Thursday, May 1, 2008

Headlines for 04-28-08

Israeli strike kills 7 Palestinians An Israeli tank shell slammed into a tiny Gaza Strip home Monday, killing a Palestinian woman and four of her children as they prepared to sit down for breakfast, officials and relatives said. The four children Israel killed.


Israeli fire 'kills four children in Gaza' Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, without giving details of the raid in Beit Hanoun, said Hamas Islamists controlling the Gaza Strip bore overall responsibility for casualties among non-combatants because gunmen "operated among civilians". 'The terrorists made us do it!'


PRC delegation to head to for ceasefire talks


Johann Hari: Israel is suppressing a secret it must face So how did it come to this? How did a Jewish state founded 60 years ago with a promise to be "a light unto the nations" end up flinging its filth at a cowering Palestinian population?


Israeli army storms central Gaza, detains 9 in W Bank


Iran-led radicals getting stronger, Israel warns Mofaz was in Washington as part of the US-Israeli strategic dialogue which meets every six months to discuss common security concerns.


Fuel association says strike to continue in Gaza The Palestinian fuel association rejected on Sunday a request by the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip to resume deliveries in the impoverished territory, officials said.


Three Palestinians break out of West Bank prison Three Palestinians, including two members of an armed group mostly confined to the Gaza Strip, escaped from a West Bank prison overnight, Palestinian security officials said on Monday.


Conflicting stories about deaths of mother, 4 children in Gaza Israeli military officials blamed the deaths on Palestinian militants who were carrying explosives that detonated in a clash with Israeli soldiers. Reminiscent of the BS Israel told about the Beit Hanoun and Gaza beach massacres some years back.


Israel opens key checkpoint in occupied West Bank Ibrahim Abdullah, 47, a passenger in a car passing through the open iron gate of the checkpoint, said the move was "nothing more than media propaganda."


Blair gives Israel list of roadblocks to remove Middle East envoy Tony Blair has presented Israel with a list of West Bank travel and trade restrictions he wants removed to bolster peace talks with the Palestinians, officials briefed on the document said.


Israel ends 10-day Passover closure of Palestinian territories


Abbas urges leaders avoid West Bank in Israel festivity


Abbas gives Egypt mediation 'unconditional' support


Ban condemns killing of Palestinians in Gaza UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the deaths of Palestinians, including a mother and four of her children, by the Israeli defence forces.


US presses Israel on Gaza cease-fire Pressure is picking up on Israel to reach a cease-fire deal with Hamas in the Gaza Strip ahead of US President George W. Bush's planned visit to Jerusalem in two weeks, defense officials told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.


Settlers to move into E. J'lem police HQ Based on an agreement signed with former police commissioner Moshe Karadi, right-wing settlers will take up residence in a group of buildings in Jerusalem's predominantly Arab neighborhood Ras al-Amud in the next few days. The building had hitherto served as the Samaria and Judea District Police headquarters.


Israel braces for criticism of Gaza policies from donor nations Israel is trying to block what is expected to be a stern condemnation of its policies in the Gaza Strip by the donor nations to the Palestinian Authority, which are scheduled to meet in London Thursday. In view of recent developments in the Gaza Strip, and the killing of civilians, there is concern in official circles in Jerusalem that the criticism will be severe.


West Bank farmers face ruin after trees uprooted "We only go to work the land in coordination with the [Israeli] military. I am afraid to go alone, as the settlers have pulled guns on me in the past,"


Qassam causes fire in Sderot


Bedouin woman seriously injured in dud blast A 42-year old Bedouin woman from the Negev was seriously injured Saturday after a dud exploded in an IDF training zone. Paramedics reported that the woman's hand had to be amputated due to the injury, and she was evacuated by helicopter to receive treatment in Beersheba.


Hundreds of Gaza Christians head to West Bank for Easter


UN to resume food distribution in Gaza "This drip, drip, drip policy makes it impossible to plan and conduct a long-term, large-scale humanitarian operation and makes it impossible for people to lead decent and dignified lives,"


Palestinian father: They wiped out my family Gee what a shock that the IDF has exonerated itself of this crime too. Go figure.


Israel tanks roll into central Gaza Strip


Border Guard officer gets 6.5 years for killing Palestinian teen


Palestinian security finds West Bank weapons cache The discovery of the hidden assault rifles, handguns and explosives in a house near Bethlehem was part of a U.S.-backed "law and order" campaign in the territory, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction holds sway.


Palestinian military court sentences convicted collaborator with Israel to death A Palestinian military court on Monday imposed the death penalty on a man convicted of collaborating with Israeli security, raising the possibility of the first such execution in seven years.


Hamas blocked fuel for Gaza hospitals: Palestinian ministry


Qassam rockets, mortar shells hit Negev


Arab MK: Israel's acts reminiscent of Nazis Israel's acts in the Gaza Strip are reminiscent of the Nazis, United Arab List-Ta'al Chairman Ibrahim Sarsur said Monday, as Arab-Israeli politicians rushed to condemn Israel over the killing of a Gaza family earlier in the day.


Gaza militants to avenge Israeli attack Palestinian militants said Monday they would exact revenge against the "Zionist enemy" in response to an Israeli attack on a house in Gaza.


Despite threats: Palestinian groups still want lull


Psychosocial activities help disadvantaged Palestinian children relieve stress Laughter fills the playground as more than 100 children with disabilities anxiously await their first visit to the only zoo in the Occupied Palestinian Territory


Complicity in Acts of Aggression The Israelis ? allegedly the source of this "intelligence" ? apparently believe (and want gullible members of the Best Congress Money Can Buy to believe) that ten-foot tall Korean nuclear scientists and engineers have gone into the nuclear-reactor export business.


