Headlines for 01-27-08

How To Help Feed and Support Children of The Gaza Strip And West Bank


Israel will resume Gaza supplies Israel says it will resume regular fuel supplies to Gaza in a week's time. They were stopped 10 days ago due to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.


Christian Palestinian children light candles during a special prayer supporting Gaza people in the Holy Family Latin Church in the West Bank city of Ramallah


Iran extends olive branch to Israel and U.S "Iran is not threatening Israel and does not want nuclear weapons." "Israel has nuclear weapons and it is threatening Teheran," he said


Hamas polices Gaza border with Egypt The small group of Hamas forces appeared to be coordinating efforts to restore order at the border with their Egyptian counterparts, jointly directing traffic and manning checkpoints. Both Hamas and the Egyptians were urging Gaza motorists to go back home.


Case closed against police for killing Israeli Arabs in riots during Palestinian uprising


Olmert and Abbas fail to shut border


Palestinian factions mourn PFLP founder Hamas leader Ismail Haneya in a statement that "Dr. George Habash spent all his life struggling for the cause of the Palestinian people," adding that Hamas and the deposed government mourn Habash's passing away.


Beit Ommar under siege


EU plans to revamp aid for Palestinians to make it fit with government goals The European Union plans to revamp its massive annual aid for Palestinians from next month to make it fit better with the economic reform program of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.


Palestinians rally in West Bank cities to mourn PLFP leader George Habash


News Photo Results for Gaza


A Palestinian boy pulls an empty cart on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip


A tale of two visitors They speak of their existence as Palestinians with passion. Yet they do not seem angry. And while the men admit their life can be hard and it becomes frustrating, they look to their faith and their work as good Samaritans for strength and guidance......."Freedom - you can taste it, you can feel it ... this is why I'm thankful I'll spend 25 days here with you,"


Gazans head home as Egypt chokes off supplies


Teens turning cameras on Sderot Given international attention on the Palestinian plight in Gaza, Israel is searching for ways to stir foreign sympathy for its civilians targeted in the almost daily shelling attacks.


Court convicts IDF officer who led troops in W. Bank rampage


The True Miracle of Israel Never in history has a story been so slanted as that of Palestine and Israel. Never has the victim been so squarely blamed for his own misfortunes as the Palestinian. This is not an arrogant counter-narrative to Israel's concoctions. It's a glaring truth that continues to be either ignored or misunderstood.



Seven killed in Beirut violence


Bush marks Holocaust remembrance "I was deeply moved by my recent visit to Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust museum," Bush said in his statement Sunday, referring to the culmination of his visit to Israel earlier this month


Standing with Israel, but stepping on all other toes The mission statement of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre commits it to "standing with Israel". Its political power was shown last week, when it elicited a letter from Barack Obama urging the US ambassador to the UN to oppose a motion on Gaza unless rocket attacks by Hamas on Israel


Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis brings her one-woman show to UW-Madison She 's sitting shivah for a little Palestinian girl who her grandson shot, and she 's a Jewish woman.


20 Arabs suspected of Tanzim arms deals


Giuliani Spends Morning at Synagogue Rudy Giuliani expressed his support for members of Florida?s Jewish community and the state of Israel during a synagogue visit this morning.


Shas threatens to quit gov't over Jerusalem Shas' Council of Torah Sages convened Sunday at the home of the party's spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, and announced that Shas would quit the government once negotiations with the Palestinians over the fate of Jerusalem begin


Amal, Hezbollah call for end to Beirut clashes Lebanese Shiite movements Amal and Hezbollah have called on their supporters to leave the streets, after at least seven people were reported killed in clashes with demonstrators in the southern suburbs of Beirut.