Thursday, August 21, 2008

Headlines for 08-21-08

Israel opens checkpoint for Palestinian traffic The move came ahead of a planned visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice next week to continue to push Israelis and Palestinians to pursue talks Washington has hoped could lead to a peace deal by early next year. Nothing to see here, move along.


Egypt finds explosives cache near Gaza border


Haneya: Jerusalem can only be "liberated" through Holy war, not talks


Jordan protests against Israel's Jerusalem dig plans Jordan said on Thursday it summoned the Israeli ambassador to protest against plans for excavation and construction work near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Jerusalem's most volatile holy site.


Israel's chief negotiator rules out peace with Palestinians in 2008


Route of security fence realigned to leave 1,000 acres to east The petitions were filed by residents of Abu Dis and al-Azaria who said the fence restricted their movement, annexed their land and made them feel suffocated


Who Is Ready To Smear Philip Giraldi? You had to know that Giraldi would come under heavy fire from the Israeli Lobby at some point. I'm surprised it took so long.


Boats in Cyprus pass inspection for Gaza protest


McCain's 'Judeo-Christian values' reference puzzles


Feb. 2007: What 'Israel's right to exist' means to Palestinians To demand that Palestinians recognize "Israel's right to exist" is to demand that a people who have been treated as subhumans unworthy of basic human rights publicly proclaim that they are subhumans


Israel warns Russia over weapons sale to Syria Russia promised to consider the sale of "defensive" weapons to Syria during a visit to the country by President Bashar Assad. But in response to the visit, Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign minister, said: "It is in nobody's interest to destabilise the region."



Syria seeks weapons deal with Russia amid 'Cold War' ripples


Carter to speak at Dems' convention The Republican Jewish Coalition has called for Carter's removal from the schedule because of his "troubling anti-Israel bias."....Foxman said he hoped the Democratic leadership would use the opportunity of Carter's appearance "to distance themselves" from the former president's "biased view of the Arab-Israeli conflict."


Gaza travellers hit by passport shortage Gaza's 1.4 million Palestinians, already largely confined to their narrow strip of land by Israeli and Egyptian border closures, face a new travel restriction: The Hamas administration has run out of passports.



Pro-Israel blog Power Line Picks up the Giraldi Smear and Runs With It So did this Israeli 'news' website. Go figure.


Palestinian rappers: Hamas a "disguised evil" Rappers in Gaza wrote the anti-Hamas song after a local hip-hop artist was rounded up earlier this month as part of a new Hamas crackdown in which the Islamist militants claimed to have "uprooted" the last Fatah stronghold.


US man arrested in connection to alleged Hamas fundraising


Lebanon dismisses Israeli warnings over Hezbollah Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salukh dismissed as "ravings" on Thursday Israeli threats to target the country's civilian infrastructure if the government gives greater legitimacy to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.


Israel warns Israelis abroad of Hezbollah kidnap plans

No comments: