Headlines for 09-09-07

Abbas security forces clash with Hamas Hebron students Clashes erupted at Hebron University on Sunday as Fatah-allied Palestinian National Authority (PNA) security services attempted to break up an outdoor rally held by Hamas-affiliated students, witnesses said.


Israeli settlements in Hebron make life nearly impossible, Palestinians say Israeli policy in Hebron city centre has led thousands of Palestinians to leave their homes and some 1,829 businesses have been shut down since 1994, a report by the Israeli human rights organisations B'Tselem and the Association for Civil Rights has charged.


Syria threatens Israel over sortie Syria hinted at imminent retaliation for an alleged Israeli violation of its airspace.


Abbas and Saudi king to discuss Hamas crisis Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and tell King Abdullah that he still backs a Saudi-sponsored power-sharing deal with Hamas provided it cedes control of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian ambassador in Riyadh said on Sunday.


Hebron: Water from the Israeli Army CPT had learned [from an authoritative source with the Hebron Land
Defense Committee] that, earlier in the year, Israel had diverted most of the
West Bank water supply from the Bethlehem area to an Israeli settlement bloc,
known as Gush Etzion, and from there on to Israel. The diversion has severely
affected farm areas, especially in the Wadi Al-Ghroos Beqa'a valley region, near
Hebron, this summer.


At-Tuwani Release: Demolition in South Hebron Hills word of a house demolition reached Tuwani later in the evening. The
demolition took place in the nearby village of Ad Deirat at 11:30 am.


Fatah strongman denies "seeking Hamas love"


Israeli troops nab youth with explosives The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday apprehended a Palestinian youth carrying three explosive devices at a West Bank checkpoint, thwarting a potential suicide bombing attack targeting Tel Aviv, local daily Ha'aretz said.


Qaeda penetrating Gaza via clans: Israeli expert


Israel's release of Palestinian prisoners delayed Israel is unlikely to release from prison 100 members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, an Israeli government official said on Sunday.


Gazans strike in defiance of Hamas Defying Hamas, scores of schools and shops shut their doors in Gaza on Sunday, observing a PLO-called strike to protest at violence by the Islamist movement ruling the Palestinian territory.


Israeli minister accuses Syria of encouraging terror An Israeli minister accused Damascus of "encouraging terrorism" on Sunday, three days after Syria said Israeli warplanes violated its airspace.
Just who is terrorizing whom?


Will the US Really Bomb Iran? ** Israel wants an attack on Iran, and the Israel lobby calls the shots in US foreign policy. What Israel wants, Israel gets.


Senate to Egypt: Stop Gaza arms flow The U.S. Senate unanimously urged the Egyptian government to stop arms from crossing the Egyptian-Gaza Strip border.



Israeli neo-Nazi ring caught after attacks on synagogues The group of eight Russian immigrants aged between 18 and 21 appeared in court following an 18-month investigation into attacks on two synagogues in which swastikas were painted on the walls of the buildings


It?s Lobbying, But Is It Really Pro-Israel?


Va. congressman accuses AIPAC on Iraq "AIPAC is the most powerful lobby and has pushed this war from the beginning," U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) said in this month's Tikkun magazine. "Because they are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful -- most of them are quite wealthy -- they have been able to exert power."


Young Democrats, Republicans agree on two things: Israel and drink specials Calls for a proactive approach against a nuclear Iran was a common theme at the conference. AIPAC listed Iran mobilization as one of its fall 2007 campus initiatives, encouraging students to emphasize to their peers what a nuclear Iran means for the Middle East and the world.


Army: Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese air space


Pardoned PA terror suspects to get professional training The United Nations and the Palestinian Authority are launching a placement project to provide professional training for Palestinian terror suspects recently pardoned by Israel, Ynet has learned.


Dichter criticizes Ramon's plan to cede nearly all of West Bank to Palestinians


Jewish, Arab groups launch joint internship


Art Exhibit Draws Fire Several dozen people filled a room in an old vacant building, wanting to learn more about the work of an artist who depicted the plight of the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.


Domestic terror linked to our Mideast policies The hostility that leads to terrorism is not a product of personal difficulties in which individual Muslims may find themselves. It is more plausibly explained as a response to our own policies in the Middle East ? what we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, and what we have done over the years on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That hostility is widely shared through the Middle East and leads some to resort to violence.


Poisoned by war, Lebanon reaps meagre harvest "Look at this field, Israeli planes dropped 30 bombs on it," said the elderly man. "Seventy years of work destroyed.".....This year, the family was forced to abandon part of its land because of the cluster bombs dropped by the Israelis, which spread more than a million bomblets


'US needs face-to-face talks with Iran' The former NATO commander said he was intimately aware of Israel's security needs, an awareness gained through frequent visits.