Thursday, April 3, 2008

Headlines for 04-02-08

IDF: WHO report 'completely wrong' Riiight.


Mubarak meets Abbas on Palestinian-Israeli talks, regional developments


Israel levels Arab home in Jerusalem in what critics say is bid to ensure Jewish majority An Israeli wrecking crew has demolished a one-story home in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem.


Grab more hills, expand the territory by Henry Siegman The story is a lie. Israel?s military and political leaders never had any intention of returning the West Bank and Gaza to their Arab residents. The cabinet?s offer to withdraw from Arab land was addressed specifically to Egypt and Syria, not to Jordan or the Palestinians in the territories.


Hamas's exiled leader denies responsibility for a deadly attack in Jerusalem


Former Hamas official says dialogue with Fatah is possible


One Palestinian injured, another kidnapped in Jenin refugee camp


Palestinian police officer convicted of murder


Gaza's health ministry warns of a humanitarian crisis


An Israeli army force invades northern Gaza , nabs three residents


Talks about captured Israeli soldier still faltering, Mashaal says Khaled Mashaal, the Damascus-based leader of the Palestinian militant movement Hamas, said that Egyptian-mediated talks for the release an Israeli soldier held by Hamas are faltering.


PNA minister: Limited land exchange for Gaza-W. Bank passage can be accepted A Palestinian minister said on Wednesday that a limited exchange of land with Israel in return of "a safe corridor" linking the West Bank and the Gaza Strip could be accepted.


Gaza witnesses worsening fuel crisis Tens of vehicles queued on the street leading to Bahloul petrol station in northern Gaza city Wednesday, hoping to get fed after rushing between gas stations for supply.


IDF Deputy Chief vows 'painful' response to any attack on Israel Harel's words came during a briefing for reporters at a Tel Aviv army base, hours after London-based Arabic-language daily Al Quds al-Arabi reported that the Syrian army was calling up part of its reserves over fears of an IDF offensive.


Gaza ?Bombshell? Took a Year To Fall US Coup Backfires, But Most Media Outlets Unwilling to Investigate, Cover Story



Abbas loath to talk of progress over peace with Israel "I can't speak of progress as long as we have not started to edit a draft. When we start drafting we will feel we have started to make progress,"


Egypt finds three tunnels near Gaza border The tunnels were found in agricultural land early Wednesday morning and were immediately destroyed, the official said, adding that no arrests had been made.


UN enemy of Islam: Al-Qaeda number two He warned the Palestinians of agreeing to any peace deal "which calls for setting up a Palestinian state on the parts of Palestine which were occupied after 1967 and forgetting the parts of Palestine which were stolen before that."


Clinton campaign launches Jewish outreach in Pa Lewis cited as specifics her efforts to bring attention to anti-Israel, anti-Semitic Palestinian textbooks and to gain entry for Magen David Adom to the International Red Cross. Pressed to distinguish Clinton from Obama on specific issues, Lewis cited Iran. She reiterated Clinton's position that she would not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.


Barak-McCain dubbed ideal combo Ha'aretz on Wednesday printed the results of a debate by its Israel Factor foreign policy discussion group on which U.S. presidential hopeful would work best with which Israeli prime minister -- including the incumbent, Ehud Olmert, and his rivals for top office.


Slap in the face: UAE newspaper A major UAE English daily today commented on the Israel's decision to continue construction of Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank and described the move as "a slap in the face of the US".


Israel aims to improve image online The Israeli government is launching a campaign to generate positive national images over the Internet.


Report: Syrian reservists called up for fear of Israeli strike


Israel hosts NATO naval drill Six NATO frigates commanded by a Turkish admiral arrived Monday in Haifa for a joint drill with Israeli Navy missile boats.


Snap all ties with Israel, CPM tells Centre The 19th CPM Congress on Wednesday called upon the Centre to sever its entire military and security ties with Israel as long as it occupied Palestinian land.


BBC poll: Iran only country viewed more negatively than Israel


Proponent for nonviolent Mideast action at CMU Bekah Wolf, an American Israeli who co-founded a group advocating nonviolent direct action in opposition to Israelis on land set aside for a future Palestinian state, will speak about the organization on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 136A of Baker Hall, Carnegie Mellon University.


US official: US will monitor implementation of Israeli pledges to ease restrictions


Nortel to upgrade Palestinian telecoms network


Jewish leader calls Hagee 'extremist' The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism said Wednesday that synagogues in the movement shouldn't work with the Rev. John Hagee, a Christian Zionist, calling him an "extremist" on Israeli policy who disparages other faiths.


One on One: 'Israel is not a sovereign nation' Not that Hikind's political and other positions have ever been less than an open book, both in his heavily hassidic Brooklyn district or in the Jewish state he visits regularly, and admits to considering his main passion. In fact, he even goes as far as to say he's "guilty" of not living here. .....Hikind, the son of Holocaust survivors - and husband of Shoshana, who runs the New York office of American Friends of Ateret Kohanim Yeshiva - sees nothing wrong with his priorities, which he promotes without apology.... "I'm proud of every single moment, let me make that very clear. Rabbi Kahane had a great influence on me..."....As for Iran, I don't think it's even on the list. People don't think of it as a danger to the US.
Do you agree with those people?
Of course not. [



Arabs without oil hard hit by food price spiral


West Bank connection on hold Mr Richardson, head of the new Wataniya Telecommunication Company, is to launch the first mobile phone venture to break a monopoly on calls in the West Bank.....But Israel's dominance, as Mr Richardson is finding out, extends beyond roads. It controls the frequencies Wataniya needs to operate and to follow through on £300 million of investment planned by the firm's Qatari owners. That is one of the largest investments in the Palestinian territories in a decade.



Settlers, peace activists clash at illegal outpost close to Kedumim In the afternoon peace activists and Palestinians came to the site with the intention of establishing their own outpost. They said the land's Palestinian owner asked them to keep an eye on it for her. In response the settlers organized youths to return to the site.


Whispers for Engagement with Hamas


ADL Hails House Resolution In Support Of Jews From Arab Lands The Israeli lobby pats the backs of their stooges on Capitol Hill. For, this resolution has no impact on the vast majority of Americans and quite frankly, is a waste of taxpayers hard-earned money.


ANALYSIS: New Israeli settlement plans set up collision course


House Equates Jewish, Palestinian Refugees


University of California Names Jewish President In recent years, Jewish groups have chided UC Irvine?s chancellor, Michael Drake, for failing to adequately condemn anti-Israel activity on his campus


Nature of Israel advocacy on campus while it is usually best to not be diverted, the persistent use of York?s campus as a space for militant Israel advocacy has concerning dimensions of which the campus community should be aware.


AJC Hails House Resolution on Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands Significantly, the House resolution seeks to guarantee that any solution to the refugee issue takes into account Jewish refugees?whose numbers were very similar to Palestinian refugees?as well as other minority refugees from Arab lands.


Israel to hand out gas masks to civilians Israel has decided to distribute gas masks to civilians, starting next year, to prepare for a possible non-conventional weapons' attack, public radio reported.


'Referendum on J'lem will end in bloodshed' Could a referendum on the future of contested Israeli land end in civil war? Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer, a renowned legalist, stated during a Knesset committee meeting, that ?a referendum on the future of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights may very well end in bloodshed.?


Israel says Syria nuclear base was raid target


Theater Mag Prompts Boycott Debate When American Theatre Magazine asked a small group of theater artists to pen statements on their views of a proposed Israeli cultural boycott, representatives of the magazine thought they were asking a mere dozen or so people.

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