Gaza teenager killed as Israel vows to up army operations
Four killed in Gaza raid Palestinian hospital officials said three of the dead in the al-Bureij refugee camp were civilians - a woman, an 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old youth.
'Santa empty-handed' for Christmas in Gaza Even under occupation, it used to celebrate Christmas openly, though without the pomp and commercialism of the West. In the centre of Gaza City, a giant Christmas tree used to stand adorned with ornaments, and Santa Claus passed out gifts to people in streets. Today, the municipality is unable to afford a tree.........Last night was Christmas Eve for the Greek Orthodox community. It coincided with the miserable news that Gazans will now be forced to live without electricity eight hours a day because Israel is cutting fuel supplies to the territory's only electric plant
Palestinians celebrate the Orthodox Christmas Local Palestinians and international visitors flocked to the city from the early morning. Boy scouts bands from several parts of the West Bank played drums and Scottish bagpipes as they marched through the city
Al-Qaida to Palestinians: Kill Bush Adam Gadahn, an American-born convert to Islam who often has served as Osama bin Laden's spokesman to the West, issued a video statement Sunday in which he addressed Bush's impending Middle East visit. There's something strange about Adam Gadahn. Who would benefit from the Palestinians even attempting to do Bush harm, mewonders?...
Hamas official says Bush's Mideast visit will be about Iran, not peace U.S. President George W. Bush's upcoming visit to the Middle East is not about pushing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process forward but will instead focus on Iran, a senior Hamas official said Sunday.
Israel warns of Iranian missile peril for Europe ** The Israeli government is furious about the recent US intelligence assessment which concluded that Iran had suspended its nuclear weapons programme in 2003, and hopes to convince the American leader that work is continuing on a bomb that poses a widespread threat.....He said Israeli officials would warn Mr Bush that failing to take action would have serious consequences beyond the Middle East, where Iran was funding groups, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza
Report: Israeli military courts automatically convict Palestinians A report by the Yesh Din organization found that in 2006, more than 99.7% of those accused are found guilty, some 95% of the cases end with a plea bargain and the average hearing is just two minutes long.
US President encourages Israel to remove a small number of the 300 existing W. Bank settlements
Gaza Outages Expand After Fuel Cutbacks "The Israeli policy is not against Hamas, it is against us, the ordinary people," said Hassan Akram, owner of a grocery in Gaza City. "We are the only losers. Now it's cold and there's no electricity."
Egypt's Mubarak meets US Congressman amid aid tension Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday met US Congressman Steve Israel, the official MENA news agency reported, amid furore in Cairo over Congress's decision to freeze millions of dollars of its aid.
Nablus Invasion: Worshipers Shot by Israeli Army on Way to Mosque
Soldier moderately wounded in Gaza, 4 others lightly hurt Palestinians in al-Bureij refugee camp fire antitank missiles at IDF forces operating in area, wounding five soldiers
More than 10,000 police will guard Bush during Israel visit In Jerusalem some protests are expected from rightwing groups, particularly from a vocal organisation that lobbies for the release of Jonathan Pollard, who was jailed in the US in 1986 for spying for Israel. Pollard's supporters have taken out adverts on Jerusalem buses in Hebrew and English that read "Bush, free your captive".
Report: FBI translator says Israel planted nuclear 'moles' in U.S. The Times also says that Edmonds had claimed there were "senior officials in the Pentagon" who had provided assistance to Israeli and Turkish agents
Dichter: We must stop the Kassams, even at the cost of the Palestinians "We need to stop this war of attrition at any cost, especially at the price of the Palestinians," Dichter said during Sunday's cabinet meeting.
Haniyeh calls on Sarkozy to help resolve Mideast crisis In a long letter to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Haniyeh said the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip is "prepared to cooperate with all international efforts to establish security and stability in the region."
