Palestinians: 2 dead in clashes with Israelis in West Bank
Israeli troops kill teenager in WBank - officials
Israel kills 17 in Gaza after troops die in clash Israeli forces killed 17 Palestinians, most of them civilians, in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip otoday, medical officials and witnesses said.
Cameraman among 20 dead as violence in Gaza escalates The Reuters cameraman, Fadal Shanaa, 23, was apparently killed in an air strike. Associated Press reported that fellow cameramen who rushed to the scene saw the Reuters Jeep on fire and the dead man lying next to the vehicle alongside other casualties. The witnesses said that Mr Shanaa's vehicle had press markings and that he was also wearing a flak jacket identifying him as a journalist. The Reuters news agency quoted Hamas and medical officials as saying that 11 of the 17 killed by the Israeli military were civilians. The Israeli military said it targeted militant gunmen but was "checking" reports that non-combatants were among the dead.
Israel soldiers die in Gaza clash Three Israeli soldiers have been killed and three injured in heavy clashes in the Gaza Strip. Four Hamas militants were also killed in the fighting
Gaza fighting kills 20 Palestinians, including 5 children Israel struck hard against targets in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 20 Palestinians in a day of heavy fighting that also saw three Israeli soldiers killed in a Hamas ambush.
Several civilians were among the dead ? including five children and a Reuters cameraman killed while covering the conflict, according to Palestinian officials.
Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza kills one militant
Source: U.S. Strike on Iran Nearing
Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel The Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on Wednesday reported that Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu told an audience at Bar Ilan university that the September 11, 2001 terror attacks had been beneficial for Israel. No sh@t? Never would've guessed that....
Update on Hebron Schools and Orphanages Monday night, 14 April, soldiers entered the Rahma Bakery and took all the display cases, refrigerators, fixtures, equipment and most of the inventory, leaving an oven that they wrecked. Upstairs the soldiers destroyed heating ducts. This bakery provided bread for the orphanages
Barak orders West Bank closure due to Passover terror warnings
Al-Khuzendar : quantities of fuel shipped to Gaza are not enough Deputy-head of the Gaza Strip fuel society, Mahmoud Al-Khuzendar, stated that Israel allowed small quantities of fuel into the coastal region on Wednesday afternoon.
23 Palestinians kidnapped by the army from several parts of the West Bank
Heavy exchanges of fire in Gaza; 10 Qassams fired at Negev
Abbas: statehood too close if final-status issues settled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday said if final-status issues settled with Israel, the Palestinian statehood will be very near.
The Israeli police demolish a Palestinian owned house in Jerusalem
Hamas denies any plans to breach the borders with Egypt
Abbas to visit Russia on Thursday
Palestinian police clash with escaped militants in chase through West Bank city Palestinian police are exchanging gunfire with a group of escaped militants, chasing them through the streets of Nablus in the West Bank.
US national security advisor in Israel for talks on Iran: radio Stewart Tuttle, the spokesman for the US embassy, said Hadley's talks with top Israeli officials would cover "issues of mutual interest, and a good guess is these will include Iran." Hadley is a neocon.
U.S.: Iranian threats to 'eliminate' Israel justify int'l sanctions Iran's Deputy Chief of Staff Mohammed Rada Ashtiani was quoted earlier by the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr as saying: "If Israel wants to take any action against the Islamic Republic, we will eliminate Israel from the scene of the universe... Our answer to any military attack against Iran will be strong."
Four Major Universities in Gaza closed due to ongoing fuel shortages
Young Palestinian woman dies due to the Israeli siege on Gaza Palestinian medical sources in Gaza City reported that one Palestinian patient died on Monday midday, succumbing to cancer after having been denied a permit by the occupying Israeli army to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment
ISRAEL-OPT: Islamic charity in Hebron fears closure Some 240 boys and girls aged 5-18 live at the orphanages, while thousands of other children, many of whom have lost at least one parent, receive schooling, food and clothing from the charity.
UN agencies call on Israel to immediately resume full fuel shipments to Gaza
Five wounded as Israeli troops clash with Gaza fighters
Israel nixed planned visit to Gaza: Carter Former US president Jimmy Carter said on Tuesday he wanted to visit the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on his current Middle East tour but indicated that Israel refused to authorise the trip.
Carter: Arafat fought for just causes
Palestinian leader Abbas arrives in Russia for talks
UN chief alarmed at violence in Gaza, south Israel
Palestinian president meets with Jordan's king
PNA security officer found dead in southern Gaza
Outposts traded for settlement houses in West Bank Israel has agreed to let Jewish settlers build new houses in existing West Bank settlements in exchange for dismantling unauthorized settlement outposts, settlers and defense officials said Tuesday.
Blair urges investment in Palestinian territories The Palestinian government and the private sector will host a three-day conference in Bethlehem from May 21 offering more than $1 billion (500 million pounds) worth of projects to foreign investors.
Breaking ranks with U.S. Jewish 'establishment' on the occupation To quote a recent open letter by the president of the Zionist Organization of America, Morton Klein, by facilitating the exhibition, we are guilty of "inciting hatred of Israel" and "playing into the hands of Israel's enemies."
ACLU Asks Harvard?s Police Why Gaza Rally Was Photographed The rally, held in support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, occurred March 3 on a sidewalk along Massachusetts Avenue. In a police report, Harvard detective Thomas Karns wrote that he was conducting ?plain clothes surveillance? and ?photographing the demonstrators for intelligence gathering.?
