Headlines for 04-25-08

Palestinian girl killed in Gaza clashes -medics


One Palestinian killed, seven hurt in clashes with Israeli troops in northern Gaza: medics



Two Israelis killed by Palestinian militants: army Two Israeli guards have been killed by Palestinian militants in an industrial area on the border between Israel and the West bank, a military spokeswoman said on Friday


US Syria claims raise wider doubts Perhaps mindful of the mistakes of the past, the ten-minute video released by the Bush administration in an effort to prove the Syria-North Korea connection is less ambitious and more focussed. It uses still images which, it is claimed, were taken inside the facility during its construction. There is of course no independent way to verify this.
This video was, according to Haaretz, provided by ISRAEL.


Thousands in Gaza protest against Israeli blockade Thousands of Hamas supporters on Friday demonstrated in Gaza to demand that Israel lift its crippling blockade of the impoverished Palestinian territory.


Egypt sends police reinforcements to Gaza border


Peace deal must fulfill Palestinian hopes: Abbas spokesman


Abbas says he failed to achieve any progress in peace talks with Bush


Israel dismisses Hamas truce offer The Hamas offer came after several weeks of negotiation with Egyptian officials and after several meetings with former US president Jimmy Carter, who travelled to Damascus last week to meet the movement's leader, Khaled Meshal.


UN targets US over delay in Syrian nuclear evidence Why did it take the CIA seven months to reveal this information to Congress? ....Is there any directevidence of North Koreans actually at the site? The photograph of the Syrian and North Korean nuclear scientists was taken at another location.....Why did Israel act unilaterally to destroy the site before IAEA inspectors had a chance to visit?


Bush Meets Abbas, but Palestinians Criticize Plans for Trip As he prepares for his second trip this year to the Middle East, President Bush is facing mounting criticism from some Palestinians who are upset that he will go to Israel for its 60th birthday celebration without marking the flip side of that event: the flight of Palestinians from their homes.


Fuel crisis in Gaza: MSF is forced to scale back its medical activities Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) medical activities in the Gaza Strip are being seriously hindered by a lack of fuel. Diesel and gasoline have been unavailable on the market for the past week. MSF teams have had to limit their visits to the most severely ill patients, who make up only one fifth of the patient population of MSF post-surgical care programs


OPT: Aid for Palestinian refugees in Gaza


Human Rights Watch: Gaza Fuel Cuts: Civilians Pay the Price The restrictions on electricity and fuel to an effectively occupied territory amount to collective punishment of the civilian population, a serious violation of international humanitarian law. Unlawful attacks by one side to a conflict do not justify unlawful actions by the other.


Hebron orphanage under threat by the army, hundreds of children will be homeless Speakers at Thursday's press conference included the Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT), Hebron, teachers and students from Al-Shari'yah Girls School in Hebron, Othman Abu Sabha of Palestinian Union of Medical Relief Committees, Doctors of the World, and Tim Rothermel, spokesperson for President Jimmy Carter


An Act Of War - Interview: Seymour Hersh Seymour Hersh, one of the world's best known investigative journalists, has turned his attention to the mysterious and controversial bombing of a Syrian facility by Israel last year.


Football and politics in the Holy City Beitar fans show the Arab supporters of Nazareth that and a lot more. They are ultra-nationalist and anti-Arab.
Beitar win the game and the crowd sing: "Death to Mohammed."
Truly a delightful bunch. Why not don white hoods, seig heil, and be done with it?


Cheney camp 'behind Syrian reactor claim' "Everything I'm hearing from my own sources in Washington is that what you have now is a kind of push back by Vice-President [Dick] Cheney and his office and other hardliners who are opposed to diplomatic dealings with North Korea," he said. One more time, Israel provided us with the video.


Pollard's Ghost There are likely numerous others like Kadish still in prominent positions in and around the government as we speak. That's the scary part. Most are not tied to any organizations and act on their own - because they have a passionate attachment to Israel.