Immediate action taken to contain avian flu, officials say
President Abbas attends Greek Orthodox Christmas Mass in Bethlehem
Citing security, state won't release settlement data The government is refusing to publish a databse containing full details about the settlement enterprise in the territories, including outposts and neighborhoods built across the Green Line. In response to a High Court of Justice petition on the matter, the Defense Ministry is arguing that publication would harm state security and Israel's foreign relations. In October 2006, Haaretz revealed the existence of the Spiegel Report - the largest database ever compiled by the state on the settlements, by then special adviser to the defense minister Brigadier General Baruch Spiegel. The report, whose preparation was kept secret, revealed that extensive building was carried out without permits on dozens of veteran settlements - not just outposts - often on privately owned Palestinian land. Shysters.
Israel's false friends By John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt Other Israelis, as well as Jimmy Carter and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have warned that continuing the occupation will turn Israel into an apartheid state. Nevertheless, Israel continues to expand its settlements on the West Bank while the plight of the Palestinians worsens. Given this grim situation, one would expect the presidential candidates, who claim to care deeply about Israel, to be sounding the alarm and energetically championing a two-state solution.
Hardline Israeli settlers plan chilly reception for Bush Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands, among the most divisive issues of the intractable conflict, have been in the spotlight since the two sides revived their negotiations at a US conference in late November. Americans would never tolerate a foreign military seizing their property and violently occupying their land. We already went through that once. ONCE.
Palestine security detains 35 Hamas members Palestinian security forces have arrested 35 Hamas members in the West Bank, including two prominent leaders, the Islamic movement said Sunday.
Israel denies intifada leader could be released for soldier
Olmert vows to escalate Gaza attacks
Declaring Forever War To the extent that a mayor of New York has a foreign policy, it needs to be loudly supportive of Israel. In a speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention, Giuliani struck the "Israel's war is our war" note by claiming that the war on terror began in Munich in 1972. His September 2007 proposal to expand NATO to include Israel is part and parcel of this approach. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that Giuliani is "the clear favorite of the party's top Jewish activists."
When is it the Palestinians' turn? Christopher Brown writing from Shatila refugee camp, Lebanon, Live from Lebanon,
Obama supports Israel. Period. Yesterday, writing about Clinton and Edwards, I mentioned the fact that "the constant interest in, and the open sympathy for, Israeli affairs that is required of all important elected officials in the most Jewish of states in the U.S. has had its effect on" Clinton and Giuliani, The Israel Factor favorites. Obama doesn't have this advantage. He isn't from New York and, more importantly, is relatively new to the public sphere. For which country are these candidates campaining?
The AIPAC Spy Trial: A Case of Prosecutus Interruptus I see I'm not the only one to have lost count of the postponements. The defense deftly delayed on every imaginable ground, and was indulged by a noticeably sympathetic judge, who forced the government to produce top secret information - the very information Israel's AIPAC spy nest had gleaned from sympathizers inside our government. Furthermore, he has granted the defense demand to subpoena top government officials, including Condoleezza Rice.
Israel to receive Bush 'with joy' "Throughout his term, this president has demonstrated great friendship, great concern for Israel's security and full partnership with us on decisive issues vis-a-vis Israel's security and economy, and regarding bilateral relations."
Lieberman threatens walkout over 'core issues' A key partner in Ehud Olmert's coalition government threatened to quit if Israeli-Palestinian talks on "core issues" are held.
'O Little Town' a bit discordant The two paragraphs devoted to her comments about the "fence" saving lives would have been better spent referencing the July 2004 decision by the International Court of Justice that Israel's wall was illegal where it entered Palestinian territory and should be immediately dismantled
Letters to the Editor Christians who romanticize "O, Little Town of Bethlehem" need to face the harsh reality of life under a military occupation subsidized by our own U.S. government.
From Ashland County to the Middle East, in search of understanding The couple supported Palestinian farmers harvesting olives near the cities of Jenin and Bethlehem
IDF soldier illegally enters Bethlehem for the second time in a week For the second time in just over a week, Palestinian security forces apprehended an off-duty IDF soldier who had entered Bethlehem armed with his service-issue M-16 rifle Sunday.
Speech axed from Brighton church over trouble fears "There are crimes committed on a daily basis against Palestinians. These issues must be elaborated.
