Headlines for 11-08-07

One Palestinian killed, three injured, by unexploded Israeli ordinance


Hamas preachers pushed out of West Bank mosques


Palestinian official: US has made its invitations for participants in Annapolis summit


Gaza and West Bank viewpoints Palestinians describe how they think divisions between the separate administrations of Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza are becoming more entrenched.


IDF reservists: Hamas men fight like soldiers, not terrorists During the patrol company's operations deep in Palestinian territory, four Hamas militants and one Israel Defense Forces soldier, Sergeant-Major (Res.) Ehud Efrati, were killed. "The people we killed weren't terrorists, they were soldiers," an officer in the company told Haaretz.


This day in history Israeli shells killed 18 Palestinian civilians in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun during an attack targeting militants.


PA: Israel apologized for raid The raid was an embarrassment for P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, who just days earlier deployed 300 of their own policemen in the Nablus area to prove they can provide security ahead of the U.S.-hosted peace summit with Israel in Annapolis, Md


Israeli intelligence: Abbas is too weak And whose fault is that?


Israeli army arrests Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank


US fears Israeli strike against Iran over latest nuclear claim ** The Pentagon is reluctant to take military action against Iran, but officials say that Israel is a ?different matter?.


Ban Ki-moon condemns rocket attack from Gaza school run by UN agency


OPT: Vital product - Gone too fast The high rate of unemployment and poor economic situation means many households cannot afford even basic medications. In addition, Gaza is cut off from the world because the main crossing points are closed.


Israel and Palestinians turn to U.S. as talks hit snag


Israel minister: Sack ElBaradei Mr ElBaradei has said Iran's nuclear programme is not an immediate threat and if it wanted to build a nuclear bomb it would need years to do so. 'Wahh. He won't say what we want him to (like the Americans do). Wahh.'


Testimony: Israel delays entry of two toddlers with cystic fibrosis who need to be treated in Hadassah


Lebanese news: IAF runs mock Lebanon raids Israel's jets reached deep into Lebanon's airspace all the way up to the Litani River, the agency claimed.


The Anti-Americanism of the Israel-Firsters by Michael Scheuer The truth is, of course, that Mr. Schoenfeld and his allies are not dumb people, they are simply anti-American. Their tarting-up of the rendition operation described above is just part of their ongoing attempt to discredit the case and to try to convince Americans that U.S. and Israeli interests are identical, and so spying on America for Israel ? and suborning American citizens to commit treason ? is really an okay and even admirable activity. Michael Scheuer is a former CIA counterterrorism official.


Dispute rages over al-Durrah footage "The footage is authentic," he told the BBC News website. "This is a campaign designed to harass foreign correspondents and call into question all the footage shot in the occupied Palestinian territories."


Israel to release book labeled 'incitement'


Jewish Dems rally troops with Robertson nod The council's message recalled some of Robertson's controversial statements, including his belief that Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the former Israeli prime minister's Gaza Strip withdrawal, and his comparison of American liberals to Nazis.



Palestinian pianist performs at Brown


?Palestinian Night? planned


New Palestinian Tourism Portal Launched Alternative Business Solutions, the founders of visitpalestine.ps, today announced the launch of Palestine's first online destination marketing portal www.visitpalestine.ps


Interpol warrants decision pleases Israel, angers Iran


Christians to build new hospital in West Bank for Palestinian children


Charity raises cash for Palestinian orphanage


Court seeks reassurances on sanctions Israel 's highest court on 7 November ordered the state to explain within one week how it planned to ensure that the latest sanctions imposed on Gaza, including fuel and power cuts, would not have a negative humanitarian impact.



Meeting the Other in Israel and Palestine As the fight over the legacy of Rabin shows, the longer the occupation of the West Bank continues, the coarser, more fractious and more potentially violent Israel's inner life becomes. It is too much to say, as some do, that the survival of Israel depends on finding a safe way to leave. But the survival of Israeli democracy may well depend on it.


Lutheran Holy Land Bishop, Other Faith Leaders Make Peace Commitments


Refugees from Lebanon siege camp want EU visas


Israel vital to Australia, says defence minister "No longer can we accept the fact that this has nothing to do with us, it has everything to do with us," Dr Nelson told the State Zionist Council of Victoria?s Annual Assembly last week.