts and a military base and face ongoing harassment by Israeli settlers.  

10/28/2007 - POLITICS: Desmond Tutu Likens Israeli Actions to Apartheid Israeli policy toward Palestine is an inflammatory topic in the U.S. and is not commonly discussed in large, public forums.  

10/28/2007 - Tutu implores Jews to stop oppression Archbishop Desmond Tutu issued an impassioned plea to the Jewish people to end Israel?s oppression of Palestinians.  

10/28/2007 - PA demands that Israel remove 16 military roadblocks    

10/28/2007 - Hamas sources: ?Fateh Security forces continue to arrest Hamas members"    

10/28/2007 - American Jews act to prevent division of Jerusalem According to the Young Israel leader, the Holy City belongs to all Jews, not just those that reside in Israel. E. Jerusalem does not belong to Israel, let alone 'all Jews'. It is Israeli-OCCUPIED territory.

10/28/2007 - Palestinians urge Syria not to host Hamas talks The Palestinian Authority sent envoys to Damascus on Sunday to urge Syria not to host a gathering involving Hamas and others opposed to a peace conference with Israel to be held soon in the United States.  

10/28/2007 - Taking sides in the debate over the Middle East    

10/28/2007 - Syria complains about Israel felling cherry trees on the Golan Heights Syria filed a complaint Friday with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon protesting Israel's chopping down of trees in the occupied Golan Heights to harass farmers, the state-run news agency SANA said.  

10/28/2007 - Syrian "Nukes"? Not So Fast... (Updated)    

10/28/2007 - From white trailer in 'hostile' Hamas-run Gaza, Fatah men coordinate strip's links with Israel Rattling off ID numbers over walkie-talkies to Israeli border inspectors, they try to help a few dozen Gazans a day get into Israel for medical care. The rumble of Israeli tanks and Gaza mortar fire provide the background noise.  

10/28/2007 - Israel eyes U.S. missile-killer The United States successfully tested a missile-killer that could be integrated into Israel's strategic defense system.  

10/28/2007 - Protecting Israel is San Antonio pastor John Hagee's mission "What I am organizing now coast to coast is to get every pro-Israel church, every pro-Israel pastor, every pro-Israel para-church organization flowing together under one canopy to speak up for Israel in Washington,"  

10/28/2007 - Age of evidence hurt case on terror funds Andrew McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor who led the 1995 prosecution of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 others for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, agreed that the decade-long lag makes the government's case less compelling.  

10/28/2007 - British university officials visit Israel A delegation of university officials from the United Kingdom visited universities in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.  

10/28/2007 - IAEA chief lashes out over Israeli raid in Syria Neither Israel nor the United States has furnished "any evidence at all" to prove that the Syrian site bombed in early September was a secret nuclear facility, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency told CNN.  

10/28/2007 - Olmert courts Turkey over airstrike Israel moved to mollify Turkey over its airstrike in Syria last month.  

10/28/2007 - Refugee rappers voice disgust at Lebanon camps "Battalion 5" might conjure up images of the next big computer game, but in Lebanon it's a group of musicians who express the misery of life in Palestinian refugee camps through rap.  

10/28/2007 - Football: S'pore-Palestine World Cup qualifying match not taking place on Sunday The FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian Zone qualifying match was supposed to start at 5pm at the National Stadium. But the Palestine National Team has yet to arrive in Singapore.  

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10/27/2007 - Palestinian children and woman killed in Gaza blast Two Palestinian children aged two and 13 and a woman were killed on Saturday in an explosion of unknown origin affecting two houses in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and a medical source said.  

10/27/2007 - Nazis plans to 'isolate Warsaw 100 percent': minister Israel plans to paralyse the infrastructure of the Gaza Strip in every possible way and separate itself completely from the Palestinian territory in the long term, a minister said on Saturday. If the shoe fits.

10/27/2007 - Corner of a Gaza field 'forever England' The close-cut grass, the blossoming trees, and the row after row of austere white chiseled tombstones evoke the famed war cemeteries of northern France rather than the chaos of the Gaza Strip.  

10/27/2007 - Israeli says Gaza cuts will begin Sunday "The reduction in fuel supplies will be felt from Sunday and we will carry out electricity cuts beginning in the coming days,"  

10/27/2007 - Israeli FM to China for Iran sanctions talks Israel has previously described Iran as its principal strategic threat, and earlier this month US President George W. Bush warned of a possible World War III if Tehran acquired nuclear weapons.  

10/27/2007 - Israel restricts Christian clergy travel Israel has rescinded some travel privileges for Arab Christian clergy traveling to and around the West Bank because of security concerns, an Israeli spokeswoman said Friday.  

10/27/2007 - UAE urges UN to boost awareness on Palestinian issue UAE has reiterated that the UN and its specialised agencies need to keep the international community posted about the developments in the Palestinian issue and the Middle East in line with the UN's General Assembly resolutions in this respect.  

10/27/2007 - Committee formed to combat embargo on Gaza    

10/27/2007 - Hamas legislature criticizes attacks against students by P.A security and Fateh    

10/27/2007 - Bargouthi warns of humanitarian disaster in Gaza caused by embargo    

10/27/2007 - Israeli Army invades two West Bank towns    

10/27/2007 - Egyptian Humanitarian mission calls for solution to crisis of stranded Palestinians    

10/27/2007 - Hamas: No pre-summit attacks on Israel "Actually, those interested in such a thing are the Israeli Labor and Likud Parties," the Hamas leader said, "who are searching for a way to hamper Olmert and are also looking for a reason to attack Hamas."  

10/27/2007 - Israeli army hands out military orders to demolish Palestinian homes near Salfit    

10/27/2007 - Hamas sources: Fatah supporters bomb police car southern Gaza    

10/27/2007 - Palestinian rights meeting is protested Ateek, who was singled out by the pro-Israel demonstrators as an "extremist anti-Zionist," was unstinting in his criticism of Israel, insistent that the Israeli government is creating a form of apartheid by its actions toward Palestinians. He said that conditions in the Israeli-occupied territories may be worse than conditions for blacks during apartheid in South Africa.  

10/27/2007 - Q & A: Abraham Foxman Do I want to confront Jimmy Carter? No, but he's a former president of the United States, he's not any jerk who calls Israel apartheid. He's a former president of the United States. You can't ignore what he says about Jews. This guy cannot seem to make the distinction between criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism. Case in point: what exactly did Carter 'say about Jews'? I read the book. This is the heart of the problem: someone criticizes Israel, and they hear 'Jews' somehow. And then the kneejerk cry of anti-Semitism is heard throughout the land. It is deliberate, these people are not dumb. This article would appear to be a portrait of rambling mass hysteria over what? People dare to speak out about Israel. The jig is up, and they (in the Lobby) know it.

10/27/2007 - Orthodox rabbi breaks with norm Since 1967, when Israeli troops captured the eastern sector of Jerusalem from Arab forces, Israel has claimed all of the city as its eternal capital, never to be redivided. The United States does not recognize Israel's claim and, along with most other nations, has declined to move its embassy to Jerusalem E. Jerusalem is Israeli-occupied territory; Israel does not own it.

10/27/2007 - The New McCarthyism This is the modus operandi of the New McCarthyism. It targets a new enemy for our era: Muslims, Arabs and others in the Middle East field who are identified as stepping over an unstated line in criticizing Israel, as radical Islamists, as just plain radical or as in some way sympathetic to terrorists. Just who is behind this new McCarthyism: the Israeli Lobby.

10/27/2007 - Middle East families united by grief    

10/27/2007 - Israelis arrest three Brighton protesters Three women from Brighton have been arrested while protesting in Palestine  

10/27/2007 - Perestroika: James Fallows Says "Mainly... Jewish" Faction Pushes for Iran Showdown    

10/27/2007 - Protest by UNRWA employees in Bethlehem    

10/27/2007 - Tony Blair is Shocked - And So Are We Angela - an Israeli for 26 years - described what was happening as a system of ?apartheid? in which the Palestinians are being forcibly confined in ever more crowded, destitute ?bantustans.?  

10/27/2007 - Three international figures to receive Palestinian awards The group, the trustees of the Palestine International Award for Excellence and Creativity, said in a press conference in Ramallah that the awards were aimed at showing a different side to Palestinian society than is normally portrayed worldwide.  

10/27/2007 - Remove religion from Mideast negotiations    

10/27/2007 - Palestinians help Zionists keep kosher A Jewish agricultural law that crops up every seven years is prompting Israel's most fervent Zionists to turn to Palestinian farmers for food.  

10/27/2007 - In pictures: Jewish-Arab circus    

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10/26/2007 - Israeli forces kill five Gaza militants    

10/26/2007 - Demonstration against land thefts at Umm Salamunah    

10/26/2007 - Phantoms Over Syria by Philip Giraldi The pieces have a common thread: they rely entirely on information provided by Israeli sources without independent corroboration. And the ongoing play they are getting in the international media, without much critical commentary and without direct attribution to Israel, mark them as classic disinformation.  

10/26/2007 - Money laundering made illegal in Palestinian areas    

10/26/2007 - Abu Teir warns of Israeli policy in Jerusalem In a letter sent from the Israeli detention of Nitsan, Sheikh Mohammad Abu Teir, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council of the Hamas Jerusalem bloc, warned on Friday of the acceleration of Israeli policies in East Jerusalem, whilst Palestinians are busy with preparations for the November conference.  

10/26/2007 - Meeting between Israeli prison bosses and Palestinian detainees fails    

10/26/2007 - Israeli officials express concern over potential power cut; Erekat seeks international intervention Speaking under the condition of anonymity, Israeli military chiefs told the Israeli daily Ynet that the potential cutting of supplies would lead the state into a complex scenario in which a number of outcomes were possible, including a short-term escalation in the firing of home-made shells from the Gaza Strip.  

10/26/2007 - Israel breaks promise to Gaza students The army has broken a promise given to the High Court of Justice to renew bus transportation for Gaza Strip students to Egypt so that they can pursue their academic studies abroad, Gisha - the Legal Center for Freedom of Movement - said Thursday.  

10/26/2007 - 5 rockets hit south; no injuries reported Rocket barrage on Shabbat: Five Qassam rockets fired from northern Gaza landed in open areas near Sderot and south of Ashkelon. No injuries were reported in the attack, but a factory in Sderot's industrial zone sustained a direct hit..  

10/26/2007 - Four nonviolent activists wounded in Bil'in's weekly protest    

10/26/2007 - PresCon, Meridor hail IRGC ban The foreign policy umbrella body for U.S. Jewish groups and the Israeli ambassador to Washington praised the Bush administration for sanctioning an arm of Iran's military.  

10/26/2007 - Prosecutors Should Stop Wasting Money on This Witch Hunts In essence, this was an Israeli trial tried on American soil in which guilt by association was used as a substitute for actual evidence.  

10/26/2007 - Palestinians wed in ruins of Lebanon siege camp Surrounded by ruins, a young Palestinian couple on Friday celebrated their wedding in the refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in northern Lebanon, devastated by more than three months of fighting between the army and Islamists.  

10/26/2007 - Survivors protest at Israel's stance on Armenian genocide This week she joined more than 100 other, rather younger, demonstrators ?about 10 per cent of a once much larger Jerusalem Armenian community dating back to Roman times ? outside the Foreign Ministry. They were protesting against what they believe is the Israeli government's use of its considerable lobbying influence on Capitol Hill to try to thwart the bill which would mean US recognition of the genocide in which 1.5 million Armenians, including Mrs Kevorkian's parents, died.  

10/26/2007 - Terrorism policy questioned in NYC hearing on scholar's exclusion Ramadan is a Swiss citizen and a visiting fellow at Oxford University in England. He has said he opposes the U.S. invasion of Iraq and U.S policies in Israel and the Palestinian territories, though he opposes terrorism and Islamic extremism and promotes peaceful solutions.  

10/26/2007 - My Weekend with the Survivors of the USS Liberty    

10/26/2007 - Controlling the debate on Palestine, Israel Although this is not my first experience of such unfair and dishonest smearing, the last few years have witnessed an increase in the Zionist attempts to curb free debate on the Middle East in this country, from such respected figures and intellectuals as Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu, Norman Finkelstein, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt  

10/26/2007 - Israeli authorities demolish all houses in an unrecognized Arab village in the Negev    

10/26/2007 - The Forward Receives a 2007 Eliav-Sartawi Award for Middle Eastern Journalism Bassam Aramin, head of Al Quds Association for Democracy and Dialogue, has won a 2007 Eliav-Sartawi Award for Middle Eastern Journalism for his article "A Plea for Peace from a Bereaved Palestinian Father." The article first appeared in Forward, America's most influential Jewish weekly newspaper.  

10/26/2007 - Rice taps Clinton, Carter for Middle East advice Anxious not to repeat mistakes of past Middle East peace-making, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has turned to former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter for tips ahead of her own conference this year.  

10/26/2007 - Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007)   The Israel-defenders are not pleased with this movie, and they've made it abundantly clear in the recent reviews in the major news outfits across the land. This one went easy on Demmes, but the jabs are still evident (movie evidently wasn't 'balanced' enough).

10/26/2007 - Excerpts from Joe Sacco's 'Palestine'    

10/26/2007 - Foxman takes center stage against Carter, lobby critics It's a high-stakes dynamic as he takes the lead role in the Jewish community's fight against a growing list of vocal and respectable critics of Israel and the pro-Israel lobby, most notably former President Jimmy Carter and the academic duo of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt. Foxman insists he has no second thoughts about jumping into the center of the debate over the pro-Israel lobby. Got 'em running in all directions lately, do we? GOOD.

10/26/2007 - Realizing God's dream for the Holy Land By Desmond Tutu What do I see and hear in the Holy Land? Some people cannot move freely from one place to another. A wall separates them from their families and from their incomes. They cannot tend to their gardens at home or to their lessons at school. They are arbitrarily demeaned at checkpoints and unnecessarily beleaguered by capricious applications of bureaucratic red tape. I grieve for the damage being done daily to people's souls and bodies. I have to tell the truth: I am reminded of the yoke of oppression that was once our burden in South Africa. I see and hear that ancient olive trees are uprooted. Flocks are cut off from their pastures and shepherds. The homes of some people are bulldozed even as new homes for others are illegally constructed on other people's land. I grieve for the land that suffers such violence, the marring of its beauty, the loss of its comforts, the despoiling of its yield. I have to tell the truth: I am reminded of the bitter days of uprooting and despoiling in my own country Bishop Desmond Tutu presents a very grave danger to the Israeli lobby in America for the fact that he has plenty to say about Israel's egregious behavior, and he is a credible person. The lobby will attempt to smear him and shut him down at every corner in order to prevent Americans from hearing the truth. And they have been trying hard lately to do just that, and in some cases - succeeding.

10/26/2007 - Experts split as prosecutors consider retrial in Holy Land case Experts are split over whether the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing case should be retried, and some say the government must establish stronger links between terrorists and U.S.-based charities before future court victories can be expected....the lone Holy Land juror to speak publicly, has lambasted the government's case as shallow and politically driven.  

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10/25/2007 - Israeli troops kill Palestinian militant in Gaza Israeli troops killed a Palestinian gunman belonging to the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip on Friday, militants and hospital officials said.  

10/25/2007 - An elderly Palestinian refugee waits to receive a ration of food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees    

10/25/2007 - Fatah security officials on trial Security officials from the Palestinian movement, Fatah, have gone on trial in the West Bank for failing to stop Hamas from seizing control of Gaza in June.  

10/25/2007 - Report: Sixty-eight Palestinians imprisoned in their village    

10/25/2007 - Members Take up Issue of Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources in Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syrian Golan    

10/25/2007 - PLO disputes Jerusalem rail plan the Palestine Liberation Organisation, which is bringing the court case, through its delegation in Paris, argues that the railway will breach the fourth Geneva convention by providing infrastructure to Jewish settlements on occupied land.  

10/25/2007 - Palestinian cancer patient denied entry from Gaza into Israel for hospital care The patient turned back from Erez on Monday, Mahmud Kamal Abu Taha, was sent back to hospital in Khan Yunis after waiting two-and-a-half hours in an ambulance at the Erez crossing while he was receiving oxygen and on an intravenous drip. Shin Bet agents also arrested his father at the crossing even though he had also been told he had permission to accompany his son to a hospital in Tel Aviv.  

10/25/2007 - Activist protest closes settler road near Ramallah Five years ago the Israeli army closed the road to Palestinians and is now only open to Israelis living in illegal settlelments.  

10/25/2007 - Olmert: No peace deal at Annapolis   Strange that this comes on the day that the US government does this.

10/25/2007 - Israel holding talks with Hamas: Abbas    

10/25/2007 - Elderly Palestinian dies at Erez crossing after Israeli forces leave him on the ground to die    

10/25/2007 - Gaza residents unable to get medical care, aid workers say "At least three patients denied exit permits have died since June, and others have lost limbs or sight," Human Rights Watch reported. The Palestinian organization Al Mezan in Gaza said a fourth man, Nimir Muhammad Shuheibar, aged 77, died on 23 October while awaiting treatment.  

10/25/2007 - Palestinian negotiation team fully authorized on agreement with Israel: official Palestinian negotiation team is fully authorized by President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to reach a framework deal with Israel, a Palestinian official said on Thursday  

10/25/2007 - Gaza Christians fear 'those more extreme than Hamas' What scares them is a new generation of shadowy extremist movements that have crept from the rubble of a seven-year uprising, months of internal bloodletting and decades of conflict with Israel.  

10/25/2007 - US general tours West Bank troublespot "My mission is to work with the Palestinian security forces to ensure a more secure future for Palestinians," said Dayton, in an Arabic statement handed out to reporters.  

10/25/2007 - Israel approves Gaza power cuts the position accepted by the international community is that Israel remains legally responsible for the coastal strip, despite withdrawing two years ago, because it still controls Gaza's borders, airspace and territorial waters.  

10/25/2007 - Cutting Palestinian forces poses challenge for PM Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has begun to act on a plan to shrink the security forces by about a third, a move that may fuel tensions in the Fatah faction that runs the Palestinian Authority.  

10/25/2007 - Palestinians must first follow Road Map security principles: Israel FM   Hypocrisy.

10/25/2007 - Palestinian policeman dies of wounds sustained in earlier internal clashes Hamas media sources reported that one Palestinian police officer, died on Thursday at night of wounds sustained during clashes with gunmen east of Gaza City last week.  

10/25/2007 - In pictures: Palestinians turn to a West Bank rubbish dump for livelihood    

10/25/2007 - House aims to curb Iran's sway in West ?Argentines are still waiting for justice, and warrants are out for the arrests of several Iranians and members of Hezbollah.?  

10/25/2007 - Medved Takes On Israel's Foes Radio talk show host and Philadelphia native Michael Medved spoke to hundreds at Bala Cynwyd Middle School Tuesday evening to debunk what he considers calumnies against Israel. Pro-Israelis seem to have embarked on a full out frontal propaganda assault on America. This is probably due to the recent release of the Mearsheimer and Walt book among other things. They cannot seem to grasp the notion that true patriots will win out in the end. The Israel narrative is a house of cards based on myths. Debunk one, and the whole thing comes into question. Unfortunately for us white hats, pro-Israelis have our media sewn up lock, stock and barrel. No matter. Soldier on.

10/25/2007 - More Evidence That Critics of Israel Are Gaining in the U.S.    

10/25/2007 - Israel reissuing gas masks ** Israel plans to reissue gas masks to its citizens. 3 guesses why.

10/25/2007 - Report: Israel to get F-35s early Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has persuaded the Pentagon to supply the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a supersonic stealth jet that is still under construction, to Israel ahead of schedule.  

10/25/2007 - Israel to halt large Golan manoeuvres: reports    

10/25/2007 - US to speed up stealth fighter delivery to Israel "We asked that for every two jets manufactured for the US, one be manufactured for Israel," a senior defense official said, adding that acquisition of the aircraft would greatly increase Israel's deterrence as Iran races toward nuclear power.  

10/25/2007 - Syria 'air strike site removed' The images, though, were far from conclusive.  

10/25/2007 - Lebanese troops fire on Israeli planes Lebanese troops today fired on Israeli warplanes flying low over southern Lebanon, security officials in the country said.  

10/25/2007 - Syrian official: Mideast peace conference won't tackle major issues in region Syrian Minister of Expatriates Buthaina Sha'aban asserted on Wednesday that a peace conference sponsored by the U.S. administration would not tackle the essential issues in the Arab-Israeli conflicts, the official SANA news agency reported.  

