Headlines for 03-04-08

Two killed in Israeli raids on Gaza


Palestinian toddler killed, 8 wounded in latest Israeli raid A two-month-old toddler was killed and eight militants wounded on Tuesday night in a new Israeli army raid on the village of al-Garara, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, medics said.


Baby killed in Israeli raid


New Israeli Gaza incursion overshadows Rice peace push Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian baby girl and a senior militant during a brief incursion into Gaza on Tuesday, overshadowing a new peace push by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.


Egypt allows relief aid into Gaza


Rice urges halt to attacks on civilians She called on Israel to do more to prevent the loss of civilian life in its offensives against rocket fire.


Qassam hits house in Sderot; no injuries


Red Cross sends aid convoy to Palestinian areas from Jordan


Abbas calls for Middle East truce Ms Rice warned that the "real threat" to peace process were "extremists" such as the Islamist movement Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in June, who she said opposed the establishment of a Palestinian state.


Missile Goes Down a Union's Throat Two F-16 missiles were all it took to bring down the five-storey headquarters of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU).


To blame the victims for this killing spree defies both morality and sense The attempt by western politicians and media to present this week's carnage in the Gaza Strip as a legitimate act of Israeli self-defence - or at best the latest phase of a wearisome conflict between two somehow equivalent sides - has reached Alice-in-Wonderland proportions


PM: Israel has strength, might to defend itself against Iran "Israel definitely sees itself threatened by Iran," Olmert said in a tour of northern Israel. "Israel has the might and power to defend itself against any threat."
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But he quickly added, "I don't think the Iranian matter is primarily Israel's responsibility. It is the responsibility of the United States and the leading countries in the international community that are convinced Iran constitutes a threat."
Oohh, I see. So it's OUR responsibility to deal with Israel's primary threat (just like Iraq was).


School students protest the Israeli attacks on Gaza near Bethlehem


Five Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli military in the northern part of the West Bank


Kerem Shalom goods crossing reopened One wonders if Rice's recent visit had anything to do with this 'gesture'.


Abbas holds back on resuming peace talks with Israel


Long-range rockets fired from Gaza are Iranian: Israel army BS alert.


Arab Israelis protest Gaza 'massacre'


Father misses children's Gaza funeral Notice how this article by the Associated Press doesn't mention the fact that Israeli forces killed the children. A mere oversight on their part, I'm sure. (Right).


Egypt seeks truce in Gaza, U.S. wants talks


UNRWA food supplies in Gaza running out


P.A security arrests five Hamas supporters


Hamas vows to compensate Gazans hurt in IDF operation He vowed to compensate all the Gazans whose property was damaged during the operation, just like Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised Lebanese citizens after the Second Lebanon War.


Hamas vows to capture soldiers if Israel expands Gaza incursion


U.S. warship stirs Lebanese fear of war. While the US State Department says the Cole and other warships are being sent to the eastern Mediterranean to support regional stability amid Lebanon's political crisis, the move seems to have embarrassed the besieged Western-backed administration of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and provided ammunition for the pro-Syrian opposition, led by the militant Shiite Hizbullah, to accuse the government of being a US pawn.




U.N.: Hezbollah not rearming in Lebanon U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says the organization's Interim Force in Lebanon has found no basis for claims by Israel that Hezbollah is rebuilding its military presence, The Daily Star reported.



Anti-Israel measure at Texas caucuses? "We have strong indications that a vile, anti-Israel resolution will come up in some precinct meetings," Wunsch wrote. "In previous election cycles, similar resolutions have come forth in both the Democratic and Republican caucuses. So please, regardless of your political preference, take the time to vote for your candidate of choice and be prepared to defend Israel at your caucus."


Israel wiped Palestine off the map


Rice Wants Bleeding Palestinians To Resume Mideast Talks


Obama's Israel Test The root of the concern, echoed by The New Republic?s Marty Peretz and others, is that some members of Obama?s foreign-policy team are not full-fledged Israel partisans.


Bush waives direct transfer ban for P.A. A U.S. official told the JTA that the assistance was "critical" and added that it will "help avert a serious and immediate financial crisis for the P.A., ensure its continued operation, and further the United States? longstanding and bipartisan goal of a just and lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians."


Bush upbeat on peace despite Gaza turmoil


US releases Egypt aid, seeks democratic reforms US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday that she had released 100 million dollars in aid to Egypt that had been made conditional on doing more to prevent arms smuggling into the Gaza Strip. The lobby wins.


Palestinians' bittersweet homecoming in Lebanon


Speaker's ideas cause concern A speech focusing on the Israel-Palenstine conflict caused members of the Jewish Student Organization and others to express disapproval because of the speaker?s controversial views and beliefs.


High Court to discuss prohibition on Palestinian use of Route 443


Students reflect on trip Students who traveled to the Palestinian territories during February break on a trip funded by former President Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize called the journey "a once-in-a-lifetime experience" that offered them a unique perspective on the Middle East.


Caritas Jerusalem mourns with people of Gaza


Justice Department Taking Steps To Charge Sami Al-Arian The lobby just can't get their claws out of this guy - he must be charged with something.


Gaza emergency relief - Third phase completed Since the beginning of the blockade of Gaza in January 2008, LIFE for Relief and Development has been operating a Gaza Emergency Relief Campaign. Phase Three of the campaign was recently completed as 1,000 families in Gaza received food baskets. This brings the total number of families who have benefited from the Campaign to 3,000.



Students' Gaza solidarity stirs ire At the behest of an Arab colleague, students in the Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel's educational faculty stood in silence Monday to commemorate dozens of Palestinian civilians who died over the weekend during an Israeli assault on Hamas in northern Gaza.


Peretz: IDF should fire at homes used to launch rockets "If Palestinian families turn their houses into rocket production labs or weapons caches, we should treat them as military installations and attack them," The IDF targets Palestinian homes NOW -whether or not there are 'militant' activities going on inside.


Speaker sees hypocrisy in Israeli-Palestinian conflict Finkelstein said Monday that Israel is not held to the same moral standards as Palestine and called this disparity an ?exercise in hypocrisy.? In his comparison of the two governments? human rights records, he noted a 4.5 to 1 ratio of Palestinian fatalities to Israeli fatalities.


Olmert in Tokyo makes case for joint ventures with Japan He didn't specify which defense concerns Israel and Japan share, but his comment came during a news conference that dealt in part with potential nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea.


Clinton, Obama Jewish liaisons got their start together at AIPAC


Hypocrisy flies as McCain faces firestorm on Hagee endorsement "I wasn't too wild about it, but I have a little more sympathy," Donohue said, when asked about Hagee's AIPAC speech. "If I'm a Jew and I know Muslims are out to kill me, it's a little dicey to start questioning how clean he has to be.


Germany urges proportional response Foreign ministry spokesman Martin Jager said Israel should "try to be proportional" in its response, according to an Associated Press report


Children Get to Work Early* Regardless of efforts to address child labour, the sight of begging on the streets of Beirut is common. Nine-year-old Ali is often spotted running along the bridge linking Beirut to the downtown and the Ashrafieh district. "I left school in the Sabra Palestinian camp to make some money. Many rich people drive by in their large cars, and they will usually spare a dollar or two," he says.