Israeli army develops tiny bulldozer for warfare inside Palestinian cities The little machine is designed for rumbling down narrow roads and paths in the closer quarters of Palestinian cities, where old sections are warrens of crowded alleyways between rundown concrete block buildings.......The main innovation, besides its small size, is a firing post for the driver, the article said. The driver can fire in all directions, staving off attacks and «destroying targets,» the article said. Ordinary bulldozers to not allow the driver to open fire.
Russia says it will host forum if Mid-East starts to stabilize - Foreign Ministry Russia remains willing to host an international conference on the Middle East in 2008 but is making "no practical moves to that end" as it is waiting for developments to make clear whether "stability is in the offing in that region," a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Abdallah family looks to rise from the ashes "One thing that's really common about most Palestinians is they have a chip on their shoulder," said Mazen, 27, a lawyer in Houston. "They have something to prove. There's always a struggle in their heart, mainly because they don't really have a country for themselves. So there's a struggle in their heart to do something good for everybody, to show that they're a good example from wherever they come from.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Headlines for 01-05-08
Israel kills 4 in Gaza raid as Olmert vows escalation Israeli troops killed four Palestinians in a raid into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Sunday, witnesses said, and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to step up attacks on militants who fire rockets into Israel.
Report: Additional Palestinian wounded by IDF shell dies of his wounds
Thousands protest Gaza seige in Nazarath Israel - Thousands of Arab Israelis marched through the streets of Nazareth on Saturday in protest against Israel?s sealing-off of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, according to an AFP photographer
Israel to brief George Bush on options for Iran strike ** Ehud Barak, the defence minister, is said to want to convince him that an Israeli military strike against uranium enrichment facilities in Iran would be feasible if diplomatic efforts failed to halt nuclear operations. A range of military options has been prepared.
Bush: We'd defend Israel in event of Iranian strike "If Iran did strike Israel," Bush said, "We will defend our ally, no ands, ifs or buts."
Security guard shoots Palestinian at landfill north of J'lem
Military operations expand in ancient city "The 70,000 people who live in the city centre and the neighbourhoods around it have been placed under a curfew," a Palestinian security official said.
40 million NIS the cost of the damage that was made by the Israeli army in Nablus Shaher Sa'ed, the head of the Palestinian Workers Union, said on Saturday that the city of Nablus needs at least 40 million NIS to recover from the damage caused by the Israeli army in the city in the past three days
The Israeli army attacks Azon village and injures two civilians
Civilians in Gaza Appeal to Pope Benedict XVI for Support the only Catholic priest in Gaza, Father Musallam, earlier this week sent a letter to Pope Benedict XVI asking for support and prayers for th eChristian and Muslim Civilians who are caught up the middle of the unrest?
Egypt finds five tunnels into Gaza
Israel may trade Palestinian leader for soldier: official A senior Israeli official told army radio on Saturday that Israel might free the popular jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti in exchange for an Israeli soldier seized in June 2006.
Mideast visit to promote peace, corral Iran: Bush
Abbas's forces question 2 West Bank Hamas leaders A Palestinian security force loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas detained two Hamas leaders for seven hours on Saturday after one of them said publicly the Palestinian Authority was behaving like Israel.
Har Homa neighborhood slated for 'absentee' Palestinian land The Housing Ministry is pushing forward with the construction of more than 1,000 residential units in East Jerusalem's Har Homa neighborhood on land held by "absentee" Palestinians from the Bethlehem area. The move is in violation of both an instruction from the attorney general to stop applying the absentee law in East Jerusalem and explicit promises to the U.S. not to apply that law in the capital's eastern quarters........ It is now evident that most of the land for the 300 units belongs to residents of Beit Sahur who were declared absentee, so
their lands were taken by the state without compensation or legal hearings.
Land theft, folks, and how Israel does it and justifies it to itself.
Israel withdraws troops from northern West Bank city Israeli troops pulled out of the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday after a three-day incursion in which they arrested 20 alleged Palestinian militants, the army said.......Palestinian medics said some 40 people were wounded by rubber bullets over the course of the operation. No Israeli soldiers were wounded.
Hamas dismisses Bush Mideast visit as "photo op" "Bush's visit is unwelcome because it aims to serve the occupation and provide it with political and psychological support," Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement.
