Sunday, September 9, 2007

Headlines for 09-08-07

Israeli troops kill teenager near Gaza border Israeli troops have shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian who was placing bird traps along Gaza Strip's northern border with the Jewish state, medical sources said Saturday.


ISM-Member Akram killed during clashes in Jenin


PM aides douse hopes for Abbas meeting


Israeli Jets Run Iran Attack Drill ** Israeli warplanes may have been testing air routes for a possible attack against Iran when they were fired on by Syrian forces, experts said yesterday. Israeli psyops.


Turkey quizzes Israel on warplane fuel tanks Turkey has asked Israel for clarification after finding two fuel tanks on its territory near the Syrian border allegedly belonging to Israeli warplanes, a diplomatic source said on Saturday.


Disabled Gaza evacuee sues police commander Petition filed by Human Rights Organization in Yesha accuses police superintendent of punching handicapped man at Kissufim crossing; demands NIS 2 million in compensation


Israelis 'don Hamas uniforms' for Gaza raid Israeli special forces disguised as Hamas gunmen abducted a field commander from the ruling Palestinian Islamist group in the southern Gaza Strip, Hamas said.


Report: Israel plundering the Jordan Valley


Mashaal: US trying to divide Palestinians


Abbas: Elections not to held until Gaza coup ends


Families of Palestinian prisoners attacked by prison guards Family members who came to visit their loved ones at the Ramon Prison in Israel were attacked by prison guards on Thursday, and prevented from visiting their loved ones.


6 of 7 Lakeland Youths Leave Israel, Arrive in Orlando Although the Yacoubs are in the congresssional district of U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, the office of U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Bartow, took an interest in the case and stayed in touch with the Yacoubs. But Putnam's aides did not press upper-level State Department officials to look into the case, said Keith Rupp, a spokesman for Putnam.



Israeli army invades Jenin city, refugee camp and Qabatiya town An Israeli military force invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Jenin refugee camp and Qabatiya town in the early hours of Saturday morning.



Mideast conference 'disaster' without goals: Dahlan Former Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan warned Saturday that a Mideast peace conference later this year could turn into a disaster if Israel and the United States approached it as a public relations exercise.


Palestinian PM: conference must lead to statehood Fayyad said a successful conference should produce a "clear agreement" on a sovereign Palestinian state based on Israel's withdrawal from land occupied in the 1967 Middle East war, and a "binding timeframe" for its implementation.




Mideast envoy Blair to meet king of Jordan Jordan's King Abdullah II will meet the Quartet's Middle East envoy Tony Blair in Amman on Sunday for talks on peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel.


Bedouin threaten to block Egypt border with Israel


Celebration replaces weekly protest in Bil'in


Lebanon tensions rise as siege ends most Lebanese see the fight in Nahr al-Bared as a betrayal of support for Palestinian rights and expect the long-simmering tensions to reignite.


At-Tuwani: The tiger and the deer.


Donors to meet on rebuilding of destroyed Lebanon camp Prime Minister Fuad Siniora is to chair a meeting of donors on Monday for the reconstruction of a Palestinian refugee camp destroyed in 15 weeks of battle between the Lebanese army and Islamists.


Good News: Edward Said Mural to Go Up


Taybeh, or not Taybeh; that is the question

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