Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Headlines for 04-21-08

3 Gaza militants killed near Israel


U.S. dismisses Hamas comments described by Carter


Israeli military refuses entry of food aid to Gaza A shipment of food aid for the people of the Gaza Strip was denied entry by Israeli military forces on Monday. The shipment consisted of several trucks full of food aid from Egypt that were denied entry at the Israeli-controlled Karem Abu Salem crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.


Disabled Palestinian children hold rally calling for end to Gaza siege On Sunday afternoon, a group of Palestinian children with special needs held a march in Gaza City. They held banners and carried signs appealing to the people of the world to "let them live like the rest of the world's children" by pressuring Israel and the U.S. to end their total siege on the people of Gaza.


Report: Hamas police violently dispersed pro-Fateh rally in Gaza


Qassam injures 3 Palestinians in Gaza Qassam attacks hit Palestinians as well. A rocket landed Monday in a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, lightly injuring three people.


Hamas would conditionally accept peace plan Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, in an apparent softening of the group's position, was confirming an account of his remarks given by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter after two meetings in Damascus over the weekend.


Hamas says accepts Palestinian statehood "We accept a state on the June 4 line with Jerusalem as capital, real sovereignty and full right of return for refugees but without recognising Israel," Meshaal told reporters, referring to the borders as they stood before the 1967 war.


Boy lightly injured by Qassam in south


We can accept Israel as neighbour, says Hamas Hamas said today it would accept a Palestinian state on land occupied in the 1967 war, but it would not explicitly recognise Israel.


New Yorkers & Palestinians call on Dubai to boycott Leviev jewelry "We call on the government and people of the United Arab Emirates to join the growing international campaign to boycott Lev Leviev?s companies due to their construction of Israeli colonial settlements, and their human rights violations in Angola,"


Palestinian refugees protest to demand end to siege of Gaza Strip


Groundbreaking School in West Bank Unites Jewish and Arab Children


Israel conquers Fifth Avenue New campaign promoting Salute to Israel Parade in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary will see New York City streets carrying banners with images of prominent Israelis in hope of conveying full spectrum of country's diverse society in world's first multicultural capital If that's what Fifth Avenue is going to look like, I'd hate to see what Capitol Hill will look like. For, it was conquered by Israel long ago.


Hezbollah: U.S. claims we use terror against civilians are baseless Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement on Sunday dismissed as "baseless" recent remarks made by U.S. President George W. Bush accusing the group of using terror and violence against innocent civilians.


Israeli Authorities transfer 23 detainees to administrative detention


EI exclusive: a pro-Israel group's plan to rewrite history on Wikipedia A 13 March action alert signed by Gilead Ini, a "Senior Research Analyst" at CAMERA, calls for "volunteers who can work as 'editors' to ensure" that Israel-related articles on Wikipedia are "free of bias and error, and include necessary facts and context." However, subsequent communications indicate that the group not only wanted to keep the effort secret from the media, the public, and Wikipedia administrators, but that the material they intended to introduce included discredited claims that could smear Palestinians and Muslims and conceal Israel's true history.
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Obama shows irritation when questioned over Hamas "Why can't I just eat my waffle?" the Illinois senator said as he ate breakfast in Scranton, Pennsylvania, according to MSNBC television pictures.
Pressed again for an answer, he replied: "Just let me eat my waffle."
'Because you must answer to the Israeli lobby, Obama'.


Army breaks into local market in Hebron, hands tenants a two day evacuation ultimatum


Russian Church willing to help settlement of Arab-Israeli conflict - Alexy II


RNW journalist arrested in Israel Radio Netherlands Worldwide journalist Abir Sarras was arrested at Tel Aviv airport on Sunday night. She was told she would not be permitted to enter Israel and would be put on a plane back to the Netherlands.


Israelis urged to quickly release findings of probe into shelling of Palestinian TV cameraman


Hamas's members of parliament demand an Arab intervention


PBS documentary examines Muslim American comedians, premieres May 11 The film deftly captures each comic?s unique take on the problems post 9/11, onstage and off. Zayid, for instance, who has cerebral palsy, founded an organization in 2001 to help disabled Palestinian children


Gaza Killing Prompts Call for Better Protection of Journalists The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has called for improved protection of journalists, after a Palestinian cameraman working for the Reuters news agency in Gaza was killed when a missile hit his vehicle.


Palestinians hope to raise $1.5 billion at investors' conference


United Methodist General Conference to Consider Divestment


Qtel raises QR7m for Palestinians Sheikh Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani, COO, Qtel, presented the cheque to Dr Mohammed bin Ghanim Al Ali Al Meideed, Secretary General, Qatar Red Crescent, in the presence of Kassem Radwan, Charge d'affairs, Palestine Embassy and Talal Al Abdullah, manager of the corporations and charities in Qatar Charity Works Authority.


Arab American Journalists Criticize Mainstream American Media for Selective Coverage


Palestinians and Israelis need a just peace The Justpeace60 statement acknowledges the pain of both peoples ? and the rights of both peoples to security and dignity. Grounded in biblical truth and supported by pastors, professors, heads of organizations and editors across denominational, national and political lines, this historic statement aims to be be a prophetic cry and a powerful witness.

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