Saturday, September 8, 2007

Headlines for 09-07-07

Fatah accuses Hamas of killing abducted activist in Gaza Palestinian ambulance services said they found the body of 24- year-old Tarazan Dughmush at the Gaza beach near the Nusseirat refugee camp. He had been snatched by masked gunmen along with his cousin Ibrahim Dughmush the previous night.


Hebron Update: 25-31 August 2007


PLO calls on Gazans to protest against Hamas in Gaza


Hamas vows to deal with incidents of attacks against reporters in the Gaza Strip Ayman Taha, one of the leaders of Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, stated on Friday that the movement rejects all attacks against reporters and media outlets, and added that Hamas does not silence the media.


Israeli army attacks on West Bank towns of Tulkarem and Nablus ; 6 civilians kidnapped.


Ramon, Fayyad outline peace terms Haim Ramon reportedly offered the Palestinians most of the West Bank, parts of eastern Jerusalem, and land swaps from Israel.


Russia calls on Israel to honor int'l law The country expressed "exteme concern" in the wake of Syrian claims that its military fired on an Israel Air Force warplane that had entered its airspace and "dropped munitions."


Gaza fishermen risk becoming quarry


Restrictions on entering Jerusalem for some Palestinians during Ramadan


Violence in Gaza as Hamas breaks up Fatah demonstrations


?Israeli terror activated against Syria? Thousands gather at Islamic Movement?s northern branch rally, witness Sheikh Raed Salah speech criticizing ?Israeli, American terror?. Movement leader says, ?Israel and occupation will disappear, Jerusalem and al-Aqsa will remain forever?


Barak threatens to reoccupy Gaza Strip after November Washington meeting Israeli media sources revealed that Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, was involved in overnight discussions with army leaders to try to find ways of putting an end to rocket-fire from Palestinian fighters on to Israeli towns in the southern part of the country.



Iran: Israel will be responsible for escalation in region Tehran's ambassador to Damascus says violation of Syrian airspace by Israeli aircraft is 'intolerable attempt to create tension in the region'. He adds that 'Israel must act reasonably and not cause another war'. Syrian vice president: Israel proves it does not want peace


Victory protest at Israel West Bank barrier village Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad took part in a victory march at Bilin in the West Bank on Friday after the Israeli Supreme Court's ruling that a section of its controversial separation barrier there must be rerouted.


Palestinian woman gives birth at Israeli checkpoint Israeli sources revealed that a Palestinian woman from Al 'Ezariah gave birth at the military checkpoint near Abu Dees just north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday morning.



At least 40 injured in Fatah-Hamas clashes in Gaza At least 40 people were injured in clashes between Hamas security personnel and supporters of the rival Fatah movement, as tens of thousands took to the streets throughout Gaza, heeding Fatah calls to hold Friday's prayers outdoors despite a Hamas ban on doing so.


Israeli army invades Nablus; two charitable societies closed On Wednesday, only days after the decision of the Palestinian caretaker cabinet to close some of the charitable societies in the West Bank, the Israeli army invaded the city of Nablus.The soldiers broke into the offices of a number of charities and other organizations searching them thoroughly.


Hamas accuses PNA of supporting Israel's Gaza offensive


An International Conference of Christian-Islamic Relations at Bethlehem University


MK Nafaa ignores gov't travel ban, arrives in Syria for a visit MK Said Nafaa (Balad) on Thursday ignored a ban on Israeli lawmakers from traveling to enemy states and arrived in Syria as part of a delegation of Druze religious officials.


Nine Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces


Israel Keeps Yacoub Children Off Plane Again The ordeal continues for the children of a Lakeland family, stranded for almost three weeks in the Palestinian city of Ramallah. They were not permitted to board a plane in Israel to the United States on Thursday and apparently will try to return home by traveling through Jordan.


Gaza outdoor prayer ban enforced


Muslim groups want off of indictment Muslim groups asked to be removed as unindicted co-conspirators in the U.S. case against the Holy Land Foundation.


Foxman, Eizenstat spar over Carter Eizenstat, who has strongly criticized the title and content of Carter's book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," insisted that Carter was not an anti-Semite and praised the former president for several steps he took on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people.


