Headlines for 09-17-07

Teenager shot dead in West Bank Local residents said Mohammed Jabbarin, 16, had not been armed and had been shot after he threw rocks at a patrol


Egypt coordinates stands with Russia, EU on U.S.-proposed Mideast conference


Palestinians Sue for Use of Road Built for Them "It's a road inside the West Bank, and in this sense it is outside the borders of Israel, and basically Israelis don?t have a right to go there," she said. "It's the same as Israelis claiming that Palestinians don't have the right to enter Israel. The same argument should apply to Israelis [in the West Bank]."


Brown says Palestinian economy is key to revival of peace process Israeli closures and security restrictions on the movement of goods and services "represent the greatest barrier" to Palestinian economic growth. These are targeted at extremists but "impact equally on the majority of moderate Palestinians", it warned, adding: "Israel's medium-term security can only be assured through Palestinian prosperity."


Iran threatens Israel, U.S. interests Iran threatened to fire hundreds of missiles at Israeli and U.S. targets if its nuclear facilities are attacked.


Palestinian police capture Israeli citizen in Bethlehem Palestinian police forces captured Monday night a stray Israeli citizen near the Church of Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, police sources said


Hamas slams Arab states' support to Abbas


Europeans try to mediate between rival Fatah and Hamas


Palestinians looking for substance from peace meeting "The most important thing is not what we call things, it's the substance," Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP when asked to comment on the Israeli statements issued the previous day.


Israeli troops kill Palestinian militant in northern Gaza Israeli soldiers, stationed near northern Gaza borders with Israel, shot dead on Monday night a Palestinian militant, said sources from both sides.


Abbas? Advisor slams Israeli Army killing of a child in Ramallah Abdul-Rahman stated that the child, Muhammad Jabareen, 16, was throwing stones at invading forces, and does not deserve to be punished by death.


Gaza doctors suspend strike for Ramadan


Israeli border guards charged in attacks Four Israeli border guards have been charged with beating and threatening two Palestinians and two Israeli-Arabs in the West Bank.


Israeli forces kidnap one Palestinian from Bethlehem, another from Qalqilia


Erekat: Israeli operations lead to more violence


A double standard on academic freedom in the Middle East


Experts: Syria may have violated non-proliferation treaty Hey pot, this is the kettle calling..


Israelis vacation in Golan Heights despite tensions with Syria


Syria reopens Lebanon border posts


Bush's fall Mideast meeting may be in trouble Palestinian leaders, along with Saudi Arabia , are threatening to boycott the event unless it ends with a detailed framework and specific timetable for establishing a Palestinian state.


It is unjust and absurd to apply economics to this hell


Political rivalries emerge in Ramadan


Orthodox Jew tapped to replace Gonzalez Mukasey's Jewishness became an issue when a defendant in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing filed a motion to remove the judge, arguing that his allegiances to fellow Jews and Israel would create a bias against Muslim defendants. The motion was dismissed as "utterly irrelevant."


First joint Israeli-Palestinian exhibition held at UN headquarters


Lawmaker prods Olmert over Syria An Israeli lawmaker demanded Ehud Olmert provide an accounting of Israel's alleged airstrike inside Syria.


Israeli soldiers prosecute the director of ?Jenin Jenin? movie


French Jew defends claim that Arab boy's death was staged ?The problem here is Karsenty himself,? said Stephane Bou, who has written on the subject for Charlie Hebdo, a satirical political weekly. ?He is known here for being obsessed with international plots against Jews and against Israel."


US Court Won't Reinstate Corrie Suit Because the U.S. government pays for all Caterpillar bulldozers sold to Israel, the lawsuit presented foreign policy questions best left to the White House and Congress, said the three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco."A court could not find in favor of the plaintiffs without implicitly questioning, and even condemning, United States foreign policy toward Israel," Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw wrote.


Intensive contacts to revive Shalit's case: militant group


Muslim charity trial wraps up in Texas Defense attorney Nancy Hollander said prosecutors built their case on the word of one Israeli official who testified under a false name, and showed the jury only selective evidence


Politics Pushes Uneven Policies The completely one-sided support for Israel from some conservative evangelicals rests on two things: one, a very dubious interpretation (I'm being generous here) of biblical prophecy and eschatology (the theology of the "end times") in which the modern state of Israel is still equated with the Old Testament notion of "God's chosen people;" and two, a complete denial of the very existence of Palestinian Christians.


UN moves to counter deteriorating Gaza education levels


Olmert: I respect Assad Ehud Olmert voiced respect for Bashar Assad and reiterated Israel's desire for peace with Syria. Umm, they say this right after they buzzbombed the place?