Headlines for 10-29-07

Four die in Israeli raid in Gaza Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed. At least two of the Palestinians were from Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza.


Israeli soldier and 3 Palestinians die in Gaza clashes Israeli tanks and helicopters shelled Beit Hanoun during the clash, killing a gunman and a civilian


Livni to China: Get tough on Iran


Three Palestinians kidnapped in Nablus Three Palestinians were kidnapped, and two Israeli soldiers moderately injured, when the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus in the early hours of Monday morning.


Violence, lack of land access, make for bitter olive harvest "Just yesterday the settlers were here, very violent. They were armed. They yelled and threatened us," Nadia said. She said the previous day, her neighbours from the village Til were attacked by several settlers from the nearby outpost Havat Gilad.


Israeli soldiers attack a Palestinian worker in Jerusalem


Israeli army attacks Hebron area Local sources reported that the bulldozers demolished animal sheds and huts in an attempt to force Palestinian farmers from the land.


Al Ajrami: no settlement with Israel without solution to detainees issue The Palestinian Minister for political detainees' affairs in the care-taker government, Ashraf Al Ajrami, stated on Saturday that the issue of Palestinian political detainees held by Israelis is now being brought to the negotiating table.


Israel rejects criticism of Gaza sanctions


Nazis evict Jews on 'wrong' side of barrier Israeli troops on Monday destroyed tents where nearly 300 Palestinians have been living near Hebron and handed out orders for them to decamp to a neighbouring West Bank village, witnesses said.


Lieberman demands population exchange Lieberman demanded that the permanent agreement with the Palestinians include an exchange of populations and territories, in a way which will guarantee the Jews a majority of 80% in the State of Israel.


Peres defends actions against Gaza


Britain sees American continentals too "exhausted" to rebel Israeli intelligence believes that Palestinians would lack the will for a new popular uprising against occupation should an upcoming peace conference fail to meet their expectations, a senior official said on Monday. Lil word play there. Lest we forget, Americans were once under a foreign occupation for a time. That is, until we shook it off. 'Twas an American intifada. And folks, we Americans rebeled in response to much MUCH less than what these people have had to endure.


Despite promises of support, Fayyad facing budget woes An impending drop in revenues and a lack of direct budget support for Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's government is raising the prospect of a large cash shortage starting in January, Western officials said.


Palestinian team refused permission to travel by Israeli government The Palestine football association has approached the sport's governing body FIFA with a request to reschedule Palestine's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Singapore after the team was refused permission by the Israeli government to travel to the game. Another Nazi-like behavior manifested by the Israeli government.


Israel's Gaza fuel cuts alarm UN Israeli energy sanctions against the Hamas-run Gaza Strip punish an entire population and are unacceptable, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said.


Israel's decision to cut power in Gaza is illegal, says UN The UN's top official in Gaza will tell British ministers today that Israel's cuts in fuel and power to the Palestinians violate international law, while the isolation of Hamas has strengthened extremism and started to drive non-affiliated moderates who can leave Gaza to do so.


Abbas urged to stop meeting Israeli officials The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Monday urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop meetings with Israeli leaders.


Lawmaker: Palestine in difficult phase Palestinians are experiencing "one of the most difficult phases in our history," said Hanan Ashrawi, an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and an active voice in the Mideast peace process.


Conditions worsen in Warsaw ghetto as Nazis tighten grip "The situation is so bad that you really prefer to die," Sultan said. "I prefer to die rather than to live a life like this." Collective punishment was supposed to have gone out with the Nazis.


Attorney general says Israel can't cut power to Gaza


EU concerned over Israel sanctions on Gaza


'Mystery' US base causes confusion among Lebanese according to a report in Beirut newspaper As-Safir published last week, Edelman - who during his visit met with Premier Fouad Seniora, Defence Minister Elias Murr and Lebanese Army Commander General Michel Suleiman - not only discussed the Lebanese Army's training and equipment needs but also put forward a draft agreement that would see US naval, air and land bases set up on Lebanese territory. So's we can continue to fight Israel's enemies in the area.


Hamas spokesperson brands Abbas "submissive" Hamas spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum on Monday branded Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "submissive", after the latter voiced his opposition to the alternative fall summit, scheduled for Novemeber, in Damascus.


Palestinian political detainees meet with Israeli prison administration


ZOA: No Palestinian statehood The ZOA published a full-page advertisement in the New York Times and other newspapers a month before the U.S. secretary of state convenes a conference aimed at creating a Palestinian state.


Alan Johnston answers your questions


Olmert to remain in office despite cancer The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, pledged today that he will carry on with his job despite being diagnosed with prostate cancer.


Israel, Canada sign security accord During his stay in the US, the Kadima minister has also been active in helping to lay the groundwork for the upcoming Annapolis summit as well as addressing the annual convention of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs
Committee).


Israel, IAEA spar "If countries have information that the country is working on a nuclear-related program, they should come to us," ElBaradei told CNN's "Late Edition." "But to bomb first and then ask questions later, I think it undermines the system and it doesn't lead to any solution to any suspicion."



Essen Jews to boycott Kristallnacht ceremony At issue is a flyer that an employee in the city's office for intercultural projects signed and circulated last year in which she called Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert "Adolf Olmert" and used the phrase "Holocaust in Lebanon."


What will happen after Bush? Another context is the continuing erosion of Israel's standing in the United States. This does not manifest itself in public opinion polls and in votes in Congress, but rather in the loss of the "moral horizon," the change that has occurred in the standing of Israel, which used to be regarded as an attractive and just state. A clear expression of this is the recent reception of Jimmy Carter's book and of the book written by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt about the Israeli lobby, which not only expressed criticism of Israel's policy but also questioned its legitimacy. Despite the criticism to which they have been subjected, these books are making waves and their authors are appearing throughout the United States. The "letter of the eight" is another link in this chain. If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.


Humanitarian delivers Middle East insights Since his arrival in Jerusalem in 2005, Garofalo has established many relationships with Palestinians that has informed his opinion on their plight. The CRS office serving the area employs a staff of 40 people, only four of them are non-Palestinian.


Inside Israel's Military Courts We have adopted Israel's tactics in many venues, which is where the term 'Palestinian hanging' came from. Their influence is overarching.


Fifty-first anniversary of Kufer Qassem massacre Here is an older article about from the Washington Post.


One-state plan defeated at Oxford debate A motion calling for a one-state solution was defeated at the famous Oxford Union debating forum.


Free craft Sundays at the National Arab American Museum this Sunday, kids will decorate handkerchiefs with cross-stitch embroidery, in patterns inspired by the current exhibition, Threads of Pride: Palestinian Traditional Costumes


Palestinian census carries sobering subtext for Israelis since that last census, the trepidation among Israeli Jews to return the country to its narrow borders prior to the 1967 Six Day War has been trumped by fears of a "demographic problem": Israelis may one day wake up to find themselves a minority in control of a Palestinian Arab majority


The cost of American bellicosity toward Iran Israeli officials have welcomed this American escalation of pressures on Iran, apparently considering it a foreign-policy achievement for Israel, as well as for the formidable array of pro-Israel US pundits who push for a combative policy against Iran.


Peace Now Urges Israeli Government to Reverse Policy of Cutting Supplies to Gaza. APN: Decision Underscores Need for Diplomacy In a letter to Barak, Peace Now's Secretary General Yariv Oppenheimer characterized the new policy as both immoral and impractical.


Report: ?360 Palestinian children remain imprisoned by Israel"


Palestinian President to meet Kuwaiti King and other officials on Monday