Saturday, November 17, 2007

Headlines for 11-16-07

Israel dismisses UN report on Iran Israel has called a recent report on Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency "unacceptable."


HEBRON UPDATE: 22-28 October 2007


Israel and Abbas agree to peace talks Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed a pledge to negotiate "immediately and continuously" to reach a final peace agreement within a year in a joint declaration to be issued in 10 days at a key summit in the US.


Homes in illegal Israeli settlements for sale at London expo Israeli companies are using UK property shows to sell housing in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Guardian Unlimited can reveal.


Israel's demand to be recognized as Jewish state roils preparations for Annapolis The Palestinians see Israel's insistence that they recognize its Jewish nature now as no less than a last-minute effort to sabotage the conference, which is to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, at the end of the month.


Red Cross training Palestinian militants All armed factions in Gaza have signed up to the course, which explains the rules of war under the Geneva Convention and how to protect civilians.


Report: Olmert flexible on Palestinian refugees In his private talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Olmert has said he would be willing to absorb 50,000 refugees under an accord that would ensure the remaining millions of refugees would be permanently settled in the future Palestine, Maariv reported Friday.


Israel OKs Gaza electricity cut Israel's attorney general has approved, in principle, reducing the electricity supply to Gaza.


Israel slams IAEA for 'failing to expose' Iran ambitions Israel slammed the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Friday for failing to expose what it insisted was Iran's drive to acquire an atomic bomb in a key report on its archfoe's nuclear programme. LOL.


Report: Israeli work risks destroying Jerusalem?s Islamic assets A Turkish technical mission sent to Jerusalem to inspect Israeli archaeological work near the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque has criticized the excavations and called on Israel to consult with Palestinian and international authorities on a final plan, the mission's report, obtained by Today's Zaman, revealed.


Hamas' Haneya orders release of Fatah detainees in Gaza


Israeli military invades Nablus and the refugee camps


Settler enclave mocks Mideast peace prospects


Hamas: Fatah security forces attack girls' dormitory at al-Najah University


Members of French Parliament to join Bil'in protest


DFLP commemorates Independence Day in Bethlehem


Nine injured, four kidnapped in Bil?in?s weekly anti-wall protest


Israeli defense: not to make concessions to PNA


Huwwara detainees to launch hunger-strike


Israel set to free 500 Palestinian prisoners


Israeli women soldiers recount army trauma in film One girl who had wanted to save lives as a paramedic said she ended up scrubbing corpses to hide signs of abuse by Israeli soldiers. Visibly distressed, she looks for the first time in years at a photo of her and a dead Palestinian man.


Hamas says it has freed dozens of Fatah prisoners


Students clash on 'Kaffiyah Day' "Kaffiyah Day" was declared by national Arab student organizations following an incident earlier in November in which an Arab student wearing a kaffiyah at the Hebrew University was assaulted by a group of Jewish students.


Leaflets at Haifa U call for Arabs to reoccupy Jerusalem Arab students distribute pamphlets calling for the reoccupation of capital; material not sanctioned by university. 'They are guilty of incitement,' says MK Miller


Prince Charles thrust into row over Israel Leaked emails between senior staff Clarence House have put Prince Charles at the centre of a row about the Royal Family's attitude towards Israel.


Vatican diplomat: Relations with Israel better before diplomatic ties The Israeli interior ministry, he said, had decided too many people had multientry visas valid for a long period of time. In the government's efforts to restrict the number of visa holders, church personnel from Europe and other Western countries faced new restrictions


Peace is possible The Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh tells Ian Black that despite widespread pessimism surrounding talks in Annapolis a change of focus could go on to yield spectacular results


Bolton calls Annapolis a mistake "I just don't see this as the moment to make progress on Israeli-Palestinian matters," said John Bolton


Palestinian militants clash in Lebanon camp


Lebanon facing brink of abyss: UN chief United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has warned that Lebanon risks nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis is solved.


Vatican envoy warns of worsening Israel ties Archbishop Pietro Sambi, a formal papal envoy to Israel, warned that Israel's failure to keep promises related to church land, taxes and travel restrictions on Arab clergy was making relations worse then they were before the establishment of full diplomatic relations in 1993.


Poll: 70% of youth don't think Bedouin deserve same rights as Jews


Lutheran Bishop in Holy Land Meets Former President Carter


The Lobby

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