10/25/2007 - AZ Attorney General Travels To Israel Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard left Wednesday for Israel as part of a legal exchange program between the National Assocation of Attorneys General and the Israel government, in cooperation with the American-Israel Friendship League.  

10/25/2007 - Paparazzi, Beware! Hollywood Stars Have a Secret Weapon: Israeli Commandos A native of Beverly Hills, Cohen has parlayed his service in Duvdevan ? an elite Israeli commando unit responsible for capturing, and sometimes killing, Palestinian militants in the West Bank ? into a lucrative, niche business back in his hometown.  

10/25/2007 - Pro-Israel rally to demonstrate against weekend Sabeel event The conference, ?The Apartheid Paradigm in Palestine-Israel: Issues of Justice and Equality,? will feature Sabeel leaders and the Reverend Desmond Tutu, who, along with Sabeel, has been criticized for his portrayal of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More than 50 organizations plan to join in Friday?s demonstration. Holy moley, the truth might get out! The efforts by the Israel lobby to smear Sabeel are unprecedented. And that's because they are a Palestinian CHRISTIAN group, speaking to ordinary average Americans; the most dangerous of propositions to the Israel lobby.

10/25/2007 - Palestinian Strengthened by Tough Exchange Student Experience Nasser?s experience shows the value of foreign studies as a strategy for building the Palestinians? capacity to run their own state and to revive their economy.  

10/25/2007 - This week: IPOs and a brewery MME also visits the village of Taybeh, one of the few Christian villages left in the West Bank and home to the only Palestinian brewery. We meet with Nadim Khoury to talk about his mini-brewery and how despite political and economic instability, the beer keeps on flowing during Oktoberfest.  

10/25/2007 - Dr. Duwiek: Israeli prison authorities spy on legal consultations    

10/25/2007 - Australia would send troops to West Bank Australia would send troops to the West Bank to support an Israeli withdrawal, an official told Jews in Sydney.  

10/25/2007 - Influence for Israel Indeed, the fact that their book has encountered such outrageous abuse surely vindicates one of their central arguments: that pro-Israel lobby groups are so one-eyed that they toss accusations of anti-Semitism around like balloons at a birthday party. The point cannot be made too strongly: this is not an anti-Semitic book. It's a work of scholarly analysis, and it deserves to be taken seriously. An unusually unbiased piece in the Telegraph (UK).

10/25/2007 - The Israel Lobby Targets Haaretz Isn't that amazing and scandalous? Levin is explaining why there is a free debate in Israel and not here. Because of the lobby and its "unwritten contract." Because U.S. support is crucial to Israel's existence. And so Americans, who supposedly so love the Middle East democracy that they support it out of the goodness of their hearts, must not read the news from Israel.  

10/25/2007 - Hate at the altar Dexter Van Zile is the Christian media analyst at CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. Another witchhunt led by pro-Israeli who relies heavily on smearing (go figure).

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10/24/2007 - Israel kills two Palestinian boys in Gaza Israeli forces killed two Palestinian boys in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, hospital officials in Gaza said.  

10/24/2007 - Hamas militant killed in Gaza tunnel collapse    

10/24/2007 - 40 Years of House Demolitions    

10/24/2007 - Hebron Update: 8-13 October 2007 A Palestinian woman had misunderstood an Israeli Border Police who told her she could not pass to go up to the mosque. The Palestinian continued on, and the Border Police restrained her. When the Palestinian woman struggled, Israeli authorities beat her with their batons. She was released. The Red Crescent gave her First Aid, but moments later she lost consciousness. Hebron resides inside of the West Bank - which is Israeli-OCCUPIED territory, not Israel. Israel occupies the area mainly to protect a small group of militant settlers implanted in this area. The presence of these settlers in occupied territory is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention (article 49). Say, I wonder what Americans would do if a foreign nation took their property by force and occupied their cities. We already know that answer to that question (Americans would rise up in arms).

10/24/2007 - Israel proposes cutting power to Gaza to deter attacks Israeli officials said electricity would be cut at first for 15 minutes after each rocket attack and then for longer and longer periods. They already do that now. Doesn't work. This is Nazi mentality at work here (collective punishment). The 4th best military in the world cannot stop the Qassem rockets, and they expect the civilian population to do so.

10/24/2007 - Israeli seeks Hamas participation Minister without portfolio Ami Ayalon said any invitation would be conditional on Hamas pledging to accept agreements reached at the summit.  

10/24/2007 - U.S. team to look at Gaza smuggling A U.S. team will travel to the Middle East to address arms smuggling between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, Condoleezza Rice said.  

10/24/2007 - Dozens of East Jerusalem leaders protest against home demolitions Muslim and Christian leaders from East Jerusalem joined with Palestinian-Israeli members of the Israeli Knesset and members of the Palestinian legislative council in a demonstration Tuesday challenging the Israeli policy of home demolitions in East Jerusalem.  

10/24/2007 - PFLP rejects fall summit for peace, calls for boycotting The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) rejected on Tuesday the peace summit due to beheld on fall in Annapolis in the United States and called for boycotting it.  

10/24/2007 - Palestinians say denial of supplies to Gaza is a war crime A decision by Israel to cut back on electricity and fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip was a 'war crime' and 'collective punishment,' Palestinian officials said Wednesday.  

10/24/2007 - Rice says 2-state solution in the Mideast in jeopardy A hearing on Capitol Hill today, Rice told lawmakers that moderate Palestinian leaders need to be able to show their people that a Palestinian state is on the horizon. She said a planned peace conference next month in Annapolis, Maryland, needs to produce a "serious political prospect" for the Palestinians.  

10/24/2007 - Israeli soldier wounded in West Bank attack An Israeli soldier was wounded in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday as he waited at a bus stop in the West Bank near a Jewish settlement, Israeli radio and police sources said.  

10/24/2007 - Abbas wants India in proposed peace conference India should be invited to the proposed international peace conference on the Middle East, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said here Wednesday.  

10/24/2007 - Israel pressuring ill Palestinians to be informers, activists say Since June, at least five Palestinians have died after being denied permits to leave Gaza for emergency medical treatment, according to Physicians for Human Rights, an Israeli human-rights group that's working to help patients in Gaza  

10/24/2007 - Israeli police attack mosque near Haifa    

10/24/2007 - ICRC activities in Israel and the occupied and autonomous territories: Sep 2007    

10/24/2007 - Army kidnaps one Palestinian from Hebron; attacks Nablus and Jenin    

10/24/2007 - 21 members arrested across West Bank, Hamas claims Sources in the Hamas movement on Wednesday stated that Fatah-allied security forces had kidnapped least 21 members of the Hamas movement during dawn attacks in several parts of the West Bank.  

10/24/2007 - U.S. will cut off Iran's 'malignant' actions Florida Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said the Bush administration appeared to be taking a "slow, deliberative course" on Iran and should designate the entire Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist group."Why not put the whole corps on the list?" Ros-Lehtinen asked. Ros-Lehtinen - one of Israel's top agents on Capitol Hill.

10/24/2007 - Israeli military abducts four Palestinians from Bethlehem area    

10/24/2007 - US to transfer $410 million to PA This is the largest aid program ever given to the Palestinians by the US. In Washington, sources say the aid underlines the high importance attached by the Bush administration to the need to support Abbas and Fayyad and their efforts to reach tangible goals on the ground for the Palestinian public.  

10/24/2007 - Meridor: We must be ready to preempt threats "This will take a united United States on this matter, that they would not have the illusion today that come January '09, they [Teheran] have it their own way," he said, referring to the inauguration of President George W. Bush's successor, who could potentially change US policy on Iran. Why is ISRAEL'S problem now OUR problem, by their own admission? Their lobby (which includes the neocons) here in the States makes sure that this is the case, that's why.

10/24/2007 - Report: Iran acquiring fighter jets that are based on Israeli technology Iran has signed a deal with China to purchase 24 J-10 fighter jets between 2008 and 2010, Russian news agency Novosti reported. The jets were developed based on the technology of Israel's Lavi fighter jet, whose technology was sold to China against the wishes of the US. Israel gets a taste of its own medicine.

10/24/2007 - Negev prisoners enter second day of hunger strike Palestinian prisoners in the Negev detention center on Wednesday entered their second day of hunger strike in protest against their treatment by Israeli prison authorities.  

10/24/2007 - Squeezing the Life out of Bethlehem    

10/24/2007 - Press delays decision on U.K. publisher The press came under attack in August from pro-Israel group Stand With Us Michigan for distributing "Overcoming Zionism," a book published by Pluto Press.  

10/24/2007 - Kuwait's Wataniya gets frequencies from Israel Kuwait's National Mobile Telecommunications Co. has won Israeli frequencies to operate in the Palestinian territories, the Palestinian telecommunications and economy minister said on Wednesday.  

10/24/2007 - Alan Johnston: My kidnap ordeal And through the radio I became aware of the extraordinary, worldwide campaign that the BBC was mobilising on my behalf. It was an enormous psychological boost. And, most movingly, I realised that the vast majority of Palestinians were condemning the kidnappers. An excellent read.

10/24/2007 - Arab Case The Zionist dream of making Palestine a Jewish State is doomed to failure, says Mr. Antonius, if for no other reason than that the Arab peasantry prefers death to giving up its land. Disgraceful as he considers the German treatment of Jews, the "cure for the eviction of Jews from Germany is not to be sought in the eviction of the Arabs from their homeland. ... No code of morals can justify the persecution of one people in an attempt to relieve the persecution of another." This article was published in Time in 1939.

10/24/2007 - Zionists scramble to repair growing Christian/Jewish divide    

10/24/2007 - Arsonists attack Jerusalem church Arsonists burst into a Jerusalem church and set the building on fire, church officials said Wednesday, raising suspicions that Jewish extremists were behind the attack. The church in west Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood was rebuilt after it was burned down 25 years ago by ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremists.  

10/24/2007 - Horowitz spins ?facts? aimlessly Another favorite of Mr. Horowitz?s was that all Arabs carry a gene of anti-Semitism. He has made claims like this before. On his website, Frontpagemag.com, he wrote, ?The sick Palestinian culture of hate is a veritable assembly line for the production of future Jew-killers.? On Monday, he informed the audience that Israel is surrounded by ?300 million Arabs who hate Jews? and that the ?Palestinians want to get rid of the Jews.? Didn?t you say it was only a minority of Muslims who are the problem, Mr. Horowitz?  

10/24/2007 - With blunt talk on Israeli Arabs, NIF showcases its vision in US "You talk about compromise," he said, turning to his Jewish co-panelists. "I'm supposed to forget about 1948? I'm supposed to forget about the 70 percent of confiscated Arab lands?"  

10/24/2007 - The Oxford Union's cowardly action Alan Dershowitz, an American pro-Israeli academic, was invited to oppose the motion and said he would not speak on the same platform as another American academic, an anti-Zionist, Norman Finkelstein. This was, of course, his right. But having decided not to take part, he has now attacked the Oxford Union for inviting Finkelstein rather than a pro-Israel speaker, and succeeded in getting the debate cancelled. The (American)Israeli lobby wins again.

10/24/2007 - Israeli premier praises enhanced France-Israel relationship Olmert said "we are reassured of our security" and "something had changed in relations" between France and Israel.  

10/24/2007 - Holy Land trial notes reveal jury in turmoil "Attacks on each other happen often," she wrote. "Opinions, not facts, are discussed. Some are closed to deliberations, which shuts off conversations that are meaningful." On Monday, four days after handing in a verdict that was then sealed until the presiding judge came back to town, some jurors shocked courtroom observers by then telling the judge that they no longer agreed with what the panel had decided. Must have been a few pro-Israelis on the jury, from the sounds of it.

10/24/2007 - CAIR: Giuliani Advisor Supports Terror Group In 2001, Pipes claimed the "presence" and "enfranchisement" of American Muslims present "true dangers to American Jews." He recently renewed a call to "raze" Palestinian villages from which anti-Israeli attacks are launched.  

10/24/2007 - Grieving Mothers on 2 Sides of a Suicide Bombing    

10/24/2007 - Giuliani appears to be front-runner among top GOP Jewish donors "There's not one thing wrong with Rudy Giuliani's position on Israel, but in John McCain's history you can see that support," he said. "I think we're not picking the lesser of evils. I think we're picking the greater of greats."  

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10/23/2007 - Israeli airstrike on a car kills senior Gaza militant    

10/23/2007 - Palestinian inmate dies of wounds Israeli prison officials said the man had been hit by what they called non-lethal objects fired by guards during Monday's riot. They did not disclose the precise devices used on security grounds.  

10/23/2007 - Hamas denies Israeli claims that movement intends to harm Shalit    

10/23/2007 - Palestinian detainees in Israel on hunger strike "This is a one-day hunger strike to protest against what happened at Ketziot,"  

10/23/2007 - Heavy rocket barrage follows targeted killing    

10/23/2007 - Barghouthi calls for Palestinian unity Dr Musrafa Barghouthi, Palestinian legislator and Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, on Tuesday called on Palestinians to conentrate upon the estblishment of national unity, rather than continuing to fight one another.  

10/23/2007 - Pro-Abbas security forces arrest eight Hamas members in W.Bank    

10/23/2007 - Israeli army kidnaps 14 Palestinians across the West Bank    

10/23/2007 - Patients caught up in middle of Fatah and Hamas tug of war    

10/23/2007 - Amnesty censures Palestinians Amnesty International has slammed the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and the rival Fatah group for serious human rights abuses in the recent factional fighting in Gaza and the West Bank.  

10/23/2007 - Several protestors injured by PA security forces at Hebron demonstration    

10/23/2007 - U.S. talking even tougher on Iran, but also pushing Palestinian state ** Israel and the pro-Israel lobby has long counted on Elliott Abrams, President Bush's deputy national security adviser and peace process skeptic who usually has the last word on such issues. Yet it is Abrams and his boss, Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser, who are in Israel this week, precisely to make clear that Bush wants action ahead of Annapolis......Despite such pressures, Israel is getting relief on what it sees as the more pressing issue: Iran. In the Oct. 17 press conference, Bush made it clear how far he had traveled toward Israeli thinking. For the first time, Bush described nuclear know-how -- not just the acquisition of weapons -- as a red line.....Israel says the moment will come when the Iranians know how to build a bomb, which might be as early as next year. Until Bush's comments, the Americans had set Iran's capacity to build a bomb -- within three to ten years -- as the deadline for possible military action. Registration is free. Note the source (horse's mouth). All of this bs about I-P peace is a ruse. Notice how the closer we get to this conference, the more bellicose and fervent the rhetoric of Bush and Cheney about the need to strike Iran.

10/23/2007 - Israel reassures Turkey over Kurds    

10/23/2007 - Israel, in policy shift on Iran, is lobbying countries directly In Israel, Bush?s remarks highlighting Iranian threats to destroy the Jewish state sparked heated debate. Many lamented that the U.S. president made it seem as if Israel is the only reason for Iran?s nuclear drive ? perpetuating a false perception Israelis say is not in their national interest.....Likud Knesset member Yuval Steinitz, after meeting this month with U.S. Congress members, senators and senior officials including Vice President Dick Cheney, told JTA the United States may soon present Iran with a military ultimatum Israel is nation behind this bs, and she's taking us along with her (again).

10/23/2007 - Britain backs Israel's call for tougher sanctions on Iran "We are absolutely clear that we are ready and will push for further sanctions against Iran," said Brown after holding talks with his Israeli counterpart in his Downing Street offices.  

10/23/2007 - Hamas denies agreeing with Egypt on checking arms smuggle    

10/23/2007 - PM Erdoğan to press Olmert to give up supporting Iraqi Kurds Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will bring the issue of Israeli experts' training of military forces in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq to the agenda in his talks with his Israeli counterpart, Ehud Olmert, scheduled to take place today in the British capital.  

10/23/2007 - Mistrial declared in Muslim charity case The prosecution's key witness was a lawyer for the Israeli domestic security agency Shin Bet who testified under a false name. How many failed terror trials does this make now during which the prosecutor's have relied on the testimony of Israeli secret agents, meownders?

10/23/2007 - Jordan to adopt water allocation system to address "alarming" shortage According to the experts, Jordan shares most of its surface water with Syria, the Palestinian territories and Israel while its underground water aquifers are shared with Saudi Arabia and Syria.  

10/23/2007 - Holy Land principals face retrial    

10/23/2007 - Media watchdog takes aim at 'Israel's Jewish defamers' The conference comes amidst a growing assault on American Jewish supporters of Israel for their alleged role in stifling free debate of American policy in the Middle East. At a conference in Chicago earlier this month, several "defamers" fingered by CAMERA in the past accused the pro-Israel community of working to suppress criticism of Israel. CAMERA is a staunchly pro-Israel media 'watchdog' that makes sure criticism of Israel is stifled in the mainstream media in America.

10/23/2007 - Indonesia hails international conference on Palestine    

10/23/2007 - A tale of two factions Conal Urquhart in Gaza City traces the recent fortunes of Hamas and Fatah in Gaza  

10/23/2007 - Inside Gaza: the main players Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, emerged from the Muslim Brotherhood in 1987. It created a network of charitable institutions, which endeared it to Palestinians, particularly when set against the perceived self-interest and corruption of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority after 1994. It carried out its first suicide bombing in 1994 after the murder of 29 Palestinians by an Israeli in Hebron, and the tactic became its hallmark. While Hamas was the most effective militant group in its attacks on Israeli military and civilian targets, it has not carried out a suicide attack since 2004.  

10/23/2007 - Oxford cancels one-state debate When Peace Now-UK co-chair Paul Usiskin saw Finkelstein's name on the team opposing the motion, he expressed concern that "a far-left detractor of Israel" had been chosen to defend the existence of the Jewish state.  

10/23/2007 - Barak shuns dovish past with eye on old job the man who offered the Palestinians unprecedented concessions in his last days in office, only to be spurned, is repackaging himself as a hard-liner to compete with the other former prime minister with an eye on his old job, the hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu.  

10/23/2007 - Israelis Reject U.S. as Middle East Arbitrator    

10/23/2007 - Banned and Denounced in the Middle East, Renowned Lebanese Musician Hits Unexpected Roadblock in U.S.A.: Discrimination in San Diego Will Not Stop Arab Oud Master & Composer?s Extensive North American Fall Tour Concert organizers?who had been in touch with the venue for several months and had followed their application process rigorously?were told that a concert by Khalife?an UNESCO Artist for Peace? would be "divisive" and "unbalanced" because it does not present an Israeli artist alongside Khalife.  

10/23/2007 - Incident instilled fear in citizens The USS Liberty incident is just one of a myriad of "operations" throughout U.S. history perpetrated by our government. Mm. I don't know if I agree with that assessment, though I've heard it before.

10/23/2007 - Washington may rethink terror cases after mistrial: experts   How much more taxpayer money will be thrown down the toilet based on dubious claims by secret government agents and witchhunts likely egged on by the Israeli lobby, mewonders?

10/23/2007 - Netanyahu: Israel must keep Jerusalem   Territory taken by force is inadmissible under international law. How much territory taken by Nazi forces was Germany allowed to retain after WWII? So why should Israel be allowed to do so?

10/23/2007 - Abed al-Raheem meets Russian Foreign Affairs Deputy    

10/23/2007 - Syria to issue ID cards to Golan residents The move aims to "ease the suffering" of the Druze people living on the Golan, caused by "harassment and Israeli human rights violations,"  

10/23/2007 - Mistrial in Muslim charity funding trial deals blow to US ‘war on terror’ Juror William Neal, 33, said the trial fell apart because of a lack of evidence......."I didn't see the defendants giving money to Hamas. They were giving money to the Palestinian people."  

10/23/2007 - Neocons Surge Against Antiwar Movement Pro-Israel and Christian Right groups are attempting to raise $200 million for a campaign calling for war with Iran.  

10/23/2007 - WJC to Austria: Toughen Iran sanctions Austria must toughen sanctions against Iran, the World Jewish Congress head told Austria's chancellor.  

10/23/2007 - Investigative Scholar Says 'Radical Islam' Was Dreamed Up in Israel in the '90s as the 'Glue' to U.S.-Israeli Alliance "There was a feeling in Israel that because of the end of the Cold War, relations with the U.S. were cooling and we needed some new glue for the alliance... And the new glue... was radical Islam. And Iran was radical Islam."  

10/23/2007 - Israeli general: Hezbollah strike is legit Israel reserves the right to launch a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah, a top Israeli general said.  

