Palestinian killed in anti-Annapolis protest A demonstrator was killed on Tuesday at a Palestinian rally against the Annapolis conference when clashes broke out between security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas and Islamists who call him a traitor.
Olmert and Abbas give themselves one year to solve it all "I have the right here to defend... the right of my people to a new dawn, with no occupation, no separation wall, no prisons with thousands of prisoners, no assassinations, no siege, and no roadblocks around villages and cities
Malaysia to mark Int'l Day of Solidarity with Palestine Malaysia will hold a ceremony here Thursday to mark the International Day of Solidarity with Palestine, Malaysian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Israel Blocks the Delivery of Three Major Palestinian Newspapers to Gaza Strip Monday's editions of Al-Quds, Al-Ayyam and Al-Hayat Al-Jadida were all stopped at the Gaza border as a part of Israel's ongoing siege of the small coastal territory.
Soldiers return money stolen from Palestinian
US to offer specific Mideast proposals-Saudi official Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said that in inviting his country to the Annapolis conference Washington promised to "use its full influence" to ultimately bring about a peace agreement. He said that meant if the two sides could not agree, "we assume the United States will come up with its own ideas."
Saudi envoy: No to 'Jewish' state "There are 1.5 million civilians in Israel who do not define themselves as Jewish," Adel al-Jubeir told reporters at the U.S.-convened Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Annapolis, Md. "We do not believe states should define themselves according to religion or ethnicity."
Police break up Mid-East conference protests in West Bank The approximately 200 protesters - waving Palestinian flags and chanting "From our soil and our blood for Palestine!" - had initially refused to disperse, scuffling with police who tried to seize their placards.
UN Director of operations: UNRWA cannot feed 200,000 Palestinian children in its schools Jeng branded the sanctions as "harsh penalties" and criticized the Israeli cabinet for declaring the region a "hostile entity," adding that the reduction of fuel and electricty to the coastal region had had a grave impact on the medical sector, in addition to destroying the economy and disabling sanitation networks in population centres.
Right-wingers denounce 'sell-out' by Israeli PM Settler rabbis decreed that "no leader has the right to give away the Land of Israel", and their hardline chairman, Dov Lior, offered an alternative solution to the conflict. "We must cleanse the country of Arabs and resettle them in the countries where they came from," he said.
Israeli forces kidnap a Palestinian near Qalqilia
Rhetoric and reality: Bush's battle for the future of the Middle East
RELEASE: Demolition Order Issued for Mosque in at-Tuwani
Hebron Update: 12-18 November 2007
16 Palestinians dead after being refused treatment Sixteen Palestinians from the Gaza Strip died over the past month because they did not receive medical treatment, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) attorney Yohanna Lerman told the High Court of Justice on Monday.
Saudis hoping US will pressure Israel The prince also said he believes it will be impossible to achieve peace unless Israeli withdraws to the borders it occupied on the eve of the Six Day Way in 1967.
Palestinians want peace-deal monitor
Hamas vows to continue campaign of resistance "The whole Palestinian population is ready to give their lives for their dignity and their land,"
Iran to host militants for 'alternative' Mideast meet
Israeli forces kidnap 3 in Al Ram town invasion
Lobby to call for justice in the Holy Land Today is UN Day of Solidarity with Palestinians. People from all over the country will be visiting their MPs asking them to act now to prevent a humanitarian disaster and recognize Palestinian rights and democracy. Christian groups including the Amos Trust; Christian Peacemaker Teams UK; Pax Christi; Quaker Peace and Social Witness; Scottish Episcopal Church's Justice Peace and Creation Network will be among those taking part.
"If Annapolis fails, smash me," souvenir mug says In a symbol of fragile hopes for this week's Middle East peace conference at Annapolis, one Palestinian shopkeeper is selling souvenir mugs for the event -- complete with instructions to smash them if talks break down.
India, Israel planning to jointly develop surface-to-air missile
Cleric: Lebanese wives may fight back A Muslim woman is allowed to fight back in self-defense if she is hit by her husband, Lebanon's top Shiite cleric declared Tuesday in a ruling rare for the region's male-dominated Islamic society.
The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act by Philip Giraldi One would have thought that the systematic dismantling of the Constitution of the United States would have been enough to satisfy even the most Jacobin neoconservative, but there is more on the horizon, and it is coming from people who call themselves Democrats. .....Through their proven access both to the media and to Congress, the agenda will undoubtedly be shaped by the usual players including David Horowitz, Daniel Pipes, Steve Emerson, and Frank Gaffney who see a terrorist hiding under every rock, particularly if the rock is concealing a Muslim. They and their associates will undoubtedly find plenty of terrorists and radical groups to investigate. Many of the suspects will inevitably be "anti-American" professors at various universities and also groups of Palestinians organized against the Israeli occupation, but it will be easily to use the commission formula to sweep them all in for examination. If we were supposedly attacked on 911 for 'our freedoms', then how much sense does it make to take those freedoms away? Wouldn't that mean that the terrorists have won? Another Orwellian twist courtesy of the neoconservatives. Up is down, left is right, black is white.
State orders evacuation of Hebron home The Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday instructed the army and police to evict by the weekend a group of settlers occupying a building located on "Worshipers' Way," the road linking Kiryat Arba and the Cave of the Patriarchs.
Iran builds new longer-range missile Iran announced on Tuesday that it has built a new missile with a range sufficient to put Israel and US bases in the Middle East within easy reach, amid rising tensions over Tehran's contested nuclear drive.