Barak defers U.S. trip in wake of CIA briefing over Syrian strike Barak made the decision a few days ago. The postponement is aimed at avoiding the impression that his meetings were in any way connected to the U.S. decision to disclosure information on the Syrian facility


Is War With Iran Imminent? Standing behind this developing pro-war Popular Front, the central factor in turning the U.S. toward a policy of confrontation rather than constructive engagement with Iran has been the Israel lobby.


Jimmy Carter Speaks Out On Wright, Obama, McCain: Watch Video


IAF Chief: Hitler wasn't believed, we can't make that mistake with Ahmadinejad Shkedi made these remarks in a special interview with "60 Minutes" in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary, excerpts of which aired on Channel 2 television Sunday.


S.F. Mayor Newsom off to Israel, New York City The goal of the trip is to create connections between Bay Area and Israeli business leaders, a Newsom spokesman said.....He will not visit the Palestinian territories during his stay


Assad says facility Israel bombed not nuclear: paper The Syrian site Israel bombed in September was not part of a nuclear weapons program, but was a military facility under construction, President Bashar al-Assad said in remarks published on Sunday.....Assad said it was illogical for Syria to seek a nuclear bomb. "Where would we use it? On Israel it would kill the Palestinians. I do not see this as logical."


The neoconning of a nation Cheney and fellow militarists are pushing hard for attacks on Syria, Lebanon and Iran before President George W. Bush leaves office. Neocons have flocked to Sen. John McCain's banner -- in spite of Hillary Clinton's vow to "obliterate" Iran if it attacked Israel with nuclear weapons. They believe U.S. attacks on Arab states and/or Iran would prove decisive in winning the presidency for McCain this November. A U.S. attack on Syria could well be the first step of a broader air war against Lebanon and Iran.




Church leaders visit Holy Land The leaders of Ireland's four main churches are bringing a message of peace to the Holy Land.


Hayden: Syrian site could have produced fuel for 2 weapons BS gets thicker...


Manhunt over: IDF nabs 2 Palestinian infiltrators IDF forces captured two Palestinians who crossed the Gaza border fence north of the Kissufim Crossing Saturday night. Earlier, the IDF surrounded the Kissufim area, which was sealed off after the two infiltrators were spotted within Israeli territory.


N.Koreans may have died in Israel raid in Syria: NHK


Lebanese army: 12 Israeli jets flew over Beirut The Lebanese army reported that Israeli Air Force jets flew over Beirut on Monday. The army said in a statement that 12 "enemy" Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace before noon Monday by flying missions over Beirut and elsewhere in the country. The IDF said it will not discuss its operational activities.


A West Bank Zoo Struggles to Survive


Demonstration in Nablus to commemorate International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners


Syria says US reactor charges as fake as Iraq WMD claims


Syrian reactor capacity was 1-2 weapons/year: CIA A diplomat close to the U.N. nuclear watchdog and outside analysts have said the U.S. disclosure did not amount to proof of an illicit arms program because there was no sign of a reprocessing plant needed to convert spent fuel from the plant into bomb-grade plutonium.


Iran-led radicals getting stronger, Israel warns


Bil'in: scores injured by the Israeli army tier gas


CanWest lawsuit defendant Briemberg wins peace award Mordecai Briemberg, a retired Douglas College instructor and Rhodes scholar, is a cofounder of the Canada-Palestine Network.


Carter insist Hamas meeting brought results Carter blasted what he described as the US policy of boycotting and punishing political factions or governments "that refuse to accept United States mandates," calling it "counterproductive."


Blair to return to Commons to speak on Middle East Blair has been invited to give evidence to the committee's inquiry into the humanitarian and development situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and can be expected to stick rigorously to the subject in hand.


Redress the balance on Palestine it was the Israeli propaganda narrative that the Palestinians had simply abandoned their country, not fought enough for it and left for friendly Arab countries. The narrative conveniently defined the Palestinians as ignorant and cowardly. But since the opening of the Israeli archives in the past decade, that narrative has been demolished by a younger band of Israeli historians



SOCCER: Players name Ronaldo top professional in England "If the Israeli footballers are allowed entry, the government would be seen as being insensitive to the feelings of the Palestinian victims of Israeli ethnic cleansing and atrocities, and the majority of the Malaysians who sympathise with them and support their struggle for justice and peace,"


Wakf official banned from Temple Mount A senior Islamic official has been barred from entering the Temple Mount compound for the next six months after allegedly inciting violence against Jews, police said Monday


Bush to Mideast, no joint talks planned


Spy Games -- Israel Targeted Again The arrest of a New Jersey engineer on charges of conspiracy to pass U.S. military secrets to Israel Tuesday shows a consistent, continued pattern of Israeli spying on its major benefactor, the United States, according to espionage experts


Palestinian swimmer works to bring facilities and expertise to Jericho A dream of going to the Olympics may have initiated Sadeq Damrah?s involvement with the Palestinian Swimming Federation, but now he?s dreaming larger than just swimming on the world?s biggest stage.


Columbia to mark 'catastrophe' Arab-American student groups at Columbia University are marking the 60th anniversary of what Arabs call "the catastrophe" -- Israel's founding.


Israel's military shows off unmanned, armed patrol vehicle


Running a Risk with Iran Our Israeli friends like to remind us of the danger Iran presents to them, but between the two nations, which one is the more dangerous? Iran is too far from Israel to bring its air, sea or land forces to bear against it. Iran might be able to lob ballistic missiles at Israeli cities, but any warhead it throws at Israel would pale in comparison to what Israel throws back (remember, Israel?s the nation with nukes, not Iran).


More on the Likudist Fronts


Skepticism toward Bush claims about Syria and North Korea

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