Headlines for 10-08-07

Eight Palestinians injured in Gaza attacks


An Israeli shell wounds three Palestinians in southern Gaza Three Palestinians have been reportedly wounded in southern Gaza after an Israeli shell landed on a local house near the Sofa crossing in eastern Rafah city, media sources said.


Abu Rodeina: ?Olmert?s statements are placing obstacles in the path of negotiations?


Olmert says path to peace deal "far away" The Israelis want to push any peace agreement with the Palestinians as far into the future as possible - it is all a ruse to win Arab support for the forthcoming US attack on Iran.


Fire ravages border camp for Palestinian-Iraqi refugees A raging fire swept through the Al-Tanf refugee camp on the Syrian side of the Syrian-Iraqi border on 6 October injuring 25 Palestinian-Iraqi refugees and burning down 53 tents in the isolated camp, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on 7 October.


Palestinian negotiator says talks with Israeli negotiation team "political battle" Palestinian negotiator Yasser Abed Rabbo said on Monday that an upcoming meeting with Israeli negotiation team will be "a political battle for the Palestinians to gain their legitimate rights."


Four civilians wounded in Gaza explosion


Palestinian Police Out in Force in Nablus


Hamas accuses Fatah leaders of being involved in recent Gaza bombings


Army to annex 1130 Dunams of Palestinian land near Jerusalem for Wall construction


Abbas expected to disband special unit Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to merge his special security unit, Force 17, and the Presidential Guard within the next few days.


Israeli PM praises Palestinian leadership "I agree that all the Palestinian neighbourhoods except the Arab neighbourhoods in the holy basin ... would be transferred," Mr Ramon told Army Radio.


Olmert denies existence of agreement with Palestinian Authority


Protests greet American university ban on Desmond Tutu Dr Tutu stressed his deep respect for the Jewish people, but noted that critics of the government of Israel?s violence are immediately ?dubbed anti-Semitic. As if the Palestinians were not Semitic too.?


Arab is Israel's top breeder An Israeli Arab has sired 67 children, a national record. Odd choice of words for the title.


Neocons Converge Around Giuliani Campaign Podhoretz is in favor of bombing Iran because of the country's unwillingness to suspend its uranium-enrichment program. He also believes America is engaged in a "world war" with "Islamofascism" and that Giuliani is the only man who can win it......what's left of the neocon movement does seem to be converging around the Giuliani campaign, to some degree, because he embraces their common themes Clue: The Israel Factor, a site that ranks candidates based on their support of Israel, has Giuliani ranked at number 1. The author of this piece goes on to suggest that neocons are in line with Giuliani's pro-Israeli views, as are most American voters. Hogwash. The name of this game is which candidate can kowtow the lowest to the Israeli Lobby.


In pictures Israeli and Palestinian views on the future status of Jerusalem


Palestinian denied entry to Israel for Northwestern University MBA program Saed Hasan, 32, a manager at Global Software in Ramallah, was accepted to the Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA program, run jointly by Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University. But the military has refused a request by Tel Aviv University to give Hasan a permit, saying that Palestinian students may not enter the country.


Met sought suicide bomber advice The Israelis had met with Met police officers in the months leading up to the July 2005 suicide bombings on London.


Photostory: The month in pictures


Pollution in Jordanian port exacerbated by Israeli sewage leak Israeli officials say around 600 cu. m. of raw sewage poured into the sea, forcing the authorities to ban swimming. However, it is difficult to verify this figure, and Aqaba residents fear much greater pollution: they say the foul smell has become unbearable.


Kuwaiti embassy in Amman distributes aid packages to Palestinian families


Nothing can get in Palestine's way to Games Palestinian athlete Fidaa Abuhaj finally made her way to Shanghai for the Special Olympics with her delegation.


Turkey says not to let airspace be used against Syria


The Tutu episode -- whither academic freedom?


An open letter to Father Dease


Twin Mideast peace concerts rouse skepticism, rancor "OneVoice is a wolf in sheep's clothing," said Haithem El-Zabri, a 42-year-old Palestinian-American who's organizing a protest called Another Voice. He said the OneVoice plan for a two-state solution didn't do enough to protect the rights of Palestinian refugees and gave up too much to Israel , which wants to keep its largest West Bank settlements.


Israeli president brands Iran 'centre of global terror' "Iran is the greatest terrorist centre in the world today," he said, adding that "it is openly building an arsenal of long-range missiles and, secretely, nuclear weapons.


Palestinian finds following for poetry of hope "Every Palestinian just like every black South African doing something well is engaged in an act of resistance, is engaged in an act of self-assertion, saying that we are good, we are humans, we are strong, we can overcome the challenges of colonialism, of occupation, of oppression and of deprivation."


Activist/author calls Israel-Palestine conflict apartheid Israeli human rights activist and author Jeff Halper argues that in the Israel-Palestine conflict the two-state solution is dead and that apartheid has taken over.