Cancer patient dies due to the Israeli army siege on Gaza
Radio Address by the President to the Nation My first stops will be in the Holy Land, where I'll meet with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert and Palestinian President Abbas. I will encourage both leaders to move forward with the peace negotiations they began last November in Annapolis
Christian Zionists Gain Israel's Inner Sanctum In addition to raising great sums of money for Israel and devoting two-plus decades to building alliances with Christian Zionists, Eckstein has become an outspoken critic of Iran and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Sack of Annapolis If you want to appreciate just how hopelessly entangled America has become in the fate of modern day Israel and Zionism, you may want to take a look at an eye-opening article of December 5th in the Jerusalem Post.
Bernier Set to Visit Middle East Bernier will leave Wednesday for his first trip to the Middle East, with stops scheduled in the West Bank and Israel.
Norman Finkelstein in The Netherlands Historians, human-rights organizations and the International Court of Justice have all rendered an overwhelmingly negative verdict on Israel's record. Now that Israel's record has caught up with it, American Jewry is slowly choosing to distance itself from Israel.
For sale: West?s deadly nuclear secrets The Turks and Israelis had planted ?moles? in military and academic institutions which handled nuclear technology. Edmonds says there were several transactions of nuclear material every month, with the Pakistanis being among the eventual buyers. ?The network appeared to be obtaining information from every nuclear agency in the United States,? ......One of the Pentagon figures under investigation was Lawrence Franklin, a former Pentagon analyst, who was jailed in 2006 for passing US defence information to lobbyists and sharing classified information with an Israeli diplomat.
Egyptian minister skeptical of U.S aid Egypt's foreign minister restated his refusal to preconditions linked to a U.S. aid package the minister says is tied to a U.S.-based Israeli lobby.
Arab FMs call for swift consensus on Lebanese presidential election Arab foreign ministers on Saturday evening called for a swift consensus on Lebanese presidential election to choose army chief General Michel Suleiman as president, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported.
Poll: 81 percent of Israelis back increasing IDF targeted killings The poll also found that 60.5 percent believe that Israel should not reach a cease-fire agreement with the Hamas in which the Israel Defense Forces would cease targeted killings if Hamas stops firing Qassam rockets towards Israel
Choir sings praises of Bethlehem concert They were accompanied by the Palestinian Youth Orchestra of the Edward Said Conservatory of Music and by pianist Sean Pollock of Jonesboro, Ark.
Report: Additional Palestinian wounded by IDF shell dies of his wounds
Thousands protest Gaza seige in Nazarath Israel - Thousands of Arab Israelis marched through the streets of Nazareth on Saturday in protest against Israel?s sealing-off of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, according to an AFP photographer
Israel to brief George Bush on options for Iran strike ** Ehud Barak, the defence minister, is said to want to convince him that an Israeli military strike against uranium enrichment facilities in Iran would be feasible if diplomatic efforts failed to halt nuclear operations. A range of military options has been prepared.
Bush: We'd defend Israel in event of Iranian strike "If Iran did strike Israel," Bush said, "We will defend our ally, no ands, ifs or buts."
Security guard shoots Palestinian at landfill north of J'lem
Military operations expand in ancient city "The 70,000 people who live in the city centre and the neighbourhoods around it have been placed under a curfew," a Palestinian security official said.
40 million NIS the cost of the damage that was made by the Israeli army in Nablus Shaher Sa'ed, the head of the Palestinian Workers Union, said on Saturday that the city of Nablus needs at least 40 million NIS to recover from the damage caused by the Israeli army in the city in the past three days
The Israeli army attacks Azon village and injures two civilians
Civilians in Gaza Appeal to Pope Benedict XVI for Support the only Catholic priest in Gaza, Father Musallam, earlier this week sent a letter to Pope Benedict XVI asking for support and prayers for th eChristian and Muslim Civilians who are caught up the middle of the unrest?
Egypt finds five tunnels into Gaza
Israel may trade Palestinian leader for soldier: official A senior Israeli official told army radio on Saturday that Israel might free the popular jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti in exchange for an Israeli soldier seized in June 2006.
