Headlines for 09-07-08

A Stand For Justice

Iran rejects French warning it risks Israeli strike Iran dismissed on Saturday a warning by France's president that the Islamic Republic was taking a dangerous gamble over its nuclear program because one day its arch-foe Israel could strike.


Abbas casts doubt on Mideast peace deal this year


Egypt determined to end Palestinian crisis by October


Arab activists accuse Israel of Gaza 'genocide' A group of Arab international lawyers and human rights activists accused Israel on Sunday of committing "genocide" through its crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip.


Sarkozy: Israeli Attack Inevitable While the Republicans were nominating Sarah Palin ? who reportedly believes the Bush-Cheney war of aggression against Iraq was inevitable, part of "God's plan" ? French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Damascus, warning the "leaders of Syria, Turkey and Qatar" that an Israeli attack on Iran also appears to be inevitable.


Hamas breaks up Islamic Jihad protest in Gaza Hamas-run security forces dispersed some 150 teachers loyal to the Islamic Jihad movement who had gathered on Saturday to protest against the politicisation of the civil service in the Gaza Strip.


Sources:Egypt to reopen its borders crossing for two days Well-informed Palestinian sources said Sunday that Egypt intends to reopen its borders crossing with Gaza for two days this week to ease the suffering of stranded patients and students.


Palestinian official warns from accepting American offer regarding statehood Taysser Khaled, a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) executive committee, revealed that the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in her last visit to Ramallah, tried to get the PNA's acceptance on a statehood with temporary borders and the postponement of the outstanding final-status issues between the PNA and Israel.


Israel nudges Egypt to crack down harder on Gaza smugglers The border guards' job has gotten harder, he says, since Israel began blockading Gaza in June 2007, when Hamas gained control of the coastal strip from forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah movement based in the West Bank. The blockade has created shortages of food, medicine, and fuel in Gaza, and has been denounced by Human Rights Watch as an "unlawful" form of "collective punishment."



Palestinians Would Vote for Abbas Again


George Galloway's charity Interpal back under police glare


Report: UN to demand Israel pay Lebanon $1 billion in reparations The United Nations will require Israel to pay Lebanon nearly $1 billion for environmental damages caused during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Saturday. GOOD! Serves them right for what they did to Lebanon. Unfortunately, it will more than likely be the already overburdened US taxpaying public that will foot the bill (as usual) via increased aid to Israel.


Cheney tells Peres: Russia supplies weapons to terrorists U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney met with President Shimon Peres on the sidelines of the Ambrosetti forum on the edge of Italy's Lake Como on Saturday, telling the Israeli leader that Russia is selling arms to Damascus and Iran with the clear knowledge that they are being channeled to Hezbollah and terror groups in Iraq.


South Hebron Hills land dispute turns violent Farmer Yohanan Sharet says he was beaten up this week by 20 fellow settlers who want him to leave the land he has worked for eight years so it can be used to build a new neighborhood for Sussiya in the South Hebron Hills.


Iran Emerges as Wedge Issue for Jewish Voters As Democrats work to shore up support of Jewish voters, and Republicans do all they can to tear it down, Iran is emerging as a pivotal foreign policy issue in the presidential campaign, and an indirect test by many Jews of the candidates? full commitment to Israel?s security. Israel's security - not America's.


Hezbollah chief says to keep arms to defend from Israel's attack


Israeli police seek criminal charges against Olmert


Israel postpones talks on settler compensation Israel on Sunday postponed talks on a plan to compensate West Bank settlers who agree to relocate as part of a future peace agreement with the Palestinians, army radio reported.


In Israel, era of mass immigration ends And yet, the settlements keep coming.


Palestine's militant thespian


Olmert Accuser Faces FBI Probe Into Allegations of Money Laundering American defense sources said that although Israel cannot formally intervene in an ongoing investigation in the United States, it is not unheard of for American prosecutors to abandon an investigation in favor of a more important one in another country. "They have an ongoing relationship," the source said of Israeli and American prosecutors. "They can find an informal way of dealing with it."