Six die in clashes as Fatah emerges onto streets of Gaza The rally, organised by Abbas's Fatah movement to mark the third anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, the former Palestinian leader, degenerated into a shoot-out between gunmen from Fatah and Hamas. At least 60 people were injured, hospital officials said.
'How can a dying man pose a security threat?' Na'al al-Kurdi, 21, from Gaza is dying of cancer; for the past four months Na'al has been waiting for a permit from the State of Israel to enter the country in order to receive medical care in one of its hospitals. This permit has not been granted so far due to "security concerns."
Security forces kidnap 10 Hamas members
Palestinians stranded in Egypt call for assistance
Israeli army kidnaps six civilians, including two legislators The Israeli army on Monday morning attacked the cities of Bethlehem and Ramallah, located in the southern and central West Bank, kidnapping six civilians, including two Hamas legislators.
Reports of Palestinian prisoner release "speculation": Israel
At least 15 Palestinians kidnapped in Tulkarem district
Erekat: Peace treaty with Israel has to contain release of all Palestinian prisoners
Erekat: Palestinians will not accept Israel as 'Jewish state' To force the Palestinians to recognize Israel as not just a state, but as a 'Jewish state' is Israel's way of making sure that the Palestinian refugees renounce their right of return which was guaranteed, but never implemented by Israel, under UN resolution 194, section 11. To attempt to force Palestinians to do so has been a dealbreaker in the past.
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Gaza Update 10 Nov 2007 Several of the patients have already suffered deterioration in their condition due to the delays so far.
Nablus is key to success of upcoming Middle East peace talks
Palestinian teachers hold strike Palestinian public school teachers on Monday held a one-day strike, warning that a further strike would follow in two weeks if the government failed to meet their demands.
Annapolis is dangerous, Netanyahu tells Rabbi Yosef Netanyahu arrived at the rabbi's home in Jerusalem along with Knesset Member Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) in a bid to boost the campaign against the upcoming US-sponsored Mideast peace conference and create a united front alongside the Shas party.
Israel arrests Hamas lawmaker Mariam Saleh, one of the few women politicians serving the dominant Palestinian Islamist movement, was taken into custody in Ramallah early Monday.
All Not Quite Aboard for Annapolis not only did Palestinian officials say over the weekend that there were still difficulties holding up the negotiations over a joint document, Abbas phoned Rice to complain that Israel was retreating from understandings that had already been achieved.
U.S. media corporation offers discounted 'birthright tours' The U.S. media giant MSNBC has begun offering discounted trips to Israel to the corporation?s internet audience.
Three-day mourning decreed as Hamas kills seven at Arafat rally
Rice tells Jordan king US committed to Mideast peace
Israeli-Palestinian teams hold "difficult" talks
Israelis urge EU to get tougher on Iran Senior Israeli officials are touring Europe this week to raise the alarm about Iran's accelerating nuclear programme and urge EU governments to take tougher sanctions without waiting for the United Nations.
Olmert mulls freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
Multi-million EU push to police the West Bank "Israeli raids cause problems for our work day and night. How can we provide security if we don't control all the land?"
Israeli court declines to rule on Gaza sick "We are very disappointed indeed and afraid for the lives of those patients because they are in very bad condition,"
9 Jewish Dems urge P.A. aid boost The letter urges assistance for "financial and personnel reforms in the Palestinian Authority, for housing or other labor intensive projects, for the effective operation of a Palestinian police force and an independent Palestinian judiciary, and for long-term economic development and job creation programs." It also asks Rice to press Arab nations to increase assistance and to "engage" with Israel toward the transfer of Palestinian tax monies collected by Israel.
Rice to address G.A. gathering amid growing summit skepticism Rice's speech at the G.A. comes amid mounting Jewish opposition to various proposals aimed at jump-starting Israeli-Palestlnian talks and a growing campaign to raise questions about whether the Palestinians are committed to peace.
I do hope Rice can keep in mind which country she was appointed to serve.
Federations to press Iran issue The measure calls on the UJC and Jewish federations to act in concert with the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Jewish community relations councils around the United States to initiate, coordinate and fund expanded efforts to educate and mobilize the Jewish community and global community about the threats posed by a nuclear Iran.
Palestinian, Israeli scholars to advance one-state solution in London Leading Palestinian and Israeli scholars and activists will be among the speakers at an unprecendented conference to explore a one-state solution, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London on 17-18 November.
With boos for Rabin and blast, violent sports fans alarm Israel Back-to-back incidents of extreme unruliness by soccer and basketball fans have stirred debate here over whether violence somehow has become innate to the Jewish state Umm, ya think?
Pastor completes West Bank peace trip I was very surprised to learn that in Hebron the majority of Jewish settlers, including some of the most aggressive, are from the United States. I was surprised by the number of Palestinians who are at work for peace and justice in nonviolent ways. I was surprised that Christian tourists from all over the world could come to these holy sights and be blind or indifferent to the level of injustice that is being perpetrated against the Palestinian people
Israeli lawmaker urges US Senate to sanction Egypt In a letter written at the behest of Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona), The Jerusalem Post reported that Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz (Likud) explained to the American senators that Hamas only took over the Gaza Strip and established itself as a formidable terrorist and military force there because Egypt allowed it to.
Peres, Gul at odds over Iran nuke threat Peres told Gul that Israel could not accept a nuclear Iran. In response, Gul said that while Turkey was against the development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, it did believe that countries had the right to develop alternative sources of energy.....In what officials said was an odd break in the rules of international diplomacy, Peres spoke frankly at a press conference following the meeting and told reporters that he disagreed with Gul. He said he told the Turkish leader that Israel was not willing to accept Ankara's line of thinking and that Iran, which has vast resources of oil and natural gas, was not in need of an alternative source of energy.
Queen Rania provides some light relief to Operation Smile patients There are 120 Jordanian, Iraqi and Palestinian children receiving cleft pallet correction surgeries, at the Jamil Toutanji Hospital in Sahab.
Palestinian rapper Belly goes deep about his war-torn homeland in "History of Violence" "If this puts me in the line of fire, then so be it," he emphasizes. "I felt I had to do this. I represent Arabs who don't want war, who are just like everybody else and that is 99% of us. I want people to see and hear that perspective."
Palestinians get training on news writing in English
UN Approves $1.1 Billion To Fight Major Diseases For the first time, a project focused on the occupied Palestinian territory of West Bank and the Gaza Strip - a HIV prevention programme - has received money from the Fund
Israeli peace group appeals to Egypt to open Rafah Crossing
Middle East Expert Rami G. Khouri To Answer Viewer Questions Rami George Khouri, executive editor of the Beirut, Lebanon-based The Daily Star newspaper, will speak at the Madison Civics Club on Nov. 17, giving a presentation titled "A Fair and Balanced View from the Arab World."
Turkey expects U.S.-sponsored Mideast talks to yield results
Roseanne Barr to Perform With the Cast of Comedy Central's® 'The Sarah Silverman Program' in Live Uncensored Benefit Concert the
uncensored comedy event is aimed to raise awareness and
funding for The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies,
a premier university-level environmental teaching and
research program in Israel that prepares Palestinian,
American, Israeli Arab and Jewish future leaders to solve
the region's environmental challenges through peaceful
cooperation.
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