Palestinians killed in Gaza raid Two Palestinian militants have been killed by Israeli troops launching an overnight raid in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said.
Israeli forces kidnap four from different parts of the West Bank and injure one
Qassam rocket hits N Ashkelon, furthest distance ever A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning fell at an open field in northern Ashkelon, the furthest distance a rocket has struck yet, local media said.
Three Palestinians injured as settlers of Mattityahu attack Bil'in
At Tuwani Update: 16 December ? 31 December CPTers Benvie and Gish met with a lawyer from Yesh Din, an Israeli human
rights group, regarding the contaminated cistern and the Israeli settler
tour that may have been responsible.
Report: Palestinian baby critically wounded in IDF operation in Nablus Palestinian sources reported that a three-year-old Palestinian infant was critically wounded Thursday during an IDF operation in the old city of Nablus.
In ongoing Israeli invasion of Nablus, 38 Palestinian civilians injured According to local medical sources, 38 Palestinians, including a blind teenager, have been injured by Israeli gunfire thus far, during the two-day invasion of the city of Nablus.
Um Salamunah village protest the illegal Israeli Wall On Friday morning 200 Palestinians, internationals and Israelis marched against the illegal wall being built on land stolen illegally by the Israeli army from the villagers of Um Salamunah, located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Report: Bush likely to visit Israel again in May U.S. President George W. Bush is likely to visit Israel again later this year, the website of the Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported on Friday.
100 activists protesting on Route 443; four reported to be injured IDF soldiers were alerted to the area and were making efforts top remove the crowd. Demonstrators claimed that four people were injured after inhaling tear gas.
Israel's Supreme Court rejects rights groups' appeal against Gaza fuel cuts Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by human rights groups on Thursday for an injunction against fuel cuts to the Gaza Strip, rejecting their argument that the cuts cause humanitarian harm.
4 Qassams lands in Sderot, one woman suffers shock
Palestinians reject demilitarized state The Palestinian Authority has rejected Israel's call for a Palestinian state without a military and for authority to allow its own army to operate there.
Stated Clerk issues statement on Gaza Christians Kirkpatrick expresses 'alarm' at worsening conditions for all Gazans
Meshaal offers Abbas talks, holds to armed struggle Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called on Friday for unconditional talks with the rival Fatah faction to halt violence between Palestinians but vowed to keep up the Islamist group's armed struggle against Israel.
Olmert, Abdullah meet in Aqaba During the meeting the Israeli prime minister told Abdullah that Israel will not build any new settlements nor appropriate any more land claimed by the Palestinians. Olmert repeated his desire to move toward a final peace settlement.
Throughout his career, Obama has reached for Jewish support AIPAC does not oppose diplomacy in engaging Iran, but dislikes it as an emphasis, believing that talks could buy the Iranian regime bomb-making time. But his words did not stop the Chicago hotel ballroom packed with 800 AIPAC members from cheering Obama on.
A few weeks later, Obama drew more rubberneckers than any other candidate attending AIPAC's policy forum in Washington -- drawing away onlookers from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) although she outpolls Obama among Jewish voters. No one winced when he said that Palestinian needs must be considered in working out a peace deal, although that's hardly standard AIPAC pep talk......in recent speeches, Obama tweaked his pro-Israel rhetoric to echo the recent drive by the Israeli government and pro-Israel groups to insist on recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
Israelis and Palestinians organize a non-violent protest against Israeli settlement near Bethlehem On Wednesday afternoon a group of 50 Palestinians, Israelis and international Human Rights activists gathered at Har Homa settlement, known to Palestinians as Abu Ghinim settlement, which is built on land illegally taken by the Israeli army from the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Baghdad Palestinians hope for passage through India
Evidence of Israeli 'cowardly blending' comes to light A new report, written by a respected Israeli human rights organisation, one representing the country?s Arab minority not its Jewish majority, has unearthed evidence showing that during the fighting Israel committed war crimes not only against Lebanese civilians -- as was already known -- but also against its own Arab citizens. This is an aspect of the war that has been almost entirely neglected until now.
Fatah loses support among Palestinians Despite international political and financial support, the popularity of the Fatah faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has declined over the past month, partially because of mistrust in the group's leaders, according to a poll published Friday.
Bush blames Lebanon stalemate on Syrian interference
County Durham firm to light up Holy Land
Peres blasted over left-wing event Shimon Peres drew right-wing fire for planning to attend an event organized by the Geneva Initiative, an independent Israeli-Palestinian peace movement.
Palestinian militant found dead in refugee camp in Lebanon Residents of a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon found the body of an Islamic militant Friday who had been tortured and killed, local Palestinian officials and doctors said.
On Eve of Bush Mideast Trip, Hezbollah Chief Stirs Ire for U.S. Sheik Nasrallah said in the speech, adding America wants is to "forever abolish the spirit and culture of resistance in Lebanon." One way to do that, he said, was to settle the Palestinian Arabs in Lebanon as part of a larger solution to the regional problem ? "not for humanitarian reasons of course but to jeopardize the Palestinian cause and the right of Palestinians to return to their homeland."
In interview with Israeli paper, Bush says Israeli-Palestinian peace possible within a year Bush also said he plans to use his time in the Mideast to
rally opposition to Iran's nuclear program, saying a recent U.S. intelligence report that claimed Iran had suspended its program did not mean the danger was over
Ahead of visit, White House talks friendship with Israel ? and pressure A standoff over settlement construction would represent a rare public break between Washington and Jerusalem during Bush's two terms in the White House, and could raise unpleasant memories of the first President Bush and Israel feuding over settlements. But, the White House argues, the current president's unflinching support for Jerusalem's tough anti-terrorist measures will go along way toward smoothing over any disagreements.
Fundraising event for Palestinian Village The problem for the people of At-Tuwani is that their land is wanted by others. In the early 1980s an Israeli settlement was established nearby and since that time the settlers, many of them from the United States, France and Israel itself, have harassed the local people, mainly farmers and shepherds, in an attempt to force them to move away.
Biden and Dodd out Biden has long been close to the pro-Israel lobby, and his occasional criticism of Israeli policies has always been well-received because of his pro-Israel record. Dodd also has been close to the pro-Israel lobby, telling the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in late 2006 that he did not believe the time was ripe for Palestinian statehood.
Hezbollah sets resolution terms The Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah has said openly that it will not allow a president to be elected unless it gets a third of the cabinet seats.
Damascus becomes Arab cultural capital for 2008 Damascus heads into a new year as the cultural capital of the Arab world for 2008, hosting a year-long series of theatrical and musical events, along with talks by renowned intellectuals.
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