10/23/2007 - Bir Zeit University Students protest in support of Negev detainees    

10/23/2007 - Palestinian stowaway charged    

10/23/2007 - Paulsen urged to push Iran resolution Making their pleas were U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), chairman of the foreign affairs committee, and member Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)  

10/23/2007 - Jewish Group Condemns Meeting by Extremist Jewish Defence League The Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians condemns a public meeting by the Jewish Defence League planned for tonight and calls on the Shaarei Tefillah Synagogue (3600 Bathurst Street) to cancel the event which features a speech by far-right Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin who has advocated the revocation of Israeli citizenship from non-Jews and the large scale deportation of Palestinians resident in Israel.  

10/23/2007 - Photos said to show Israeli target in Syria - paper    

10/23/2007 - A Former Florida Professor, Al-Arian, Again Rebuffed Over Contempt Citation    

10/23/2007 - Feds see Jewish coroner as 'flight risk' A Jewish coroner charged with fraud is a "flight risk to Israel," according to a U.S. federal prosecutor.  

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10/22/2007 - Israeli troops kill two Palestinian militants    

10/22/2007 - PLO member says Hamas talks with Israel via mediators    

10/22/2007 - Prisoners issue to be included in any final deal with Israel: Official    

10/22/2007 - Palestinian Jihad member charged with involvement in 2005 terror attack    

10/22/2007 - Iran's president warns against being "trapped" by U.S.-sponsored peace conference    

10/22/2007 - Palestinian child dies of wounds sustained during Israeli invasion of Tulkarem Zein Mare'y, aged eight-years-old, on Monday morning died of wounds sustained during an Israeli army invasion of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Friday night.  

10/22/2007 - New Hamas-Islamic Jihad ceasefire announced after one Palestinian is killed in Rafah    

10/22/2007 - Car carrying Hamas members explodes in Gaza Hamas said it believed the blast was caused by a roadside bomb. Tensions remain high in Gaza between Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups four months after Islamists took control of the territory.  

10/22/2007 - Report: Israel denies access for urgent care The increased rejection of patients on unspecified security grounds has led to the deaths of at least five people since June, when Hamas seized control of Gaza, and several others have lost limbs or eyesight, according to Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, which helps Palestinians who have been refused exit for treatment.  

10/22/2007 - Palestine ready for peace with Israel: Abbas Palestinians are ready to implement the road map for peace with Israel, President Mahmoud Abbas has said during his visit to Indonesia.  

10/22/2007 - Israel accused after 30 injured in prison battle A Palestinian prisoner was in a serious condition in hospital last night after pitched battles between prison officers and detainees at the remote Ketziot prison left at least 30 people injured.  

10/22/2007 - Palestine expects to reach solution with Israel next year Palestine expected to achieve a real solution to the bloody-long conflict with Israel next year, President Mahmoud Abbas said here Monday.  

10/22/2007 - Israeli allows entry of anaesthetic gas into Gaza Strip Israel allowed the entry of 151 cannisters of nitrous oxide for medical use into the Gaza Strip Monday, enough for several months, a spokesman for the Israeli army's District Coordination Office (DCO) said. Why do they act AFTER the international media catch whiff of this type of thing?

10/22/2007 - Hamas says former spokesman's criticisms fabricated The Islamic Hamas movement said Monday it was convinced a statement criticizing the movement's takeover of Gaza Strip in June was a forgery and had not been written by a former spokesman for leader Ismail Haniya.  

10/22/2007 - Israeli police seize 500 Palestinian workers in Israel    

10/22/2007 - Detainee dies of wounds sustained during Negev prison attack    

10/22/2007 - PLC slams treatment of Negev detainees The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), dominated by Hamas movement, issued a press release on Monday slamming Israeli attacks against the detainees in the Negev Detention Facility, and stated that at least 300 detainees had been injured, some seriously.  

10/22/2007 - U.N. watchdog: Iran not immediate threat Ehud Olmert slammed the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency for downplaying the Iranian nuclear threat. Oh dear.

10/22/2007 - Mideast agreement must pass Israeli vote Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has pledged to seek parliamentary approval for any significant agreement with the Palestinians, including the joint declaration of principles he is trying to reach ahead of a U.S.-sponsored Mideast conference later this year, according to a letter released Monday.  

10/22/2007 - Bush asks for $46 billion more for wars The State Department is requesting $550 million to combat drug trafficking in Mexico and Central America, $375 million for the West Bank and Gaza and $239 million for diplomatic costs in Iraq.  

10/22/2007 - Iran tops agenda as Olmert visits Europe Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert begins a European tour on Monday to meet the new leaders of France and Britain for the first time and to push his campaign against Iran's nuclear drive.  

10/22/2007 - Persona non grata in Gaza Leaders of Hamas have always been clear in their support for Gaza's Christian community, but the murder of Rami Ayad has called into question their ability to protect that community and maintain law and order in general.  

10/22/2007 - Islamic Jihad fires seven rockets at Israel    

10/22/2007 - Spokesman for Abbas calls on U.S. to turn words into deeds    

10/22/2007 - Israeli airstrike on Hamas police car wounds two An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a Hamas police car south of the Gaza City on Monday afternoon, wounding two Hamas policemen on board, witnesses and Hamas police sources said.  

10/22/2007 - Israeli pipeline spills 40 tons of oil About 40 tons of oil spilled Monday from a land pipeline carrying crude from the port of Ashkelon in southern Israel to refineries in the northern city of Haifa, a fire department spokesman said.  

10/22/2007 - Mistrial in US Hamas funding case The jury forewoman admitted surprise at the action of the three jurors. "When we voted, there was no issue in the vote. No-one spoke up any different. I really don't understand where it is coming from."  

10/22/2007 - GOP lawmakers want Syria attack info "If this event proves that Syria acquired nuclear expertise or material from North Korea, Iran, or other rogue states, it would constitute a grave threat to international security for which Syria and any other involved parties must be held accountable," said the op-ed appearing last week in the Wall Street Journal and signed by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.)  

10/22/2007 - Evangelicals up payments to Iranian olim U.S. evangelical Christians are offering Iranian Jews $10,000 per person to immigrate to Israel. They know that the US is going to bomb Iran soon.

10/22/2007 - Giuliani cites Israel to evangelicals Rudy Giuliani cited his love for Israel and the Jewish roots of Christianity in appealing to evangelical Christians. Be wary of such a passionate attachment (<--truer words never spoken).

10/22/2007 - David Miliband in effort to heal UK-US relations There has been disquiet within the White House, particularly among aides to Vice President Dick Cheney, about the rapid withdrawal of British forces in southern Iraq.  

10/22/2007 - Hezbollah hands over letter from missing Israeli airman Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has given Israel a photograph and poignant letter written by an airman missing for more than 20 years, as part of a rare prisoner swap, a newspaper said on Monday.  

10/22/2007 - Diary of Pax Christi visit to Israel and Palestine    

10/22/2007 - Artist Emily Jacir awarded prestigious Golden Lion    

10/22/2007 - Nablus residents protest against treatment of Negev detainees    

10/22/2007 - Boat people risk all to reach Greece The infant and her mother, Deqa, were trying to sneak into Greece from the Turkish mainland when the smuggler's vessel ran into a storm and foundered. A Palestinian man, who was helming the dinghy, attempted to save the girl but by the time he reached Samos Island she was dead.  

10/22/2007 - 'West Bank, UK' New Musical by Safdie, Cohen Premieres 11/29 "In the new musical West Bank, UK, when Israeli ex-patriot, Assaf Ben-Moshe Benvenisti, breaks up with his German girlfriend and returns home to his rent-controlled flat on the West Bank of London, he discovers that Palestinian refugee, Aziz Hamoud, has taken over his lease. Their American landlord is torn between the two men, and urges them to work out their differences and learn to live together in harmony,"  

10/22/2007 - King receives cable of thanks from Palestinian party leader in Israel His Majesty King Abdullah received a cable from the Pan-Arab Nationalistic Party leader in Israel Mohammad Hassan Kana'an expressing appreciation to the King's efforts aimed to safeguard Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.  

10/22/2007 - British Gas: Yaalon's assumptions are wrong British Gas denied Sunday former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe (Bugi) Yaalon's claim, that the government's decision not to engage in a ground operation in the Gaza Strip was somehow related to Israel's pending natural gas deal with the company.  

10/22/2007 - Ackerman, Boustany team on P.A. support A Jewish congressman and an Arab-American colleague are soliciting signatures for a letter urging greater U.S. funding for Palestinian Authority reforms.  

10/22/2007 - Fla. governor: Kotel prayer saved state Crist, who governs the state with the nation's third-highest Jewish population, traveled to Israel in May to promote economic ties. He was criticized recently by the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union for hanging a mezuzah outside his office in Tallahassee.  

10/22/2007 - Bush administration slams Lukashenko In an Oct. 12 broadcast, Alexander Lukashenko said of Bobruisk, a Belarusian port city: "This is a Jewish city, and the Jews are not concerned for the place they live in. They have turned Bobruisk into a pig sty. Look at Israel -- I was there."  

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10/21/2007 - One Palestinian killed in internal Gaza fighting    

10/21/2007 - Annexation Wall threatens olive harvest of A'neen village Residents of the village of A'neen, located near the Green Line border between Israel and the West Bank, have expressed fear that their olive harvest will be lost after the annexation wall has prevented them from reaching their olive groves.  

10/21/2007 - Israel protests over release of 'assassins' Israel delivered an angry protest to Ramallah yesterday after the Palestinian Authority was said to have released three gunmen from Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement suspected of plotting to assassinate Ehud Olmert while the Israeli Prime Minister was driving to the first summit to take place in the West Bank since the intifada broke out seven years ago.  

10/21/2007 - PA intelligence chief: We won?t allow Gaza violence to spread West Bank    

10/21/2007 - Scepticism, anger on both sides of Mideast conflict "Rice comes, Rice goes, nothing happens," said Ashraf Methqal, a pharmacist in the West Bank city of Ramallah.  

10/21/2007 - Israeli PM arrives in France for Sarkozy talks Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in Paris Sunday for talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the Middle East peace process and Iran's controversial nuclear drive.  

10/21/2007 - Hamas, Islamic Jihad renew clashes in Rafah, 12 wounded    

10/21/2007 - Cautious calmness back in Gaza after clashes    

10/21/2007 - Gaza hospital to stop surgery as runs out of gas He said the hospital had barely two canisters of gas left and would have to halt surgery soon.  

10/21/2007 - Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) update and statement on Gaza Passage of Palestinian patients to any location outside Gaza for medical care unavailable there has been increasingly limited, and the number of patients refused for ?security reasons? is rising.  

10/21/2007 - Rushmore's Mideast forum extraordinary    

10/21/2007 - Hezbollah arms smuggling still going on: Israel    

10/21/2007 - Harvesting the fruits of an unlikely alliance Ms Cohen, 59, who teaches art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is among dozens of volunteers dispatched by the group Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) to join the West Bank olive harvest. Their mission: to protect Palestinian farmers from attacks by extremist Jewish settlers who have used violence to keep Arabs from accessing their groves.  

10/21/2007 - Hizbullah: US could turn Lebanon into another Iraq Hizbullah on Friday denounced a senior Pentagon official's call for a US "strategic partnership" with Lebanon's army, saying American attempts to boost military ties were a ploy for domination and could turn the country into another Iraq.  

10/21/2007 - Palestinian diplomat visits Auschwitz    

10/21/2007 - Israelis, Palestinian doctors team up to operate on Palestinian child    

10/21/2007 - Yesha Council: We'll fight to protect outposts The Yesha Council called on its supporters Sunday to "get ready for a long, determined fight to protect the settlements."  

10/21/2007 - Brighter future for Arabs and Jews in the school that teaches peace There has been opposition, though now dwindling, to the school, in part from neighbours anxious about noise and traffic, and in part from rightwing rabbis opposed to the mixing of Arab and Jewish children. The  

10/21/2007 - From Liver and Chianti to a President?s Barbecue The Carter documentary has scenes shot in the occupied territories in which ancient olive trees and the homes standing next to them are bulldozed, while Palestinians attempt to improvise a life among the fences, walls and strictures that derive from having a threatened Israel surrounding them.  

10/21/2007 - Citizen stuns congresswoman: "Why should we divide Iraq for israel?"    

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10/20/2007 - Three die in heavy Gaza fighting The dead included a 13-year-old boy caught in the crossfire, medics said.  

10/20/2007 - Israeli forces kill two Palestinians off Gaza coast Two Palestinians were shot dead on Saturday by Israeli forces that fired on their vessel off the Gaza Strip coast, according to Palestinian medical sources.  

10/20/2007 - Two Palestinian lifeguards killed by Israeli Navy off Gaza beach    

10/20/2007 - Israel shaken by troops' tales of brutality against Palestinians Nufar Yishai-Karin, a clinical psychologist at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, interviewed 21 Israeli soldiers and heard confessions of frequent brutal assaults against Palestinians, aggravated by poor training and discipline. In her recently published report, co-authored by Professor Yoel Elizur, Yishai-Karin details a series of violent incidents, including the beating of a four-year-old boy by an officer.......The soldiers described dozens of incidents of extreme violence. One recalled an incident when a Palestinian was shot for no reason and left on the street.  

10/20/2007 - Senior Hamas figure criticises takeover of Gaza A well-known Hamas figure on Saturday publicly criticized the group's seizure of the Gaza Strip, in a rare case of open dissent within the ranks of the Islamist group.  

10/20/2007 - Erekat on Friday's meeting - seriousness on both sides; but too early to judge    

10/20/2007 - Israel detains five Palestinian militants in West Bank Meanwhile, an eight-year-old girl was wounded when she was caught in the crossfire of a battle involving Palestinian militants in Tulkarem, also in the northern West Bank, according to Palestinian security officials. Palestinian officials said the battle involved Israeli troops, but the Israeli army spokesman denied there had been any activity in Tulkarem.  

10/20/2007 - Israeli shelling on northern Gaza wound three Palestinians    

10/20/2007 - Life in Gaza: price hikes force reluctant smokers to quit or cut back Many smokers argue they need cigarettes to reduce tensions from the conflict with Israel, whether it's long waits at checkpoints, loss of jobs or fighting in the streets. Smoking is also part of male bonding; many men spend their evenings in smoke-filled coffee shops, away from crowded homes with noisy children.  

10/20/2007 - After Putin, PM set to discuss Iran with Sarkozy, Brown The Israeli assumption is that from now until the Annapolis conference, the international pressure on the Jewish state will only intensify. The majority of the pressure will come from the US but European states will also exert some pressure.  

10/20/2007 - One child seriously injured as Israeli forces attack various parts of the West Bank    

10/20/2007 - Chinese disabled art troupe performs in Bethlehem A group of special Chinese artists on Friday evening gave a performance in the west bank city of Bethlehem, drawing great applause from the Palestinian audience.  

10/20/2007 - Israeli troops arrest Hamas commander in West Bank town    

10/20/2007 - Super surfer visits Israel to promote peace    

10/20/2007 - Feature: Palestinian widows: mother and father at the same time "Our society sees my husband as a hero, but if my children want to follow my husband's footsteps, I will do anything to prevent them from doing so," said Khadija. "As a mother, I don't want to lose my kids and I don't want them to meet early death as their father did in fighting with Israeli troops,"  

10/20/2007 - The Syrian ?Nuke? Hoax    

10/20/2007 - A Friday in Jerusalem during Ramadan There are children here but no teenagers and no young men or women. This is because the Israeli government prohibits the 2.3 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from entering Jerusalem (only Palestinians living in East Jerusalem have the necessary permits).  

10/20/2007 - Laura Bush leaves for cancer, diplomatic mission in Mideast The United States' image in the region has suffered badly in recent years due to the US-led invasion of Iraq, the conduct of the US "war on terror," Washington's support for Israel and the troubled peace process for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  

10/20/2007 - Israeli parliament's web site attacked by hackers The official web site of Israel's Knesset (parliament) was hacked on Saturday, with profiles of several legislators being changed and assaulted by hackers, local media said.  

10/20/2007 - After seven months, man has freedom but not answers Growing up in Rafa, Gaza, Abuhajjaj was kidnapped and tortured more than once, according to Justice Department records. He threw rocks at Israelis during demonstrations against Israeli occupation in 1987, records said. He was shot in the leg walking home from school at age 19  

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10/19/2007 - Israeli operation in Rafah ; one Palestinian kidnapped, another injured    

10/19/2007 - Israel agrees to addresss core issues in peace document    

10/19/2007 - Three injured at Bil'in protest The march was to protest against the construction of the Wall on village land,preventing the people of the village from reaching their olive groves for the start of the olive harvesting season.  

10/19/2007 - Israel cannot be destroyed, says former Mossad chief "We cannot say that the Iranian threat is an existential threat on the State of Israel. I believe that the State of Israel cannot be eliminated. It cannot be destroyed because of things you know and because of things you can imagine."  

10/19/2007 - Gates in the Lion?s Den Again, his placement of a two-state solution ahead of containing Iran is, in my view, quite remarkable, even gutsy considering the extremist views of the host organization. Hehe. It was gutsy.

10/19/2007 - The Secret History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn't Want You to Know ** When Mann and Leverett went public with the inside story behind the impending disaster with Iran, the White House dismissed them. Then it imposed prior restraint on them, an extraordinary episode of government censorship. Finally, it threatened them. Now they are afraid of the White House, and watching what they say. But still, they feel they have to speak out.......On Monday, Leverett went straight to Rice's office for an explanation. She told him that Ariel Sharon had called early elections in Israel and asked Bush to shelve any Palestinian plan. This time Leverett couldn't hide his exasperation. "You told the whole world you were going to put this out before Christmas," he said. "Because one Israeli politician told you it's going to make things politically difficult for him, you don't put it out? Do you realize how hard that makes things for all our Arab partners?".....In Time magazine, former CIA officer and author Robert Baer quoted a highly placed White House official: "IEDs are a casus belli for this administration. There will be an attack on Iran."....."We're tired," Mann says. "Nobody listens." I'm listening! Thank you for having the courage to speak out. This is a long article, but well worth the read. It deals with the Palestine issue, and shows the influence that Cheney and the neocons have had over both that issue and the issue of Iran and Syria (two more targets on Israel's wishlist). Note Ariel Sharon's power over our president - George Bush.

10/19/2007 - Rice to return to Middle East in two weeks The U.S. official, who spoke on condition that he was not identified, said White House National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley planned to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories next week to prepare for a U.S.-hosted peace conference to be held later this year. Hadley = neocon.

10/19/2007 - Israeli forces invade Qabatiya and Tulkarem, kidnapping 6 Palestinians    

10/19/2007 - Gaza minister criticises Ramallah government    

10/19/2007 - Palestinians live as "ghosts" in Gaza Jnaid is one of about 54,000 displaced Palestinians who returned to Gaza and the West Bank from abroad after an interim peace accord in 1993, but still have no identity cards because Israel refuses to approve them.  

10/19/2007 - Egyptian FM denies plentiful weapons smuggled from Egypt into Gaza Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday rejected allegations that a great deal of weapons were smuggled from Egypt into Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip through border tunnels.  

10/19/2007 - End olive harvest attacks    

10/19/2007 - Rice leaves Palestinians frustrated "Condoleezza Rice made it clear that she in fact agrees with most of Jerusalem's demands," said an editorial Thursday in the Israeli daily Maariv. Rice's visit was so noncontroversial from the Israeli perspective that much of the Israeli media gave it only token coverage Well now there's a shocker.

10/19/2007 - Dr. Barghouthi: ?Right now, there is no partner for peace in Israel?    

10/19/2007 - B'tselem: Hebron: The Israeli Settlement in the a-Ras Neighborhood During the course of the first six months of the new settlement, B'Tselem and ACRI documented scores of cases in which settlers attacked Palestinians in the area. The attacks include beatings, blocking of passage, destruction of property, throwing of stones and eggs, hurling of refuse, glass bottles, and bottles full of urine, urinating from the settlement structure onto the street, spitting, threats, and curses.  

10/19/2007 - Palestinian Authority to close charities Hamas leaders say the Palestinian Authority's decision to close more charities has grave consequences for thousands living in the West Bank.  

10/19/2007 - Israeli army kidnaps three Palestinians in the West Bank The Israeli army conducted wide-ranging military operations in several parts of the West Bank in the early hours of Friday morning.  

10/19/2007 - German minister plans Mideast trip ahead of November conference At Germany's initiative, the European Union has agreed to work out an Action Plan for the Middle East. The goal is to promote small and medium-sized businesses in the Palestinian territories and build up special economic zones.  

10/19/2007 - Palestinian leader Abbas to visit Indonesia on Sunday    

10/19/2007 - Controversial Israeli peace activist to speak at Forum It has already caught the attention of a local rabbi, who said he is "less than enchanted" by the Halper's appearance here because of his views on Israel, including likening its policy on Palestinians to apartheid.  

