Friday, May 30, 2008

Headlines for 05-28-08

Two Hamas militants killed in southern Gaza


Palestinians live in horror of losing their homes Salim Hamed Jaber, 85, shook his head angrily as he recounted how an Israeli soldier drove up to his impoverished household in the occupied West Bank to deliver a demolition order. .....Al-Aqaba, population 300, is one of several West Bank communities that could be wiped off the map if the demolition orders are carried out.


Israeli demolition threatens 3,000 Palestinian homes: UN Thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank risk being displaced as the Israeli authorities threaten to tear down their homes and in some cases entire communities, a UN agency said on Wednesday.


In Beit Hanoun, Tutu visits a family torn apart by shells The shelling killed 18 Palestinian civilians, all members of the Athamna extended family, among them 14 women and children.


UN team 'devastated' by Gaza stories: Tutu


Amnesty: Siege on Gaza gravest humanitarian crisis yet The report states that over 370 Palestinians were killed by IDF fire, of which half were civilians and 50 were children. Thousands were injured during the attacks, which were launched in retaliation to Qassam rocket fire and the shooting at Israeli settlements and IDF checkpoints near Gaza by Palestinian gunmen.


Patient no. 167 dies in Gaza due to the Israeli blockade


Abbas sees Olmert crisis hurting peace talks


VIDEO: Jerusalem camera catches brutal attack by Jewish teens on Arab youths


Erekat: Israel, Palestinians have gaps over final status issues


Israeli settlers and army started to expand illegal settlement on Bil'in land


Hamas hails Egyptian gas supply to Gaza The government of the Islamic Hamas movement in Gaza welcomed on Wednesday a proposal for supplying Gaza Strip main power plant with Egyptian gas.


Hamas says discusses prisoner issues with Abbas in Ramallah


Keep up resistance, Iran tells Hamas


Israeli naval forces detain 10 Palestinian fishermen on Rafah shores


Gaza: One Palestinian woman and her two children injured due to unknown explosion


Tutu asks Hamas to halt rocket fire NOBEL peace laureate Desmond Tutu urged a senior Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip overnight to put an end to rocket attacks by militant groups against Israel.


Iran-Syria sign defence pact


Israeli forces storm Qalqilya, arrest five Israeli forces on Tuesday arrested five Palestinians in an ongoing raid into West Bank city of Qalqilya, Palestinian security sources said.


The Israeli army attacks a peaceful protest in a village near Ramallah The villagers along with international and Israeli peace activists were protesting the illegal Israeli wall and settlement construction on the village land.



Hamas says discusses prisoner issues with Abbas in Ramallah


Iran Aiding, Arming Hezbollah and Hamas, Says Israel


AL forms special committee on Israeli crimes against Palestinians


Israel arrests 25 Palestinians in West Bank


Palestinians say 10 wounded in protest against security fence near Modi'in


Border Police hurt 16 activists near Na'alin separation fence


Physicians for Human Rights - Israel update In a hearing regarding 13 petitions submitted by PHR-Israel to the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ), held yesterday afternoon (26.5.08), the judges decided not to intervene in the decision of the GSS (General Security Service, shabac) to deny life-saving care to patients from Gaza, and to leave them in Gaza with no treatment.


Human rights abuses seen up in Gaza and W.Bank


Egypt to supply Gaza power plant with gas During the past three weeks, the fuel Israel sent to Gaza was even less than the reduced amounts that supposed to be received, the Gaza Petrol Stations Owners Union said.


Hamas still awaits Israeli response on Egypt's ceasefire proposal


Israel has denied 94 percent of requests for West Bank building permits: U.N.


Hamas calls for demonstration near southern Gaza crossing


Protestor who waves Palestine flag on crane in Bilin removed after 5 hours


Prophecy of retribution In 1913, after a correspondent had complained of the contemptuous attitude of settlers and the Zionist Organisation's Palestine Office, Ha'am wrote back, "When I realise that our brethren may be morally capable of treating another people in this fashion and of crudely abusing what is sacred to them, then I cannot but reflect: if such is the situation now, how shall we treat others if one day we actually become the rulers of Palestine?"


Lecturer union urges moral review of Israeli college links A lecturers' union was last night accused of launching a new academic boycott of Israel after it agreed a policy to call on its members to "consider" their links with Israeli institutions.


Olmert 'took cash in envelopes'


Victoria Clark: Here's a US pastor we should really worry about


MK Eldad: Anyone ceding Israeli territory should be sentenced to death The occupied territories are PALESTINIAN.


Barack Obama supporter accuses Jewish lobby members of McCarthyism Zbigniew Brzezinski, a former national security adviser, said that the pro-Israel lobby in the US was too powerful, while the slur of anti-Semitism was too readily used whenever its power was called into question.