Israelis split on keeping Golan


Dyer: America benefits little from its alliance with Israel


Activists hang up on Motorola


Syria accuses U.S. of aiding Israel in strike on nuke facility According to a report by The Washington Post on its Web site Thursday, the U.S. has video footage - which the report says was obtained by Israel - that shows that the similarities in design between the Syrian site and the North Korean nuclear reactor in Yongbyon. The key words here being - 'obtained by Israel'. We are still relying on Israel to provide us with 'intelligence', to our own detriment.


Haaretz: Despite Supreme court order, The IDF is not dismantling the fence near Bil?in


IAEA Slams US On Syria Bombing; Will Probe Reactor Report Carefully "The Director General deplores the fact that this information was not provided to the Agency in a timely manner, in accordance with the Agency's responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), to enable it to verify its veracity and establish the facts," ElBaradei's office said. Additionally, "the Director General views the unilateral use of force by Israel as undermining the due process of verification that is at the heart of the non-proliferation regime," it said.


Lebanon protest demands that Egypt open Gaza border


The Un-American Treatment of Sami al-Arian by Charley Reese Then another U.S. attorney, who likes to publicly boast of his ardent support for Israel, found another way to persecute al-Arian. He subpoenaed him to testify before a grand jury in Virginia, even though as part of his plea bargain, al-Arian had said he would not testify against anyone else.


Aiding and abetting occupation As United Methodists from around the world are gathered for General Conference, they will consider proposals for divestment from companies sustaining Israel's occupation of Palestinian land.


Israeli law would pay settlers to leave West Bank


Canadian funding to ease medical crisis in Palestinian Territories


Defending Jimmy Carter


McCain picks up Hamas-Obama linkage


Syrian vows to cooperate with IAEA over US nuclear charges


Syrian Nukes: the Phantom Menace Cirincione told the BBC that "This appears to be the work of a small group of officials leaking cherry-picked, unvetted 'intelligence' to key reporters in order to promote a preexisting political agenda." The preexisting political agenda may be promoting a war with Syria and/or Iran, or torpedoing negotiations between the US and North Korea. Finally, Cirincione adds ominously "If this sounds like the run-up to the war with Iraq, then it should."



Rice to make trip to Britain, Israel, West Bank US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Britain, Israel and the West Bank for talks on Iran's nuclear program, Kosovo and Middle East peace efforts, the State Department said Friday.


Syrian Ambassador to U.S. Says CIA Fabricated Photo Evidence of Nuclear Reactor


Clinton stakes new ground on confronting nuclear Iran While Israeli officials and pro-Israel activists in the United States stress the need to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, many of them also share Clinton's view that Iran's theocracy may be sensitive to threats of massive military strikes and long for explicit declarations along the lines issued by the New York senator.


Cluster bomb left from 2006 war wounds 4 children in S. Lebanon


Syria says nothing to hide over alleged atomic reactor Syria's UN envoy has said Damascus is "not afraid" to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog, which has pledged to look into whether Syria secretly built an atomic reactor with North Korean help.


Wanna buy a house for $20,000? Just keep an eye out for missiles "A guy came to my house and he offered me 130,000, but he was an Arab collaborator so I refused to sell. I'm a traditional Jewish woman and I won't sell my house to an Arab."


MADONNA CONTEMPLATES SECOND ADOPTION MADONNA is considering adopting a second child, with Cambodia and the Palestinian territories top of her list of targets.


Matt Taibbi Undercover with the Christian Right The whole idea behind Christian Zionism is to align America with the nation of Israel so as to "hurry God up" in his efforts to bring about Armageddon. As Hagee tells it, only after Israel is involved in a final showdown involving a satanic army (in most interpretations, a force of Arabs led by Russians) will Christ reappear. On that happy day, Hagee and his True Believers will be whisked up to Heaven by God, while the rest of us nonbelievers are left behind on Earth to suck eggs and generally suffer various tortures.