Headlines for 11-05-07

Israel extremists mobilise against Mideast talks


Israel reduces Gaza fuel deliveries to about half


Bill seeks Palestinian compensation for rocket damages A bill approved by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation Sunday would allow Israel to claim compensation from the Palestinian Authority for damages caused by Qassam rockets fired at Israel. The money would be deducted from the tax payments collected by Israel on the PA's behalf. Can the Palestinians do the same for the damage caused by the Israeli military? Ask a Palestinian, they'll be rolling on the floor in hysterics.


Jalud Olive Harvest Stopped by Armed Settlers and the Israeli Army


Closure of crossings traps students in Gaza


Mashaal: ME summit US 'distraction' for war with Iran ** "Strategically, it (the US) is setting the stage and covering up for the upcoming American war in the region,"


Cop impersonation of reporters in arrest raid raises ire of Ch. 2


Panel votes no to including 'Nakba' in school curriculum "The Education Committee rejects presenting two perspectives in textbooks of the events of the War of Independence and the creation of the state and the reasons for the creation of the refugee problem,"


Detainee's family appeal for medial intervention The family of detainee Hilal Mahmoud Al Sa?ady, 23, on Monday called on international human rights groups to put pressure on the Israeli government to ensure that the man is afforded the correct, and much-needed, medical treatment.


Abbas's security forces and gunmen clash in West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's forces clashed on Monday with gunmen for the first time since their deployment in the city of Nablus as part of a Western-backed push to bolster West Bank security.


Two female detainees appeal for medical intervention


Palestinians weave their legacy in Lebanon refugee camp "We seek to preserve Palestinian heritage because a people without a heritage is a people that doesn't exist," project director Aleya al-Abdullah said.


Islamic Jihad offers conditional truce to Israel The radical Palestinian Islamic Jihad faction said Monday it was prepared to stop its near-daily rocket attacks against Israel, if that country ended its military operations in the Palestinian areas.


Palestinian civilian injured by Israeli mine


U.S. officials demand IAF cease overflights in Lebanese airspace Olmert also met Thursday with visiting U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, who is in Israel as the guest of Mossad chief Meir Dagan. Negroponte's talks with Israeli intelligence officials are focusing on Iran and its nuclear program, a subject that will also preoccupy Bush and Olmert during their meeting in Washington.


New York parley to discuss plight of Jewish refugees The mission of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC), which has brought together 40 delegates from 10 countries, is to ensure that any official mention of Palestinian refugees should be accompanied by a similar mention of the nearly one million Jews from Arab countries who were forced to flee in 1948


Ackerman slams Hamas cash-smuggling Ackerman accused Cairo of not cracking down. "Egypt is not helping as much as it can. It can certainly do a better job on that border," he said.


Mohammad Darawshe to speak in N.H. about Arab-Jewish Coexistence


A story of persecution in Palestine


IDF helps expedite Gaza sewage plant Under the direction of the World Bank and with the financial support of the United States, France, Belgium and Sweden, the Palestinians have been working for the past year to establish a new sewage purification plant just south of Beit Hanun in northern Gaza.


Op-Ed: Israeli occupation: Injustice in our name


Strong Military Repression at Non-Violent Demonstration in Bilin


Is Israel About to Attack Hizballah?


Israel convicts conmen who defrauded Greek church Estate agents Yaakov Rabinowicz and David Morgenstein were found guilty of making fraudulent land purchases from the Greek patriarch in 2000 by posing as agents for Israel and the JNF, the para-governmental organ that buys land.
They were able to lease hundreds of strategically placed acres around Jerusalem and thousands more in Beit Shemesh, which lies between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and which are still under a state lease for several dozen years.



17 Year Old Girl Arrested in Tel Rumeida


A Land With People, For a People with a Plan


Palestinian-Israeli conflict topic of discussion Ali Abunimah will present "Beyond Ethnic Cleansing, Partition and Apartheid: Peace and Justice in Palestine-Israel," at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Anderson Center's Chambers Hall at Binghamton University's Vestal campus.


Hezbollah guerrillas stage military exercises in southern Lebanon Hundreds of unarmed Hezbollah guerrillas staged military-style exercises in southern Lebanon at the weekend which the media said on Monday were to prepare for any new war with Israel.


British MPs visit the West Bank on Bible Society trip MPs from Britain?s three major political parties have visited the West Bank to meet Bible Society staff working against a backdrop of violence and conflict.