Headlines for 02-13-08

Hamas' Haneya: ready to consider cease-fire proposal


Israeli military arrests approximately 40 Palestinians in Beit Ummar and places village under curfew The military are denying travel to people in cars or on foot, restricting the freedom of movement for goods and medicine. The military denied entry to an ambulance attempting to enter the village.


Israeli Military Conducts Major Operation in Beit Ummar So far, Israeli military have arrested 55 Palestinians and house to house searches are ongoing, along with sporadic clashes between military and local youth. The stone throwers are met with barrages of tear gas and ?rubber? bullets.


70 envoys visit Gaza border Israel's foreign minister took the ambassadors and consul heads to the Erez Crossing to win their support for the Jewish state taking military action against Hamas in Gaza, Reuters reported.


Israel detains 56 Palestinians in West Bank raids Palestinian security sources said Israeli forces stepped up operations and detained 56 residents in Jenin, Nablus, and Bethlehem while most of the detentions took place in the city of Hebron where 43 people were arrested.


Israeli forces roll into destroyed Rafah airport in S Gaza A number of Israeli army tanks on Wednesday rolled into the destroyed airport of Rafah town in southern Gaza Strip after withdrawing last night following clashes, witnesses said.


Israeli soldier stabbed in Jab'a village, near Jenin


Government unveils rebuilding plan for ruined Palestinian camp The government launched a preliminary master plan on 12 February to rebuild Nahr El-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, destroyed in a battle last year between the army and militant Islamists.


Hamas accuses Fayyad gov't of helping Israeli offensive in Gaza


Qassam rocket strikes Sderot house


Checkpoint Jerusalem: I (heart) U! For about $45, send.a.message will spray paint your special Valentine's message on the concrete walls dividing Israelis and Palestinians.


Palestinian negotiator slams Israel over Jerusalem construction


Students return to Gaza schools still suffering from lack of heat and electricity Nearly 400 government schools in Gaza have reopened their doors to a quarter of a million students returning from winter break ? but teachers and children have been met with classrooms that have neither heat nor light due to reduced power supplies


Erekat denies reports over delaying talks on control of Jerusalem


Hamas asks Egypt to hand over members of rival Fatah


Valentine flowers wilt behind Gaza's walls Flower farmers across Gaza, whose sunny climate allows for year-round exports to Europe, have been hard-hit by an Israeli closure regime tightened in June after the Islamist Hamas movement seized power there


Israel to Expel Foreign Restaurant Help Asian restaurants employ 900 foreign-born chefs and kitchen workers. But the Trade Ministry says it wants to get Israelis into those jobs.


Turkey no platform for Israeli strikes -official


Israeli minister hails killing of Hezbollah leader


US lauds death of Hezbollah leader


Lebanon braces for mass rally to mark Hariri killing Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a mass rally by backers of the Western-backed government to commemorate the third anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder amid mounting street clashes with the opposition


Mughnieh murder 'Zionist gangsterism': Hamas


Car bomb ends life of Hizbullah chief wanted for string of kidnappings and mass murders Did any other non-Middle Eastern countries 'laud' this killing besides the US and Israel? It is doubtful that the CIA did it. IT is quite remarkable how Israeli forces can (still) so easily assassinate in Lebanon and Syria. Makes you wonder (about recent similar bombings going back a few years in the region).


Hamas shows off gunmen in glossy magazine


Freedom at a price


Presidents Conference goes to Georgia Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Presidents Conference, cited Georgia?s history of tolerance, pro-Israel stance and strategic importance both as an alternate route for Central Asian gas and its proximity to Iran as the key reasons for visiting.


In lecture on Mideast conflict, visiting prof limits controversy Political Science Prof. Neve Gordon, a visiting professor from Ben-Gurion University in Israel, spoke about the history of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories last night at Hutchins Hall in the Law Quad.


Sniping Intensifies On Campaign Advisers In the days leading up to this week's Democratic primary in Maryland, Jewish voters in Baltimore and the Maryland suburbs of Washington began getting e-mails warning that Sen. Barack Obama is being influenced by "anti-Israel" advisers, and pointing to one in particular: former Clinton administration official Robert Malley....."I don't understand why our community is making Israel an issue at this point," said Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman. "None of the candidates has made it an issue; their public statements have all been very good. So why are we shadowboxing and making this an issue?"


Hezbollah to hold mass funeral for slain commander


Israel accused of Hezbollah leader's killing Moughniyah, 45, was killed late on Tuesday. He had been on a list of foreigners Israel wanted to kill or apprehend and the United States had offered a $5 million (2.5 million pound) reward for his capture.


The cheery road to a chilling conclusion . "You need to take a look at God's enemies," she idly mused. "Palestinians Iranians "


US 'not satisfied' with Egyptian efforts to scrap tunnels Egypt is falling short in its efforts to stop Palestinians from allegedly trafficking weapons to the Gaza Strip through tunnels from Egypt, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday.


Speaker on civility gets heckled at Cal State Northridge During his Tuesday lecture, several members of the Jewish Defense League heckled the professor from the front row.


News of the weird A prize-winning paper from a Hebrew University researcher, seeking to explain the paucity of rapes by Israeli soldiers of Palestinian women, concluded that the soldiers were merely using a ?strategy? of non-rape, according to a December report on Arutz Sheva.


The Peacebuilding Prince Prince Hassan bin Talal, brother of the late King Hussein of Jordan, is worried about the future of Christians all over the Arab world, including the Holy Land?the name he gives to the combined area of Israel, the Palestinian region, and his homeland of Jordan.


Greenwich Library in fracas over Mideast lectures A group critical of Israel and U.S. media coverage of the Middle East is defying a library ban on lectures by the group. The organization, If Americans Knew, criticizes Israeli actions toward Palestinians and says the U.S. media misinforms Americans about the conflict. Greenwich Library officials said they canceled planned talks by Alison Weir of the Portland, Ore.-based group following complaints by some residents about her and the organization.