10/19/2007 - Israel "mole" took photos of Syrian target: report Israel urged the United States to destroy the complex, but Washington hesitated because no fissionable material was found that would prove the site was nuclear, ABC said.  

10/19/2007 - Syria ready to open ties with friendly Lebanon In a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon, a copy of which was carried by the official SANA news agency on Friday, Syria accused Washington and militia leaders from the 1975-90 Lebanese civil war of blocking the establishment of "balanced" relations between the two countries.  

10/19/2007 - Time to recognize reality of Palestine Condi Rice was in Israel/Palestine recently. She was excited to be visiting Bethlehem on this trip, she gushed, and spoke of its significance to her faith. She did not mention that the city's Christian population is fast disappearing  

10/19/2007 - Jerusalem: It's Sharing Not Dividing Right-wing American Jews are already taking out ads and organizing to stop the division of Jerusalem. Right-wing Israelis are saying that once Jerusalem is divided, Jews will have no access to the Western Wall and that snipers will be firing at Jews on Jaffa Road from the Old City walls. All this despite the fact that no one is proposing dividing Jerusalem.  

10/19/2007 - Angry parents want refugees out of Lebanon schools Patience is wearing very thin among Lebanese whose children are unable to attend schools now being used to accommodate Palestinians after deadly clashes in a refugee camp in the north.  

10/19/2007 - Why failure is not an option at Annapolis SOUNDS BAD? A one-state solution is rapidly gaining supporters among Palestinian radical elements. A failure in Annapolis could eventually tip the balance in its favor  

10/19/2007 - Students plan trip to MidEast following Carter challenge    

10/19/2007 - Sale of defence system goes ahead The Dutch government will go ahead with the sale of outdated HAWK-parts to Israel, Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen told parliament Friday.  

10/19/2007 - Palestinians will be ready to issue currency by 2010 The Palestinian Monetary Authority will be ready to form a central bank and issue a currency by about 2010, should a sovereign state be created, its governor George Abed said.  

10/19/2007 - President Abbas Affirms OneVoice Mandate Corresponds with His Platform    

10/19/2007 - First olive harvest in seven years    

10/19/2007 - On the Ground in Israel/Palestine As our tour progressed, however, and I witnessed the plight of Palestinians in the occupied territories, I began to ask why it is that so few Israelis seem to care about the oppression of those living there, and how so many Americans can acquiesce in their tax dollars supporting the slow-burn holocaust in the occupied territories. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern

10/19/2007 - U.N. presses Israel on Shebaa The United Nations is pressing Israel to reopen negotiations with Lebanon over the disputed Shebaa Farms area.  

10/19/2007 - Palestinians' lives invisible to Israelis Palestinian lives are kept invisible in David Brumer's Oct. 10 guest column, "Despite concerns, Israel a vibrant country." Also invisible are Israel's military occupation and the ongoing takeover of Palestinian land. If Brumer had traveled to the other side of the wall, as I did, he could have witnessed the many ways that the Israeli occupation crushes people with poverty, violence and injustice.  

10/19/2007 - US intelligence does not show Syrian nuclear weapons program, officials say Allegations that a Syrian envoy admitted during a United Nations meeting Oct. 17 that an Israeli air strike hit a nuclear facility in September are inaccurate and have raised the ire of some in the US intelligence community, who see the Vice President?s hand as allegedly being behind the disinformation.  

10/19/2007 - NO ISRAEL !!! The Zionist Organization of America is free to place full page ads in American newspapers saying "no Palestinian state." Seems only fair that we the people objecting to racist laws and walls and war, all be be equally free to simply say "No Israel!!!"  

10/19/2007 - Jerusalem Dispossessed - a Photography Exhibit by ActiveStills An exhibition by the photographers' collective ActiveStills, documenting the dispossession of indigenous Palestinians from their native city, Jerusalem, amid rapid expansion of Israeli settlements, Separation Wall and home demolitions.  

10/19/2007 - Those who oppose AIPAC and CUFI are caught in the realm of nightmares    

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10/18/2007 - Hamas police, Gaza clan call ceasefire after five killed    

10/18/2007 - Palestinian militants reject Israeli offer to free 200 Palestinians for captive soldier    

10/18/2007 - Gaza absent in conference build-up "What we are seeing is collective punishment," says Sari Bashi, director of Gisha, an Israeli human rights organisation based in Tel Aviv.  

10/18/2007 - P.A security forces arrest several Hamas members in the West Bank, Hamas says Hamas media sources reported on Wednesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on recently several members of the movement in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Salfit.  

10/18/2007 - Rice wins Jordanian support for November peace conference    

10/18/2007 - Israel MPs mobilise against Jerusalem partition talk    

10/18/2007 - Stranded Palestinians demand Egypt reopen Gaza border The Palestinians, including women and children, gathered in the town of El-Arish and waved banners calling for Rafah to be reopened after it was shut in June following Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip.  

10/18/2007 - General reprimanded in human shield case   Only because it was caught on camera.

10/18/2007 - EXTRA: Israel reassured by Russia on security    

10/18/2007 - Simchon promises to put end to Palestinian olive tree destruction Agriculture Minister Shalom Simchon announced on Thursday that he planned to fight the destruction of olive trees belonging to Palestinians by Jewish settlers.  

10/18/2007 - Businessmen warn Gaza economy deteriorating During the meeting, the contractors asked Israel to open the crossing points and allow entry of raw and construction materials to resume Gaza projects which are worth 240 million U.S. dollars.  

10/18/2007 - FEATURE-Toy guns cocked, Palestinian boys play at militants Every year during the Muslim festival of Eid el-Fitr -- which ended earlier this week -- Palestinian parents buy plastic automatic rifles for their sons. In the weeks that follow, Israeli soldiers vs Palestinian fighters dominates playtime.  

10/18/2007 - Israeli settlers attack campaign to help farmers in Hebron On Thursday morning,Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked scores of Israeli and international activists and Palestinian olive growers in the area around the Atna'el settlement.  

10/18/2007 - Israeli army attacks Hebron district;one Palestinian abducted    

10/18/2007 - Israeli army invades Nablus, 7 Palestinians abducted    

10/18/2007 - Nablus woman in serious condition after being injured by army fire two days ago    

10/18/2007 - US Senator Coleman: 'If action is going to be taken, it's not going to be Israel alone' ** If military action is undertaken against Iran, Israel won't be doing it alone, US Senator Norm Coleman told The Jerusalem Post Wednesday. No Senator. Like Iraq, it will be the US alone, on Israel's behalf.

10/18/2007 - Bush, Barak hold unplanned meeting Israeli officials have welcomed Bush's recent warning that an Iran with the knowledge to build a nuclear weapon could precipitate World War III.  

10/18/2007 - Army breaks into detention facility and destroys prisoners' belongings    

10/18/2007 - Israel releases 50 Darfur refugees Israel on Thursday released 51 Darfur asylum seekers from a prison compound in the Negev desert to allow them to work on collective farms in the Jewish state  

10/18/2007 - Egypt police shoot Turk on Israel border    

10/18/2007 - Film on Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Friends of the Ashland Library will screen a documentary, "Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority," at 7 p.m. Tuesday  

10/18/2007 - Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem A very frustrating development which further exacerbates the efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement to differences is the continuing destruction of Palestinian homes in the West Bank. We learned about one Palestinian family which had to rebuild its home five times and still remains uncertain about the security of its present home.  

10/18/2007 - At-Tuwani: A Bittersweet Eid    

10/18/2007 - 38.7 Million People Break Guinness World Record for 'Stand Up Speak Out' on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Palestinian children throughout the Occupied West Bank and Gaza spoke out saying no to poverty  

10/18/2007 - Iowan tells of West Bank visit "I thought it was an interesting experience to hear someone from Iowa who witnessed what goes on there and see with their own eyes what really happens instead of how it's showed in the media,  

10/18/2007 - Christian group benefits Israel causes John Hagee Ministries gave some $8.5 million to Israel-related causes at its annual "Night to Honor Israel."  

10/18/2007 - Palestinian collaborators to be granted permanent residency    

10/18/2007 - Stowaway from Palestine deported to Kuala Lumpur    

10/18/2007 - Palestinian novelist summoned for interrogation Israeli intelligence has summoned the well-known Palestinian novelist Waleed al Hodali to present himself immediately to the Ofera detention center, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, for interrogation.  

10/18/2007 - Last Palestinian refugees from Iraq head to Brazil    

10/18/2007 - Armenians push forward with fight despite ADL's reversal on 'genocide' Along with several other major Jewish groups, the ADL also opposes the resolution because of its potential repercussions for Turkish relations with Israel and the security of the Turkish Jewish community. Israel comes first over denunciation of genocide.

10/18/2007 - Barak: We don't oppose Saudi sale Ehud Barak assured Congress members that Israel does not oppose a pending U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia.  

10/18/2007 - Peres: Pollard was almost released He noted that Washington was being "surprisingly stubborn" on the Pollard issue, adding that nevertheless, Israel was doing everything possible in order to bring about his release.  

10/18/2007 - Agriculture minister: Transfer calves to prevent starvation in Gaza Simhon said Israel should also permit Palestinian farmers in Gaza to export flowers and strawberries to Europe. The Dutch government has invested 20 million euros in Gaza's agricultural field this year, especially in flowers and strawberries.  

10/18/2007 - Interpreter error causes furor said that Israel "violates the airspace of sovereign states and carries out military aggression against them, like what happened on the 6th of September 2007 against my country." The translator quoted the diplomat as saying that Israel had "taken action against nuclear facilities, including the 6 July attack in Syria."  

10/18/2007 - Jury reaches verdict in Holy Land trial After 19 days of deliberations, the jury in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial returned a verdict Thursday afternoon. But it will be Monday before the defendants find out their fate.  

10/18/2007 - Dowd: A Giuliani presidency would join Israel and U.S. at the hip   Too late. That happened years ago.

10/18/2007 - Olmert: Only sanctions on Iran will prevent deterioration    

10/18/2007 - Barriers to peace Perhaps the most malicious comments made by Horowitz, however, were those directed at Muslims. He persistently connected the religion of over 1.5 billion people to fascism, lumping together a diverse array of ethnic and political groups by using terms such as "Islamic Nazis," "barbarians" and "Islamo-fascism."  

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10/17/2007 - Two killed in clash in Gaza Strip An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian militant have been killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip during an Israeli raid in the south of the territory.  

10/17/2007 - Three die as Gaza factions clash Fighting in Gaza City between the militant Islamist group Hamas and a clan allied to its Fatah rivals has left three dead, local sources say.  

10/17/2007 - Two dead, 6 injured in traffic accident north of Jerusalem An Israeli and a Palestinian were killed and six others were injured in a traffic accident which occurred north of Jerusalem Wednesday morning.  

10/17/2007 - The Israeli planning committee in Jerusalem approves the construction of Bridge near Al Aqsa The Israeli Planning and Construction Committee of Jerusalem district approved on Tuesday a new plan to construct a bridge that leads to the Mughrabi gate, the main entrance to the Al Aqsa Mosque. This bridge will be 95 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, and will be composed of metal and wood with a number of columns.  

10/17/2007 - Rice in new Mideast talks after Bethlehem peace prayer Armed Palestinian security officers lined the streets as her convoy swept past shuttered shops and practically empty streets as few locals turned out to see the first visit by a US secretary of state in nearly a decade.  

10/17/2007 - France to host Palestinian donors conference "This conference will aim to mobilise the donors ... to provide political and financial support to the Palestinian Authority by creating the capacities and the conditions for building a viable Palestinian state."  

10/17/2007 - Rice sees "reasonable" chance for Mideast peace U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday a U.S.-led push for Israeli-Palestinian peace had a "reasonable chance of success" as both sides sparred over a planned Middle East conference.  

10/17/2007 - Palestinian villages regaining electricity A number of Palestinian villages are finally regaining regular electric power thanks to an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority.  

10/17/2007 - Hamad : Hamas has no objections to negotiations    

10/17/2007 - Rice hears gripes from religious leaders    

10/17/2007 - Israeli army injures Palestinians in Hebron and Tulkarem Security sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron report that Israeli soldiers opened fire in Al Arob refugee camp on Wednesday. A Palestinian man was injured.  

10/17/2007 - Palestinian farmers stoned near Kedumim A Palestinian farmer from the West Bank village of Thill suffered a head injury Tuesday, after he was attacked by settlers near the settlement of Kedumim. He was taken in for treatment at a Nablus hospital by the Red Crescent.  

10/17/2007 - Israeli military shoot Palestinian cameraman in Nablus Ala' Badarna, a Palestinian cameraman from the northern West Bank city of Nablus was shot in the back with rubber?coated bullets when the Israeli army invaded the area on Tuesday  

10/17/2007 - Israeli military kidnaps at least 10 Palestinians throughout the West Bank At least ten Palestinians were abducted in different parts of the West Bank in the early hours of Tuesday morning.  

10/17/2007 - Palestinian farmers attacked near Nablus A Palestinian farmer suffered head wounds after he was attacked by illegal Israeli settlers near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.  

10/17/2007 - Popular Struggle Front slams measures limiting freedom of press in Gaza    

10/17/2007 - Rice to Palestinians: lower your hopes CONDOLEEZZA Rice last night told the Palestinians to lower their expectations ahead of the White House-sponsored peace conference and to drop demands for a timetable to implement final status agreements.  

10/17/2007 - Hamas welcomes Dugard's call for UN withdrawal from Quartet    

10/17/2007 - At least 25 Palestinians abducted in the West Bank and Gaza Strip    

10/17/2007 - Palestinians: Parley likely to be postponed His comments came as senior P.A. officials said it was almost certain the conference in Annapolis, Md., would be postponed because Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have failed to achieve progress on any of the fundamental issues such as Jerusalem, the borders and refugees. This whole thing is being rushed together and pushed through in order to pave the way for a US strike on Iran. It's a ruse.

10/17/2007 - Al Mezan Condemns Escalation of Siege of Gaza, Collective Punishment by the Israeli army    

10/17/2007 - US will continue to work with Russia on Iran nuclear threat: Bush ** "We've got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel," Bush said at a White House press conference after Russia cautioned against military action against Tehran's suspect atomic program. "So I've told people that, if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon," said Bush.  

10/17/2007 - Prosecutor drops inquiry into Swedish foreign minister's blog One of the postings said it would take 24 hours to make Palestinians disappear and "regain 100 percent of Israel."  

10/17/2007 - Peace studies: Children of Israel In a city marked by division, the Max Rayne school is unique ? the only one in Jerusalem where pupils, principals and teachers are from Jewish and Arab communities. By Donald Macintyre  

10/17/2007 - House lauds Israel on U.N. breakthrough The U.S. House of Representatives saluted Israel for its being named to chair its first United Nations committee.  

10/17/2007 - Olmert, Putin to discuss Iran The Israeli prime minister is scheduled to make a one-day visit to Moscow on Thursday at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, himself freshly returned from a summit with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  

10/17/2007 - JINSA Bestows 2007 Distinguished Service Award Upon Defense Secretary Gates Gates is this year?s recipient of the institute?s Jackson award, named after late U.S. Sen. Henry M. Jackson, a staunch Cold Warrior and stalwart supporter of America?s friendship with Israel.  

10/17/2007 - Visiting American mayors look to partner with Israeli high-tech industry Visiting mayors from the United States said Thursday they're interested in joint projects with Israeli concerns, following a tour of leading biotechnology companies.  

10/17/2007 - Palestinians return to ruined Lebanese camp    

10/17/2007 - Jews Become Targets of Turkey's Anger at U.S. Vote on Armenia Turkey, which has close ties with Israel, has long relied on lobbying from Jewish groups in Washington to aid in fending off proposals like the one endorsed by a House of Representatives panel Oct. 10.  

10/17/2007 - Jewish settlers to receive Palestinian passports An extreme left-wing Israeli "peace" group plans to send realistic-looking fake Palestinian passports to some 70,000 Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria (the so-called "West Bank") next week.  

10/17/2007 - Ex-Mayor ?Emotional Winner' at Jewish Forum Mr. Giuliani was similarly unequivocal when it came to Iran, saying a president "can't hesitate" to use military power if it is in the country's best interests Which country would that be, Rudy?

10/17/2007 - UF researcher: Soccer emerges as significant political force in Israel ?Despite these surprising findings, there is no evidence yet that integration in soccer contributes to the Arabs? acceptance by the Jewish majority as citizens with equal rights,? Sorek said. ?Arabs face discrimination in matters of government budgets, employment opportunities and prospects for development of their towns and villages. Deep involvement in the soccer arena, however, seems to dull their feelings of discrimination.?  

10/17/2007 - Syria's UN delegate never referred to nuclear site: UN spokesman A UN report wrongly suggesting that a Syrian delegate had said a nuclear site in his country was hit in an Israeli air strike last month was due to an "interpretation error", a UN spokesman said Wednesday.  

10/17/2007 - Nicolas Cage teams with Palestinian director for 'Vanished' Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage will star in acclaimed Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad's first film for a major Hollywood studio, it was reported on Wednesday.  

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10/16/2007 - Civilian dies in West Bank clash One of the men was in his 70s - hit by a stray bullet while he was in his home, officials say  

10/16/2007 - Abed Al Rahman: an end to the occupation, restoration of rights Ahmad Abed al Rahman, the spokesperson of the Fatah movement and President Abbas' advisor said in a statement on Tuesday that the Palestinian side focuses in its meetings and negotiations on two basic issues.  

10/16/2007 - FACTBOX-Facts and figures on world's worst food crises PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES -- some 2 million Palestinians receive food aid either from WFP or from the United Nations Refugee and Works Agency, which works with Palestinian refugees. Food aid has been allowed through Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip since the takeover by Islamist group Hamas. With Gaza unable to export, food stalls are unusually well-stocked but with the economy collapsing many are too poor to buy.  

10/16/2007 - Egypt upbeat on Mideast peace meet after Rice visit Egypt said on Tuesday it was encouraged about the prospects for a US-sponsored Middle East peace meeting following a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.  

10/16/2007 - Hamas politician says it doesn't oppose negotiations with Israel    

10/16/2007 - Gates Says All Options On Table For Iran ** Among a string of U.S. objectives in the Middle East, Gates listed an Iran that does not build nuclear weapons or ?hold Israel hostage with the threat of attack.?  

10/16/2007 - Hamas rejects any negotiations with Israel Islamic Resistance movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip rejected on Tuesday all kinds of direct and indirect negotiations, talks or dialogues with the state of Israel.  

10/16/2007 - Top Palestinian negotiator may resign The chief Palestinian negotiator may quit because he does not believe Israel is serious about peace.  

10/16/2007 - Palestinian Census to begin this week    

10/16/2007 - Senior Fatah official attacked in southern Gaza    

10/16/2007 - Hebron Update: 1-7 October 2007    

10/16/2007 - Jerusalem is ours, warns Likud    

10/16/2007 - Fatah denounces continuing Israeli attacks on Nablus In a press release issued by its media office in the West Bank city of Nablus, Fatah movement denounced the Israeli Tuesday dawn military invasion into the city which. Two Palestinians were killed, as the army fired rounds of live ammunition and bombs at buildings in the area.  

10/16/2007 - GOP candidates tell Jewish group Israel's security must be ensured    

10/16/2007 - Israel seeks to boost Jewish population Under a new campaign for 2008, the immigration and absorption ministry said it was looking to repatriate 15,000 Israelis living abroad and bring in 20,000 new Jewish immigrants next year.  

10/16/2007 - Critics of Israel lobby gather on Mearsheimer's home turf Mearsheimer professed to not always seeing eye to eye with Finkelstein on Israel, but nevertheless supported his application for tenure and delivered an impassioned defense of his scholarly credentials. Denial of tenure, Mearsheimer claimed in his speech last week, only has one possible explanation: outside pressure from the pro-Israel community.  

10/16/2007 - Uncertainty fuels jump in West Bank gun prices Dealers at the gun market in Hebron, the West Bank's most populous city, say weapons sales have jumped by up to 70 percent since Hamas took control of Gaza, while buoyant demand and supply bottlenecks due to tighter security have inflated prices.  

10/16/2007 - GOP candidates make their case at Republican Jewish conference    

10/16/2007 - Candidates need to step up    

10/16/2007 - Al-Quds President visits When Al-Quds University President Sari Nusseibeh first visited Brandeis in 1997, a groundbreaking partnership between the two institutions was inspired. During Nusseibeh's return here last Thursday, he reflected on the struggles within his homeland and inner consciousness.  

