Sunday, December 30, 2007

Headlines for 12-28-07

Two Israelis and two Palestinians killed in West Bank An Israeli army spokeswoman said Palestinian gunmen opened fire at the soldiers who live in a nearby Jewish settlement and were on leave at the time of the incident.


Two International peace activists injured in Bil'in


Israel offers settlement concessions ahead of Bush visit: report


Seven Palestinians kidnapped from Nablus by Israeli army


A West Bank struggle rooted in land For nearly a generation, Nassar and his family have stood their ground, unarmed, against pistol-toting settlers who have barricaded the farm's dirt lanes, uprooted its olive groves, tried to bulldoze their own roads and disabled a tractor and a rooftop water tank


Jordan mediates return of Palestinian pilgrims (Roundup) About 2,200 Palestinian pilgrims left Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba to the Egyptian port of Nuwaibe Friday after the Jordanian government obtained Egypt's approval to allow them to return to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing point, an official spokesman said


Palestinian Authority: Al-Hurria radio resumes broadcasting after six months


Israel to freeze some settlement projects In a word - BS. Per yesterday's news batch, Olmert maintained that Israel will not halt the settlement-building.


Conference in Bethlehem in support of Nonviolent Resistance


Olmert seeks to tighten grip on West Bank building Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ordered the Housing Ministry not to unilaterally issue any additional building permits on occupied land in the West Bank, Israeli officials said on Friday.


Abbas to get armoured vehicles but not with guns


Tubas governor slams Israeli settlement expansion policy in the plains area


Foreign Ministry plans to drop Syria from 'radical axis' list


Pro-Palestinian to make Israel anniversary film A British film-maker known to be a critic of Israeli policy has been appointed by the British Council to play a key role in a presentation to mark Israel?s 60th anniversary.



Tech Startup Bridges Mideast Divide Taking on Microsoft is tough enough. But Schreiber is embracing another challenge: He's helping create a high-tech economy in the Palestinian territories, one of the most poverty-stricken, crisis-riddled spots in the world. He has located the development center for G.ho.st in the West Bank.


Arab, Jewish women protest occupation Hundreds of Jewish and Arab women staged a protest in Jerusalem on Friday against Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, witnesses said.


Hundreds of Palestinian pilgrims stranded at Aqaba Over 2,200 Palestinian pilgrims, mostly affiliated with the radical Hamas group, were Friday stranded at Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba after Egyptian authorities insisted they should pass through an Israeli-controlled crossing point in order to reach the Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Jordanian sources said.



Palestinian filmmakers defy circumstance


Ha?aretz: From Bil?in to Madison Avenue: Demonstrations Outside the Leviev Jewelry Shop in New York over Danya Cebus? Construction in the Territories


Campus Leaders Gain Firsthand Experience on Mission to Israel The students are traveling on two annual missions, taking place concurrently this year, that serve as a cornerstone of the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) efforts to raise awareness of the issues involving Israel and the Middle East on U.S. college campuses......"These smart, informed young college leaders will have an opportunity to visit key sites in Israel's history and to hear firsthand from a wide variety of experts on the current situation and the peace process launched in Annapolis," said Abraham H. Foxman The Israeli lobby in action - propagandization.


9,000 refugee children from Nahr El Bared camp return to school because of 'Dubai Cares' Most of the children from the heavily damaged Nahr El Bared camp in Lebanon have already been able to return to school thanks to a donation of US$ 1.277 million made by Dubai Cares


Orphanage Founder Returns to Home Destroyed by Fire Palestinian-born Norma Nashed is the founder and director of Reaching Hearts for Kids. She was in Ethiopia finalizing plans for a new orphanage


Monday's Talk Shows Charlie Rose Authors Akiva Eldar and Ramachandra Guha; Palestinian delegate Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas and Israeli delegate Naomi Chazan, International Women's Commission. 11:30 p.m


Kucinich: Candidates Must Answer for Their Foreign Policy Stands on Pakistan and the Middle East They have failed to offer substantive approaches to address continuing tensions and hostilities among Israelis, Palestinians, and the Lebanese people."


France could provide Egypt with nuclear help: Sarkozy


Jewish groups respond to cleric's anti-Israel remarks Sabbah called on Israel to abandon its Jewish character in favor of a "political normal state for Christians, Muslims, and Jews," according to the Jerusalem Post.
....."We are deeply disturbed that Father Sabbah would politicize the holy season of Christmas by denying the Jewish people?s right to a Jewish state," said the ADL in a statement. That's not what Sabbah said at all, geniuses.

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