Fox: Carter 'outing' of Israeli nukes helps Iran


And what else did you learn? A policeman of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security force balances a baton on his nose in Jericho, West Bank, after a ceremony celebrating the graduation of 600 cops trained in Jordan.


Narratives under siege: Eighteen years of work destroyed in less than four hours Nasser Jaber?s chicken farm was bulldozed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) ten days ago, in the early morning hours of May 16, while he was sleeping at home in Rafah


10 wanted Palestinians arrested overnight


J Street to Lieberman: Cut Hagee ties A dovish pro-Israel lobby wants U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman to cut ties with the Rev. John Hagee


Eviction orders approved for 2 settler-occupied Hebron stores


Hundreds of New Testaments torched in Israel


LBJ tapes show a strong connection to Israel I don't have a problem with any president of the US having an emotional connection to Israel - just leave the rest of us OUT OF IT.


Israeli occupation Israel has its own brand of killing, fighting, hating and destroying. It's called occupation.


US congressmen demand UNRWA reform How is the US Congress serving YOU (as an American) lately, mm? Oops, they can't. They're too busy bowing down to a NATION OTHER THAN THIS ONE.


Media coverage of Israel 'unfair': consul general "Some articles were very favourable, but other media - this attempt to 'balance' between [presentation] of Israel's independence and the [Palestinian] 'nakbar' [catastrophe] - it was very distressful to me, as if depicting two sides of the same coin. Suddenly the pro-Israeli community has a problem with 'balance', only when they cannot be the dominant voice (like here in America).


Tear gas and the tree


Former Belgian Minister sparks ire of Jewish community with remarks on Israel A former Belgian Defense Minister sparked the ire of the Jewish community after he reportedly compared Israel?s policy toward the Palestinians to the fate of the Jews during World War II.


Palestinian police get riot control training from EU after fatal clash last year


Letter: Protesters at Celebrate Israel event not calling for ethnic cleansing


Egyptian-born Israelis cancel Egypt tour amid hostile campaign The group of 45 elderly Jews of Egyptian descent were planning a four-day trip to Egypt that was to begin on May 25 after Egyptian media reported that the delegation would try to reclaim family properties seized by Egypt in the 1950s.


Gaza Strip : journalists suspected of Fatah links continue to be arrested


Lawmakers slam Jordan's foreign policy towards Syria, Palestinians


U.S., Israel, Canada and European countries co-operate on anti-terror efforts Israel's minister of public security says nine countries, including Canada, are co-operating to create a counterterrorism network.


Vatican, Israel report 'substantial' progress in talks The two sides have been negotiating over the legal status of the Roman Catholic Church in Israel, notably the disposition of Church property and tax exemptions for revenue earned by Christian communities.


Study: Jews, Arabs support coexistence


NJ Surgeon to Perform Complex Facial Reconstruction on Palestinian Boy Injured in Bomb Explosion


Palestinian cell service still on hold nearly a year and a half after arriving here, the chief executive officer of Wataniya Palestine Telecom is still waiting for Israel to release cellular frequencies.


Defending Palestinians This pursuit of justice for Palestinians has made "hate mongers" of many notable persons these past 60 years. Just to mention a few: former President Jimmy Carter, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Bertrand Russell, Mahatma Gandhi.


WCC NEWS: Email a peace prayer to Bethlehem


Palestinian security forces return from US-paid training


Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up


What to tell the kids when protesters mar Israel celebrations The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a national coalition that includes many anti-Israel organizations, is launching an advertising campaign in New York in advance of the city's June 1 tribute to Israel, which is likely to be the largest celebration of Israel outside the Jewish homeland itself.



Hagee bows out of '08 race, but vows to fight on for Israel


After weeks of feuding over Mideast, candidates head to AIPAC parley They have engaged in a bruising battle over Iran policy. McCain favors increased isolation for Iran, Obama favors what he calls tough diplomacy and direct negotiations, and both are casting their arguments in terms of what's better for Israel The obeisance is utterly disgusting.


Two men accused of agreeing to broadcast the Hezbollah television channel al-Manar to U.S. customers will face trial on terrorism charges in January, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday.


Dunkin Donuts Pulls Ad Featuring Rachael Ray In A Scarf That Looks Too Arab Dunkin Donuts has pulled a commercial featuring pitchwoman Rachael Ray wearing a scarf because Michelle Malkin and other conservative observers thought the scarf looked too much like a keffiyeh


Canada's prime minister seen as key to growing support for Israel Elected with a minority Conservative government in January 2006, Harper has left an
unmistakable record of solidly and unapologetically pro-Israel moves and statements, mostly to the delight of the country's 370,000 Jews......The Canada-Israel Committee reports that in the past three years, there have been 13 "constructive vote changes" -- including shifts from a "yes" or "no" to abstentions -- on issues related to Palestine and Israel. Poor Canada.

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