Headlines for 09-14-07

Gaza Municipality warns of Israeli threats to cut power supply over the Gaza Strip


New study of effects of the Wall The Civil Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Palestinians in Jerusalem published a report on Thursday documenting the effects of the illegal Israeli Wall on the lives of Palestinians in and around the city.



Israel curbs Ramadan prayer entry


Head of Hamas in Gaza tells Saudis he wants to patch up relations with rival Fatah


Weekly non-violent protest continues in Bil'in At midday on Friday the villagers of Bil'in were joined by international and Israeli peace activists in a march to the illegal wall built by the Israelis on village land. Another 100 Palestinians from the West Bank city of Jericho came to Bil'in in support.


Palestinian envoy has high hopes for Mideast conference "We hope this might be crowned by a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital," he said, ahead of a meeting with South African President Thabo Mbeki.


Palestinians pray for Ramadan amid tight Israel security


U.S.: Syria on Nuclear Watch List ** Thus will Syria be added to the US's hitlist based on dubious Israeli intel. Syria will get whacked when we hit Iran.


Two Israelis wounded in West Bank shooting Two Israelis traveling in a car were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank, the army and emergency services said on Friday.


Palestine: democracy not Zionism The solution for the land which, until it was literally wiped off the map in 1948, was called Palestine is the same. It can only be democracy


Israeli air strike targets Jihad fighters in Gaza


Town could get Middle East twin


CALL TO ACTION! Villagers of Sarra and Qusin Refuse to be Kept in a Cage!


Despite Backlash, Many Jews Are Questioning Israel


The Israel Lobby: Mearsheimer & Walt on Tour


Syria denies U.S. media reports on Israeli warplanes attack


Articles of faith "We were surprised by how nasty it got," says the Harvard professor. "The David Duke reference, the neo-Nazi websites - these were intended to smear us and swing attention on to us rather than to what we were saying. It wasn't pleasant, but it never made me doubt what we had written or doubt myself." Standing tall in the face of attack is one thing; to raise your head above the parapet for a second round is quite another. But that is what the Mearsheimer/Walt double act are doing: they have gone on the offensive with the publication of a book-length version of their original treatise. "When you know the truth, the truth makes you a soldier" - Gandhi



Non-Violent Protest in Al-Walaja Turns Ugly as Israeli Army Rears its Head


US claims Hezbollah still smuggling arms through Syria


Israel and Censorship at Harvard In recent years, at least three professors?Oxford?s Tom Paulin, DePaul?s Norman Finkelstein, and Rutgers? Robert Trivers?have been invited to speak at Harvard and then disinvited after complaints that they had spoken critically of Israel or disagreed sharply with Harvard Law School Professor Alan M. Dershowitz regarding Israel?s military conduct.


China emerges as leader in cyberwarfare an expert with the SANS Technology Institute, pointing to Israeli hacks against the US, and French hacks against European Union partners


UNHCR lays on free meals for Iraqi refugees during Ramadan "It is so good to see this large number of people gathered to share food. We are all brothers ? Palestinian, Syrian and Iraqi, and we all help each other. Solidarity is our strength, our tradition. When Iraqis eat this meal at home, it is with a message that we welcome and support them,"


Battle for resources in Hebron


Mystery deepens over Israeli strike on Syria Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported this week a US official as saying that recent satellite imagery, mainly provided by Israel, suggested that Syria may building some form of nuclear facility with the help of material unloaded by North Korea. The operative words here being "provided by Israel".