Barak allows Hebron settlers to install glass windows Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday gave Hebron settlers permission to install glass window panes in a disputed four story building in Hebron while they fight a legal battle to stave off eviction orders.
Egyptians seal border with Gaza Hamas, meanwhile, appears to be running out of options for keeping the border open, as it pledged. Another breach appears unlikely because Hamas cannot afford to alienate Egypt, its main conduit to the Arab world.
Palestinians say settlers uprooted 200 olive trees Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Jit claimed Sunday that settlers living in the neighboring Havat Gilad outpost have uprooted some 200 olive seedlings belonging to villagers during the night.
Egyptian soldiers seal Gaza border after two weeks of traffic Despite the flood of Palestinians into Egypt, there remains concern about the economic crisis in Gaza. Yesterday, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East, Robert Serry, said he was concerned about an Israeli high court ruling last week that rejected challenges to an Israeli government decision to reduce fuel and electricity supplies to Gazans.
Acting Palestinian PM says Hamas rule in Gaza doesn't terminate PNA dominance The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)' control on Gaza Strip since last June doesn't terminate the reign of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on the coastal enclave, acting Premier Salam Fayyad said on Sunday.
David Miliband and Douglas Alexander concerned over impact on Gaza of fuel cuts by the Government of We continue to be deeply concerned by the growing humanitarian impact of restrictions by the Government of Israel on industrial diesel supplies to Gaza, particularly on the most vulnerable sections of the population. We welcome Israel's recent decision to increase the supply of industrial diesel and continue to urge them to lift all restrictions on fuel with immediate effect.
Despair as Gazans lose link to outside world the nearly 100 dollars (65 euros) worth of fertiliser and other farm supplies -- a small fortune for a farmer in impoverished and isolated Gaza -- remains on the other side of the frontier, out of reach.
Israeli soldiers suspended for mooning Palestinians The video was said to have been shot outside the southern city of Hebron, with the troops allegedly exposing themselves to Palestinian shepherds in order to try and make them leave an area near the flashpoint city.
World Islamic body urges more U.N. action over Gaza
Israel says Hamas got hi-tech weapons in border breach
JNF to erect signs in parks, citing destroyed Palestinian villages The organization's director, Eitan Bronstein, told Haaretz: "I think that today there is more openness to the subject and it is starting to be less threatening. The sky will not fall if we tell people that we kicked out Arabs and destroyed villages."
Zuckerman: Israel a 'client state' of U.S. he is pessimistic about the chances for peace between Israel and the Palestinians but that Israel must make the effort because "it is the only way to maintain whatever political support it has, especially in the United States -- but really, in the Western world."
Ships did not cause Internet cable damage The transport ministry added that footage recorded by onshore video cameras of the location of the cables showed no maritime traffic in the area when the cables were damaged.
Israel eyes Egyptian border fence Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday he was pushing for the government to approve and fund the construction of a fence between the Negev Desert and the Egyptian Sinai to keep out arms smugglers and terrorists.
Repairs to start on undersea cable Tuesday
Societe Generale on trial in French-Israel scam Cheques trafficked from France were allegedly cleared in money exchange offices or banks in Israel, where a third party can clear a cheque by paying a cash sum, making it difficult to trace the origin of the funds. The sums were then repatriated to French banks.
Embassy not target of Mauritania attack Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin, whose agency is responsible for security at Israeli diplomatic installations abroad, told Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Cabinet on Sunday that the embassy in Nouakchott was hit by bullets aimed at an adjacent restaurant last Friday.
Lebanese man 'killed by Israelis' A Lebanese man has been shot dead and another wounded in south Lebanon by Israel forces, Lebanese security sources have said.
Middle East Internet Blackouts Spur Geopolitical Suspicions Most notably, Israel and Iraq are unaffected by the outage.
Sy Hersh confirms: Syrian facility bombed by Israel was not nuclear Hersh appeared on CNN's Late Edition on Sunday to discuss his upcoming article, "A Strike in the Dark," which will appear in the Feb. 11 issue of the New Yorker......Hersh's best guess as to the motivation of the bombing is that it was partly Israeli politics and partly "a message for the Iranians that we're coming."
Why did the Sabarnah cousins go to the library?
Mea culpa from Washington Post ombudsman The Washington Post ombudsman said an offensive essay by Arun Gandhi on Jewish identity should not have been published.
Op-Ed: Two-state solution key to avoiding Israel=apartheid The implication for American friends of Israel is that defending Israel -- on or off campus -- means going beyond PR campaigns and into the realm of public policy. It means going the extra mile not only to defend Israel?s image but to actively support its government?s efforts to avert the deterioration toward binationalism.
Gaza?s Future Henry Siegman
Israeli indicted for selling weapons to Palestinians
Egypt briefly detains AFP journalists in Rafah Plainclothes police officers erased the photographer's memory cards, saying journalists were no longer allowed to photograph the border, which was being closed again after it was blown open by Gaza-based militants 11 days ago.
Shin Bet chief: Trial of soldiers' murderers near Hebron a 'farce' The head of the Shin Bet security services on Sunday blasted the Palestinian Authority for what he termed the 'farcical' legal proceedings held against the Palestinian murderers two off-duty Israel Defense Forces soldiers near the West Bank city of Hebron late last year.
Brigadier General Udi Dekel was appointed on Sunday to head the staff entrusted with conducting negotiations with the Palestinians.
Joint PA-Israeli operation brings back 2 dozen stolen cars to Israel The cars were all recovered from the area surrounding the northern Samarian city of Jenin by Palestinian police.
Chronicle readers question the candidates: Sen. Hillary Clinton What is your position on Palestinian property rights? Sen. Clinton: Well John, we must never question Israel's right to exist in safety as a Jewish state, with defensible borders and an undivided Jerusalem as its capital
Olmert overrules Shin Bet: Agrees to concessions in Shalit deal
NDP condemns situation in Gaza New Democrats also deplore the failure of Stephen Harper?s government to play a constructive role on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The emergency session the UN Human Rights Council saw Canada voting alone against a resolution condemning the blockade.
Pilgrims In The Promised Land Living Bread International Church founder Karen Dunham of Clearwater, center, talks with men from the Aroub refugee camp outside of Bethlehem. The men are Palestinian Muslims who have come to the gates of the camp to thank Dunham for the help that her group has provided to the refugees.
Memoir powerfully recalls Palestinian childhood
Wall Street Journal Votes for Netanyahu It?s really all part of the same Netanyahu network: the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, the Shalem Center, Freedom?s Watch, and you can add the Middle East specialists at the American Enterprise Institute, Sharansky?s One Jerusalem, etc. etc.
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