Mideast visit to promote peace, corral Iran: Bush
Abbas's forces question 2 West Bank Hamas leaders A Palestinian security force loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas detained two Hamas leaders for seven hours on Saturday after one of them said publicly the Palestinian Authority was behaving like Israel.
Har Homa neighborhood slated for 'absentee' Palestinian land The Housing Ministry is pushing forward with the construction of more than 1,000 residential units in East Jerusalem's Har Homa neighborhood on land held by "absentee" Palestinians from the Bethlehem area. The move is in violation of both an instruction from the attorney general to stop applying the absentee law in East Jerusalem and explicit promises to the U.S. not to apply that law in the capital's eastern quarters........ It is now evident that most of the land for the 300 units belongs to residents of Beit Sahur who were declared absentee, so
their lands were taken by the state without compensation or legal hearings.
Land theft, folks, and how Israel does it and justifies it to itself.
Israel withdraws troops from northern West Bank city Israeli troops pulled out of the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday after a three-day incursion in which they arrested 20 alleged Palestinian militants, the army said.......Palestinian medics said some 40 people were wounded by rubber bullets over the course of the operation. No Israeli soldiers were wounded.
Hamas dismisses Bush Mideast visit as "photo op" "Bush's visit is unwelcome because it aims to serve the occupation and provide it with political and psychological support," Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement.
Cancer patient dies due to the Israeli army siege on Gaza
Radio Address by the President to the Nation My first stops will be in the Holy Land, where I'll meet with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert and Palestinian President Abbas. I will encourage both leaders to move forward with the peace negotiations they began last November in Annapolis
Christian Zionists Gain Israel's Inner Sanctum In addition to raising great sums of money for Israel and devoting two-plus decades to building alliances with Christian Zionists, Eckstein has become an outspoken critic of Iran and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Sack of Annapolis If you want to appreciate just how hopelessly entangled America has become in the fate of modern day Israel and Zionism, you may want to take a look at an eye-opening article of December 5th in the Jerusalem Post.
Bernier Set to Visit Middle East Bernier will leave Wednesday for his first trip to the Middle East, with stops scheduled in the West Bank and Israel.
Norman Finkelstein in The Netherlands Historians, human-rights organizations and the International Court of Justice have all rendered an overwhelmingly negative verdict on Israel's record. Now that Israel's record has caught up with it, American Jewry is slowly choosing to distance itself from Israel.
For sale: West?s deadly nuclear secrets The Turks and Israelis had planted ?moles? in military and academic institutions which handled nuclear technology. Edmonds says there were several transactions of nuclear material every month, with the Pakistanis being among the eventual buyers. ?The network appeared to be obtaining information from every nuclear agency in the United States,? ......One of the Pentagon figures under investigation was Lawrence Franklin, a former Pentagon analyst, who was jailed in 2006 for passing US defence information to lobbyists and sharing classified information with an Israeli diplomat.
Egyptian minister skeptical of U.S aid Egypt's foreign minister restated his refusal to preconditions linked to a U.S. aid package the minister says is tied to a U.S.-based Israeli lobby.
Arab FMs call for swift consensus on Lebanese presidential election Arab foreign ministers on Saturday evening called for a swift consensus on Lebanese presidential election to choose army chief General Michel Suleiman as president, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported.
Poll: 81 percent of Israelis back increasing IDF targeted killings The poll also found that 60.5 percent believe that Israel should not reach a cease-fire agreement with the Hamas in which the Israel Defense Forces would cease targeted killings if Hamas stops firing Qassam rockets towards Israel
Choir sings praises of Bethlehem concert They were accompanied by the Palestinian Youth Orchestra of the Edward Said Conservatory of Music and by pianist Sean Pollock of Jonesboro, Ark.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Headlines for 01-04-08
Palestinians killed in Gaza raid Two Palestinian militants have been killed by Israeli troops launching an overnight raid in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said.
Israeli forces kidnap four from different parts of the West Bank and injure one
Qassam rocket hits N Ashkelon, furthest distance ever A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning fell at an open field in northern Ashkelon, the furthest distance a rocket has struck yet, local media said.