Hezbollah denies report of planning to launch war inside Israel
Israel says Syria arming Hezbollah despite UN resolution
Following Israel boycott, Al-Jazeera agrees to discuss coverage of Mideast conflict Last month, an official directive issued in Jerusalem ordered Israeli officials not to grant interviews to Al-Jazeera, citing the station's anti-Israel bias. Foreign Ministry officials said they were pleased with the network's willingness to discuss coverage of Israel.
Poll: 82% of American Christians support Israel A new survey conducted by a Washington DC-based evangelical organization among American Christians has found that 82% of them believe they have a moral obligation to support the Jews and Israel. The poll, conducted among Catholics and Protestants alike, tested their stance on Jerusalem's future and ways to deal with the Iranian nuclear threat.
Olmert: Israel preparing for breaching of Rafah border
Attitudes Toward US Worsen in Arab World The new survey also found that fears regarding both U.S. and Israeli designs in the region have also increased over the past 17 months, despite the length of time that has passed since the summer 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, which inflamed anti-Israeli and anti-Western opinion throughout the region.
New "Pro Israel, Pro Peace" Political Group Launches: J Street Hopes to Prod Washington MidEast Policy Towards Center On questions of Congressional legislation and appropriations involving U.S. defense sales to the Middle East, the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and policy towards Iran and Syria, AIPAC?s influence is an acknowledged fact of life on the Hill, similar to death and taxes, second in power as a Washington lobby group only to the National Rifle Association.
Moussa criticizes Israel's settlement policy
New Group Using Web to Counter AIPAC While a broad spectrum of Jewish and pro-Israel groups continue to support the Bush administration?s efforts to isolate Iran diplomatically, J Street is putting diplomacy with Iran near the top of its agenda ? a decision that could ultimately produce more controversy than its lobbying for a stronger Israeli-Palestinian peace process
An awkward love affair Palestinian movies are unique - a mix of wry wit and self-doubt. Nicholas Blincoe reports on the London Palestine film festival
PM: Iran will not be nuclear
Demonstration in Bethlehem in anticipation of Palestinian Prisoners' Day
Report: Meshal says Israel, U.S. nixing deal to free Gilad Shalit The Damascus-based leader said Israeli and U.S. opposition to a deal stemmed from the fear that the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel that an arrangement would entail would serve to raise Hamas' standing.
Tough New Iran Sanctions Could Backfire, Experts Warn As Washington tries to bolster international cooperation over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program, the domestic push for congressionally mandated sanctions has been spearheaded by lobby groups such as the Israel Project, the neoconservative think-tank Center for Security Policy (CSP), and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Shas upgrades coalition threat on J'lem
Security around MK Eitam boosted after anti-Arab speech The Knesset has recently assigned a bodyguard to Effie Eitam following a vehement speech in which the National Union-NRP member told Arab-Israeli lawmakers that "the day will come when we will banish you from this house (Knesset) and from the national home."
Obama would do 'everything' to help Israel defend itself Democratic hopeful Barack Obama said Wednesday that as president he would do his utmost to help Israel defend itself from any regional threat, as he criticized ex-president Jimmy Carter for seeking to meet with Hamas.
Olive oil, olive branch The group, which calls itself Import Peace, sells the oil in hopes of helping the impoverished Palestinian farmers who grew it and to draw attention to the under-reported injustices they say Palestinian people face daily.
Dutch = cheese, Palestinian = courtesy and curiosity
Student group joins 'die-in' for Palestinians
Gaza athlete dodges bullets in race to Beijing armed with "faith and self-confidence", Palestinian athlete Nader al-Masri is determined to make Gaza proud at the Beijing Olympics in August.
Mashaal: Palestinian 'baby making machine' never stops
Parents of activist Rachel Corrie to read published journals April 22
Protesters storm Israeli ambassador?s speech In the middle of Baker's address on Canada-Israel relations over the past 60 years, a group of about 25 young people suddenly burst through the hall's closed doors, loudly denouncing Israel "apartheid" and "war crimes" against Palestinians and the killing of Lebanese civilians, and showering the back of the room with coloured bits of paper calling for a boycott of Israel.
SA journalist released from Israeli house arrest
Israel releases a Palestinian reporter who was shot and injured prior to his abduction
US tax dollars at work? Look who it is authoring this article for the Jerusalem Post - Israel's top agent on Capitol Hill, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Born In Bethlehem: special Confidential price The stories which feature in the play are all real accounts of events that take place daily in Palestinian cities, villages and refugee camps, which have been documented by international, Israeli, and local human rights organisations.
Lieberman: Tibi's place is in Ramallah Following MK Ahmed Tibi's remarks in Qatar Monday, which labeled Israel an apartheid state, Israel Beiteinu chairman, MK Avigdor Lieberman called for Tibi, who serves as the Knesset's deputy speaker, to be expelled from the body.
US Jewish lobby gains new voice The team behind J Street do not necessarily buy into the Walt-Mearsheimer analysis, but they do believe that America's current policy tilts too strongly towards Israeli right-wingers, and is in the long-term interests neither of Israel nor the US.
Israeli-Arab lawmaker listed as 'Palestinian' An Israeli-Arab lawmaker stirred ire by appearing at a regional conference as a member of the Palestinian delegation.
Women Health Doctors Attend Training Offered by CARE West Bank and Gaza
Anti-Israel documentary not anti-Semitic The documentary is meant as a critique of the policies of the Israeli government, and army; this is not anti-Semitic. Such criticism is levelled out of concern for the human rights of the Palestinians.
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