10/16/2007 - U.S., Israel to study layered missile defences The United States and Israel agreed to work on a layered missile defence system to intercept ballistic missiles from Iran and Syria and smaller arms like those lobbed from Gaza and Lebanon, officials said on Tuesday.  

10/16/2007 - Reflection: Which toys for which boys? I am glad the Israeli military are concerned about shooting Palestinian children. Goodness knows, enough have been killed - since 2000 Israeli security forces have killed 858 Palestinian minors (http://www.btselem.org/English/Statistics/Casualties.asp). However, I believe ending the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territories is the answer, not heavily armed Israeli soldiers snatching toy guns from the hands of Palestinian children.  

10/16/2007 - Two Palestinians hurt in grenade blast at Lebanon school    

10/16/2007 - Academic freedom at risk on campus This attack, intended to shield Israel from criticism, not only threatens academic privileges on college campuses, it jeopardizes our capacity to evaluate our foreign policy. .....Over the past few years, Israel's U.S. defenders have stepped up their campaign by establishing a network of institutions (such as Campus Watch, Stand With Us, the David Project, the Israel on Campus Coalition, and the disingenuously named Scholars for Peace in the Middle East) dedicated to the task of monitoring our campuses and bringing pressure to bear on those critical of Israeli policies.  

10/16/2007 - Progress in talks on captured Israeli soldiers: Hezbollah    

10/16/2007 - Lebanon Must End Discrimination Against Its Palestinian Refugees, Charges Amnesty International in New Report The Lebanese government must take concrete steps to end all forms of discrimination against Palestinian refugees, Amnesty International said in a new report launched at a press conference in Beirut today.  

10/16/2007 - Sneh: Iran could destroy Zionist dream A nuclear Iran could destroy the Zionist dream by deterring immigration to Israel, Labor MK Ephraim Sneh said Sunday.  

10/16/2007 - U.S. too often follows Israel's lead in diplomatic situations By Paul Findley The pro-Israel lobby is not one organization orchestrating U.S. Middle East policy from a backroom in Washington. Nor is it entirely Jewish. It consists of scores of groups -- large and small -- that work at various levels. The largest, most professional, and most effective is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.  

10/16/2007 - Rice in Egypt talks on conference    

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10/15/2007 - Palestinian Authority forces kill two Palestinians, including one boy, in Qalqilia    

10/15/2007 - Palestinians Prepare to Stand Up for What Matters Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are expected to take part in demonstrations highlighting poverty and inequality in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Palestinians in the territories number three to four million.  

10/15/2007 - 'Many in the US military think Bush and Cheney are out of control' ** Many in the US military think Bush and Cheney are out of control. They are rebelling against Bush and Cheney...I regard the Israelis as opponents of a war with Iran which would involve them Excellent. Keep it up! As to the last statement in the excerpt: of course Israel won't fight that war: that's why she's getting US to do it for them (again).

10/15/2007 - Israel stalls Jerusalem holy site project again    

10/15/2007 - Palestinian child wounded by Israeli army fire in central Gaza    

10/15/2007 - US 'wants Palestinian state now' Condoleezza Rice said reaching a two-state solution was a priority for her and US President George Bush. Has to do with garnering Arab support for forthcoming action on Iran, methinks.

10/15/2007 - Self-help Gazans still need outside world The continuing power cuts in Gaza have made candles a basic necessity, but many residents can no longer afford them.  

10/15/2007 - Israeli settlers attack villagers near Nablus    

10/15/2007 - Egypt uncovers weapons-smuggling tunnels on Gaza border    

10/15/2007 - Jordan And Israel Butt Heads Over Dig Jordan says Israel should not resume excavations at Mugrabi Gate near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.  

10/15/2007 - Jerusalem cannot be discussed, Yishai tells Rice The two held a very tense meeting in Jerusalem, which brought to the surface the deep gaps between the leaders of the negotiations with the Palestinians in the Israeli government and the opposition within the coalition.  

10/15/2007 - UN expert rails at Quartet policies in his interview with the BBC, Mr Dugard goes further than before.  

10/15/2007 - Olmert-Rice meeting: No American pressure Prime minister believes US secretary of state does not plan to force Israel into accepting timetable on refugees, Jerusalem and border issues  

10/15/2007 - Envoy Urges UN To Quit Mideast Mediating Group The United Nations should pull out of the Quartet of Middle East mediators unless the group starts taking Palestinian human rights seriously, a U.N. envoy said on Monday.John Dugard, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights for the Palestinian territories, told the BBC the world body ?does itself little good? by remaining in the Quartet group of the United States, European Union, Russia and the United Nations.  

10/15/2007 - Palestinians: Settlers hurling stones at us Palestinians: Settlers hurling stones at us Dozens of right-wing activists living in illegal West Bank outpost constantly harassing local residents, Palestinians say  

10/15/2007 - Resident injured, home demolished, as army invades Qalqilia    

10/15/2007 - Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Urgent Appeal for Intervention On the 10th of October Physicians for Human Rights-Israel sent an urgent request to the Israeli army and Minister of Defense, demanding that seven patients from Gaza whose access to medical care outside Gaza had been denied for ?security reasons? be immediately allowed to exit Gaza via the Israeli-controlled Erez Crossing.  

10/15/2007 - Robertson Warns Of God's Wrath The Reverend Pat Robertson says the United States will be "risking the wrath of God" if it forces Israel to surrender East Jerusalem to the Palestinians LOL.

10/15/2007 - Religious tensions flare as Mideast conference nears The conference, titled "The Apartheid Paradigm in Palestine-Israel," is rapidly becoming another source of tension between the leadership of the Jewish community and mainline Protestant denominations. Its keynote speaker is scheduled to be Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu  

10/15/2007 - 'Mideast peace is high on our agenda'   An exercise in Israel asskissing by the US presidential candidates. Disgraceful. Only one nation in the world gets this kind of kowtow fest - Israel.

10/15/2007 - Separation of families "priority humanitarian issue" - ICRC official Following the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, sections of the Golan were captured by Israel. While most of the villages were depopulated, four Druze villages and one Alawi village remained inhabited. 'Depopulated' doublespeak for ETHNIC CLEANSING.

10/15/2007 - Why are the Israelis lying about striking a "nuclear facility" in Syria? ** It also, I believe, prefigures, on a much smaller scale, the sequence of events likely to trigger war with Iran: an Israeli strike, Iranian retaliation via Hezbollah, followed by American intervention, which would be practically inevitable. Former CIA counterterrorism official Philip Giraldi has a similar article in the current (October 22) issue of The American Conservative. Israel wants to include Syria on the hitlist in any possible attack on Iran by the US, IMO. And she's looking for a pretext, any old one will do. This was a dry run. As we inch closer to a(nother) Israel-Palestinian 'peace agreement', we inch closer to WWIII.

10/15/2007 - What 'Safe' Cluster Bombs Do In Lebanon Lebanon has a devastating cluster bomb problem. Hit hard during the final days of last summer?s conflict with Israel, hundreds of thousands of unexploded munitions are strewn throughout the south?s rural towns and fertile fields and valleys. Although there have been 255 civilian and de-mining casualties to date, official requests for Israel?s cluster bomb strike data have gone unanswered. ?The reality of the situation is we simply don?t know how many there are, and we will never know until the Israelis tell us how many they fired,? says Chris Clark  

10/15/2007 - Hopes of prisoner exchanges after Israeli civilian's body returned home The body of an Israeli civilian was swapped last night for those of two Hizbollah militants and a live Lebanese prisoner in a move that Israel indicated could presage further prisoner exchanges.  

10/15/2007 - Lebanon detains group for trying to bomb UN troops The Lebanese army says it has detained members of a "terrorist network" who had tried to bomb UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon.  

10/15/2007 - Merkel assails Iran over Israel Germany should never accept Iran's threats against Israel, Angela Merkel said.  

10/15/2007 - GOP candidates set to make pitches to Bush's Jewish loyalists Not invited were long-shots U.S. Reps. Duncan Hunter of California, Tom Tancredo of Colorado and Ron Paul of Texas. Paul was rejected because of his consistent voting record against U.S. assistance to Israel and his criticism of the pro-Israel lobby. Ron Paul - one of the brave few that dares to put America first.

10/15/2007 - Tel Aviv OneVoice Summit Cancelled in Show of Solidarity, Adams Reaffirms his Support    

10/15/2007 - Egypt playing negative role as peace parley approaches Ironically, some Israelis believe the chances of an accommodation with Syria are now greater in the wake of the reported Israeli airstrike against a nascent Syrian nuclear facility in September. Top Israel Defense Force generals believe there is now a real chance for a dialogue with Syria and Israel should explore it. In farewell interviews, the outgoing deputy chief of staff, Maj.-Gen Moshe Kaplinsky , argued that detaching Syria from the Iranian-led "axis of evil" was a vital Israeli and American interest.  

10/15/2007 - Small gathering protests group's Muslim Family Day at Six Flags Brenda Jernigan of Duncanville said she isn't positive the Muslim group holding Sunday's event is tied to terrorism. But she's positive her conservative Christian values are under attack. Morons.

10/15/2007 - Clinton: Pullout from Iraq will facilitate peace between Israel, Palestinians    

10/15/2007 - U.N. watchdog asks Syria about "undeclared" atom plant The U.N. nuclear watchdog did not know about any undeclared atomic plant in Syria and has asked Damascus about information that such a site was targeted by an Israeli air strike, a spokeswoman said on Monday.  

10/15/2007 - From the Saints strip to the Gaza Strip!    

10/15/2007 - Dump JNF, activists tell Brown Palestinian activists are calling on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to disassociate himself from the Jewish National Fund.  

10/15/2007 - Olmert plans France, U.K. visit Olmert will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Political sources said he will likely lobby for their support ahead of next month's Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Annapolis, Md.  

10/15/2007 - Detainee complain of abuse, violations, and ongoing attacks in Israeli prisons    

10/15/2007 - Rice gets off beaten track of Mideast diplomacy U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Bethlehem this week, getting off the beaten diplomatic track to try to convince Israelis and Palestinians Washington is serious about its push for peace.  

10/15/2007 - On U.S. tour as defense minister, Barak's focus on security over peace In Washington this week for talks with Bush administration officials and congressional leaders, Barak is trying to promote joint U.S.-Israel missile defense projects and exchange views on the threats posed by Iran's nuclear program.  

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10/14/2007 - PA Security Source: Hamas operatives hand in weapons    

10/14/2007 - Rice warns Israel on peace talks US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has made a rare warning to Israel not to do anything that might erode confidence in the peace process.  

10/14/2007 - Palestinian protestor attempts to immolate himself    

10/14/2007 - Israeli Jamming Mystery Deepens The interference began shortly after the 6 September Israeli air raid on Syria, which, according to US and UK press reports  

10/14/2007 - Over the Line "Lords of the Land" is the first complete history of the settlement project. It provides a detailed narrative of injustice, and is profoundly depressing for anyone still hoping for a fair resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or even hoping that Jews and Arabs will be seen as equal in the eyes of Israeli law.  

10/14/2007 - Barak heads to U.S. to promote Israel rocket defence Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak heads to the United States this week to promote joint anti-missile projects that Israel considers a prerequisite for any future handover of the West Bank to the Palestinians.  

10/14/2007 - Israeli air strike was aimed at Syrian reactor, report says According to yesterday's report, Israel presented satellite evidence of the Syrian reactor to Washington earlier this year, triggering differing views within the administration over whether to back an air strike.  

10/14/2007 - Israel facing loss of key Australian ally Israel may lose one of its best friends when Australians go to the polls. And the Aussies would be making a major gain. Go figure.

10/14/2007 - Report: Iran holds Israeli hostages Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office denied the report. Israeli officials did not provide further details.  

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10/13/2007 - Israel largely drawing its own border with Palestinians, despite upcoming peace conference First a sprawling police headquarters went up, now bulldozers are leveling ground for a highway, and by year's end Israel will have laid claim to another strategic West Bank hill, taking one more chunk out of a future Palestine even as Israel says it wants to negotiate its borders. Israel's notion of 'peace' is 'piece' - as in, another piece of Palestine.

10/13/2007 - Israeli Army Deputy Chief: Gaza invasion "a matter of timing"    

10/13/2007 - Surviving Gaza strike, father and daughter fear for future Hamdi is working with a group of Israeli volunteers and lawyers to appeal his daughter's case before the Israeli supreme court, arguing she must remain in Israel where she has constant access to emergency care......"If they send her to Ramallah she will find it difficult to go to the hospital because of the Israeli roadblocks -- we will be sending her to her death,"  

10/13/2007 - Palestinian security forces raid several West Bank mosques    

10/13/2007 - Iran leader urges summit boycott He said the aim of the meeting was to bolster Israel's position at the expense of the Palestinians...."This US-proposed move is in fact an initiative of the United States of America's regime to save the Zionist regime," he said.  

10/13/2007 - Peace concerts off in security row    

10/13/2007 - Do the Goyim Get to Register an Opinion Re Walt/Mearsheimer?    

10/13/2007 - Inside the Boston Palestine Film Festival    

10/13/2007 - 3-Minute Interview: Aaron Shneyer I'm creating an ensemble of about 10 Israeli and Palestinian youth musicians from high schools in East and West Jerusalem called Heartbeat Jerusalem. Each week, the group will come together to learn, write and play music, eventually creating a performance and recording that will be shared with the larger community.  

10/13/2007 - Israeli strike was on Syrian nuke reactor: New York Times    

10/13/2007 - As the olive harvest begins... Eight thousand dunams, or 2,000 acres, some 80 percent of all the farmland owned by Jayus villagers, is located on the Israeli side of the barrier.  

10/13/2007 - Counterpoint: The Coming Third Intifada The issue at stake is not only the fair treatment of Israeli Arabs, but the character of a Jewish state. Israel cannot maintain any semblance of moral authority based on an ideology of oppression  

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10/12/2007 - Israeli strike kills Palestinian militant in Gaza    

10/12/2007 - EU quiet over Israeli land expropriation    

10/12/2007 - Israeli forces kidnap Prisoners Society lawyer and two civilians in Bethlehem    

10/12/2007 - Israeli military abducts 8 Palestinians including young woman from Nablus and Sura    

10/12/2007 - PA minister: Israel wants to destroy Fayyad gov't This is the first time since 1967 that Israeli bodies prevent the Palestinian government of delivering sweets to prisoners. "The Israeli government is a government of liars that is interested in harming the efforts of the PA and Fayyad's government to bring about economic and security improvements in the Palestinian territories,"  

10/12/2007 - Gazans barred from treatment in Israel Six Gazans, including a 16-year-old girl and two women in their early 20s, suffering from cancer and other serious ailments and who desperately need treatment in Israel are being prevented from entering the country by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), the organization Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) told The Jerusalem Post Thursday.  

10/12/2007 - Blair admits he is shocked by discrimination on the West Bank He was shocked by what he was told about conditions in Hebron and diplomats say he was genuinely taken aback by his trip to the West Bank sector of the Jordan Valley ? where Palestinians are allowed to dig wells only a third as deep as Israelis ? at the exploitation of resources by the rich Jewish agricultural settlements at the expense of closed in Palestinian farmers  

10/12/2007 - Qurea slams illegal Israeli measures against the detainees Palestinian official, head of the Palestinian Negotiations Team, Ahmad Qurea (Abu Ala?), slammed on Friday the Israeli Authorities for barring the entry of sweets to Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, and slammed the ongoing violations practiced against the detainees.  

10/12/2007 - Sweets and tears in Gaza at Eid    

10/12/2007 - Hamas and Christian leaders confirm mutual respect and unity Leaders of the deposed Hamas government in Gaza and high-ranking Christian figures in the region on Friday reasserted their unity and mutual respect for another, arguing that, in spite of recent attacks, Islamic-Christian relations remained strong.  

10/12/2007 - Abbas, Olmert can make deal despite weakness: Blair    

10/12/2007 - Isolated Gaza marks Eid with defiance and mourning "Only the children can enjoy this holiday. For the grown-ups its very difficult. There's shortages in the markets, and what they have has become more expensive,"  

10/12/2007 - Hamas warns Abbas not to concede to Israelis    

10/12/2007 - Bush extends PLO waiver President Bush once again waived laws that would ban a Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington.  

10/12/2007 - Israel denies confiscated Arab land for settlers Israel denied on Friday that freshly ordered Arab land expropriations between Jerusalem and a key Jewish settlement would be used to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank.  

10/12/2007 - Yediot Ahronot to close English Web site The Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot will shut down its English language Web site Y-net, the site's editor in chief confirmed.  

10/12/2007 - Poll: 81% of Israelis want JNF land for Jews only    

10/12/2007 - The honeymoon is ending on 'mission impossible' "Blair was really astonished and angry," says the UN official who gave him a presentation on the devastating effects of Israel's "security barrier", settlements, checkpoints, and closures on the lives of Palestinians in the occupied territories.  

10/12/2007 - Israel slams Egypt on border Israel reportedly told the United States that the porous Egypt-Gaza Strip border threatened a planned peace conference.  

10/12/2007 - Israel's settlers - One reason for the absence of peace Never mind that Israel has flouted international law by settling its citizens in occupied foreign territory; what is remarkable is how consistently the settlers have thwarted Israel's own laws, in pursuit of what to them are biblical lands inhabited by Palestinian interlopers. Say, I wonder what AMERICANS would do if some foreign nation kept taking their land and denying them freedom? Whoops, we already know the answer to that question.

10/12/2007 - Stowaway on SIA flight from Kuala Lumpur hides in nose wheel well A Palestinian stowaway fell out of the nose wheel of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft that landed at Changi Airport on a flight from Kuala Lumpur, police said on Saturday.  

10/12/2007 - Over the Line "Lords of the Land" is the first complete history of the settlement project. It provides a detailed narrative of injustice, and is profoundly depressing for anyone still hoping for a fair resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or even hoping that Jews and Arabs will be seen as equal in the eyes of Israeli law. The author of this piece is deluded if he thinks that everything is hunky dorey for the Arabs that live inside the Green Line in Israel proper.

10/12/2007 - Families of dead Lebanese troops block refugee return Some 400 men, women and children burned tyres and placed stones at the northern entrance of Nahr al-Bared camp forcing a bus filled with refugees to turn back.  

10/12/2007 - Giuliani names 3 more Jews as advisers Ruth Wedgwood, Michael Rubin and David Frum were among seven additional advisers named Thursday by the former New York mayor's campaign for the Republican presidential candidacy. David Frum = neocon supremo. No End to War, ala Frum and Perle. If Rudy gets elected, you can bet we will continue to further the neocon agenda (which is almost always Israel-first!).

10/12/2007 - 'Olive branch' must not fall again / Israel needs to make first step in breaking deadlock over Mideast peace talks    

10/12/2007 - Teachers prepare for Middle East fact-finding trip ?The problems for ­people in Abu Dis are very severe. ?They are living under military occupation and an eight-foot Israeli separation wall. ?I?m happy the teachers on both sides will be meeting people who have very different lives.?  

10/12/2007 - From 2004: No End to War By Patrick J. Buchanan   One of Buchanan's finest masterpieces, hands down.

10/12/2007 - Israeli archaeologist talks to crowd of 30 about country in ruins Several times he stated that a two- state solution is necessary, and he said that it is the only way to achieve peace, detracting any approach that did not view the Palestinians as equals.  

10/12/2007 - Candidates court Jewish support Set to announce the appointment of former Rep. David Bonior as campaign manager in a few days, Edwards' strategists began to realize that the Michigan Democrat's strong support for Palestinians while he was in Congress could hurt Edwards among American Jews. .....The new test is how tough the candidates will be in combating the nuclear threat that Iran poses to Israel, and whether Israel should be allowed to take pre-emptive action.  

10/12/2007 - Vigil held to criticize St. Thomas' Tutu invite "St. Thomas didn't want to hurt the Jewish people," said Ifrah Jimale, 28, a St. Thomas senior from Somalia. "What about the Palestinian people?"  

10/12/2007 - Harvard Prof Says Google Cancelled His Talk on Israel Lobby At an appearance at Columbia University tonight, Stephen Walt, a Harvard professor and former dean, said that he and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer were slated to speak at Google headquarters recently to discuss their bestselling book The Israel Lobby and at the last minute the event was cancelled mysteriously.  

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10/11/2007 - Lebanese PM condemns Israeli confiscation of Palestinian lands "Calling for an international conference for Mideast peace will not be beneficial" if the Jewish state continued occupying Palestinian lands, said Seniora, adding that Israel would only increase hostility against its citizens if it continued on its current policy.  

