Headlines for 09-03-07

Defense Min. sitting on plan to lift W. Bank roadblocks for a year Brig.-Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel, who until eight months ago was responsible for examining the checkpoints and outposts, said he hoped that Barak will adopt the proposal, which he said was drafted with the full cooperation of the army. He said the plan presented to Israeli and U.S. officials includes the construction of pillboxes that could be manned on short notice and employed as roadblocks


A Fresh Israeli air strike on Khan Younis leaves five bystanders injured In a new fresh Israeli air strike on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, five bystanfers were reportedly injured as resistance fighters of the Al-Quds brigades, an offshoot of the Islamic Jihad, escaped the attack.


EU emphatic on no Hamas contact EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana insisted during a visit to the Middle East on Monday that the 27-nation bloc would have no contact with radical Islamist movement Hamas.


Legal Unit of the Palestinian Prisoners Society hosts Red Cross Representatives in Ramallah Red Cross representatives stated that the Red Cross is following the cases of sick detainees, and the detainees who are confined to solitary and barred from their visitation rights.


Hamas demands clerks in Gaza to prohibit prayers in public


PCHR wants a probe on Fridays? clashes in Gaza


U.N.: Gaza students lack textbooks because of shortages from crossing closures Three days into the new school year, Gaza students have to make do without 30 percent of their new academic textbooks because of the closure of commercial crossings, a U.N. official said Monday.


Israeli aircrafts maintain heavy presence over Gaza as homemade shells land in Sderot Israeli aircrafts intensified their presence over the northern parts of Gaza Strip, in a bid to strike against what Israel states are launching-pads for home-made shells. Meanwhile, a number of homemade shells landed earlier in Sderot, an adjacent Israeli town.


Israel threatens Gazans over rockets Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, meanwhile, suggested that Israel should retaliate by disrupting the lives of Palestinians in Gaza, though she did not elaborate on what this might entail......"There is no equation in which Israel's children will be under attack by Kassam rockets on a daily basis while life in the Gaza Strip continues as usual."


Olmert says unclear if Abbas deal possible by November


Will President Bush bomb Iran? ** for those who fear war with Iran, the less happy news is that the officials were real. The simulation, which took four months, was run by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank with close links to the White House. Its conclusions, drawn up last month and seen by The Sunday Telegraph, have been passed on to military and civilian planners charged with drawing up plans for confronting Iran......Mr Bush's escalation of the rhetoric was deliberate. A former White House aide said that the reference to a "nuclear holocaust" was a precise attempt to bracket Mr Ahmadinejad's quest for nuclear weapons and stated desire to wipe Israel off the map with Hitler's destruction of the Jews. Neocons (Heritage Foundation) and Israel are behind this charade (too).


Israel to renovate armed forces The United State recently pledged that it would provide Israel with 30 billion dollars in military aid over the next decade.


Israeli military abducts 24 Palestinians across the West Bank.


American Jews owe unions extra 'thank you' on this Labor Day The fact that unions representing everyone from teachers to truck drivers bashed the Israel-bashers is no small thing. Just ask Kenneth Stern, the director of the American Jewish Committee's department on Anti-Semitism and Extremism, who described it as "an important milestone in the fight against attempts to demonize Israel and Israelis."


The Wrong Way to Debate In the book, Walt and Mearsheimer submit that the enormous, and enormously effective, pro-Israel lobby is ultimately harmful to U.S. foreign policy. Already, the two men have faced a backlash. A number of the authors' events have been cancelled. As in President Carter's case, there have been requests that someone with an opposing view be present to rebut the scholars' positions, as if the authors were running for public office and their opponents deserved equal time.


Heritage uprooted Under the pretext of "redeeming" the land the Jews claim God gave them and the trees they are supposed to preserve, Israel continues to violently expropriate Palestinian land.


Vanunu appeals new prison sentence Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu appealed a prison sentence he received for unauthorized contacts with foreigners.


New explosions rock Lebanon camp


Checkpoint checking what makes the work Mahsom Watch does so crucial to breaking the silence. These women and their colleagues are all Israeli Jews, and their publicizing via the Israeli media the atrocious conditions for Palestinians means that their message reaches parts that international activist groups can't reach. At the same time, "we show the Palestinians that not all Israeli [Jews] are enemies, and that's a vital part of our work," said Ruti.


