Headlines for 11-14-07

Palestinian man dies from wounds sustained during Fatah rally The officials said Marwan Nunu, 21, a civilian, was shot in the head at Monday's rally.


Palestinians aim for agreement with Israel within year


Stranded Palestinians to commence hunger-strike


Palestinian security forces arrest 4 Hamas members


Hamas to ban journalists without press IDs in Gaza


Israeli forces destroy two wells in eastern Jenin


Israel won't be included in new genocide probes The newly formed Genocide Prevention Task Force indicated Tuesday night that it will not be examining whether Israel has committed genocide in the West Bank and Gaza despite earlier statements that it would be addressing the subject.


Palestinians feel pinch as Israel privatises crossings


Qureia's daughter held up at roadblock, assaults security officers


Israel eyeing PA tax funds as compensation The Israeli Knesset is considering a bill that would use taxes collected for the Palestinian National Authority as compensation for militants' rocket attacks.


Israel 'will halt new settlement' before peace summit It said the move followed US pressure on Israel to issue the declaration as a gesture to the Palestinians, to make up for its refusal to discuss the core issues of a final peace agreement before the conference, which is due to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, before the end of the year.


US diplomat praises Palestinian security in Nablus US consul general Jacob Wallace on Wednesday praised the Palestinians for restoring security to the streets of Nablus, and announced a 1.3-million-dollar aid package to the West Bank city.


Palestinian farmers wrest olive harvest from settlers The Israeli soldier swings the large metal gate open and an extended family of sun-hardened Palestinian farmers file out, with boys in dusty shirts driving donkeys past snarls of barbed wire.


Israeli soldier wounded in Gaza border shooting An Israeli soldier was wounded on Wednesday by Palestinian fire near the security barrier with the Gaza Strip, a military spokesman said.


Britain to pledge 500 million dollars if progress in Mideast


MPs seek to block Jerusalem deal Israel's parliament has given initial approval to draft legislation making it harder to change Jerusalem's status in any peace deal with the Palestinians.


Israelis on US mission ahead of peace meeting Two top aides to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert flew to Washington overnight ahead of expected peace talks, amid reports of a freeze on construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.


Hebron: Obstacles to School, Obstacles to Peace When one thinks of Israeli occupation, one probably does not think immediately of the ways in which it may affect the life of a little Palestinian boy in a wheelchair.


Hamas in West Bank pays tribute at Arafat tomb


Parents of Jerusalem prisoners hold protest demanding their release Dozens of families of Palestinian detainees from Jerusalem currently imprisoned by Israel held a protest on Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the International Red Cross in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.


Israeli police arrest hundreds of Palestinian workers inside Israel


Fatah Opens Police Academy Funded by EU, Saudis


Olmert sets new condition on Palestinian talks Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday talks on Palestinian statehood must be predicated on the recognition of Israel as "the state of the Jewish people," a new Israeli condition.


US, Israel refuse to cooperate with inquest into Syria strike


Bush signs defense funding bill President Bush signed a defense funding bill that includes $450 million in cooperative projects with Israel


Report: Disney to act against Hamas Israel's Foreign Ministry has received an assurance from Diane Disney Miller, the daughter of Walt Disney, that the corporation will take unspecified "steps" against the radical Palestinian Islamist group, Yediot Acharonot reported Thursday.


Republicans pledge embassy move to Jerusalem Surrogates for three Republican presidential candidates pledged they would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem if elected.


Dichter: Syria is Israel's only neighbor that thwarts smuggling Syria is the only country among Israel's neighbors that keeps a quiet border and meets its obligations to prevent smuggling from its side, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter told a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya Tuesday.


Palestinian National and Former Colombian Detective Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Support the FARC and Alien Smuggling Jalal Sadat Moheisen (Sadat), 49, a Palestinian national and resident
of Bogota, Colombia, pleaded guilty in Miami before U.S. District Judge
Joan A. Lenard to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which is a State
Department designated foreign terrorist organization.



'An embarrassment to the rule of law' As it turned out, the only thing these men were guilty of was expressing unpopular views against Israel, and for that our government put them through an unconscionable ordeal.


Central Author Presents Book on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict


Livni pressures Solana to consent to new Iran sanctions "I would have thought that your answer would be 'yes' to sanctions on Iran," Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni told EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Wednesday afternoon after the latter attempted to dodge a reporter's question regarding Iran during a joint press conference in Jerusalem.




Israeli settler leader protested in New York Lev Leviev, a diamond dealer and one of Israel?s richest men, faced protests from Palestinian rights advocates in New York Tuesday evening. The protesters were challenging Leviev?s funding of Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land in contravention of international law.


Oh, the Fun Walt and Mearsheimer Will Have Shockingly, while major Jewish organizations have weighed in heavily in favor of increased sanctions, they have been lukewarm and sometimes hostile to comprehensive and intensive negotiations, silent on military assault. Oh, what fun John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt will have in their next book.


'For 1st time, Israel in driver's seat' Another exercise in Israeli 'demography' (read, racism).


Pilgrims moved by Christians who live where Jesus lived The words of the Palestinian Christians echo in my mind, "Tell our story, we are suffering!" "We are the Living Stones of the Holy Land." "Come and See!"


Medical Program Brings Care to Isolated Palestinian Seniors A $30 million USAID grant funds the Emergency Medical Assistance Program, a three-year project aimed at alleviating shortages in the Palestinian health care sector. We should be giving them much more than that.


Annapolis Could Fail Before it Begins