Saturday, December 29, 2007

Headlines for 12-27-07

Seven militants killed in Israeli raids in Gaza: medics Seven Palestinian militants, one of them a senior commander, were killed and 16 other people wounded in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in four Israeli raids on the Hamas-run territory, medics and witnesses said.


After the meeting: IDF kills Qureia's bodyguard The incident was the first in months in which a Fatah member was killed by IDF fire in the Ramallah area.


Report: Progress made on Shalit deal


Israeli army fire wounds a Palestinian youth in a West Bank village An Israeli soldier shot and wounded on Tuesday a Palestinian youth in the West Bank village of Nahalin, Palestinian media sources reported.


Egypt asks for national troop deployment in Sinai, Israeli refuse


Pregnant Palestinian women forced to give birth at home because of fence


At-Tuwani Update: 1-15 December 2007 At first the soldiers showed no interest in talking but then asked about CPT. They responded by saying that all the problems here are caused by the Arabs. ?There can never be peace with Arabs. They cause all the problems. The Arabs are animals. The only answer is to arrest all the Hamas people,? they said. Gish challenged these remarks and asked why they needed to escort school children past the Ma?on settlement every day.


Unholy dust-up at Nativity church Palestinian police formed a human cordon to separate the battling dark-robed and bearded priests and deacons, said to number about 80, so that cleaning could continue


Olmert courts Abbas over construction dispute


Two missiles fired at a civilian area in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, no injuries reported


A female prisoner is about to give birth in Israeli detention center


Israeli tanks roll into southeast Gaza As Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday, Israeli tanks thrust into southeastern Gaza Strip, sparking clashes with Palestinian militants and residents said


Hamas: fighters escape Israeli retaliation attacks in Gaza In a press statement, Ezz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades said its fighters fired 14 mortars at Israeli army vehicles before Israeli could launch missiles against them.



Gaza terrorists nearly down Israeli helicopter Israel's Channel 2 News showed footage on Thursday of Gaza-based Palestinian terrorists nearly downing an Israeli military helicopter providing cover for ground forces


The Israeli army attack school boys near Hebron


Israel captures Islamic Jihad members in West Bank Israeli troops captured two top members of the Islamic Jihad militant group in raids in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.


UN needs $500 mn for Palestine's emergency relief The UN will need $500 million next year for implementing emergency relief programmes in Palestinian territories, Prensa Latina news agency reported Thursday.


'IDF delaying replies to sick Gazans' Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) on Thursday accused the IDF of deliberately delaying its responses to requests by the Palestinian Civilian Committee (PCC) and PHR to the Civil Administration to allow seriously ill Palestinians from Gaza to enter Israel for life-saving or urgent hospital treatment.




Palestinians: Deal reached with Israel on armored vehicles Palestinians have received Israeli permission to import 50 Russian-made armored personnel carriers into the West Bank next month, after resolving a dispute with Israel over arming the vehicles, the top Palestinian security official said Thursday.


Olmert, Abbas meeting leaves major issue unresolved Following the talks, an Israeli official told wire services that Israel continued to claim a right to build new residences in East Jerusalem.


Palestinian resistance fighter dies as tunnel collapses on him in Gaza


Report: Mubarak says Israeli foreign minister "crossed my red lines"


Olmert balks at committing to full settlement halt "The prime minister has not promised to freeze tenders that have already been published and are already under way," a senior Israeli official told reporters.


Ron Paul insists: 'Israel encourages Americans to go into Iran' ** Russert showed him a quote of something he said on CNN: "Israel is dependent on us, you know, for economic means. We send them these billions of dollars and then they depend on us. They say, well, you know, we don't like Iran. You go fight our battles. You bomb Iran for us. And they become dependent on us."


South Africa found peace, why not Middle East? by Desmond Tutu We condemn all acts of terrorism by whoever they are committed. The suicide bomber has to be condemned for targeting innocent civilians. But equally, the Israelis are to be condemned for their acts of indiscriminate reprisal that, too, target innocent civilians. We say: please, please, learn at least one positive lesson from apartheid South Africa.



Journalist: U.S. Should 'Rape' Israel The editor in chief of Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper, David Landau, confirmed yesterday that he has pleaded with Secretary of State Rice to "rape" Israel and its neighbors into resolving their problems.


Report: Turkey using drones in N. Iraq with help of Israeli crews


Egypt: Israeli lobby harms US relations "The latest months have seen the Israeli lobby's efforts to harm Egypt's interests with the Congress," Ahmed Aboul Gheit told reporters. "The Israeli lobby inside the (U.S.) Congress was behind some positions adopted by Congress and the Israeli media campaign in the last few months falls within this trend."


Christmas tree isn?t Jewish The Law of Return is currently a mirror image of the Nuremberg Laws legislated by the Nazis against the Jews. Anyone considered a Jew based on Arian race laws is also considered as a ?Jew? entitled to return to Israel. In defiance of the cursed Nazis and out of a genuine will to openly prove that the Jewish people is alive and well despite the terrible Holocaust it suffered, we created our main naturalization law based on the law implemented in the Diaspora by our most cursed enemies.


AMIA prosecutor in Israel to discuss terrorism Iran was connected to two terrorist attacks in Argentina, their prosecutor asserted during a visit to Israel.


Mubarak gives Israel message from Assad Egypt passed Israel a peacemaking message from Bashar Assad.


Jewish Agency gives evangelical Christians powerful seat at table The Jewish Agency announced last week it has forged a "strategic partnership" with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, an organization that depends primarily on conservative Christian donors to raise tens of millions of dollars per year to help Israel and impoverished Jews in the Diaspora.



Spending bill has earmarks Spending bill has earmarks President George W. Bush signed a $555 billion omnibus spending bill that includes funding for Israel, the Palestinians and domestic programs championed by Jewish groups -- but he also expressed strong qualifications about some of its provisions, including those of concern to Jews.


Saudi arms sale may spark Bush-Congress battle A plan to sell Saudi Arabia highly accurate Boeing Co bomb-guidance kits is roiling Israel's backers in the Congress, setting up a potential clash with President George W. Bush.


Kosovo Push for Independence Raises Some Concern Israel is concerned that if it recognizes Kosovo's independence from Serbia, it will be more difficult for the Jewish state to oppose unilateral Palestinian independence in the West Bank, should that moment ever arrive.


U.S. Congress Conditions Aid on Border Containment "It is well-known that Israel's lobby (in the U.S.) played a role in the matter in order to achieve its own objectives."



Syria says Israel's aura of invincibility is long gone

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