Gazans fed up with harsh circumstances
Bush pushes Arabs to reach out to Israel "Arab states should also reach out to Israel, work toward the normalization of relations and demonstrate in both word and deed that they believe that Israel and its people have a permanent home in the Middle East,"
Israeli migration agents target German Jews An Israeli intelligence organisation is to send agents to Germany in an effort to persuade tens of thousands of Jews from the former Soviet Union to settle in Israel......"There's a huge potential here for expanding aliya,"
Syria says Arab ties with Israel only after pullout "To phrase it clearly and decisively that this (normalization) comes after the total Israeli withdrawal from the 1967 Arab land," he said in a speech obtained by Reuters.
Dutch pro-Palestinian conference shelved after Histadrut intervenes Dr. Ronny Naftaniel, who heads the pro-Zionist Center for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), said he harbored deep mistrust for the conference.
Christians And Muslims Coexist In Gaza Seventeen-year-old Christian student Ali Al Jeldah told IPS about attending a dual faith school: "My life is normal and I've never felt oppressed. Being Muslim or Christian is never an issue."
Jordanians stage anti-Annapolis protest Scores of jeering Jordanians took part in a rally on Tuesday against the U.S.-hosted Middle East conference in Annapolis, denouncing it as a sellout of the Palestinian cause.
Violent Politics Play Out in Packed Refugee Camps As a persistent political deadlock looms over Lebanon and presidential elections run beyond time limits imposed by the constitution, tensions are rising in Lebanon's many Palestinian camps, home to more than 400,000 refugees.
Egged driver, two others held for stealing buses and taxis Two Israelis including an Egged bus driver were under arrest Tuesday for allegedly stealing city and private buses and taxis and then selling them to Palestinians in the West Bank, police said.
Kucinich hit for eyeing Paul as VP "Despite his views on the Iraq war, Rep. Paul no more belongs on a Democratic ticket than Dennis Kucinich on a Republican one," said NJDC Executive Director Ira Forman. "Any Jewish Democrats or independents that are tempted toward Rep. Paul because of his stance on the war should be reminded that this Republican representative has a terrible record on Middle East politics, is anti-choice and opposes stem cell research."
O.U. criticizes Olmert's speech The O.U. issued a statement on Tuesday saying that the organization was "concerned" that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert "did not explicitly resist Palestinian President Abbas? claim to a piece of Jerusalem."
The major breakthrough: Bush agrees to arbiter role The substance of the conference bubbled underneath the rhetoric, Daniel Ayalon, the former Israeli ambassador, told JTA. It's importance, he said, was the united front it presented against Iran and other radical rejectionists of peace with Israel. "There's no doubt about the success of Annapolis," said Ayalon, now the co-chairman of Nefesh b'Nefesh, a group that advocates and facilitates immigration to Israel. "It is the achievement of the United States to bring this array of Arab League foreign ministers together with Israel. There is a strong American interest and Israeli interest and regional government interest in changing the dynamics and isolating Iran."
IDF soldier arrested for stealing 200 shekels from Palestinian car Soldier charged with looting ? an offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment - for pocketing bill found during search of Palestinian car at West Bank checkpoint. Defense attorney says soldier used stolen money to pay off family debts
Ex-PLO bomber visits Belfast to explain how he turned to peace Ireland gets propagandized by a 'former terrorist', the same one that gets trotted around the States with the blessing of the Israeli lobby. For, if he weren't working for them, he'd be imprisoned, deported or both because he's well, a former terrorist. Hello..
Israeli Special Forces kidnap head of Student Council at Birzeit University On Sunday, Israeli military Special Forces kidnapped Fadi Hamad, the head of the Birzeit university student council. The incident occurred on the road linking the al Jalazoon camp with the central West Bank city of Ramallah
IDF looks to install biometric ID systems at West Bank agricultural crossings The biometric initiative was made in line with the Civil Administration's ideology that the quality of life within Palestinian towns is directly connected to the level of terrorism directed at Israel. "If more people can come into Israel for work, then the [Palestinian] economy is better," the officer said. "And if the economy is better, then fewer people will be involved in terrorism."
Syria's quest to regain Golan takes new shape "These projects are a message to Israel. The refugees will no longer be scattered in slums and camps all around Syria. Soon they will live here and stare right at their Israeli occupiers,"
Rally against U.S. ?imperialist policies? The rally comes ahead of an International Conference against Imperialism, Zionism and Occupation, being organised by the AIAIF on November 28 and 29.
Jordan to take part in Arab justice ministers meetings Arab ministers will discuss 18 items covering a number of agreements and laws related to Arab cooperation in the fields of justice and judiciary and legal means to protect the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation.
British Professor Assesses Israel, Anti-Semitism and Free Speech in AJC Booklet Those who couple the terms "Israel" and "Jewish state" with the terms "Nazi" and "apartheid," or who advocate for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, are, according to Harrison, without a doubt espousing anti-Semitism. An entirely ridiculous but not uncommon notion; SMEAR those that dare call Israel on its apartheid-like behavior. Note to Bernard Harrison: it's not working.
Feature: Palestinian pocket in Iraq chaos The camp has apparently posed no security problems so far for Iraqi border police or for the U.S. Marines mentoring them. Lt. Col. Stefan Bien, from the 2nd Marines, said there have been reports of insurgents recruiting in the camp, which is unguarded, with open access, "but I haven't found evidence of it. I haven't been able to hammer that down."
PM: Arabs should open consular offices in Israel following summit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday that he expects Arab states to open consular offices in Israel following the Annapolis summit.
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