Headlines for 10-12-07

Israeli strike kills Palestinian militant in Gaza


Blair admits he is shocked by discrimination on the West Bank He was shocked by what he was told about conditions in Hebron and diplomats say he was genuinely taken aback by his trip to the West Bank sector of the Jordan Valley ? where Palestinians are allowed to dig wells only a third as deep as Israelis ? at the exploitation of resources by the rich Jewish agricultural settlements at the expense of closed in Palestinian farmers


Qurea slams illegal Israeli measures against the detainees Palestinian official, head of the Palestinian Negotiations Team, Ahmad Qurea (Abu Ala?), slammed on Friday the Israeli Authorities for barring the entry of sweets to Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, and slammed the ongoing violations practiced against the detainees.


Gazans barred from treatment in Israel Six Gazans, including a 16-year-old girl and two women in their early 20s, suffering from cancer and other serious ailments and who desperately need treatment in Israel are being prevented from entering the country by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), the organization Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) told The Jerusalem Post Thursday.


Bush extends PLO waiver President Bush once again waived laws that would ban a Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington.


EU quiet over Israeli land expropriation


Israeli military abducts 8 Palestinians including young woman from Nablus and Sura


PA minister: Israel wants to destroy Fayyad gov't This is the first time since 1967 that Israeli bodies prevent the Palestinian government of delivering sweets to prisoners. "The Israeli government is a government of liars that is interested in harming the efforts of the PA and Fayyad's government to bring about economic and security improvements in the Palestinian territories,"


Israeli forces kidnap Prisoners Society lawyer and two civilians in Bethlehem


Abbas, Olmert can make deal despite weakness: Blair


Isolated Gaza marks Eid with defiance and mourning "Only the children can enjoy this holiday. For the grown-ups its very difficult. There's shortages in the markets, and what they have has become more expensive,"


Sweets and tears in Gaza at Eid


Israel denies confiscated Arab land for settlers Israel denied on Friday that freshly ordered Arab land expropriations between Jerusalem and a key Jewish settlement would be used to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank.


Hamas warns Abbas not to concede to Israelis


Hamas and Christian leaders confirm mutual respect and unity Leaders of the deposed Hamas government in Gaza and high-ranking Christian figures in the region on Friday reasserted their unity and mutual respect for another, arguing that, in spite of recent attacks, Islamic-Christian relations remained strong.


Israel slams Egypt on border Israel reportedly told the United States that the porous Egypt-Gaza Strip border threatened a planned peace conference.


Harvard Prof Says Google Cancelled His Talk on Israel Lobby At an appearance at Columbia University tonight, Stephen Walt, a Harvard professor and former dean, said that he and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer were slated to speak at Google headquarters recently to discuss their bestselling book The Israel Lobby and at the last minute the event was cancelled mysteriously.


The honeymoon is ending on 'mission impossible' "Blair was really astonished and angry," says the UN official who gave him a presentation on the devastating effects of Israel's "security barrier", settlements, checkpoints, and closures on the lives of Palestinians in the occupied territories.


Poll: 81% of Israelis want JNF land for Jews only


Israel's settlers - One reason for the absence of peace Never mind that Israel has flouted international law by settling its citizens in occupied foreign territory; what is remarkable is how consistently the settlers have thwarted Israel's own laws, in pursuit of what to them are biblical lands inhabited by Palestinian interlopers. Say, I wonder what AMERICANS would do if some foreign nation kept taking their land and denying them freedom? Whoops, we already know the answer to that question.


Yediot Ahronot to close English Web site The Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot will shut down its English language Web site Y-net, the site's editor in chief confirmed.


Giuliani names 3 more Jews as advisers Ruth Wedgwood, Michael Rubin and David Frum were among seven additional advisers named Thursday by the former New York mayor's campaign for the Republican presidential candidacy. David Frum = neocon supremo. No End to War, ala Frum and Perle. If Rudy gets elected, you can bet we will continue to further the neocon agenda (which is almost always Israel-first!).


Over the Line "Lords of the Land" is the first complete history of the settlement project. It provides a detailed narrative of injustice, and is profoundly depressing for anyone still hoping for a fair resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or even hoping that Jews and Arabs will be seen as equal in the eyes of Israeli law. The author of this piece is deluded if he thinks that everything is hunky dorey for the Arabs that live inside the Green Line in Israel proper.


Families of dead Lebanese troops block refugee return Some 400 men, women and children burned tyres and placed stones at the northern entrance of Nahr al-Bared camp forcing a bus filled with refugees to turn back.


Vigil held to criticize St. Thomas' Tutu invite "St. Thomas didn't want to hurt the Jewish people," said Ifrah Jimale, 28, a St. Thomas senior from Somalia. "What about the Palestinian people?"


'Olive branch' must not fall again / Israel needs to make first step in breaking deadlock over Mideast peace talks


Candidates court Jewish support Set to announce the appointment of former Rep. David Bonior as campaign manager in a few days, Edwards' strategists began to realize that the Michigan Democrat's strong support for Palestinians while he was in Congress could hurt Edwards among American Jews. .....The new test is how tough the candidates will be in combating the nuclear threat that Iran poses to Israel, and whether Israel should be allowed to take pre-emptive action.



Teachers prepare for Middle East fact-finding trip ?The problems for ­people in Abu Dis are very severe.
?They are living under military occupation and an eight-foot Israeli separation wall.
?I?m happy the teachers on both sides will be meeting people who have very different lives.?


Israeli archaeologist talks to crowd of 30 about country in ruins Several times he stated that a two- state solution is necessary, and he said that it is the only way to achieve peace, detracting any approach that did not view the Palestinians as equals.


From 2004: No End to War By Patrick J. Buchanan One of Buchanan's finest masterpieces, hands down.


Stowaway on SIA flight from Kuala Lumpur hides in nose wheel well A Palestinian stowaway fell out of the nose wheel of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft that landed at Changi Airport on a flight from Kuala Lumpur, police said on Saturday.