Headlines for 11-02-07

Israeli strike kills Hamas security man in Gaza An Israeli aircraft attacked a car carrying Hamas security men in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing one of them and wounding two others, Hamas officials said.


Olmert ally says Israel wants peace before Bush quits


Israeli forces invade Nablus; PA police to assume control soon


CNN Video: Gaza students desperate to go CNN's Ben Wedeman reports more than 600 Gaza students can't get to class abroad because of an Israeli travel ban.


'No legal obstacles to Gaza fuel cuts' Mazuz did approve the decision to reduce supplies of gasoline and diesel, and it went into effect last week. The state informed the court that the amount of gasoline allowed into Gaza had been cut from an average of 350,000-400,000 liters per week to 300,000 liters. The government is also considering a further, gradual reduction.


Israeli sanctions mean "dire consequences" for Gaza Strip - UN


Hamas detainees slam the arrest of 15 Hamas supporters by Palestinian forces Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, members of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, slammed on Friday the arrest of 15 Hamas supporters by Palestinian forces in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, including four who were recently released from Israeli detention facilities.


Two injured in the weekly Bil'in protest On Friday a number of International and Israeli peace activists joined the villagers of Bil'in near the central west Bank city of Ramallah, in their weekly protest against the illegal wall. The main theme of Friday's protest was the 90th anniversary Balfour Agreement promised to the Jewish movement of an independent Jewish country in Palestine.


Abbas talks with Hamas officials Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has met Hamas officials for the first time since the militant group's takeover of the Gaza Strip in June


Only Christian TV station in Holy Land closes Unemployment runs as high as 65% in Bethlehem and farmers complain that large areas of their land have been taken up by the West Bank barrier and the several Jewish settlements that have been built nearby. The Christian population of the town of Bethlehem is thought to be around 40% today, down from around 90% in the 1940s.


Palestinian force enters Nablus in security drive Hundreds of Palestinian security officers arrived in Nablus on Friday in the first stage of a Western-backed drive to crack down on gunmen in the occupied West Bank ahead of a peace conference with Israel.


US hopes Iran fears will prod progress at Mideast peace meet


Hamas sources: ?PA security in Jenin breaks into students residence, arrest seven? Media sources close to Hamas movement reported on Friday that Palestinian security forces arrested on Thursday seven students, members of the Islamic Bloc, at the Arab American University in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.


Israeli city relives 'last charge' In 1917, Beersheba, located in the Ottoman province of Palestine, was a strategic stronghold of the Ottoman Empire. It wasn't an Israeli city back then.


Judge subpoenas Rice, Hadley for AIPAC trial Rosen and Weissman have contended that government officials routinely used AIPAC to convey messages to Israel and to other parties, including the media.



?USAF Struck Syrian Nuclear Site? The sources were quoted as saying that Israeli F-15 and F-16 jets provided cover for the US planes.


ID cards granted to workers from 'non-countries' The Department of Foreign Affairs said last night that Ireland recognised the right of the Palestinian people to a separate homeland, but that PPS numbers did not denote nationality.


Church Leaders Condemn Killing of Christian Palestinian


Site aims to defend, monitor Palestinian media A Web site for media professionals in the Palestinian territories aims to promote press freedom and publicize violations against Palestinian media.


IAEA Syria probe may be inconclusive "If the IAEA got credible indications from anyone of nuclear procurement or activity, that would be different, but imagery of a tall building shaped like a square, that's not enough (to tell whether or not the site may have been a nuclear site)."


Qalandiya Road Improvements Will Ease Palestinian Traffic Jams


Balfour's legacy: Creating Israel from empire's needs "Lloyd George thought that maybe, if he could swing Jewish opinion in Russia behind the Allies, that might keep Russia in the war. And if he could win over Jewish opinion in America, maybe that would push America into the war on the side of the Allies. "And what would be the key to winning Jewish opinion? The promise to set up a Jewish national home in Palestine. That was the crucial trigger for the Balfour declaration."



Rice against 'compromises' with Lebanon's pro-Syrian opposition US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday warned against diplomatic moves to solve Lebanon's serious political crisis by compromising with the country's pro-Syrian opposition. Who is always calling for the cessation of foreign interference in Lebanese politics, mewonders? Can you say HYPROCRISY?


True Torah Jews' Statement on Jerusalem World Jewry includes hundreds of thousands of more traditionally Orthodox Jews who do not see any inherent value in Jewish sovereignty over Jerusalem or any other place. Most of these Jews, in fact, see the Zionist occupation of the Holy Land as a terrible sin and a misfortune.


Rice, Hadley to be subpoenaed in pro-Israel lobby spy case Almost all are neocons, pro-Israelis or Israel-stooges. The defense (two former AIPACers) is trying to suggest that they don't have to spy on the US - it openly shares secrets with them. This only bolsters the case of those opposed to the overwhelming influence of the Israeli lobby over our government. Might that be the real point here, mmm? We've still got some true patriots in govt, praise the lord.


The Chorus of Slander on Palestine