Saturday, September 1, 2007

Headlines for 08-30-07

PCHR criticizes sealing off Palestinian charitable societies The Gaza-based Palestinian center for Human Rights (PCHR) voiced deep concern over the Ramallah-based Palestinian government?s decision to seal off 103 charitable societies under the pretext of fraud.


All West Bank security chiefs meet IDF counterparts For the first time since 1994, all Palestinian security organizations in the West Bank participated in a senior level meeting with their Israeli counterparts. The security coordination meeting yesterday took place in the army headquarters in Beit El, near Ramallah.


IDF: 3 slain Gaza kids were playing tag The three Palestinian children killed in Gaza on Tuesday were only playing near rocket launchers targeted by Israeli troops, and were not connected with the terrorists, an army probe determined yesterday.


Action Alert: Al-Hadidiya and Hamsa (Jordan Valley) to be evacuated As part of its Save the Jordan Valley Campaign, The Palestinian Grassroots Anti Apartheid Wall Campaign, Farmers Union, Ma?an Development Center, Palestinian Agricultural Relief committees, Palestinian Hydrology Group, Union of Health Work Committees and Brighton-Tobas Friendship Association are launching an immediate appeal to help rebuild the destroyed homes.



Abbas hopeful US talks will advance peace process "We hope that the conference called for by President George W Bush will produce practical and palpable results to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination and the creation of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital," he said.


Representative Mansour: halt of Israeli practices, a principal component of peace making Palestine?s permanent representative at the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, told the UN Security Council yesterday that halt of Israeli practices across the occupied Palestinian territories is a basic component of peacemaking.




Rabbinate forces Arab farmers to sell land to non-Jews for sabbatical year


Palestinian fighters shell southern Israel


Palestinians leave Gaza for Egypt


Two explosions heard in Gaza City: Palestinian witnesses Palestinian witnesses said they heard two huge explosions in Gaza City on Tuesday night as a result of Israeli air strikes on a car, which drove in the western neighborhood of the city


Palestinian trade stifled by Israeli control-UNCTAD


Gaza-born Canadian freed after 4 years in Israeli prison


Barrier clears last hurdle as petitions rejected One of the petitions was submitted by residents of five Palestinian villages, all of which were originally trapped in the enclave created by the barrier.


Sudan to help Iraq's Palestinians The Palestinian envoy to Iraq has said Sudan is willing to take in Palestinian refugees who are stranded on Iraq's borders with Syria and Jordan.


Ships collide off Israeli coast Two ships have collided off the coast of Israel, sinking one of the vessels, Israeli officials have said.


The birthday party that captured Israel's heart


CPT At-Tuwani Reflection: "Provocation or Resistance?"


Israel sees Russian hand in Syria tensions A top Israeli official blamed recent tensions with Syria on Russian interference.


Israeli soccer fans filmed cursing Prophet Muhammad Turkish reporter who joined Maccabi Tel Aviv's trip to Turkey records group of fans singing songs against Muhammad, Muslims. TV channel decides to shelve video in order to avoid possible flare-up



Government rests in Holy Land Foundation trial


Israel mulls building fence on Egyptian border The fence, intended to be built in cooperation with Egypt, is aimed at preventing the passage of terrorists, smugglers and asylum-seekers between the two countries, said the report.


The dreamers of today are the builders of tomorrow


Subpoena arguments in AIPAC case The federal judge in the case against two former AIPAC staffers heard government arguments against subpoenaing top U.S. officials, including Condoleezza Rice.


Walt, Mearsheimer to protest Finkelstein firing Academics sympathetic to Norman Finkelstein, including "The Israel Lobby" authors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, will gather to protest his firing.


Barnard prof's critics launch Web site Abu El-Haj angered some in the pro-Israel community with a polarizing work arguing that Israeli archaeologists have been complicit in manufacturing history to bolster Israeli interests


Battles at Lebanon camp continue as two more soldiers die


Roadblock Built Up Despite Israeli Promises


Exclusive: Where Bush went wrong, by Sharansky One of the issues Sharansky focuses on at the Adelson Institute is Iran. He said the nuclearization of Iran could be stopped, even though the free world had a very limited time to do so. H said he knew firsthand that Bush wanted to stop Iran.


UN summit: Boycott Israel United Nations conference at EU parliament compares Israel to apartheid South Africa


Deposed Palestinian prime minister exempts students from school fees Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas announced Thursday his government is exempting thousands of students from school fees, the latest step in a Palestinian power struggle.


Microcredit helps hard-pressed Palestinians survive, UN official says


Call to boycott Israeli items stirs controversy at co-op


Ha'aretz editor slams Israel at U.N. conference The Arab affairs editor for the Israeli newsaper Ha'aretz, Danny Rubenstein, told participants at a United Nations conference in Brussels Thursday that Israel is an apartheid state.


Reform leader to address Muslim convention Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, will address Friday's opening session of the Islamic Society of North America convention, according to a statement from the union.

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