Sunday, September 16, 2007

Headlines for 09-15-07

Palestinian seriously injured during Israeli operation in northern Gaza One Palestinian, 17, was seriously injured with a bullet to the stomach at his home in Bein Hanoun, health ministry official Moaiwaya Hassanein said. Local residents said the young man was not known as a militant.


President Abbas receives the American general consul Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, received Saturday at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah , Jack Wallace, the American consul in Jerusalem.


Intent on destruction: The Israeli nightly invasions of Ein Beit el Ma camp ?We are having visits all the time from the Israeli military, especially in these last months and especially at night. They enter the camp at about 1am, and occupy the rooftops. I know more and more residents are sleeping during the day now, because they can't rest at night.?


PPS report: ?32 detainees are hospitalized in Al Ramla prison hospital?


Hamas: Fatah security forces arrest four Hamas members in the West Bank


Arab-Israeli group: National service offshoot of occupation army Baladna ? the Association for Arab Youth ? is expected to launch a campaign Friday calling on young Arab-Israelis to boycott the national service, which it referred to as "an offshoot of the IDF".


Hebron: Update: 01-06 September 2007


Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran? ** The opaqueness surrounding the nature of what may have been hit in Operation Orchard has been compounded by claims that US knowledge over the alleged 'agricultural site' has come not from its own intelligence and satellite imaging, but from material supplied to Washington from Tel Aviv over the last six months, material that has been restricted to just a few senior officials under the instructions of national security adviser Stephen Hadley, leaving many in the intelligence community uncertain of its veracity. Red flag.


Israeli army attacks nonviolent protest near Bethlehem Around 100 Palestinians, internationals and Israeli activists marched with local villagers in protest against the construction of an illegal road on village-owned land.



Hamas wary of possible Israeli incursion, Israeli says not possible to stop rocket fire


Hamas force says defuses bomb at Gaza parliament A Hamas-led security force said on Sunday it found a bomb outside the parliament building in the Gaza Strip, a development that could fuel tensions between governing Islamists and President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction.


Two unknown assailants attack a journalism office in Gaza


Israel's Olmert delays Palestinian prisoner release


Islamic militants reject Hamas' call to halt attacks The armed wing of Islamic jihad movement Saturday rejected Hamas movement's calls for halting attacks on Gaza crossing points controlled by Israel.


Foreign activist, Palestinian protester wounded by Israeli army A foreign peace activist and a Palestinian protester were wounded on Saturday as the Israeli army fired rubber bullets to break up a protest in the West Bank, witnesses said.


Bush administration dogged by NKorea-Syria nuclear links The reports, citing unnamed sources, were based on intelligence information supposedly from Israel's flyover and apparent raid last week on targets inside Syria. There's your problem right there.


Hammad: Building PA institutions will remain in the vacuum as long as the occupation continues


Puerto Rican, Palestinian activists make stop Puerto Rican Activist Tito Kayak will join Palestinian film journalist Emad Bornat to bring their tour, ?Puerto Rico to Palestine: Uniting Struggles in Defense of the Land,? to Ithaca on Monday, Sept. 17


Palestinians in Lebanon are haunted by history 'Sep 16 marks a black day for us Palestinians in Lebanon. It is today 25 years, but we still live in fear that something like this massacre will take place again after the recent clashes in north Lebanon,' he said.


Syria won't go to war with Israel, Kassem says


Giuliani Advisor: Raze Palestinian Villages Daniel Pipes?who, as I first reported here, has signed on as a foreign policy advisor to Rudy Giuliani?s campaign?essentially argued for war crimes against Palestinians, and there was no cry of protest from the media or anywhere else.



Palestinian Diaspora: With or against collaboration?


Jordan queen in Ramadan fundraising campaign for UNICEF The campaign is aimed at "promoting awareness and raising funds to directly support children in areas of crisis" in Iraq, Darfur and the Palestinian territories, the queen's office said on Saturday.


Lebanon seizes fugitive militants Lebanon's military says it has captured four Islamist militants two weeks after the army stormed a Palestinian refugee camp, ending a bloody 105-day siege.

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