10/11/2007 - Gaza goes hungry as Israeli sanctions bite The army recently banned the import of hearing aid batteries for Gaza's school for the deaf on the grounds that they could be used to make bombs. Unbelievable.

10/11/2007 - DFLP slams Israel?s decision to annex 1200 Dunams of Palestinian lands in Jerusalem The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) issued a statement on Thursday slamming the Israeli decision to annex 1200 Dunams of Palestinian lands in the Jerusalem area, and considered this decision as a direct violation to the international law.  

10/11/2007 - Abu Rudeinah: peace talks will fail unless Israeli attacks cease    

10/11/2007 - Israeli military attacks Beit Fourik: one Palestinian injured Israeli military forces invaded the village of Beit Fourik, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday morning and opened fire with tear-gas near a girl's school, causing students breathing difficulties.  

10/11/2007 - Rice seeks Israeli 'clarification' on land grab Israel on Tuesday ordered the confiscation of Arab land outside east Jerusalem, officials said, reviving fears that the occupied West Bank could be split in two and challenging peace overtures. Rice will blather about it but will take zero action.

10/11/2007 - Palestinian leader Abbas rejects talks with Hamas    

10/11/2007 - Five Gazans wounded in Israeli incursion Israeli troops and armoured vehicles rolled into the central Gaza Strip on Thursday in an incursion that sparked gunfights and wounded five Palestinians, witnesses and medics said.  

10/11/2007 - Palestinian students continue to face exclusion As the discrimination against Palestinian students continues, the UK University and College Union (UCU) announced last month that it would not be legal for it to discriminate against Israeli academics, students and institutions in protest against Israel's treatment of Palestinians.  

10/11/2007 - Fayyad says Palestinians need more donor aid The Palestinian Authority (PA) will suffer a "crisis" if international donors do not commit to giving more funds before the year's end, Salam Fayyad, the premier of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' caretaker government, warned Thursday. ....Fayyad also said the PA budget needs "the delayed financial tax dues from Israel" that are meant to be paid every month.  

10/11/2007 - Abbas meets US envoy ahead of Rice visit    

10/11/2007 - Israel continues with house demolition in the Negev    

10/11/2007 - Jewish groups plan Jerusalem coalition Several U.S. Jewish groups are establishing a coalition that would oppose any plan to divide Jerusalem.  

10/11/2007 - Lean times for holiday shoppers in Gaza The withered economy has left few people with money to shop with, anyway. The markets, usually jammed with buyers near the end of Ramadan, are uncrowded  

10/11/2007 - A riddle of rockets Why launch a Grad and raise the tension with Israel now? One possible motive for either Hamas or the other militants may be to provoke just such a harsh Israeli response, so as to derail the coming Israeli-Palestinian peace summit expected next month or in December Question: Has Israel ceased killing Palestinians in the weeks up to now, leading to this summit? Nope. The Economist has some obvious bias here.

10/11/2007 - New York state official visits Israel, visits historic sites New York Lt. Gov. David Paterson was in Israel Thursday, fulfilling what he said was a lifelong dream of visiting a country that's fascinated him since the 1967 Mideast War _ and attending to some official business.  

10/11/2007 - Assad slams Lebanese parties who follow Israel Syrian President Bashar al-Assad slammed Lebanese who he said had chosen to side with Israel and submit themselves to foreigners instead of taking the Arab path and that of resistance.  

10/11/2007 - Lieberman warns against discussing "core issues" at upcoming summit Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman warned Thursday that if the Palestinian Authority and Israel attempted to address issues like borders, Jerusalem and refugees at the upcoming summit, the Israeli government would dissolve.  

10/11/2007 - Clues surface in killing of Arab American leader "(Alex) was a messenger of peace," Sami Odeh said. "He advocated the right of the Palestinians and that led to his killing by an extreme Jewish group."  

10/11/2007 - Unprecedented Muslim call for peace with Christians    

10/11/2007 - Lebanon reaps deadly Israeli bombs one year after war Two civilians, including a six-year-old boy, were killed by cluster bombs only last week.  

10/11/2007 - Pro-Israel Oppressors Cherished at Columbia University The stark contrast between Columbia's treatments of the Shah and of Ahmadinejad is not an isolated case. It fits into the established pattern of Columbia's behavior toward Israel.  

10/11/2007 - Palestinians try to rebuild lives in devastated Lebanon camp    

10/11/2007 - Israeli cluster bomb kills British deminer in Lebanon A British member of a demining team was killed on Thursday by a cluster bomb dropped by Israeli forces during last year's war in Lebanon, officials said.  

10/11/2007 - Lebanon PM asks UN, Arab League to stop arms from Syria    

10/11/2007 - Israel worried by Turk-Armenian debate Israel's government expressed concern Thursday over the U.S. congressional debate on the mass killings of ethnic Armenians in Turkey 90 years ago, but tried to deflect pressure from Turkey to take its side in the dispute.  

10/11/2007 - Camp in Lebanon fosters peace and tolerance in a region marked by conflict    

10/11/2007 - Desolation Awaits Returning Palestinian Refugees    

10/11/2007 - Journalists tour Syria bomb site Syria took journalists on a tour of the site Israel allegedly bombed last month, calling it an agricultural research center.  

10/11/2007 - Clinton Steps Away From Pro-Israel Lobby on Measure to Rein in President Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has built a reputation for strictly adhering to the pro-Israel line, but she now appears, for the first time, to be supporting legislation that is opposed by pro-Israel lobbyists.Clinton announced last week that she would co-sponsor an amendment, proposed by Virginia Democrat Jim Webb, that would require the president to seek congressional approval before taking military action against Iran. Maybe AIPAC is backing off of this one due to the overwhelming attention they are receiving with regard to their undue influence over Capitol Hill, among other places.

10/11/2007 - All's quiet on Israel's northeastern front, for now Maj. Gen. Wolfgang Jilke , the 59-year-old Austrian officer who oversees the 1,300-strong United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the area, and his observers could see nothing to substantiate the Israeli press reports of a Syrian military buildup. "From our point of view, this is just misleading information," said Jilke, who's one of the few people in the world who can drive the 135 miles between Damascus and Jerusalem . Israel, mislead? Nooooo, say it ain't soo....

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10/10/2007 - Israelis kill militant in West Bank Israeli forces killed a gunman from a group linked to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's party during a series of shootings and arrests in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, officials said.....Israeli soldiers also shot a 13-year-old Palestinian boy in the head with a rubber bullet after youngsters threw stones at forces operating in Qalqiliya, another town in the northern West Bank, medical and security officials said.  

10/10/2007 - Holy Land: Private security firms take over on checkpoints They say that the civilian guards are much rougher and more aggressive. The worst complaints, he writes, relate to 'Room 3' - a small sealed room at one checkpoint, where, according to several testimonies, Palestinian men and women have been made to strip completely, and sometimes wait for hours.  

10/10/2007 - US silent on Israel grab of Arab land Washington's silence contrasts with the reaction by France, Egypt and Jordan, all of which have denounced the land grab.  

10/10/2007 - 'US support for Israel spurred 9/11' Bin Laden's concern had been reflected in his public statements throughout the 1990's - "well before 9-11." Citing the 9-11 Commission report, Mearsheimer and Walt argued that Bin Laden wanted to make sure the attackers struck Congress because it is "the most important source of support for Israel in the United States," adding that Bin Laden twice tried to move up the dates of the attacks because of events involving Israel...... Mearsheimer said there was "no question" that the "neo-conservatives were the main driving force behind the war, but they where supported by the main constituents in the [Israel] lobby, such as AIPAC."  

10/10/2007 - Erekat condemns Israeli decision to confiscate Palestinian land Erekat described this recent Israeli move as "destructive to all the efforts led by the international community to revive the peace process and to realize the two-state solution by having a viable contiguous Palestinian state."  

10/10/2007 - Report: Washington split on Syria WMDs Israel presented the Bush administration with intelligence meant to justify its Sept. 6 airstrike against a suspected nuclear facility in northern Syria, but some in Washington remain unconvinced, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Well shiver me timbers, we've still got some good guys in there, hallelujah!

10/10/2007 - Israeli bulldozers attempt to annex land near Palestinian kindergarten Local sources reported that the bulldozers attempted to move the route of the wall 2.5. Meters closer to the kindergarten than had been previously stated.  

10/10/2007 - Palestinian takes on UK in court A 60-year-old Palestinian will begin a case against the UK government in the High Court later when he will say that sales of arms to Israel are illegal. Saleh Hassan, who lives on the West Bank, says his land was confiscated by Israel to make way for its barrier.  

10/10/2007 - Neocons Acquire Another Front Group by Philip Giraldi The neocon domination of the editorial pages of most major newspapers and magazines continues, and even the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has a board controlled by five Republican appointees chaired by Cheryl Feldman Halpern, who, prior to her appointment in 2005, complained that public television and radio exhibited an anti-Israel bias. The neocons, much more than traditional conservatives and liberals, continue to be adept at networking and getting their message across, even if that message has frequently been mugged by reality. If you turn on a television and are invited to learn the views of an "expert" on foreign policy, that expert is likely to be a neocon. Philip Giraldi - a former CIA counterterrorism official - one of the good guys.

10/10/2007 - Israel's Strike On Syrian Facilities Was a Dry Run - Philip Giraldi **    

10/10/2007 - HEBRON UPDATE: 25-30 September 2007    

10/10/2007 - Israel quadruples building permits in West Bank: report Israel's Lands Authority issued permits for the construction of 6,100 new apartments in the West Bank in the first three quarters of 2007, some four times as many as during the same period in previous years, Israel Radio reported Wednesday.  

10/10/2007 - Abbas lays out territorial demand The area is the sum of territory of the West Bank and Gaza which Israel conquered in 1967, and which the Palestine Liberation Organisation has argued should be set aside for a Palestinian state.....The president often points out that the 2,400 sq miles relates to 22% of the British-controlled Palestine from which Israel emerged in 1948. The Palestinians, he says, have already given up 78% to Israel. Israel took most of that land by force which is illegal under international law. How much seized land was Hitler's Germany allowed to 'keep' after WWII? How much Japanese land did the US 'keep'?

10/10/2007 - Israel detains 15 Palestinians in West Bank    

10/10/2007 - Brownback endorses call for Israeli annexation of West Bank Such an arrangement would essentially allow Israel to keep the entire West Bank while taking little responsibility for its Arab residents. In the past, Israeli hard-liners have made similar proposals suggesting that a Palestinian state be established in neighboring Jordan while Israel remains in control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.  

10/10/2007 - EU official: Peace talks must include right of return    

10/10/2007 - Palestinian state important for Mideast peace: Blair    

10/10/2007 - Hebron: American arrested for assaulting Palestinians Hebron District Police arrested a Jewish United States citizen on suspicion of attacking and beating a number of Palestinians during a Simchat Torah celebration in the West Bank city last week. Israeli settlers from America are some of the most violent of all.

10/10/2007 - The Popular Committees Slam attacks against medical facilities, residents The Palestinian Popular(Folk) Committees slammed on Wednesday an attack carried by Hamas members against the Medical Council in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and medical facilities in the Gaza Strip, a statement by the Committees said.  

10/10/2007 - U.S. should deal with Hamas, say ex-officials    

10/10/2007 - Israel labour laws apply to Palestinian workers Israel's highest court ruled on Wednesday that the country's labour laws must apply to thousands of Palestinians who work for Israeli bosses but who were previously subject to discrimination.  

10/10/2007 - Haifa man convicted of planning to sell explosives to Islamic Jihad    

10/10/2007 - Israeli army invades northern Gaza Local sources indicated that at least 10 tanks and some bulldozers invaded Palestinian farm lands located around the town of Beit Hannon. Eyewitnesses stated that army helicopters alsio took part in the attack. While bulldozers razed arable land in the area, no injuries were reported.  

10/10/2007 - Hamas official warns of consequences of any agreement with Israel " No one can impose the American-Israeli agenda on the Palestinian people. The people will reject such an agenda practically not verbally"  

10/10/2007 - Israel allows 3,500 Palestinians to stay in West Bank The Israeli government has granted official residency status to 3,500 Palestinians who in the last decade entered the West Bank on Israeli-issued visitors' visas but never left, Palestinian officials said Wednesday. It's strange to me that Israel decides who is a resident of another peoples' territory.

10/10/2007 - Qurei seeks U.S. pressure on Israel to stop settlements    

10/10/2007 - Jordan rejects Israel's appropriation of land east of Jerusalem    

10/10/2007 - November Talks Must Be Inclusive, Urge U.S. Graybeards "It is impossible to conduct a serious discussion on ending the occupation while settlement construction proceeds apace," the letter stated. "Efforts also should focus on alleviating the situation in Gaza and allowing the resumption of its economic life."  

10/10/2007 - Israeli incursion in Qalqilia leaves 3 Palestinians wounded    

10/10/2007 - EU: Israel added new roadblocks    

10/10/2007 - Israeli army invades several West Bank cities; 5 Palestinians kidnapped    

10/10/2007 - Hamas ready for talks with rival    

10/10/2007 - 'I didn't suggest we kill Palestinians'   This article is an exercise in vile racism.

10/10/2007 - The Tutu Heave-Ho The files indicated that Tutu had called Israel racist and compared it to Hitler. The president got the message and Tutu got the heave-ho. Awkwardly enough, an examination of Tutu?s actual remarks (the text can be accessed via a link on the Web version of this editorial) shows that Tutu said nothing of the sort......According to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the transmutation was the handiwork of the Zionist Organization of America Witness how the pro-Israeli community is fed utter BS by the extremists in their midst - and they lap it up without so much as a blink of an eye.

10/10/2007 - Israeli envoy to New Zealand blunders Rotem?s gaffe comes less than two years after his predecessor, Naftali Tamir, was recalled from his post early after he was quoted in Ha?aretz as saying Australia and Israel were like sisters in Asia "because we don't have yellow skins and slanted eyes."  

10/10/2007 - Second Israeli bank shuns Gaza    

10/10/2007 - Visiting professors launch Palestinian debate in dialogue "It's not just a lecture, it's between the students and the two professors that are coming to speak about the issues that are happening in Palestine," said Natasha Dossa, a Weinberg sophomore. "Not just on a governmental level, but how it affects the people living in the West Bank and Gaza."  

10/10/2007 - Land of the free? Not when Israel is the topic the Israel lobby has so conditioned American organisations to its wrath that the latter won't even touch certain speakers for fear of stirring it once again.  

10/10/2007 - Palestinian orphans under UAE sponsorship to increase to 20,000    

10/10/2007 - A Walk Through Old Hebron No Palestinians are allowed to drive in this area - not even a taxi or an ambulance - all the shops, clinics and businesses have been closed down for ?security? reasons and are shuttered and padlocked, few people were walking (the settlers are allowed to drive). It was like a ghost town.  

10/10/2007 - Where Did AIPAC Come From? Testimony would also reveal a direct connection between the nascent lobby and a little-known Israeli false-flag terror attack against the United States in Egypt. One board member of the Jewish Agency responsible for "colonization" in Israel and financing the startup of Israel's lobby in America was instrumental in engineering a cover-up of the terror bombing campaign codenamed "Operation Susannah." .....Decades after Fulbright's investigation, the Jewish Agency and its U.S. partners would be found by Israeli prosecutor Talia Sason to have engaged in laundering $50 billion toward numerous illegal overseas activities.  

10/10/2007 - Tutu reinvited to Minnesota college On Tuesday, Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman wrote to Dease urging him to reconsider his decision about disinviting Tutu. University officials did not say whether Foxman's letter affected Dease's decision, but they said Dease received a steady stream of phone calls and e-mails when the story broke last week. Only proves Mearsheimer and Walt right again by showing how powerful the Israeli Lobby (this time, the ADL, an important part thereof) really is. Durrr....

10/10/2007 - Genocide measure passes in tight vote The only Jewish member to vote against was Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), who cited among other reasons Turkey's close relationship with Israel.  

10/10/2007 - Geopolitical Diary: A New Shield for Israel Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday that Israel will soon be able to intercept 90 percent of the missiles launched at it, from Iran's Shahab-3 missiles to Palestinian Qassam rockets.  

10/10/2007 - Palestinian refugees turn down Sudanese asylum offer "They think Sudan is too risky and that after a few months there may be a war there. They want to go somewhere safe where they can work and live in peace,"  

10/10/2007 - Bipartisan Heavies Call for Engagement    

10/10/2007 - Horowitz's Latest Hate Campaign Heads for Campus   Hyping up the threat of 'Islamofascism' to America is the MO of the Israeli lobby and in particular, the neocons. I give you Patrick Buchanan's retort to this 'theat', paragraph 10 in particular.

10/10/2007 - Families return to Lebanon camp "I'm so happy about going back, even if it's to just one inch of what's left of my home. It's as symbolic as returning to Palestine," Um Akram Awdeh, 60, told the Reuters news agency, as he waited in a bus to enter the camp.  

10/10/2007 - Land grabs make Palestinians' lives a misery    

10/10/2007 - Far Right Israelis Get Boost From Senator Elon, who supports the transfer of Palestinians out of the West Bank and Gaza, and considers the Palestinian Authority a ?danger to the region,? represents the far right of Israeli politics. By endorsing him, Brownback seems to be placing himself to the right of other Republican candidates on Israel policy.  

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10/9/2007 - Group decries 'grave breaches' in Gaza fighting A human rights group said on Tuesday that it had uncovered serious breaches of international law, including extra-judicial killings and torture, during recent Palestinian infighting in the Gaza Strip.  

10/9/2007 - Palestinian group says members fire rocket into Israel The armed wing of the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees, Salah el-Dein Brigades, claimed responsibility on Tuesday for launching a homemade rocket from northern Gaza into the southern Israeli town of Sderout.  

10/9/2007 - Egypt condemns Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem Egypt on Tuesday strongly criticized an Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem and called on the world community to stop Israel from spoiling peace efforts in the region.  

10/9/2007 - Slain Baptist in Gaza had gentle but bold witness "Rami was the most gentle member on the team, the ever-smiling one," a colleague said. "He was the face of our Bible shop, always receiving visitors and serving them as Jesus would."  

10/9/2007 - Hamas slams Fatah for arresting 7 Hamas members in W. Bank    

10/9/2007 - Al-Quds brigades deny members are entering Gaza through Egypt    

10/9/2007 - Israeli army orders confiscation of Palestinian land in West Bank The Israeli army has ordered the seizure of Palestinian land surrounding four West Bank villages apparently in order to hugely expand settlements around Jerusalem, it emerged yesterday.  

10/9/2007 - Stranded Jihad members back to Gaza through Rafah crossing    

10/9/2007 - Al-Ghusen: Fatah must ask permission to hold outdoor prayers    

10/9/2007 - Students protest at Gaza blockade    

10/9/2007 - Surge Protectors The three principals of Freedom's Watch have all expressed Israel-centered views. Matt Brooks himself cited Israel's interests two years back when attacking the antiwar movement  

10/9/2007 - Findings of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty due to continuing pressure by the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, this attack remains the only serious naval incident that has never been thoroughly investigated by Congress; to this day, no surviving crewmember has been permitted to officially and publicly testify about the attack; .....That a danger to our national security exists whenever our elected officials are willing to subordinate American interests to those of any foreign nation, and specifically are unwilling to challenge Israel's interests when they conflict with American interests; this policy, evidenced by the failure to defend USS Liberty and the subsequent official cover-up of the Israeli attack, endangers the safety of Americans and the security of the United States  

10/9/2007 - Four-star Lions blitz Palestine 'It was a very good result for us. The Palestinians put up a good fight in the first half, but they tired in the second half. As a result, they gave away a lot of possession.  

10/9/2007 - NZ aid to help Palestinian refugees New Zealand is to make a $1 million contribution towards an international emergency appeal aimed at providing basic humanitarian assistance to Palestinian refugees, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today.  

10/9/2007 - Facebook sparks international debate over 'Palestine'    

10/9/2007 - Most Israelis say no to sharing Jerusalem    

10/9/2007 - School drops Tutu over remarks, but ADL says let him speak Surasky added that whatever the particulars of this case, the impression of the Tutu incident is that the pro-Israel lobby has again squashed views it doesn't like. In other words, it is more evidence of the thesis of Walt and Mearsheimer. Thusly did Foxman seek to reverse this decision; it proves him wrong. It was nothing more than an exercise in face-saving. Do not be fooled by this sudden appreciation of freedom of speech. In the past, the ADL has applauded such censorship of criticism of Israel, particularly academic events.

10/9/2007 - Earn cash with manners Ronny Maman, who recently returned to Israel after 18 prosperous years in San Diego, announced this week that he will give $60,000 to anyone who comes up with a way to make the Jewish state more considerate. Stop stealing your neighbor's land. My suggestion.

