Headlines for 10-15-07

Palestinian Authority forces kill two Palestinians, including one boy, in Qalqilia


Palestinians Prepare to Stand Up for What Matters Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are expected to take part in demonstrations highlighting poverty and inequality in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Palestinians in the territories number three to four million.


Palestinians: Settlers hurling stones at us Palestinians: Settlers hurling stones at us


Dozens of right-wing activists living in illegal West Bank outpost constantly harassing local residents, Palestinians say



US 'wants Palestinian state now' Condoleezza Rice said reaching a two-state solution was a priority for her and US President George Bush. Has to do with garnering Arab support for forthcoming action on Iran, methinks.


Olmert-Rice meeting: No American pressure Prime minister believes US secretary of state does not plan to force Israel into accepting timetable on refugees, Jerusalem and border issues


'Many in the US military think Bush and Cheney are out of control' ** Many in the US military think Bush and Cheney are out of control. They are rebelling against Bush and Cheney...I regard the Israelis as opponents of a war with Iran which would involve them Excellent. Keep it up! As to the last statement in the excerpt: of course Israel won't fight that war: that's why she's getting US to do it for them (again).


Envoy Urges UN To Quit Mideast Mediating Group The United Nations should pull out of the Quartet of Middle East mediators unless the group starts taking Palestinian human rights seriously, a U.N. envoy said on Monday.John Dugard, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights for the Palestinian territories, told the BBC the world body ?does itself little good? by remaining in the Quartet group of the United States, European Union, Russia and the United Nations.


Resident injured, home demolished, as army invades Qalqilia


Jordan And Israel Butt Heads Over Dig Jordan says Israel should not resume excavations at Mugrabi Gate near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.


UN expert rails at Quartet policies in his interview with the BBC, Mr Dugard goes further than before.


Egypt uncovers weapons-smuggling tunnels on Gaza border


Israeli settlers attack villagers near Nablus


Self-help Gazans still need outside world The continuing power cuts in Gaza have made candles a basic necessity, but many residents can no longer afford them.



Palestinian child wounded by Israeli army fire in central Gaza


Jerusalem cannot be discussed, Yishai tells Rice The two held a very tense meeting in Jerusalem, which brought to the surface the deep gaps between the leaders of the negotiations with the Palestinians in the Israeli government and the opposition within the coalition.


Israel stalls Jerusalem holy site project again


Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Urgent Appeal for Intervention On the 10th of October Physicians for Human Rights-Israel sent an urgent request to the Israeli army and Minister of Defense, demanding that seven patients from Gaza whose access to medical care outside Gaza had been denied for ?security reasons? be immediately allowed to exit Gaza via the Israeli-controlled Erez Crossing.


On U.S. tour as defense minister, Barak's focus on security over peace In Washington this week for talks with Bush administration officials and congressional leaders, Barak is trying to promote joint U.S.-Israel missile defense projects and exchange views on the threats posed by Iran's nuclear program.


Why are the Israelis lying about striking a "nuclear facility" in Syria? ** It also, I believe, prefigures, on a much smaller scale, the sequence of events likely to trigger war with Iran: an Israeli strike, Iranian retaliation via Hezbollah, followed by American intervention, which would be practically inevitable. Former CIA counterterrorism official Philip Giraldi has a similar article in the current (October 22) issue of The American Conservative. Israel wants to include Syria on the hitlist in any possible attack on Iran by the US, IMO. And she's looking for a pretext, any old one will do. This was a dry run. As we inch closer to a(nother) Israel-Palestinian 'peace agreement', we inch closer to WWIII.


What 'Safe' Cluster Bombs Do In Lebanon Lebanon has a devastating cluster bomb problem. Hit hard during the final days of last summer?s conflict with Israel, hundreds of thousands of unexploded munitions are strewn throughout the south?s rural towns and fertile fields and valleys. Although there have been 255 civilian and de-mining casualties to date, official requests for Israel?s cluster bomb strike data have gone unanswered. ?The reality of the situation is we simply don?t know how many there are, and we will never know until the Israelis tell us how many they fired,? says Chris Clark


Religious tensions flare as Mideast conference nears The conference, titled "The Apartheid Paradigm in Palestine-Israel," is rapidly becoming another source of tension between the leadership of the Jewish community and mainline Protestant denominations. Its keynote speaker is scheduled to be Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu


From the Saints strip to the Gaza Strip!


Hopes of prisoner exchanges after Israeli civilian's body returned home The body of an Israeli civilian was swapped last night for those of two Hizbollah militants and a live Lebanese prisoner in a move that Israel indicated could presage further prisoner exchanges.


Lebanon detains group for trying to bomb UN troops The Lebanese army says it has detained members of a "terrorist network" who had tried to bomb UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon.


Dump JNF, activists tell Brown Palestinian activists are calling on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to disassociate himself from the Jewish National Fund.


Olmert plans France, U.K. visit Olmert will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Political sources said he will likely lobby for their support ahead of next month's Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Annapolis, Md.


Separation of families "priority humanitarian issue" - ICRC official Following the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, sections of the Golan were captured by Israel. While most of the villages were depopulated, four Druze villages and one Alawi village remained inhabited. 'Depopulated' doublespeak for ETHNIC CLEANSING.


GOP candidates set to make pitches to Bush's Jewish loyalists Not invited were long-shots U.S. Reps. Duncan Hunter of California, Tom Tancredo of Colorado and Ron Paul of Texas. Paul was rejected because of his consistent voting record against U.S. assistance to Israel and his criticism of the pro-Israel lobby. Ron Paul - one of the brave few that dares to put America first.


U.N. watchdog asks Syria about "undeclared" atom plant The U.N. nuclear watchdog did not know about any undeclared atomic plant in Syria and has asked Damascus about information that such a site was targeted by an Israeli air strike, a spokeswoman said on Monday.


Egypt playing negative role as peace parley approaches Ironically, some Israelis believe the chances of an accommodation with Syria are now greater in the wake of the reported Israeli airstrike against a nascent Syrian nuclear facility in September. Top Israel Defense Force generals believe there is now a real chance for a dialogue with Syria and Israel should explore it. In farewell interviews, the outgoing deputy chief of staff, Maj.-Gen Moshe Kaplinsky , argued that detaching Syria from the Iranian-led "axis of evil" was a vital Israeli and American interest.



Robertson Warns Of God's Wrath The Reverend Pat Robertson says the United States will be "risking the wrath of God" if it forces Israel to surrender East Jerusalem to the Palestinians LOL.


'Mideast peace is high on our agenda' An exercise in Israel asskissing by the US presidential candidates. Disgraceful. Only one nation in the world gets this kind of kowtow fest - Israel.


Small gathering protests group's Muslim Family Day at Six Flags Brenda Jernigan of Duncanville said she isn't positive the Muslim group holding Sunday's event is tied to terrorism. But she's positive her conservative Christian values are under attack. Morons.


Clinton: Pullout from Iraq will facilitate peace between Israel, Palestinians


Detainee complain of abuse, violations, and ongoing attacks in Israeli prisons


Rice gets off beaten track of Mideast diplomacy U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Bethlehem this week, getting off the beaten diplomatic track to try to convince Israelis and Palestinians Washington is serious about its push for peace.


Tel Aviv OneVoice Summit Cancelled in Show of Solidarity, Adams Reaffirms his Support


Merkel assails Iran over Israel Germany should never accept Iran's threats against Israel, Angela Merkel said.