Headlines for 03-31-08

03-31-08 - West Bank settler kills Palestinian after attack bid


03-31-08 - Unlawful homes for Israeli settlers, demolitions for Palestinians Amnesty International is urging the Israeli authorities to cease demolishing Palestinian homes in the occupied Palestinian territories, cancel all demolition orders and take steps to prevent and punish settler attacks on Palestinians and on international observers seeking to protect them. The organisation is calling also for an immediate end to the construction or expansion of Israeli settlements in breach of international humanitarian law.


03-31-08 - Abbas to visit Russia in mid-April


03-31-08 - Israel to build more homes in occupied east Jerusalem


03-31-08 - U.S. Pres. Bush 'optimistic' on 2009 Mideast peace deal Speaking to reporters in Jerusalem on the first of a three-day visit to the region, Rice said: "We will be verifying what it is they are doing and this is all aimed at trying to improve the movement and access of the Palestinian people in the West Bank."


03-31-08 - Israel to consider easing Gaza border control if calm continues


03-31-08 - The Israeli army attacks several parts of the West Bank kidnapping eight civilians


03-31-08 - FACTBOX-Palestinian police, prisons lack basic equipment


03-31-08 - Hamas Leader Talks Exclusively To Sky "We renew our offer to Israel to let the civilians on both sides not be a part of this conflict," he said. "We renew this offer today."


03-31-08 - The Palestinian court of Justice rolls against the clearance government decision The President of the Public Servants Union, Bassam Zakarnah, stated on Monday that the Palestinian Court of Justice based in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, decided today against the Palestinian caretaker governments' decision to force the Palestinians to pay all their tax and bills before renewing their official documents


03-31-08 - Israeli army wounds two Palestinians in southern Gaza


03-31-08 - Israel is 'deserting' Bedouin Arabs The report contrasted Israel's depiction of 45,000 Bedouin homes in 39 unrecognised villages as illegal with what it said was the authorities' willingness to overlook or retrospectively legalise unlawful construction by Jewish citizens and to link them to the water and electricity networks.


03-31-08 - Nomadic bedouin fight to survive in the village which does not exist


03-31-08 - 2 Qassams land in western Negev; no injuries


03-31-08 - Israel: End Systematic Bias Against Bedouin Israel should declare an immediate moratorium on demolitions of Bedouin homes and create an independent commission to investigate pervasive land and housing discrimination against its Bedouin citizens in the Negev, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.



03-31-08 - Russian envoy says Moscow meeting would energize Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts A Mideast conference in Moscow this summer would energize efforts to achieve a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians by the end of the year, Russia's U.N. ambassador said Monday.


03-31-08 - Barak says will allow establishment of Palestinian city Israeli source says US Secretary of State Rice was 'amazed' by Israeli gestures to Palestinians presented during three-way meeting with defense minister, Palestinian prime minister How long before Israel reneges on these 'amazing' gestures, mewonders? History dictates as soon as she boards the plane to leave.


03-31-08 - Prison shortage mars Palestinian security campaign


03-31-08 - Israeli play makes link with Palestinians


03-31-08 - Jordan's queen urges dialogue on YouTube Jordan's media savvy Queen Rania has launched an appeal on YouTube for a global dialogue to dismantle stereotypes of Muslims and the Arab world, the royal palace said Monday.


03-31-08 - On Israel, Clinton, Obama and McCain all aim to be like Bush


03-31-08 - Israeli Arab accused of spying for Hezbollah


03-31-08 - Evans wants world to engage with Hamas


03-31-08 - UE professor to learn first-hand about Middle East Kim, an assistant professor of political science, will travel more than 6,000 miles to Tel Aviv, Israel, to participate with about 40 other professors in the Academic Fellowship on Terrorism from June 9-20. The program is sponsored by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a non-partisan Washington, D.C., policy institute founded in 2004. The fellowship is funded by donors and a grant from the U.S. State Department. Ahh, the FDD is a NEOCON think tank.


03-31-08 - Eligible Palestinian refugees sign up for new housing initiative Palestinians living in refugee camps in the three largest cities of Amman, Zarqa and Irbid were among thousands of low income people who flocked to post offices last week to take advantage of a US$7 billion housing initiative that aims to provide affordable homes.


03-31-08 - Financial woes silence anti-boycott body As the spring conference season for British trade unions draws near, and with it the calls to boycott Israeli academia, funds for a non-government body that fights those calls have dried up.


03-31-08 - The senator, his pastor and the Israel lobby


03-31-08 - Former Abu-Nidal terrorist faces murder trial in Germany Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany - A former member of the Palestinian Abu-Nidal terrorist group goes on trial in Germany on Tuesday for murdering a Lebanese car dealer and his wife for their money.




03-31-08 - Labor snubs call to engage Hamas


03-31-08 - Top UK band to visit Palestine Glasgow based rock band Belle and Sebastian will tour Palestine and Israel next week to see for themselves how the age-old conflict has contributed to music and culture in the region.



03-31-08 - Jail sentence for repairing car in West Bank The Knesset on Monday authorized a bill proposal determining that Israelis caught repairing their vehicle within the Palestinian Authority territories would face a prison sentence of up to three years.


03-31-08 - Poll: U.S. voters support Israel Americans likely to vote in November strongly believe the United States should take Israel's side in its conflict with the Palestinians, a poll found.

Non-stop propaganda really works!


03-31-08 - Correction: Palestinian ambassador to speak April 12


03-31-08 - Palestinian feud focus of debate THE destructive feud between Palestinian factions will come under the spotlight at the latest Doha Debate, to be held this evening at Qatar Foundation Headquarters.



03-31-08 - Australia affirms support for Israel in the United Nations


03-31-08 - Palestinian ambassador visits UA Palestinian Ambassador Afif Safieh spoke Friday about the necessary conditions for an Israel-Palestine peace treaty, one of them being dialogue, to end years of violent conflict.