10/9/2007 - Jordan's queen reunites Gaza mom and son    

10/9/2007 - Artists push against Israeli wall    

10/9/2007 - Lieberman's Jerusalem stance sours Likud on joint list He said the Israeli Arab problem was worse than the Palestinian problem and that it must be addressed.  

10/9/2007 - Barak plans U.S. trip The itinerary has not yet been finalized, but Barak is expected to meet with Bush administration officials for discussions on Israeli-U.S. arms deals and strategic cooperation.  

10/9/2007 - UNHCR deeply concerned about fire in Iraq refugee camp The UN refugee agency UNHCR expressed deep concern on Tuesday after 25 Palestinians were injured when a big fire swept through a refugee camp in Iraq at the weekend.  

10/9/2007 - In pictures: Palestinians await camp return    

10/9/2007 - Lebanon's Hariri urges strong UN words on killings    

10/9/2007 - Professor to speak on Israel's War of Independence    

10/9/2007 - Israel, Egypt sign amended economic agreement - Summary    

10/9/2007 - The Popular Committees appeals the release of an ailing detainee    

10/9/2007 - Certification sought on 'smart' weapons U.S. Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Christopher Carney (D-Pa.) wrote the letter, which has the backing of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.  

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10/8/2007 - Palestinian negotiator says talks with Israeli negotiation team "political battle" Palestinian negotiator Yasser Abed Rabbo said on Monday that an upcoming meeting with Israeli negotiation team will be "a political battle for the Palestinians to gain their legitimate rights."  

10/8/2007 - Olmert denies existence of agreement with Palestinian Authority    

10/8/2007 - Four civilians wounded in Gaza explosion    

10/8/2007 - Hamas accuses Fatah leaders of being involved in recent Gaza bombings    

10/8/2007 - An Israeli shell wounds three Palestinians in southern Gaza Three Palestinians have been reportedly wounded in southern Gaza after an Israeli shell landed on a local house near the Sofa crossing in eastern Rafah city, media sources said.  

10/8/2007 - Palestinian Police Out in Force in Nablus    

10/8/2007 - Abu Rodeina: ?Olmert?s statements are placing obstacles in the path of negotiations?    

10/8/2007 - Army to annex 1130 Dunams of Palestinian land near Jerusalem for Wall construction    

10/8/2007 - Olmert says path to peace deal "far away"   The Israelis want to push any peace agreement with the Palestinians as far into the future as possible - it is all a ruse to win Arab support for the forthcoming US attack on Iran.

10/8/2007 - Abbas expected to disband special unit Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to merge his special security unit, Force 17, and the Presidential Guard within the next few days.  

10/8/2007 - Israeli PM praises Palestinian leadership "I agree that all the Palestinian neighbourhoods except the Arab neighbourhoods in the holy basin ... would be transferred," Mr Ramon told Army Radio.  

10/8/2007 - Fire ravages border camp for Palestinian-Iraqi refugees A raging fire swept through the Al-Tanf refugee camp on the Syrian side of the Syrian-Iraqi border on 6 October injuring 25 Palestinian-Iraqi refugees and burning down 53 tents in the isolated camp, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on 7 October.  

10/8/2007 - Eight Palestinians injured in Gaza attacks    

10/8/2007 - Twin Mideast peace concerts rouse skepticism, rancor "OneVoice is a wolf in sheep's clothing," said Haithem El-Zabri, a 42-year-old Palestinian-American who's organizing a protest called Another Voice. He said the OneVoice plan for a two-state solution didn't do enough to protect the rights of Palestinian refugees and gave up too much to Israel , which wants to keep its largest West Bank settlements.  

10/8/2007 - An open letter to Father Dease    

10/8/2007 - The Tutu episode -- whither academic freedom?    

10/8/2007 - Activist/author calls Israel-Palestine conflict apartheid Israeli human rights activist and author Jeff Halper argues that in the Israel-Palestine conflict the two-state solution is dead and that apartheid has taken over.  

10/8/2007 - Palestinian finds following for poetry of hope "Every Palestinian just like every black South African doing something well is engaged in an act of resistance, is engaged in an act of self-assertion, saying that we are good, we are humans, we are strong, we can overcome the challenges of colonialism, of occupation, of oppression and of deprivation."  

10/8/2007 - Photostory: The month in pictures    

10/8/2007 - Protests greet American university ban on Desmond Tutu Dr Tutu stressed his deep respect for the Jewish people, but noted that critics of the government of Israel?s violence are immediately ?dubbed anti-Semitic. As if the Palestinians were not Semitic too.?  

10/8/2007 - Nothing can get in Palestine's way to Games Palestinian athlete Fidaa Abuhaj finally made her way to Shanghai for the Special Olympics with her delegation.  

10/8/2007 - Turkey says not to let airspace be used against Syria    

10/8/2007 - Met sought suicide bomber advice The Israelis had met with Met police officers in the months leading up to the July 2005 suicide bombings on London.  

10/8/2007 - In pictures Israeli and Palestinian views on the future status of Jerusalem    

10/8/2007 - Israeli president brands Iran 'centre of global terror' "Iran is the greatest terrorist centre in the world today," he said, adding that "it is openly building an arsenal of long-range missiles and, secretely, nuclear weapons.  

10/8/2007 - Arab is Israel's top breeder An Israeli Arab has sired 67 children, a national record. Odd choice of words for the title.

10/8/2007 - Palestinian denied entry to Israel for Northwestern University MBA program Saed Hasan, 32, a manager at Global Software in Ramallah, was accepted to the Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA program, run jointly by Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University. But the military has refused a request by Tel Aviv University to give Hasan a permit, saying that Palestinian students may not enter the country.  

10/8/2007 - Pollution in Jordanian port exacerbated by Israeli sewage leak Israeli officials say around 600 cu. m. of raw sewage poured into the sea, forcing the authorities to ban swimming. However, it is difficult to verify this figure, and Aqaba residents fear much greater pollution: they say the foul smell has become unbearable.  

10/8/2007 - Kuwaiti embassy in Amman distributes aid packages to Palestinian families    

10/8/2007 - Neocons Converge Around Giuliani Campaign Podhoretz is in favor of bombing Iran because of the country's unwillingness to suspend its uranium-enrichment program. He also believes America is engaged in a "world war" with "Islamofascism" and that Giuliani is the only man who can win it......what's left of the neocon movement does seem to be converging around the Giuliani campaign, to some degree, because he embraces their common themes Clue: The Israel Factor, a site that ranks candidates based on their support of Israel, has Giuliani ranked at number 1. The author of this piece goes on to suggest that neocons are in line with Giuliani's pro-Israeli views, as are most American voters. Hogwash. The name of this game is which candidate can kowtow the lowest to the Israeli Lobby.

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10/7/2007 - Gaza's Christian bookseller killed Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, maintained: "This ugly act has no support by any religious group here." Nicholas Issa, a 50-year-old Christian, said: "Today is a black day for Gaza. We hope he was not killed because he was a Christian."  

10/7/2007 - Jordanian NGOs to take part in Jerusalem forum    

10/7/2007 - Jailed Fatah leader anticipates his release on next prisoners' swap Marwan Barghouti, a Fatah leader jailed in Israel, announced on Sunday that he will be freed in the coming prisoners' swap between the Palestinians and Israel.  

10/7/2007 - Nablus' online link to the world Mahmoud is establishing an arts project near his home in Balata refugee camp but his American co-founder has been denied entry to Israel, and therefore the occupied territories, by the Israeli authorities. So now the pair conduct business meetings via the internet, using Skype, Microsoft Messenger and email.  

10/7/2007 - 300 Palestinian workers arrested inside the green-line last month    

10/7/2007 - Palestinian group urges resumed Egypt mediation on Shalit (Extra)    

10/7/2007 - Bryan Adams to launch Mideast peace show "Our goal is to send a message to the world, that the Palestinian people love life, and hope for life and liberation,"  

10/7/2007 - Palestinian police forces besiege a West Bank refugee camp Palestinian police forces in the West Bank besieged early on Sunday morning, the aL-Am?ary refugee camp, within the ?pursue? of what police sources called ?wanted for the police apparatus?.  

10/7/2007 - Rightist MK wants Israel to annex West Bank Benny Elon says Israel should annex West Bank and allow Palestinians to stay if they agree to become Jordanian citizens  

10/7/2007 - Hamas says Fatah thwarted Sudanese reconciliation offer    

10/7/2007 - US university urged to reconsider decision on Tutu Faculty members, students and others have urged the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota to reconsider its decision opposing a campus visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu.  

10/7/2007 - Palestinians see rifts with Israel on peace draft the sides have agreed that formal talks on Palestinian statehood will not begin until after the conference, which is expected in mid to late November in the Washington area. Until then, Israel wants to avoid a detailed discussion.  

10/7/2007 - Olmert reassures critics ahead of US peace meet    

10/7/2007 - Hamas, Jihad call conference to rival US peace meet The Islamist Hamas movement ruling Gaza on Sunday said it would attend a conference to be held in Syria in November to rival a US-sponsored international Middle East peace meet.  

10/7/2007 - Palestinians launch rocket deeper into Israel    

10/7/2007 - Palestinian militants fire Ketyusha rocket at southern Israel    

10/7/2007 - Making the Same Mistake Twice ** Certainly all of the negative comments about Iran that are coming from Israel, its lobby and its foot-kissers in Congress, and from the White House and the Pentagon, look remarkably like a buildup for a new war.  

10/7/2007 - Non-violent demonstration at Um Salamona The demonstration progressed along settler only Road 60 to the farmland near the Efrat settlement, which the Palestinian farmers are constantly denied access to, before being stopped by the IOF.  

10/7/2007 - Turkish FM talks up Syrian role in Assad meeting Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Damascus had an important role to play in settling conflict across the Middle East following talks on Sunday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.  

10/7/2007 - Archbishop of Canterbury speaks of 'harrowing plight' of Iraqi Christians In another encounter, the Archbishop met with Palestinian refugees at the Dibayeh camp outside Beirut. Most had lived there, or in other camps, all their adult lives, some since 1948. Others had been born and raised their own children in the camp. Despite the best efforts of some of aid agencies, support for the camps was drying up. The Archbishop will raise the question of better coordination of aid to the camps with aid agencies.  

10/7/2007 - Turkey says not to let airspace be used against Syria Visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Sunday in Damascus that his country would not let Israel use its airspace to launch attack against Syria as tension remains high after an air raid by the Jewish state into deep Syria last month.  

10/7/2007 - Israeli envoy worried about Germany Israel's ambassador to Berlin described deterioration in German sympathy for the Jewish state.  

10/7/2007 - Tree planting in Balata and Askar refugee camps, Nablus The trees were placed around the graves and pathways of the cemetery. Balata residents of all ages came out to put trees near the graves of loved ones. Some children planting trees for the first time. The refugee camp also provided water to help in the planting.  

10/7/2007 - Theatre: Salaam Bethlehem    

10/7/2007 - Turkish FM visits Israel Turkey's foreign minister visited Israel to diffuse regional tension over last month's air strike against Syria.  

10/7/2007 - Gazans dig for profit    

10/7/2007 - Israel fears Syrian proxy strike Syria could use proxies to retaliate for Israel's air strike on its territory last month. So, if Syria doesn't directly attack Israel, then some other attack will be blamed on them - likely making the case to include Syrian targets during the forthcoming US attack on Iran.

10/7/2007 - Israel fighter jets breach Lebanese airspace Israeli fighter jets breached Lebanese airspace on Friday and flew over southern Lebanese areas and the Bekaa Valley, the official National News Agency(NNA)reported.  

10/7/2007 - Mystery Achievement All that blather about how the Israelis hit a "nuclear site" or a site with "nuclear materials" in Syria the other week was really just a lot of hooey,  

10/7/2007 - Palestinian-Israeli negotiation teams to meet Monday    

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10/6/2007 - Bush statements encouraging, Israeli stance is not: Official    

10/6/2007 - Israeli tanks roll into eastern Gaza city    

10/6/2007 - Quria': we work on a clear joint document, no Palestinian State without Jerusalem, Gaza Strip    

10/6/2007 - Israeli military close farm roads in Deir Al Ghosoon near Tulkarem Palestinian civilians in Deir Al Ghosoon, in the northern part of Tulkarem, reported that Israeli military forces shut agricultural roads leading to their farms on Friday night.  

10/6/2007 - Fatah denies secret talks with Hamas in Damascus    

10/6/2007 - Havot Ma'on settlers attack CPTers, steal video camera The three settlers began throwing stones once they approached two of the CPTers. One settler attempted to grab a CPT video camera, while another threatened, "You come back here and we kill you." The settlers wrapped their robes around their faces and continued to throw stones. A settler successfully seized the video camera from one CPTer, and retreated. The CPTers demanded the return of the camera. One settler responded, "You go now and you go with your life."  

10/6/2007 - Hamas urges peace summit boycott    

10/6/2007 - Durham Group Prays For Peace "All you have to do is find the child's face to look at and you know?the families who have to trudge for miles to get to work because there?s inadequate facilities for all of Palestine." Judith said.  

10/6/2007 - Boston Jew and West Bank Muslim Build a Temple, and Bridges, in Arkansas    

10/6/2007 - Unmasking AIPAC    

10/6/2007 - Rights group: Impartial investigation for 2000 killing of Muhammad al-Dura    

10/6/2007 - Settlers attack Local Palestinians and Human Rights Observors in Hebron A group of 8 settler men simultaneously cornered the 2 international HRWs who were filming the attack, attempting to steal and break their camera. The HRWs were repeatedly punched in the body and face as one of the settlers managed to grab the camera before police finally intervened.  

10/6/2007 - The High Cost of U.S. Subservience to Israel by Paul Findley America?s support of Israel?s brutality was the main motivation for 9/11. That tragedy would not have happened if any U.S. president in the last 40 years had refused to finance Israel?s humiliation and destruction of Palestine. Michael Scheuer, a former CIA analyst and now a consultant to CBS News, recently told a congressional committee that ?our unqualified support of Israel? was the main reason for 9/11. Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, President George W. Bush?s first special envoy to the Middle East, has stated that the United States invaded Iraq for Israel and oil. Paul Findley was a Republican Congressman for 22 years.

10/6/2007 - Trapped in Gaza, but I should be in Bradford ?I?m not causing a security threat to the Israelis,? he said. ?I?m not fighting to get my village back, I just want to leave and get back to my studies.?  

10/6/2007 - So Who's Afraid of the Israel Lobby? by Ray McGovern I was intrigued by the fact that Mearsheimer and Walt made no mention of what I believe to be, if not the most telling, then perhaps the most sensational proof of the power the Lobby knows it can exert over our government and Congress. In sum, in June 1967, after deliberately using fighter-bombers and torpedo boats to attack the USS Liberty for over two hours in an attempt to sink it and kill its entire crew, and then getting the U.S. government, the Navy, and the Congress to cover up what happened, the Israeli government learned that it could ? literally ? get away with murder. My sentiments exactly. Ray McGovern is former CIA.

10/6/2007 - ATT blocking content of USS Liberty webpage?   ATT is evidently blocking this website about the USS Liberty. Here is the Jan. 2007 version of the page from the Internet Archiver.

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10/5/2007 - Israeli troops kill Palestinian on Gaza border Palestinian ambulance staff in Gaza said they were unable to reach the area to confirm the man had died.  

10/5/2007 - Police out in force for mass Muslim prayers in Jerusalem    

10/5/2007 - Koenders to give 3 million euros to Gaza The UN has appealed to the Dutch government for extra funding to relieve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) will use the funding to buy food, fuel and medicines, to enable schools and hospitals to remain open.  

10/5/2007 - AT-TUWANI REFLECTION: Water Throughout the West Bank, settlements are taking the lion's share of water, leaving Palestinians with scarce resources. Some estimates of settler water usage are as high as 8 or 9 to 1 compared with Palestinians water use. Many other villages in the Hebron district are also experiencing serious water shortages. It is clear just by looking as the contrasting lifestyles of Tuwani and the settlers at Ma'on that settler use of water is completely out of tune with the environment here. Worst of all, it is destroying the possibilities for others to sustain even the simplest life here.  

10/5/2007 - Dahlan: Renew Palestinian-Israeli talks from where stopped 7 years ago    

10/5/2007 - Japan to recognise Palestinian nationality Japan has decided to recognise the Palestinian nationality of people staying in Japan, officials said on Friday.  

10/5/2007 - Al Mezan Lawyers Visit Al Mashtal prison controlled by Hamas? Executive Force in Gaza Al Mezan's lawyers visited Al Mashtal detention center, which is located west of Gaza City. They met with members of the Executive Force (EF), who briefed them about the conditions of detention and interrogation.  

10/5/2007 - Abbas: ?We want peace, but not for any price? Abbas added that ?Jerusalem is in the heart of every Palestinian?, and that it is the hope that the Palestinians aspire to achieve.  

10/5/2007 - Bryan Adams to perform in West Bank Canadian singer Bryan Adams will perform live Oct. 18 at the Jericho Stadium in the West Bank in the Palestinian territories. The singer will be on stage with Arab and Palestinian groups including Ilham al Madfai and rappers DAM.  

10/5/2007 - Hard times fall on storied West Bank city "They call this the economic capital of Palestine but these days it is the capital of the unemployed," says Bilal Hamouda, a merchant in the ancient quarter.  

10/5/2007 - Hamas pays Gaza security forces in cash    

10/5/2007 - Abbas urges US to invite India to peace conference    

10/5/2007 - Thousands gather in Gaza for Jerusalem Day    

10/5/2007 - Detainees in Al Jalama carried a one-day hunger strike    

10/5/2007 - Palestinian Authority demands Israel to free all detainees, including Barghouthi    

10/5/2007 - Bush denies plans to attack Iran ** Bush pledged to support Palestinian security forces and help President Mahmoud Abbas financially so that ordinary people's lives would be improved.  

10/5/2007 - Iran's president calls wants Israel's Jews moved to Canada, Alaska or Europe Ahmadinejad said a "free referendum" was the solution to the Palestinian issue, saying Jews, Muslims and Christians as well as five million Palestinian refugees should take part in a vote to determine their own fate.  

10/5/2007 - Iran accuses Israel of Palestinian "genocide"    

10/5/2007 - Who Wants To Bomb Iran? Democrats, Not Republicans, Says Seymour Hersh ** When I asked Hersh who wants to bomb Iran, he said, "Ironically there is a lot of pressure coming from Democrats. Hillary Clinton, Obama, and Edwards have all said we cannot have a nuclear-armed Iran. Clearly the pressure from Democrats is a reflection of - we might as well say it - Israeli and Jewish input." He added the obvious: "a lot of money comes to the Democratic campaigns" from Jewish contributors.  

10/5/2007 - Exam failure: the price Gaza's children are paying for international blockade    

10/5/2007 - Hope flowers for West Bank school For the Palestinian children of Hope Flowers School, violence and conflict is a part of everyday life.  

10/5/2007 - Palestinian Films Debut Citywide    

10/5/2007 - St. Thomas wrong not to invite Tutu    

10/5/2007 - Palestinian Christian Lectures on Conflict "There is an immense change in the Arab world. We are ready for peace," said Siniora, a Christian born in Jerusalem.  

10/5/2007 - Corporate responsibility The name Rachel Corrie should mean something to every person in America. She was an American citizen killed by a foreign army in 2003. The reason that people do not pay attention to this incident is because the foreign army happened to be one of an ally and not of an enemy, thus it must be ignored for strictly political reasons. If demonized Iran had killed an American citizen, it would be an almost guaranteed pretext for a full-on war with that country and would be picked up in the media 24 hours a day. In this case, however, the perpetrator of the crime is the United States' number one ally in the Middle East, Israel......It's time to put things in perspective: Israel commits crimes with the help of U.S. tax dollars and products made by U.S. corporations.  

10/5/2007 - Al Mezan Commends Hanniyehs Instructions to Security Personnel in Gaza; Calls for Enforcing Them    

10/5/2007 - Blaming Rachel Corrie for her death is callous I was stunned by letter-writer Catherine Durkin Robinson?s callousness in referring to Rachel Corrie as "squashed like a bug." Israel-supporters don't disappoint when it comes to stooping to new lows.

10/5/2007 - Milton Viorst on ?The Israel Lobby? A prominent senator once told me he long ago gave up arguing against AIPAC?s orthodoxy and now signs on to anything it puts on his desk. Over the decades, AIPAC has used the money at its disposal to influence electoral campaigns that have defeated more than a few senators and congressmen who have had the temerity to break the taboo. Their loss has served as a lesson that intimidates the rest...... money is not AIPAC?s only weapon. Brilliantly organized, AIPAC counts on sympathizers nationwide to deluge Congress, as well as the media, with its messages.  

10/5/2007 - Sierra Leone: Citizens Show Solidarity With Palestinians    

10/5/2007 - Waller to share award with parish This visit of Palestinian teenagers to Milford gave birth to the Children's Peace Project. "For five to six weeks, Palestinian children study with our children and live with our parish families. They connect Palestinian Christians with American Christians, Christians of the Holy Land with Christians of the west," said Waller.  

10/5/2007 - Report: Israel 'blinded' Syrian radar According to the article, a Kuwaiti newspaper recently reported that "Russian experts are studying why the two state-of-the art Russian-built radar systems in Syria did not detect the Israeli jets entering Syrian territory. Iran reportedly has asked the same question, since it is buying the same systems and might have paid for the Syrian acquisitions."  

10/5/2007 - Lebanon charges 20 with terrorism Prosecutor-general Saeed Mirza's office said he had charged 16 Palestinians and four Russians, although only three of the accused are in Lebanese custody.  

10/5/2007 - Feds Seek Life Sentence For Contempt in Hamas Case Federal prosecutors are urging that a Palestinian Arab activist spend the rest of his life in prison for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating Hamas links in America.Earlier this year, a jury in Chicago convicted Abdelhaleem Ashqar, 49, of contempt of court and obstruction of justice. Meanwhile, Scooter Libby was pardoned by Bush for his obstruction of justice conviction.

10/5/2007 - Ahmadinejad is not another Hitler    

10/5/2007 - Hezbollah chief accuses Israel of Lebanon killings "Israel is the one that does not want a consensus president and a government of national unity in Lebanon. Israel, backed by America, wants a president who would disarm the resistance," he said.  

10/5/2007 - Israeli Lobby trying to discredit CNN's Christiane Amanpour   for her recent documentary about Jewish extremism in the Holy Land. When all else fails, smear!

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10/4/2007 - Palestinians struggle in dire straits "What we are seeing is a catastrophic loss of the economy; it's in freefall so that people are living in conditions I would compare to parts of Africa and the poorest parts of Asia."  

10/4/2007 - Bishops' warning over Middle East The Bishops of Exeter, Winchester and Coventry believe only a two-state solution will create peace. But they said that this would soon become impossible unless international pressure was placed on Israel......They argued that the barrier should not be allowed to become Israel's new border because it would constitute the expansion of Israeli territory by force.  

10/4/2007 - Hebron: Update: 16-24 September 2007    

10/4/2007 - Hamas warns of catastrophic Gaza medicine shortage Hamas warned on Thursday of a humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip which it has run for more than three months due to a dire shortage of basic medical supplies.  

10/4/2007 - Hamas accuses rival Fatah of wounding policemen    

10/4/2007 - Policy paper calls for Palestinian refugees to return to Palestinian state Five former State Department and Pentagon officials are proposing Israeli and Palestinian capitals in Jerusalem and excluding Arab refugees from returning to Israel as part of an Middle East accord......In a separate message to Rice, 79 senators lined up by the pro-Israel lobby, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, said friendly Arab countries should participate in the conference as full partners of the United States.  

10/4/2007 - Syria doubts aims of Mideast conference    

10/4/2007 - Gaza militants continue rockets attacks on Israel    

10/4/2007 - Hamas gov't vows to deal with attacks against police officers    

10/4/2007 - 36 Palestinians who fled Iraq to Jordan in 2003 flown to Brazil    

10/4/2007 - Palestinians seek deal deadline A Palestinian minister has called for a six-month deadline to complete a deal with Israel following the Middle East peace conference due later this year.  

10/4/2007 - Report: Abbas agrees to talk to Hamas    

10/4/2007 - BADIL Information & Discussion Brief No. 10 - Palestinian Refugee Children: International Protection and Durable Solutions BADIL Resource Center has released the tenth of a series of Information and Discussion Briefs aimed at contributing to effective protection, including rights-based durable solutions, for Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons.  

10/4/2007 - Violence, blockade disrupts schooling in Gaza: U.N. A third of Palestinian children at United Nations schools in Hamas-run Gaza struggle to read and write because violence and an Israeli blockade are disrupting their education, a United Nations agency said on Friday.  

10/4/2007 - Politicians: U.S.-sponsored Mideast conference not likely to succeed amid Palestinian division Some Egyptian and Palestinian politicians and experts have played down chances of success of a U.S.-proposed international conference on Mideast peace due to Palestinian division, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported on Thursday.  

10/4/2007 - USS Liberty Memorial Web Site   It was recently revamped.

10/4/2007 - Dispossessed: Novelist talks about the pain of Palestinians The dispossession of Palestinians was the motivating factor in Abulhawa's creation of Playgrounds for Palestine, a foundation that builds playgrounds for children living in the occupied territories. To date, the organization has built playgrounds in Bethlehem, Nablus, Khan Younis, Hebron and Rafah  

10/4/2007 - Bush warns Syria not to meddle in Lebanon election   Pot, this is the kettle calling...

10/4/2007 - In the wall's shadow: museum of Palestinian detainees - Feature    

10/4/2007 - AL chief calls for Arab ministerial meeting for U.S.-brokered peace conference    

10/4/2007 - JNF's blatant hypocrisy It is therefore clear that the relevant criterion for JNF officials is not "who is Jewish?", but rather, "who is Arab?", with the main objective guiding the JNF (even though it is unpleasant to declare this openly) is to continue preventing Arabs in the State of Israel from enjoying equal access to land resources.  

10/4/2007 - Boost here, squeeze there Since the outbreak of the second Palestinian intifada (uprising) in 2000, Israel has built permanent checkpoints around most of the main Palestinian cities to protect the Israeli settlements nestled around them. The 45-minute journey from Ramallah to Nablus now takes Birzeit's supply trucks four or five hours. From Jenin, the West Bank's northern and most isolated district, 20,000 people may have emigrated south because it is so difficult to move around.  

10/4/2007 - Palestinians clash in Lebanese refugee camp    

10/4/2007 - POLITICS: Mideast Meet Has Ambiguous Agenda    

10/4/2007 - Israel allows news on bombing, but mystery remains The strike had the potential to sabotage next month's planned Bush administration Middle East peace conference. But the United States has made it clear that it still plans to invite Syria, even though that country is still officially at war with Israel.  

10/4/2007 - Australian bishops warn against joining U.S. in pre-emptive strike "Obligations to an ally cannot include an obligation to engage in war that is not justified," the bishops said......."Australia as a global citizen should do everything possible to support the United Nations and other agents of mediation to bring about a just peace in the Holy Land," the bishops said.  

10/4/2007 - Syria says Mideast problems result from Israeli occupation    

10/4/2007 - On stage in Jerusalem, Jewish and Arab audiences hear the other side of the story ? in their own language    

10/4/2007 - Haidar Abdel Shafi    

10/4/2007 - Panorama to air Johnston special Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter who was kidnapped in Gaza in March, is to tell the full story of his captivity and release for the first time in an hour-long Panorama special.  

10/4/2007 - A shameful silence The organisation we look to for the protection of free speech has shut down debate on Palestine  

10/4/2007 - Palestinian students trapped in Gaza This is not just an issue of academic freedom, important though that is, but is a flagrant breach of a fundamental human right to education. This judgment undermines both academic freedom and the very possibility of constructive dialogue across communities.  

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10/3/2007 - Israeli fire kills Palestinian in Gaza Said al-Amoor, a civilian in his early 20s, died after troops operating near the town of Khan Yunis fired at him with live rounds, Palestinian medics said.  

10/3/2007 - Six dead in latest Gaza violence Two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli strikes.  

10/3/2007 - Hamas militant dies in Gaza tunnel collapse    

10/3/2007 - Some Gaza banks may shut down by year-end    

10/3/2007 - West Bank refugee camp simmers after Israeli strike "The negotiations have brought us nothing. They have only led to more settlements, more arrests, and more checkpoints,"  

10/3/2007 - Olmert, Abbas tell teams to draft conference deal Israel voiced confidence on Wednesday it would reach a deal with the Palestinians on a joint statement in time for a U.S.-led conference that Palestinians see as a launching pad for final talks on statehood.  

10/3/2007 - Police decision to close file in death of Palestinian girl appealed    

10/3/2007 - Palestinian teens get taste of American life The visitors are part of a small -- and shrinking -- Christian minority in the West Bank city. About 2 percent of the population in the area is Christian, according to some estimates. Thanks to the efforts of parishioners and officials at the St. Lawrence Catholic Community, they're sharing their stories with their American counterparts.  

10/3/2007 - Palestinian fighters fire home-made rocket at south Israel The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) said Tuesday its militants had fired a home-made rocket into the southern Israel city of Ashkelon.  

10/3/2007 - Gaza squeezed by steady decline in imports, closure threats    

10/3/2007 - Few legal options for abused Palestinian women, say activists Palestinian female victims of domestic violence have little chance of escaping their situation or bringing the perpetrators to justice as they face a legal system stacked in favour of the accused and a prevailing attitude that places blame on the victim, women's rights experts said.  

10/3/2007 - Mid-East rivals seek joint stance Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will begin work next week on a joint declaration ahead of the Middle East conference to be held in November.  

10/3/2007 - Palestinians divided over future under Hamas    

10/3/2007 - Bush warns of nuclear-armed Iran "In Iran, we're dealing with a country where the leader has said that he wants to destroy Israel," Bush said. "My belief is that the United States will defend our ally Israel. This is a leader who has made very provocative statements. And, we have made it clear, however, that in spite of that, we are willing to sit down with him, so long as he suspends his program." Whose war?

10/3/2007 - Deafening Silence on Israel    

10/3/2007 - Rice to travel to Russia, Middle East They will meet on October 12 in the wake of stalled negotiations on America's planned missile defense system in central Europe, Russia's foreign affairs ministry had reported earlier.  

10/3/2007 - Jury struggling in terror-financing trial of Muslim charity    

10/3/2007 - Congressmen push Hezbollah resolution A resolution demanding that Hezbollah meet its cease-fire commitments was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.  

10/3/2007 - Terror victims can sue state sponsors The legislation was drafted in response to unsuccessful attempts by the United States to hold the government of Iran accountable for the murder of 241 men in the bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983. It must be reconciled with similar legislation enacted by the House of Representatives and signed by the president.  

10/3/2007 - Livni: UN established to prevent a Holocaust   Yeh, well oddly the UN hasn't stopped Israel's Holocaust against the Palestinians.

10/3/2007 - Syria urges international community to condemn Israeli aggression   If Syria had done that to Israel there would be hell to pay.

10/3/2007 - Banning Desmond Tutu Tutu lambasted the Israeli government for its treatment of Palestinians in occupied territories. While a transcription clearly suggests his criticism was aimed at the Israeli government ("We don't criticize the Jewish people," he said during the speech. "We criticize, we will criticize when they need to be criticized, the government of Israel"), pro-Israeli organizations such as the Zionist Organization of America went on the offensive and protested campus appearances by Tutu, accusing him of anti-Semitism.  

10/3/2007 - Sen. Gravel Say AIPAC Is Pushing Confrontation With Iran **    

10/3/2007 - Tutu appearance canceled amid Jewish concern An appearance by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at a Minnesota college was canceled after Jewish groups expressed concern about his views on Israel.  

10/3/2007 - Mixed Feelings Greet Evangelical Christians in Israel The Cassees are among the growing number of devout Protestants, many of them Americans, who fervently support Israel. For many Israelis, more accustomed to sharp criticism of their country because of its occupation of the West Bank, this support is welcome. It's also lucrative. Over the past 20 years, evangelical Christians have contributed billions of dollars to Israel.  

10/3/2007 - Myanmar debate turns to Israel bashing In an emergency session convened Tuesday by the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, the representative of the Islamic bloc wondered why the council was focusing on Myanmar when more Palestinians have died recently at the hands of Israel.  

10/3/2007 - Only the beginning of the end    

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10/2/2007 - Blast kills Hamas security forces At least three members of Hamas' security forces in Gaza have been killed by an explosion near their headquarters in Gaza City.  

10/2/2007 - Israeli troops shoot photographer at Gaza crossing He had been ahead of the crowd taking pictures, about 400 metres from the soldiers stationed in guardposts above an 8-metre -high wall at Israel's Erez border terminal  

10/2/2007 - Abbas to call for referendum in case deal reached with Israel:official    

10/2/2007 - Settlers launch campaign against Olmert peace efforts Jewish settlers launched a campaign Tuesday against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's efforts to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians under which Israel could pull out of large swathes of the occupied West Bank.  

10/2/2007 - Israel releases Gaza prisoners after delay Twenty-nine Palestinian prisoners headed back toward the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as Israel released them after a day's delay in a Ramadan goodwill gesture to president Mahmud Abbas.  

10/2/2007 - Al-Dura's father: Israel's claims ridiculous "All the inquiries proved without a shadow of a doubt that the bullets were Israeli bullets. It has already been said that the Palestinian Authority didn't use that type of ammunition," al-Dura told Ynet. "And the fire came from the Israeli side. I remember the origin of the gunfire ? it was from the Israeli side and only from their side. If it was the Palestinians I would have been hit from the back. But the bullets in my body and that of my son's came from the front, which proves they came from the Israeli outpost."  

10/2/2007 - Student trapped in Gaza loses fight to return to study in Britain Israel's Supreme Court yesterday rejected a petition brought on behalf of Khaled al-Mudallal by the Israeli human rights organisation Gisha, which it hoped would pave the way for the departure of Palestinian students trapped since Hamas's seizure of Gaza in June.  

10/2/2007 - Hebron: Palestinian injured by Israeli gunfire near Cave of Patriarchs A 17-year-old Palestinian was seriously injured and a Palestinian woman sustained light injuries when Border Guard officers opened fire near the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday. According to initial eyewitness reports, the Palestinian teen arrived at an IDF post carrying a toy gun and a firecracker. After setting off the metal detector, the boy apparently pulled out the gun and lit the firecracker.  

10/2/2007 - Hamas Executive Force merged into police force in Gaza: official    

10/2/2007 - Hamas lawmaker threatens military takeover in West Bank    

10/2/2007 - Ramadan shows more West Bankers turn to God    

10/2/2007 - "Amen" for Israel, say Christian Zionists "We are here to support the Jewish people and to bless them," said Scott Fritz from California. "The idea of giving land back to the Palestinians is completely wrong." .....Christian Zionists form a growing part of the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, the Jewish state's main ally.  

10/2/2007 - Lieberman's children Israel bound? The wife of U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman said at least one of their children plans to immigrate to Israel.  

10/2/2007 - Senators to Rice: Press Arabs on peace A large majority of U.S. senators signed a letter urging Condoleezza Rice to pressure Arab states to the peace table.  

10/2/2007 - Update 7-15 September 2007    

10/2/2007 - Israel admits air strike on Syria    

10/2/2007 - Israel's minions at the WSJ immediately get to work, spreading the newest propaganda   The newest propaganda being that Israel didn't kill Mohammed Al-Durrah, that it was all 'faked'.

10/2/2007 - New revelations in attack on American spy ship "The ground control station stated that the target was American and for the aircraft to confirm it," Forslund recalled. "The aircraft did confirm the identity of the target as American, by the American flag. "The ground control station ordered the aircraft to attack and sink the target and ensure they left no survivors."....Forslund, Gotcher and Block are not alone in claiming to have read transcripts of the attack that they said left no doubt the Israelis knew they were attempting to sink a U.S. Navy ship. Read the bit about the difference between what OUR intel officers overheard going on and what the Jerusalem Post transcript of 2004 said. Somebody is lying through their teeth, my money's on the attackers.

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10/1/2007 - Israel frees West Bank detainees In Gaza, hundreds of Palestinians waited in vain for the return of their relatives. Israeli troops shot and injured a 14-year-old boy when crowds began approaching a no-man's land separating Gaza and Israel, witnesses said.  

10/1/2007 - Israel urges Arab support, not terms, for talks The Arab world should offer support -- rather than set conditions -- for a new Middle East peace drive, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the United Nations on Monday  

10/1/2007 - Palestinian prisoners step into freedom Fifty-seven Palestinians rode triumphantly into Ramallah in the afternoon, flashing victory signs and smiles, after Israeli armoured buses deposed them at the Beitunya checkpoint.  

10/1/2007 - Livni to tell UN: Iran nuclear issue will not resolve itself In her address to the United Nations on Monday, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is expected to lambaste international inaction on Iran's nuclear program, charging that some countries are acting as if they expect the problem to solve itself. Whose war is it?

10/1/2007 - Police to move into W. Bank headquarters near J'lem, despite US concerns Israel is determined to move police to a new West Bank headquarters by the end of the year, officials said Monday, despite US concerns that development in that particular area near Jerusalem harms prospects for establishing a viable Palestinian state.  

10/1/2007 - Israel officially denies responsibility for death of al-Dura in 2000   Naturally.

10/1/2007 - Ex-diplomats say US faces failure of peace summit The Bush administration was warned yesterday by former senior US diplomats that it is setting itself up for the failure of its Middle East peace summit by neglecting to lay the groundwork for a successful meeting of American, Israeli and Arab leaders.  

10/1/2007 - The Esteemed Ms. Livni Points Out the Way It is likely that Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Giuliani will emerge as the favorite candidates of voters looking for pro-Israel credentials. When the chips are down, they are the most likely to side with Israel, even when Washington insiders counsel otherwise.  

10/1/2007 - Holland targeted in Israel's defense Analyst responds to negative media coverage of Israel by painting European country in bad light  

10/1/2007 - Palestinian ambassador survives traffic accident    

10/1/2007 - Livni calls for universal election standards Israel's foreign minister called for universal election standards to prevent terrorists from taking office. That's funny, because Begin and Sharon, to name a few, would thus have been barred from running for election.

10/1/2007 - Group asks Bush to press Israel A dovish pro-Israel group called on President Bush to press Israel to deal with Hamas.  

10/1/2007 - Palestinians liven up checkpoints with a good book A new charity is easing Palestinians' frustration with their regular long waits at Israeli army checkpoints by stocking taxis with books for them to read.  

10/1/2007 - Israel?s Toy Soldiers If you are a young Muslim American and head off to the Middle East for a spell in a fundamentalist ?madrassa,? or religious school, Homeland Security will probably greet you at the airport when you return. But if you are an American Jew and you join hundreds of teenagers from Europe and Mexico for an eight-week training course run by the Israel Defense Forces, you can post your picture wearing an Israeli army uniform and holding an automatic weapon on MySpace.  

10/1/2007 - Livni caps trip by blasting delay in new Iran sanctions Iran's nuclear program topped the agenda of Israel and Jewish organizations in their yearly rounds of meetings with visiting world leaders.  

10/1/2007 - Assad sets conference conditions Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said his government will not attend a Middle East peace conference unless Syria's concerns are addressed.  

10/1/2007 - The Lobby on Trial one has to wonder, why is the veil of silence being drawn over this extraordinary affair? After all, the story involves what Time magazine called "among the most politically charged espionage cases in years" ? surely a newsworthy topic. Why no follow-up?  

10/1/2007 - Wanted Islamist captured in Lebanon: Palestinians    

10/1/2007 - Israeli airstrike hit military site, Syria confirms    

10/1/2007 - Syria wants Golan Heights on Middle East agenda    

10/1/2007 - Syrian vice president disputes everything reported so far on Israeli raid    

10/1/2007 - Arab Detroit Workshop Seeks to Dispel Arab American Stereotypes The tragic events in Lebanon last year, the Palestinian diaspora and the Iraq war have contributed to a misunderstood image of the rich heritage and culture of Arab Americans. The workshop will examine the diversity and culture of the Arab American community, explore the image of the Arab American in the media and the effects of prejudice and discrimination, and look at some of the most significant scientific contributions from the Arab and Islamic world to western civilization.  

10/1/2007 - AIPAC members repudiate Moran AIPAC members met with a Democratic congressman who blamed the lobbying group for the Iraq war.  

10/1/2007 - Israeli settlers quit new wildcat posts in West Bank Hundreds of Israeli settlers and right-wing activists on Monday abandoned four of the five sites in the occupied West Bank where they aimed to establish new wildcat outposts, police said.  

10/1/2007 - Livni: U.N.'s moral authority in doubt Tzipi Livni said Monday that the Iranian president, who regularly questions whether the Holocaust happened and inveighs against the Jewish state, should not have been allowed to deliver his speech to the U.N. General Assembly last week.  

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