Headlines for 09-06-07

Militants killed in Gaza clashes


Jordan's king urges U.S. to intensify efforts on Mideast peace Jordan's King Abdullah II on Thursday called on the United States to intensify diplomatic movements in the Middle East ahead of an international peace conference scheduled for November.



Israeli Police demolishes Arab-owned home in the Majd Al Korom area


Arabs are poorer Of 550,000 children who occasionally go hungry in Israel, 400,000 are Arab


Israeli army attack Azon village near Qalqilia, injuring two civilians A number of Israeli armored vehicles stormed the village of Azon, east of Qalqilia city in the northern part of the West Bank, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, injuring two civilians.



Full salary and part of the overdue payments to be delivered for PA public servants Bassam Zakarneh head of the Union of public servants said Tuesday that the government will deliver a full salary for the state employees in addition to delivering part of the of the overdue payments.


Syria Says Israel Bombs Territory Another Syrian official said: ?They dropped bombs on an empty area while our air defenses were firing heavily at them.?


Palestinians say child seriously wounded in IDF raid in Nablus


Syrian fire at Israeli aircraft ratchets up tensions, fears Alon Ben-David, Israel analyst for Jane's Defence Weekly, a United Kingdom-based defense magazine, suggested that Thursday's incident might have occurred when a routine Israeli surveillance flight over Syria encountered an unexpected sophisticated radar system.


Hamas downplays Blair Mideast peace mission, warns of war


Hamas denies receiving Israeli prisoner exchange offer The Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas) has denied on Thursday receiving an Israeli proposal to renew talks on prisoner exchange swap to free a captive Israeli soldier held in Gaza.



Three Palestinian youths kidnapped by Israeli Special Forces in Jenin Undercover forces of the Israeli army kidnapped three Palestinians youths from the northern West Bank city of Jenin earlier on Thursday morning.


Israeli army conducts military training near Palestinian village.


Militants claim attack on Israeli post Palestinian militants said fighters in a pickup truck and jeep crashed through a fence on the Gaza-Israel border on Thursday and attacked an Israeli army post.


Abbas asks Blair to press Israel on checkpoints


Jenin: Child critically hurt by IDF fire The child, Mustafa Abu Srur, was wounded when soldiers fired gunshots and mortar shells at a house where a member of the Islamic Jihad's al-Quds brigades was hiding.


Four Hamas charities in Nablus stormed by Israeli forces


Israel accused of indiscriminate attacks during Lebanon war Although it found some instances where Hizbullah fired rockets from civilian areas, or mixed with the civilian population it said: "Such violations, however, were not widespread: we found strong evidence that Hizbullah stored most of its rockets in bunkers and weapon storage facilities located in uninhabited fields and valleys, that in the vast majority of cases Hizbullah fighters left populated civilian areas as soon as the fighting started, and that Hizbullah fired the vast majority of its rockets from pre-prepared positions outside villages."


The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy official web site


Iraq, Israel, Iran the chief orchestrater of the second neoconservative war of aggression is Elliott Abrams. Convicted for deceptions around Iran-Contra, as Lewis Libby was convicted for deceptions stemming from Iraq--and pardoned by the elder Bush just as Libby had his sentence commuted by the younger--Abrams now presides over the Middle East desk at the National Security Council.


Hizbollah 'did not use civilians as cover' In its strongest condemnation of Israel since last summer's war, Human Rights Watch said yesterday that most Lebanese civilian casualties were caused by "indiscriminate Israeli air strikes".


Israel furious over Norway torture claim The Norwegian state radio network NRK reported Thursday it had obtained a secret diplomatic document from the embassy urging action by "expressing our concern that torture is still practiced in Israel."


Born in Lakeland; detained by Israel The children say they were told they must get Palestinian IDs and depart through Jordan because their Palestinian heritage trumped their American citizenship. If they are not permitted to fly from Tel Aviv, the children will forfeit their $9,100 in tickets and face the prospect of buying tickets from Jordan for $16,800.


BOOKS-US: Outing the "Israel Lobby"


Study finds U.S. Jews distance selves from Israel


Lebanese army kills two militants near battle camp Lebanese soldiers killed two Fatah al-Islam militants and captured seven near a bombed-out refugee camp on Thursday, as they hunted down other Islamists on the run, an army source said.


More Money for Israel? They're richer than ever, and they don't need it ? so why are we giving it?


Wiesenthal Center pushes Web battle on Hill The presentation on Capitol Hill Wednesday was sponsored by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), its ranking member.


A Prosecutorial Brief Against Israel and Its Supporters Uncritical American support for its closest Middle East ally has damaged American credibility in the Arab world, encouraged terrorism, stymied the search for a solution to the Palestinian problem, and in every way made America?s international position weaker and more dangerous.


Israel censured over Lebanese civilian toll In a scathing report issued Thursday, the New York-based watchdog said its investigators had determined that Israeli air force and artillery shelling caused most of some 900 Lebanese civilian deaths during the July-August conflict. It rejected Israel's argument that Hezbollah invited the heavy toll by operating among non-combatants and thus turning them into "human shields".


Jewish diplomat appointed Blair aide Bandler, the scion of a Philadelphia Jewish family, most recently worked for the Kissinger McLarty consulting firm headed by Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state. The Quartet's other members must affirm Bandler, but that is believed to be a formality.


Pentagon praises Israeli arms controls Pentagon official Beth McCormick said Wednesday that Israeli defense officials, after suffering several spats with U.S. counterparts over attempted arms deals with China in recent years, have satisfactorily tightened up export policies.


PFLP praise steadfastness of Bil'in villagers


Six Palestinians charged in attack on UN Six Palestinians were charged on Thursday for their alleged role in a roadside bombing against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, the official news agency ANI reported.


Putting a face on the need for peace One weekend I visited Hebron, a city one hour south of Bethlehem, where ideological Israeli settlers have established themselves. The settlers, deemed extreme even by much of Israeli society, harass the Palestinian population to the point that Christian peacemaker teams have to escort local children to their schools.


Popular Committees appeal for release of dying detainee


Israel Urged to Prepare for Iranian Nuclear Attack Former Israeli Mossad chief Shabtai Shavit said the big question facing Israeli intelligence and other Western intelligence agencies is whether Iran would use nuclear weapons if it acquires them. Nevertheless, he said, Israel must be prepared, although he did not offer specifics on what kind of preparations Israel should take.


A package holiday in the West Bank


U.S. is party to ethnic cleansing in Palestine


Israeli officers warn against invading the Gaza Strip High-ranking Israeli officers have warned the Israeli government against invading the Gaza Strip in response to the continuing Palestinian projectile bombardment of Israeli targets, the Israeli daily newspaper Maariv reported on Wednesday.


Burglar Strikes Dallas Convenience Store The Palestinian brothers are disappointed with the thousands of dollars of damage, but are not deterred. "We're here in America to make a living. We're going to continue making our living."