Military: Israeli soldiers shoot, kill Palestinian teenager at West Bank roadblock
Palestinians cool to embrace from al-Qaida leader In his latest message, Osama bin Laden portrays himself as the only true defender of the Palestinians. But the Palestinians, even the Islamic militants of Hamas, didn't seem too enthusiastic Monday over the bear hug from the fugitive al-Qaida leader.
Roadblocks open to Palestinian movement; settlers protest
Deputy IDF chief, top US military official discuss Iran IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Major-General Dan Harel met this past weekend with the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, to discuss the Iranian threat, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday.
Hamas ministry to censor Internet sites in Gaza
Israel holds war games just south of border
US House speaker: Nothing should be ruled out in order to stop Iran
Pelosi: More must be done to stop Iran The Democratic Pelosi, the No. 3-ranking politician in the US after the president and the vice president, is leading a blue-ribbon panel of 13 congressmen to Israel for the state's 60th anniversary.
Egyptian FM: US is fueling Middle East turmoil
France says it's had informal contacts with Hamas
US says French contacts with Hamas 'unwise'
Hamas bans pornographic websites in Gaza Strip
Two sick patients, one infant and one adult, die due to ongoing siege on Gaza
Palestinian forces arrest two Islamic Jihad militants
Thousands of Gazans believed to have gone abroad for terror training Up to a couple thousand Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are believed to have traveled overseas for military training in recent years, senior defense officials warned on Monday as the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed that it recently captured a former Fatah operative who had undergone advanced weapons training in Iran. Major BS alert.
Israel not to swap Palestinian prisoners for soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah Israel has refused to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for two soldiers kidnapped by the Lebanese organization Hezbollah, local daily Ha'aretz on Sunday quoted an official as saying.
Vice PM: Israel in direct negotiation with Hamas Israeli Vice Premier Haim Ramon said Monday that the Jewish state is holding talks directly with the Palestinian movement Hamas, despite a government decision forbidding such moves.
Palestinian patient dies in Gaza; death toll due to continued Israeli siege stands at 158
Israel arrests 25 Palestinians in West Bank
Hebron: Israeli settlers and troops attack shepherds; kidnap one A group of Israeli settlers, supported by Israeli troops, on Monday attacked Palestinian shepherds, kidnapping one, near the village of Yatta in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
Too little, too late The first graduates of General Keith Dayton's Palestinian police-training program will soon hit the hard streets of the West Bank. Unfortunately, they will do so without the firearms, radios and first-aid equipment that they have been promised after graduating from a training program so fraught with problems that it can hardly be called a training program at all......Steven Smith, a veteran of international policing missions in Bosnia and Serbia, is the lead instructor for the Administration of Justice program at Gavilan College, California. Interesting.
13 Jerusalem Arabs held for selling weapons to Palestinians
The Israeli army kidnaps eight Palestinian children from Jerusalem
Israel to resume fuel supplies into Gaza Israel pledged to resume reduced fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on Monday, director of the Palestinian Petroleum Agency Mujahed Salama said.
Congressional Leader Pelosi Says She Agrees With Bush Over Backing Israel "I don't know what would be gained by a military strike other than to strengthen the president of Iran and increase the price of oil, but I think we shouldn't take anything off the table," she said.
Syrians and Palestinians create largest flag in the world
Joint Israeli, Palestinian effort to ease entry of investors to West Bank conference
In New York, Maronite patriarch discusses plight of Lebanese He also asked the international community to help the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Media Heavies Question ?Pro-Israel? Moniker
A disaster for Palestinians
Citizens protest destruction of Muslim cemetery Jaffa's Arab residents hang posters protesting destruction of Muslim cemetery after sale of land to private hands. Councilman Turk: Residents must defend holy sites
Arab diplomats in Russia decry Israel "What took place 60 years ago was an act of genocide," said Faed Mustafa, the charge d'affaires for the Palestinian mission in Moscow. "A whole people was ejected from its own territory for the purpose of that territory being occupied by another people."
Arab rights organizations to sue police for Nakba riots
'India continues to stand by Palestinians'
Israeli film evokes massacre
UAE delegation heads to Palestine Investment Conference
Israeli and Palestinian Kids to Challenge World Leaders with Vision for 2018 Joint Discussion with Foremost Dignitaries at the World Economic Forum This afternoon, in an interactive 'WorkSpace' Session with some of the world's foremost dignitaries and business leaders - including Tony Blair, Amre Moussa, Saeb Erekat, MK Yossi Beilin, and Rabbi David Rosen - four young students - two Israeli, two Palestinian - will lead a discussion on their visions for the future of the region, and on the taboo issues that often impede the negotiations process from moving forward.
Most Gaza arms seen sent via sea Israeli worries about gunrunner tunnels from the Egyptian Sinai to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip are overblown as the greater smuggling threat is from the Mediterranean sea, a senior Israeli lawmaker said on Monday.
Temporary tattoos for summer A Palestinian girl holds up her hand decorated with with henna during a traditional wedding in Abu Dis.
Divestment proposals die, ELCA communion OK'd Voted down petitions seeking selective divestment of church funds from companies that profit from products or services that "cause harm" to Israelis and Palestinians or support "Israeli occupation of Palestinian land."
The Anniversary Is Over, the Agony Is Not "It was about 2am. We all had to run after we heard that the Haganah (a Jewish force at the time) had invaded our village." Like others, he fled with his wife to Gaza, the only exit route left. He barely survived, he said, and showed scars on his hand he said came from an attack by a British helicopter backing the Jewish forces.
Reporters share Gellhorn prize The prize is to be shared by the American Dahr Jamail for his work as an unembedded journalist in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria; and the Palestinian Mohammed Omer for dispatches from his native Gaza. Both journalists work without the backing of news organisations.
An American president in Israel
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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