UN cartographer to plot disputed Shaba Farms' border boundaries


Kucinich tours south Lebanon Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) toured areas of south Lebanon marked by Israeli cluster bombs that fell in last year's war. ....The candidate, who met with Lebanese and Syrian leaders during his trip this week, also called for a more "even-handed" U.S. approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


German unions reject boycott An umbrella organization for German unions rejected calls to boycott Israel.


Ford Foundation gives NIF $20 million The Ford fund has three stated goals, according to the NIF Web site: Promoting civil and human rights in Israel, promoting equality for the Palestinian minority in Israel and promoting a peacful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It has financed 40 organizations.


US markets slump amid job losses US stocks have fallen sharply in response to news that American employers shed 4,000 jobs last month. Let's attack Iran. While we're at it, let's give Israel another 30 billion. Brilliant!


Syria and Iran: The Threats That Aren't by Michael Scheuer our Israeli friends and their Israel-first American supporters have long harped on the idea ? and thereby have misled Americans ? that Syria is a military threat to the United States..... the threat to the United States comes from two sources. First, the relentless "Iran is the new Nazi Germany" propaganda pushed by Israel and the American citizen Israel-firsters, and, second, the multi-decade failure of the U.S. Congress to seriously address the national-security issues of energy, borders, and immigration.
Michael Scheuer - former CIA counterterrorism official.


New twist to Syria-Israel tension That it apparently happened in the country's north, close to the Turkish border - and not in the south, where Syria and Israel share a border - has taken many people here by surprise.


U.S. may cut off aid to UN rights group Since its creation last year, the council has only criticized one country ? Israel, for its military actions in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon


In aftermath of Nahr al-Bared battle, Palestinian refugees despair over ruined lives


Senate approves aid package The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a foreign aid package that included $2.4 billion in military assistance to Israel.


Tear Gas and Sound Grenades replaced with Music and Dancing: Bilin Celebrates?


Syria-Israel bombing incident shrouded in mystery "This is the beginning of a Syrian-Israeli conflict," said Sateh Noureddine, columnist with Lebanese newspaper as-Safir. He saw it as a follow-on from Israel's war in Lebanon a year ago.


Senate passes bill on cluster bomb use The U.S. Senate has moved to restrict the sale or transfer of U.S. cluster bombs, the munitions blamed for the deaths of Lebanese civilians in a conflict with Israel last summer.


Lebanese army kills militant near battle camp


Above and 'Beyond Chutzpah'


Finding peace through art On display now is a mini-retrospective of the work of Palestinian artist Sharif Waked, whose work touches upon not only the occupation of the West Bank but also Palestinian loss of homeland at Israel's creation in 1948.


Indonesia may allow Israeli businessmen to invest in bio-fuel Indonesian may allow Israeli investor to invest in bio-fuel sector in the country, but it would not change its political stance on Israel, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.


Shimon Peres: Within a year the most important Israel-Holy See problems resolved


Court Circular The Earl of Wessex later met Palestinian youth groups at the Residence of Her Majesty?s Consul-General in Jerusalem.


Some militants take break


AL chief says alleged Israeli violation of Syrian airspace "unacceptable"


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Carter documentary debuts in Venice "He is tireless in his efforts to do as much as he can in his allotted time to improve the world around him."


Israeli Bedouin research centre gets second chance It focuses on the research and development of the Arab Bedouin, the indigenous people of the Negev desert, who represent approximately 12 per cent of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel.


Peace settles on Gaza, but economy crumbles


The Occupation Within


A pitch for Palestine Look at the list of signatories.


Al Mezan Center slams using of force, arrests of residents and attacks on reporters in Gaza


Jewish group lends support to former Gibran principal


Soccer: Anti-Israel protest causes concern in London The UK-based Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC), in association with the Friends of Al-Aqsa, will set up a vigil on Olympic Way, the road leading up to the stadium, from 3-5 p.m. Saturday afternoon, under the title "Kick Israeli Apartheid out of Football."


Criticism of PM led Tories to kill Khan report, MPs say "The report would be critical of Mr. Harper's policies in the Middle East, and Mr. Harper doesn't want to share an adviser's report that would criticized his policies. And I believe that's purely a political consideration," Liberal foreign affairs critic Ujjal Dosanjh said.


Third town severs ties with ADL "If you have an organization that states that their purpose is to defend people, you can't choose only one," said Janet Boswell, a commission member.

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