Israeli forces kill Palestinian near Gaza border Israeli troops killed a Palestinian farmer near the Gaza Strip's border on Tuesday, his relatives and hospital officials said, but the Israeli army described the dead man as a militant.
Israeli military inquiry clears soldiers of killing 21 The Israeli military has decided not to prosecute anyone involved in the artillery shelling which killed 21 Palestinian civilians in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun in November 2006.
US promises Palestinian refugees more aid UNRWA head Karen Abu Zayd, who accompanied Witten, has repeatedly called on Israel to reopen crossings into Gaza, which has been cut off from all but vital humanitarian aid for more than eight months.
"You see the deterioration before your eyes ... The electricity problem, the water problem. It's cold and it's dark and the people are simply miserable," she told AFP.
Report: Israeli occupation causes terror A report commissioned by the United Nations says Palestinian terrorism is the "inevitable consequence" of Israeli occupation ? a claim Israel rejected Tuesday as inflammatory......As long as there is occupation, there will be terrorism, says the author, John Dugard, an independent investigator on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a South African lawyer who campaigned against apartheid in the 1980s.
Israeli army attacks Palestinian societies and schools in Hebron
Heroes of the South Hebron Hills The Israeli army has brought out
jeeps and asked the shepherds for their IDs. Soldiers have kicked the
sheep and threatened to arrest the shepherds. Soldiers have pulled off
their pants and ?mooned? us. Settlers have approached the shepherds
carrying clubs, have fired on the shepherds and their flocks and thrown
stones at them. Just to graze their sheep on land they have farmed for
generations, Issa and the other shepherds risk arrest and violent attack
50 detained over Gaza Strip protest
IDF says al-Qaida operatives entered Gaza
'Endangered' Gaza Christians Mull Flight Amid Deaths, Firebombs ''The lack of work has long been the main problem,'' said Artemios. ''If young people get out, they don't come back.'' Notice how Bloomberg largely ignores that statement and takes an entirely different spin of the situation.
Palestinian negotiator calls for new alternatives to peace talks Disappointed of the current Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, a Palestinian negotiator on Tuesday called for new alternatives to be found on the Palestine issue.
Palestinian factions fire missiles into Israeli targets near Gaza
Fatah accuses Hamas of arresting eight supporters in Gaza
Crowds vow revenge at West Bank funeral of Hamas imam
Israeli military jeeps storm Bethlehem, and clash with local youth
Hamas should stop rocket attacks to end Israeli excuses, Abbas says
UN says smuggling and 'outside' militants move to Gaza - Summary Serry also criticized Israeli measures against Gaza which, he said, amount to collective punishment of the Gazan population and are "unacceptable."
Egypt must seal border with Gaza: Israel's US envoy On the same day Meridor spoke in Washington, officials in Israel said Egypt has quietly boosted its troop levels along the border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, beyond those set in a 30-year-old peace accord.
Israeli PM doubts deal with Palestinians this year
Hamas: Egypt to repatriate all Palestinians held in Sinai by weekend
Syrian defends Hezbollah The Bush administration ignored concerns by Syria five years ago that invading Iraq would further destabilize the Middle East, and briefly reached out to the nation in the fall to ensure its participation in a peace conference, a top Syrian diplomat said Monday......"It's incredible: Israel occupies Lebanon. (Hezbollah fights) against Israel in their own Lebanon, and you consider them terrorists!"
The Clinton Years Revisited - Philip Giraldi
Iran and North Korea a threat to Asia stability: Olmert
Slain militant was organizer in 2006 war The 2006 war came after Hezbollah fighters captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. Israel retaliated with a massive bombardment, then ground incursions, in a 34-day war that devastated south Lebanon.
Notice in the paragraph reflecting casualties of that war, the Associated Press does not break down the civilian/militant kill ratio like it did for Israel. That would be because most of the 1000+ Lebanese that were killed by the Israelis were civilians.
Iran must pay for '92 bombing A U.S. judge ordered Iran to pay $33 million to the family of a U.S.-born Israeli diplomat killed in a 1992 bombing. Why was this tried in the US?
McCain lobbyist advocated for Israeli MIAs The lobbyist at the center of impropriety allegations targeting John McCain once advocated for Israelis missing in action.
Two hurt testing captured Hezbollah rocket Hezbollah rocket crews destroyed or disabled dozens of Israeli tanks during the Second Lebanon War, an attrition rate not experienced by the armored corps in almost a quarter of a century. Israel has since been upgrading its tanks with anti-rocket systems and enhanced armor
Temperatures rise in Israel over weather query The IBA said its ombudsman, Elisha Spiegelman, replied that Judea and Samaria -- the names used by some Jews for the West Bank -- "are not part of the state of Israel" and so were not cited in national TV weather reports.
Area pastor to 'walk the line' for peace
Lawyers for captured Israeli solder head to Gaza
Israel seizes Hamas charity in West Bank city of Hebron
Israel: No promised land for Africans
Poll: Large majority of Israelis supports talks with Hamas Sixty-four percent of Israelis say the government must hold direct talks with the Hamas government in Gaza toward a cease-fire and the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit.
ADL Disappointed With Costa Rica's Diplomatic Recognition of 'State of Palestine' Oh dear.
Jerusalem Peacemakers to visit UK Eliyahu McLean, a Jewish, ordained Rodef Shalom (Pursuer of Peace) and Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari, a Muslim, Sufi leader and Head of the Uzbek Community in Jerusalem are co-directors of Jerusalem Peacemakers, a not for profit organisation, engaged in peace building work in Israel/Palestine and beyond.
Jewish Dems, GOPers trade Nader barbs Republican and Democratic Jews traded barbs over Ralph Nader's characterization of Barack Obama's Israel policy.
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