Headlines for 10-28-07

Israeli military invades Islamic charitable organization in Nablus Eyewitnesses report that Israeli soldiers invaded a building in Nablus and confiscated property belonging to an Islamic charitable organization for orphans, in the early hours of Saturday morning.



Palestinians urge Syria not to host Hamas talks The Palestinian Authority sent envoys to Damascus on Sunday to urge Syria not to host a gathering involving Hamas and others opposed to a peace conference with Israel to be held soon in the United States.


EU officials says Gaza power plant receives fuel shipment Gaza's power plant received a full supply of fuel on Sunday, officials with the European-funded fuel supply programme said.


American Jews act to prevent division of Jerusalem According to the Young Israel leader, the Holy City belongs to all Jews, not just those that reside in Israel. E. Jerusalem does not belong to Israel, let alone 'all Jews'. It is Israeli-OCCUPIED territory.


Hamas sources: ?Fateh Security forces continue to arrest Hamas members"


At least 16 die in illegal immigrant tragedy off Italy - Summary The illegal immigrants, mostly Palestinians and with a 10-year-old child among them, are believed to have set out on their perilous journey from Turkey.


PA demands that Israel remove 16 military roadblocks


POLITICS: Desmond Tutu Likens Israeli Actions to Apartheid Israeli policy toward Palestine is an inflammatory topic in the U.S. and is not commonly discussed in large, public forums.


Iran: 'Tell us where Arad is and we'll get him' "If you have the address where he is being held ? give it to us so we could go and get him," he said in a challenge to Israeli officials who have long said that Iran is involved in the case.


At-Tuwani Release: "My piece of land that has grown things": harvest Currently around 35 villagers of Susiya are still living in the area in tent
dwellings surrounded by Susya Israeli settlement, three outposts and a
military base and face ongoing harassment by Israeli settlers.


Tutu implores Jews to stop oppression Archbishop Desmond Tutu issued an impassioned plea to the Jewish people to end Israel?s oppression of Palestinians.


Age of evidence hurt case on terror funds Andrew McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor who led the 1995 prosecution of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 others for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, agreed that the decade-long lag makes the government's case less compelling.


Syria complains about Israel felling cherry trees on the Golan Heights Syria filed a complaint Friday with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon protesting Israel's chopping down of trees in the occupied Golan Heights to harass farmers, the state-run news agency SANA said.


Syrian "Nukes"? Not So Fast... (Updated)


Taking sides in the debate over the Middle East


Olmert courts Turkey over airstrike Israel moved to mollify Turkey over its airstrike in Syria last month.


Israel eyes U.S. missile-killer The United States successfully tested a missile-killer that could be integrated into Israel's strategic defense system.


From white trailer in 'hostile' Hamas-run Gaza, Fatah men coordinate strip's links with Israel Rattling off ID numbers over walkie-talkies to Israeli border inspectors, they try to help a few dozen Gazans a day get into Israel for medical care. The rumble of Israeli tanks and Gaza mortar fire provide the background noise.


Protecting Israel is San Antonio pastor John Hagee's mission "What I am organizing now coast to coast is to get every pro-Israel church, every pro-Israel pastor, every pro-Israel para-church organization flowing together under one canopy to speak up for Israel in Washington,"


Refugee rappers voice disgust at Lebanon camps "Battalion 5" might conjure up images of the next big computer game, but in Lebanon it's a group of musicians who express the misery of life in Palestinian refugee camps through rap.


Football: S'pore-Palestine World Cup qualifying match not taking place on Sunday The FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian Zone qualifying match was supposed to start at 5pm at the National Stadium. But the Palestine National Team has yet to arrive in Singapore.


IAEA chief lashes out over Israeli raid in Syria Neither Israel nor the United States has furnished "any evidence at all" to prove that the Syrian site bombed in early September was a secret nuclear facility, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency told CNN.


British university officials visit Israel A delegation of university officials from the United Kingdom visited universities in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.