Monday, December 10, 2007

Headlines for 12-09-07

Islamic body urges Israel to stop mosque dig Malaysia, which chairs the Islamic world's largest grouping, urged Israel on Friday to stop excavations near Jerusalem's most important holy Islamic site.


Hamas burns 'confiscated' drugs Correspondents say it was Hamas' latest attempt to show it was imposing order after taking control in Gaza this year They should stop the Qassam rocket fire too. Clean house.


Shas minister: Americans' attitude to report reminiscent of Auschwitz "The manner in which the Americans relate to the intelligence report on Iran is similar to the way in which they viewed those reports they received during the Holocaust on railways transporting hundreds of thousands of Jews to their death at Auschwitz," The shrill whines have just been taken to the highest level. F'ing ridiculous.


Iran could have nukes by 2010: Olmert Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert believes Iran will have the resources to create a nuclear weapon by 2010, despite a US intelligence report that it was not building an atomic bomb.


Israelis set up illegal outposts in evacuation protest The move is a protest against the possible evacuation of Jewish settlements.


Israeli extremists march to set up new outposts in West Bank Israeli right-wing activists have marched up a hill outside the occupied West Bank's largest settlement, aiming to set up a symbolic new wildcat settlement outpost.


Official: Elections should follow ending Hamas Gaza takeover


Israel says must trade Jerusalem areas with Arabs Ramon told Army Radio: "I am convinced that all Jewish neighborhoods, including Har Homa, should be under Israeli sovereignty and the Arab neighborhoods should not be under Israeli sovereignty because they pose a threat to Jerusalem being the capital of Jewish Israel." Supremacism.


Fatah's spokesperson: Hamas needs to retract 'coup' before early elections Spokesperson of the secular Fatah party, Ahmad Abdelrahman, demanded Hamas to retract what he calls a ' coup against legitimacy in Gaza', before going to early elections.


Al-Quds brigades shell an Israeli army jeep, an Israeli minister warns of rockets In a statement, faxed to press, the Al-Quds brigades claimed responsibility for firing a rocket-propelled grenade at an Israeli military jeep to the east of Kheza'a town in southern Gaza Strip.


Hamas, Fatah deny agreeing on dialogue resumption


Human rights group attacks gov't for policy in West Bank, Gaza One of Israel's leading human rights groups on Sunday harshly criticized the government for widespread violations in the West Bank and Gaza which it said harmed Palestinians economically and socially.


Detainees in Al Jalama threaten to hold a hunger strike


Hamas accuses P.A security forces of arresting 26 members


Olmert decries anti-Ethiopian racism


Early primary voters favor two states In an Arab American Institute poll, strong majorities of voters in both parties in Iowa and New Hampshire identified a two-state Israeli-Palestinian outcome as a U.S. interest.


Plan presented to repatriate Israelis Immigrant Absorption Minister Yaakov Edri on Sunday presented a plan of tax breaks and incentives designed to encourage some of the 700,000 Israelis living abroad to return. Some 60 percent live in North America, according to Israel Radio.


Demography is the key Ignoring demographic considerations will ultimately lead to Jewish State?s demise


Speaker policy criticized Earlier this year, the committee implemented a controversial speaker policy, which required teachers to secure the principal's permission before inviting controversial speakers into their classrooms, after a public furor erupted over a Jan. 5 presentation at the high school by Wheels of Justice, a group with pro-Palestinian ties.


What the ruins can say about tomorrow Archaeology has always been central in a search for national narratives, and this is particularly so for Zionism in an ideological perspective. To establish the provenance of Zionist narratives, it is essential to prove not just the presence, but the dominance of an ancient Jewish kingdom in the holy land, thus verifying Jewish claims over the land and the raison d?etre of the state of Israel. Biblical archaeology has expanded rapidly, what with not just Jewish, but Christian Zionists enthusiastically supporting the enterprise in their own interpretation of the Bible


FFJ: Injuries and arrests at demonstrations across the West Bank on Friday


Blair holds talks with Saudi king Peace envoy Tony Blair held talks with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Sunday during a visit to Riyadh ahead of formal Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations this week, state news agency SPA said.


Final Disgrace for Bush & Co. When the White House didn?t get the answers it wanted on Iran, it turned to Israel, whose renowned intelligence agency, Mossad, became a primary source. Mossad still insists Iran will have a nuclear bomb by 2008. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak declared the NIE report a ?blow to the groin.? Israel has been straining every sinew to get the U.S. to destroy Iran?s growing nuclear infrastructure. Whether Israel, which has a large nuclear arsenal, will attack Iran on its own is uncertain.


PM: Israel will work to expose Iran nuclear program


Spreading his wings Spector was the most senior officer who signed the "letter of the pilots," which was made public on September 24, 2003, and stated: "We, for whom the IDF and the air force are an integral part of our being; who were brought up to love Israel and to contribute to the Zionist ideal, cannot take part in the operations in the center of populated civilian areas; and [we] refuse to endanger innocent Palestinian civilians ... The continued occupation is critically harming the country's security."


In the serene land The Butterfly's Burden shows how Mahmoud Darwish has remade a nation's consciousness, says Fiona Sampson



Palestinians make three feature films despite occupation, no audience and no funding In a flip-flop of reality, a surly Palestinian soldier guards a West Bank checkpoint, as a line of haggard Israelis wait to have their ID cards examined.


Friedman: Making peace with pieces


CAIA: Protesting the JNF: Community Groups Oppose Fundraising for Illegal ?Canada Park? Protesters denounced fund raising for the park, which is built on the destroyed Palestinian villages of Beit Nuba, Yallu and Imwas seized and destroyed by the Israeli military in 1967.


Israeli ambassador attacks Swiss foreign policy As guardian of the Geneva Conventions, she said it was Switzerland's duty to remind countries of the need to respect international humanitarian law. "We raise our voice when this law is violated, even when that means criticising our friends."



Syria sees isolation fading after Annapolis Damascus would not make gestures to please its U.S. and Israeli foes, who want Syria to ditch Iran and its other allies before any peace talks have achieved results, Altaqi said.


Knesset rattled by racism report The Association for Civil Rights in Israel's latest report, which stated that racism and hatred towards Israeli-Arabs have doubled over the past year, caused a lively polemic in the Knesset on Sunday.


Video: Bethlehem - National Geographic Magazine


Delegates of Australian Churches meet with Jenin Governor The governor thanked the delegates for the aid they provided for the area, especially the aid to physically challenged residents and development projects, which included digging water wells in villages east of the city.


Foreign workers out Government plan aims to end employment of foreign laborers by 2014


Palestinian cabinet values King Abdullah?s initiative to provide treatment to Palestinians


Funds dry up for hospital in impoverished camp A desperately needed hospital in Lebanon?s largest and most violent Palestinian refugee camp has been unable to open on time because funds to buy beds and other basic medical equipment have dried up.


Adalah-NY: Despite NYC Palestinian rights protest, Dershowitz buys jewelry from settlement mogul Leviev Saturday?s event was the third and largest protest outside LEVIEV New York since the store?s November 13 gala opening


Israeli-Palestinian handshake in Monaco


On the Twentieth Anniversary of the First Intifada


Israeli ministers to 'Condi' - Go fly a kite US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice can think again if she believes that Israel is going to stop building homes in Jerusalem, the Arab-coveted capital of the Jewish people.


Today in History - Dec. 9 In 1987, the first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong Israeli counter-response

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