Headlines for 03-07-08

Report: Israeli army kills Palestinian farmer in Gaza


Britain cautions Israel on "illegal settlements" Britain warned Israel on Friday over the expansion of Jewish settlements, saying any building on occupied Palestinian lands, including in East Jerusalem, was illegal under international law.


Mystery surrounds role of Hamas in attack on Jerusalem seminary


Israel buries victims of shooting Thousands of people have attended the funerals in Jerusalem of eight students killed by a Palestinian gunman at a Jewish religious college on Thursday.


Cairo Gaza talks make no progress A Hamas official, Ahmed Youssef, said on Thursday his group could not consider a ceasefire while Palestinians were being attacked on a daily basis.


Israel closes West Bank after school shooting


Army attacks Palestinian volunteers inside the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem


Images of horror in yeshiva to be distributed worldwide Israel has decided to take advantage of Thursday's bloody terror attack in Jerusalem in order to launch an aggressive campaign against Hamas.


Rice wins Palestinian pledge to restart talks, yet no solution on how to confront Hamas The moderate Palestinian leadership agreed under heavy U.S. pressure to resume peace talks with Israel, dropping a demand that Israel first reach a truce with Islamic Hamas militants in Gaza.


Talks on Palestinian state to continue despite right-wing fury An Israeli official said his government would press on with the talks "so as not to punish moderate Palestinians for actions by people who are not just our enemies but theirs as well".


Quiet US support for Egypt's Gaza effort


Israeli civilians including 4 minors killed by Palestinians in Jerusalem B'Tselem severely condemns the Palestinian terror attack that took place in a shcool in Jerusalem, in which 8 Israeli civilians, including 4 minors were killed and many other persons were injured.



Several protesters wounded in weekly Bil?in anti-wall protest Dozens of residents of Bil?in, a village near Ramallah, took to the streets on Friday in their weekly demonstration protesting the illegal confiscation of the village?s land through Israel's continued expansion of the wall.


"We?re waiting anxiously for the Israeli backlash" You mustn't think that every Palestinian celebrated this slaughter. The photos that the media showed of Palestinians rejoicing were taken in Gaza. Those people are militants of Hama - whereas most Palestinians are either worried or frustrated.


Hamas leader to visit Yemen to discuss reconciliation with Fatah


IDF arrests three Palestinians who threw bombs at settlement Israel Defense Forces soldiers operating near Bethlehem in the West Bank on Friday shot and wounded a group of three Palestinians who were seen earlier hurling explosives and Molotov cocktails towards the entrance of the Jewish settlement of Migdal Oz.


Israeli Settlers attack a Palestinian legislator near Nablus


Turkish Deniz Feneri aids Palestinians Turkish Deniz Feneri Association sent foodstuffs and medical equipment worth of 75,000 USD to Palestine.


TV: New group responsible for attack in Israel A new group called the Martyrs of Imad Moughniyah and Gaza participated in the armed attack carried out in Jerusalem on Thursday, leaving at least eight people killed and 35 others wounded, Hezbollah's Al Manar TV reported.


Arab League vows to drop out of NPT if Israel admits it has nuclear weapons They said that if Israel admitted to having the weapons, they would call on the UN Security Council to pressure Israel to destroy its nuclear arsenal and bring its other atomic installation under international inspection.


?Life now completely intolerable for residents of Gaza? - Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland also endorses a recent statement by the World Council of Churches (WCC), which condemns attacks on civilians in the Gaza strip and in Israel.


IDF to use unmanned jeeps in conflict with Gaza militants


Israeli forces cross boarder line in south Lebanon


9/11 attacks harm First Amendment The shadow of the Sept. 11 terror attacks is eclipsing press freedom and other constitutional safeguards in the United States, Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley said Thursday. The Associated Press has really no leg to stand on here when they have been the biggest shills for the Bush administration, the neocons and the Israeli lobby.


No Day Is A Woman?s Day in Gaza


Who's afraid of 'Rachel Corrie'?


Spanish judge drops terror charges against two former Guantanamo inmates Judge Baltasar Garzon said Thursday he has abandoned an extradition request and the original indictment he issued in 2003. The suspects are 45-year-old Palestinian-Jordanian Jamil el-Banna and Libyan-born Omar Deghayes, who is 38.



Israeli warplanes fly over Beirut "Two enemy Israeli warplanes" flew over the southern city of Tyre, Beirut and the port town of Jounieh, north of the capital, before heading back to the "occupied territories," the army said in a statement. The Israeli army said it knew of no activity in Beirut.


Groups react to Gaza raids Students from Palestinian and Israeli communities put up banners and bulletin boards on Bruin Walk on Thursday in response to the recent Israeli raid in the Gaza Strip, expressing their opinions from both sides.


Lieberman: Jerusalem attack is product of Arab MK incitement


Don't mention the war as Israel lauded "The policy of appeasement. How low politicians can go. Is Kevin Rudd from now on going to deliver a parliamentary motion to congratulate every country on its national day? Why is Israel special? Is it because of the petty cash the ALP and the Liberals receive from Jewish businesses for their election campaigns?


Ban praises outgoing UN human rights commissioner - Summary After presenting her final report Friday to the Human Rights Council, Arbour was accused of "some gaps" in her statement such as failing to mention the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories, recent incidents of defamation of religions and efforts by the governments of Sudan and Sri Lanka to improve human rights in their countries.


Latin patriarch in Holy Land set to retire Patriarch Michel Sabbah will be replaced by Fuad Twal, the 67-year-old bishop who has assisted him since 2005.


Israel's Blood Feud Stirs Again Many mourners had driven in from the Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories. The Mercaz Harav Yeshiva had produced many of the leaders of the settlers' movement, and the attack on the seminary was seen as a calculated blow by Palestinian militants against Israel's most ideologically motivated opponents to a Palestinian state.


Brown says Jerusalem attack must not derail peace process The shooting at a religious school in Jerusalem was an attack on "the very heart of the peace process" that must not be allowed to succeed, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday.