Headlines for 11-18-07

Miliband urges Middle East action Mr Miliband's visit to Jerusalem comes ahead of a US conference to bring Israelis and Palestinians together.


Students at West Bank university throw chairs in clash over Mideast conference Ten students were hurt in the clash at Bir Zeit University which pitted supporters of Abbas' Fatah movement against followers of a small PLO faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.


US and Israel 'face up to' Iran bomb "Military strikes might only set the programme back a couple of years, but the current thinking is that it is just not worth the risks." A political rethink has also begun in Israel, where security policy is linked to its status - never publicly admitted - as the region's only nuclear state.


Powell: Iran is a long way from having nuclear weapon "I think Iran is a long way from having anything that could be anything like a nuclear weapon," Powell told a gathering of bankers, businessmen and diplomats.


Hamas says ready to establish independent state if Israel ends occupation


The young prisoners of the West Bank to human rights organizations, Ayat is one of an alarming number of Palestinian youths being jailed under a largely concealed military justice system. During the last seven years of violence in the Middle East, Israel has put more than 5,000 Palestinian children behind bars, human rights groups and Palestinian officials estimate.


PA security forces attack West Bank refugee camp Hundreds of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) security personnel on Sunday attacked the el-Ein refugee camp, located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.


PLO official: President Abbas to meet PM Olmert on Monday


Israeli army injures Palestinian youth near Bethlehem


Acting PLC speaker calls for attendance of lawmakers at parliament session on Wednesday


PFLP's armed brigades warn of PA crackdown


Hamas slams human rights group for Gaza shooting report


Dutch Christians no longer see 'inalienable bond' with Israel


U.S. said dissatisfied with Israel positions on settlements, prisoner release


Abbas sends team to U.S. to narrow conference gaps


Jihad opposes disarming West Bank militants


UAE calls for more aid to Palestinian refugees The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called on the international community to double its efforts to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.


U.S. Pushes for Turnout at Middle East Conference By pushing Israel to accept immediate negotiations with the Palestinians on the thorny ?final status? issues, with the aim to conclude a peace settlement within a year, the Bush administration is trying to attract a significant Arab presence at the peace conference in Annapolis, Md.


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Norris show to help Palestinian villagers all monies to go to set up a clean water supply for the Palestinian village of Twani in South Hebron.



Making the inevitable happen


SARANDON CROSSES PICKET LINE FOR DIAMONDS The group were carrying Palestinian flags in protest of the Finesse Diamond Corporations, which provides gems to Leviev, and the store's construction of "illegal West Bank settlements." According


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MK Pines: Livni sounds like Lieberman Foreign minister's call for Palestinian state that would constitute national solution for Israel's Arabs draws fire from Labor, Arab Knesset members. 'Israel wants to cement the status of its Arabs as second-class citizens,' Jamal Zahalka says


Livni: Every MK must recognize that Israel is the Jewish homeland Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni criticized MK Ahmed Tibi (UAL) on Sunday for his statements encouraging the Palestinians not to agree to recognize Israel as a Jewish state


Hamas must prosecute those responsible for demonstrator deaths in Gaza


Survey: Majority of Americans still strong on Israel Among Americans who believe that the chances for peace have declined, 47 percent blame the Palestinians, whereas 23 percent say that Israel is responsible


York U. Must Pay Fine for Criticizing Professor Mr. Noble?s 2004 pamphlet accused the university of being biased in favor of Israel and coming down more harshly on pro-Palestinian student groups. The pamphlet named some officials who work with pro-Israeli agencies and suggested that that relationship influenced the university?s decision to expel a student who held protests on the campus.




Hezbollah rebuilds south Beirut


Equal health services to non-Israeli children bill rejected


Road in Palestine named after President A road in Palestine was named yesterday after President Mahinda Rajapaksa, to signify his steadfast commitment to the Palestinian cause during the last 30 years.


State revokes Hebron house purchase The state concluded on Sunday that Jews did not purchase the four-story building overlooking the road leading from Kiryat Arba to the Machpela Cave and that police may evict the Jewish settlers who have been occupying it since March without recourse to a court order.