Ex-US diplomat pleads not guilty to threatening Lebanese, Arabs "This is Patrick Syring," he said in a voicemail to the AAI on July 17, 2006, at around 11:17 p.m., according to the indictment. "The only good Lebanese is a dead Lebanese. The only good Arab is a dead Arab. Long live the IDF. Death to Lebanon and death to the Arabs." US diplomat? Or Israeli?


Landowner visits land for the first time in years Access to this land by its owners has been restricted since 1984 when the Palestinian residents of Susya were forcibly evicted by the Israelis to form a colony. The visit was the first time the owner had been able to access the land for 7 years. The problem here is that the Settlers interfere violently with the Palestinians when they visit their land even though they carry their legal papers which show their title to it in both Hebrew and Arabic.


Elderly woman harrassed by settlers on quad bike night and day These attacks are cowardly and designed to drive the elderly woman from her insubstantial and precarious living on the hill with her flock. This has been the way of life to her and her ancestors for hundreds of years


Succesful Road Block Removal ends in Arrests


WZO 'sponsored' Rubinstein despite the ZF's cancellation of Rubinstein's appearance, the Haaretz columnist will appear as scheduled at a talk in a London synagogue on Monday evening, organized by the British branch of the New Israel Fund (NIF).


Leaving their Home Gaza At present 129 Russian citizens have left their home in Gaza and have come to Russia. Most of them are Russian women with children who are married Palestinians.


Azerbaijan and Israel pursue partnership While Israel sees Azerbaijan as a potential ally among Muslim countries and a key energy supplier, Azerbaijan is interested in investments by Israeli companies and in support from Jewish communities abroad to promote Azerbaijani interests with Western governments.


Humanitarian aid to the Palestinians - walking the tightrope


Speaker proposes dialogue in Holy Land struggle ?The Palestinians see the Israeli destruction of their homes and olive groves, but no one calls it terrorism. Historically, the lands holy to Jews, Muslims, and Christians have always had armed factions and terrorism. Hamas refuses to recognize Israel and Israel refuses to recognize Palestine?s right to exist. Since 1967, 467,000 Israelis have moved into the Occupied Territories, and no one calls it terrorism.


UK ambassador, settlers meet The meeting, which took place last Wednesday, did not presage any reassessment of Britain's policies toward the settlements, according to British officials. Rather, the meeting, initiated by Phillips, was an attempt by the British Embassy to develop a relationship with the settlers.


Increased signs of anti-Hamas 'intifada' in Gaza There are increasing indications that Fatah is trying to organize an intifada against Hamas, as Fatah members in the Gaza Strip try to snap out of what one commander termed a state of "depression" following their defeat at the hands of Hamas in June.


Lieberman: All outposts in W. Bank approved by the gov't "These aren't illegal outposts," claimed Lieberman. "Everything was done with the government's permission, even if it was with a wink; therefore everything is legal. You can't pave roads and transfer water and electricity lines in the dead of night. It is inconceivable that today, people are suddenly denying this."


India's voice carries weight in international community: Israel Thus the reason for this.


Fatah al-Islam leader killed in gun battle: Report The leader of militant Islamist group Fatah al-Islam has been killed in a Lebanese Army attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, reports said.


Israel party chafes at Olmert's Palestinian talks


Law of Karma & The Israel Lobby the Israel lobby has extended its tentacles to its own disadvantages. The more they fight to suppress the sane voices, the more they will sink in the quick sand. It is yet to be known whether they schemed in defaming President Carter on his book, if they are involved in belittling the Jewish warriors of God documentary or if they attempted in blocking Passion of the Christ movie. There is a concerted effort out there to quell any dissent and the Australians have a word for it; Boomerang.



Bush to Bomb Iran to Distract World from Sub-Prime Mess "The Iran war will also distract people from my failed oil wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that the Zionists and Big Oil and Halliburton and Carlyle had ordered me to do. We will murder at least another 100,000 ragheads in Iran."