Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Headlines for 04-01-08

04-01-08 - Two militants killed in Gaza raid Palestinian medical sources told AFP news agency that the two militants had been killed in a gun battle and that two civilians had been injured.


04-01-08 - Egypt opens Rafah terminal for a day to allow in Egyptians stranded in Gaza


04-01-08 - Sick Gazans die in "avoidable tragedies" -WHO


04-01-08 - Poll: Israelis favor Arab transfer to Palestine A total of 76 percent of Israeli Jews give some degree of support to transferring Israeli Arabs to a future Palestinian state, a poll commissioned by the Knesset Channel revealed, Monday.


04-01-08 - Delusional Bush Dances Toward War Why attack Iran? Israeli officials have not been reluctant to insist publicly that they want our impressionable president to take care of their Iran problem before he leaves office.....Bush's open-ended rhetorical commitment to defend Israel if attacked could spell big trouble. If Iran were to strike Israel, Bush has said, "We will defend our ally, no ifs, ands, or buts." That is great rhetoric; trouble is that it surrenders the initiative to the Israelis, who have it within their power to provoke the Iranians.


04-01-08 - The Popular Committees slams army attack against a Hebron orphanage


04-01-08 - Israelis reach out to Gazan mother in Ashkelon following TV report


04-01-08 - Hamas denies planned assassination of Fatah leader in Egypt


04-01-08 - Palestinians set investor conference for May 21 The Palestinian government and private sector will host a major investors conference in Bethlehem on May 21, organisers said on Tuesday.


04-01-08 - Rights group questions Israeli shooting The killing of four armed Palestinian fugitives in a hail of Israeli gunfire is raising new questions about the military's practices during arrest operations in the West Bank.


04-01-08 - Abbas discusses Mideast peace with Saudi king Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held talks with King Abdullah on Tuesday on Middle East peace efforts during a brief visit to Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian ambassador in Riyadh said.


04-01-08 - Palestinian dance festival defies Israeli closures Palestinians hope an international dance festival this month will send a message that Israeli checkpoints cannot stop them building bridges with the world, the festival's director said.


04-01-08 - Settlers seal off six stores belonging to Arabs in Hebron Settlers from the Jewish Community of Hebron sealed off with glue the entrances to six stores belonging to Palestinians Tuesday morning.


04-01-08 - Not the bash it could have been From an Israeli perspective, the movie is interesting in that public diplomacy (hasbara) in the Netherlands can now open by saying: "The mindset of the majority of the Palestinians is much closer to what is shown in the first half of Fitna- which focuses on global crimes - than to what Dutch media have communicated over the past decade" - even though the 16-minute movie hardly deals with Palestinians.




04-01-08 - Life sentence for Palestinian who murdered security guard


04-01-08 - Hezbollah rejects Saudi criticism over Lebanon crisis Hezbollah on Tuesday rejected criticism by Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, who has blamed the opposition for obstructing a solution to Lebanon's long-running political crisis.


04-01-08 - Washington Watch: Our own agents of intolerance When prominent Orthodox rabbis advocate mass murder, regicide, mutiny by Israeli soldiers or forbid followers to rent property or give jobs to Arabs, declare it a "sin" to enter a Reform synagogue or to sell Torah scrolls or mezuzot to Reform Jews, and blame a recent earthquake in Israel on "homosexual activity" the fabric of the nation is threatened.


04-01-08 - Rice leaves, but political pressure remains The US state department, Israeli officials stated, is concerned that Israel might not be doing all it can in order to abide by the Road Map principles. Of special concern to the US is Israel?s ongoing construction in settlements and illegal outposts, as well as its failure to aid West Bank Palestinian civilians and improve the overall quality of their lives. We could end that whole conflict in a heartbeat by cutting all aid to Israel until it abides by international and humanitarian law which would entail a withrawal from the Palestinian territories and end to the occupation thereof.


04-01-08 - House recognizes Jews from Arab lands The U.S. House of Representatives recognized the rights of Jewish refugees from Arab lands in any final peace deal. Why is this a matter for Capitol Hill? Are there not any urgent matters that affect the vast majority of the American people (rather than this minority afforded special status)? I THINK SO.


04-01-08 - Group urges Palestine awareness


04-01-08 - Palestinian businesses look east to China Faced with Israeli trade and travel restrictions, a stagnant economy and a flood of cheap imports from Asia, Palestinian businessmen are increasingly seeking their fortunes in China.


04-01-08 - Hamas leader says Israel is exaggerating militant group's strength to justify assaults The exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, has said that Israel exaggerates the Palestinian militant group's military strength, accusing the Jewish state of seeking to spark a war against Hamas and the Lebanese guerrilla force Hezbollah.


04-01-08 - Non-ID Palestinians in Lebanon limbo They are not even given the status of refugees. Legally, they don't seem to exist at all.


04-01-08 - Hamas TV puppet "kills" Bush for helping Israel "You are a criminal, Bush, a despicable man. You made me an orphan. You deprived me of everything," said the hand-held puppet, representing a child and accusing the U.S. president of killing his family in Iraq and in Gaza in collusion with Israel.

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