Three Palestinians injured as settlers of Mattityahu attack Bil'in
At Tuwani Update: 16 December ? 31 December CPTers Benvie and Gish met with a lawyer from Yesh Din, an Israeli human
rights group, regarding the contaminated cistern and the Israeli settler
tour that may have been responsible.
Report: Palestinian baby critically wounded in IDF operation in Nablus Palestinian sources reported that a three-year-old Palestinian infant was critically wounded Thursday during an IDF operation in the old city of Nablus.
In ongoing Israeli invasion of Nablus, 38 Palestinian civilians injured According to local medical sources, 38 Palestinians, including a blind teenager, have been injured by Israeli gunfire thus far, during the two-day invasion of the city of Nablus.
Um Salamunah village protest the illegal Israeli Wall On Friday morning 200 Palestinians, internationals and Israelis marched against the illegal wall being built on land stolen illegally by the Israeli army from the villagers of Um Salamunah, located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Report: Bush likely to visit Israel again in May U.S. President George W. Bush is likely to visit Israel again later this year, the website of the Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported on Friday.
100 activists protesting on Route 443; four reported to be injured IDF soldiers were alerted to the area and were making efforts top remove the crowd. Demonstrators claimed that four people were injured after inhaling tear gas.
Israel's Supreme Court rejects rights groups' appeal against Gaza fuel cuts Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by human rights groups on Thursday for an injunction against fuel cuts to the Gaza Strip, rejecting their argument that the cuts cause humanitarian harm.
4 Qassams lands in Sderot, one woman suffers shock
Palestinians reject demilitarized state The Palestinian Authority has rejected Israel's call for a Palestinian state without a military and for authority to allow its own army to operate there.
Stated Clerk issues statement on Gaza Christians Kirkpatrick expresses 'alarm' at worsening conditions for all Gazans
Meshaal offers Abbas talks, holds to armed struggle Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called on Friday for unconditional talks with the rival Fatah faction to halt violence between Palestinians but vowed to keep up the Islamist group's armed struggle against Israel.
Olmert, Abdullah meet in Aqaba During the meeting the Israeli prime minister told Abdullah that Israel will not build any new settlements nor appropriate any more land claimed by the Palestinians. Olmert repeated his desire to move toward a final peace settlement.
Throughout his career, Obama has reached for Jewish support AIPAC does not oppose diplomacy in engaging Iran, but dislikes it as an emphasis, believing that talks could buy the Iranian regime bomb-making time. But his words did not stop the Chicago hotel ballroom packed with 800 AIPAC members from cheering Obama on.
A few weeks later, Obama drew more rubberneckers than any other candidate attending AIPAC's policy forum in Washington -- drawing away onlookers from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) although she outpolls Obama among Jewish voters. No one winced when he said that Palestinian needs must be considered in working out a peace deal, although that's hardly standard AIPAC pep talk......in recent speeches, Obama tweaked his pro-Israel rhetoric to echo the recent drive by the Israeli government and pro-Israel groups to insist on recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
Israelis and Palestinians organize a non-violent protest against Israeli settlement near Bethlehem On Wednesday afternoon a group of 50 Palestinians, Israelis and international Human Rights activists gathered at Har Homa settlement, known to Palestinians as Abu Ghinim settlement, which is built on land illegally taken by the Israeli army from the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Baghdad Palestinians hope for passage through India
Evidence of Israeli 'cowardly blending' comes to light A new report, written by a respected Israeli human rights organisation, one representing the country?s Arab minority not its Jewish majority, has unearthed evidence showing that during the fighting Israel committed war crimes not only against Lebanese civilians -- as was already known -- but also against its own Arab citizens. This is an aspect of the war that has been almost entirely neglected until now.
Fatah loses support among Palestinians Despite international political and financial support, the popularity of the Fatah faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has declined over the past month, partially because of mistrust in the group's leaders, according to a poll published Friday.
Bush blames Lebanon stalemate on Syrian interference
County Durham firm to light up Holy Land
Peres blasted over left-wing event Shimon Peres drew right-wing fire for planning to attend an event organized by the Geneva Initiative, an independent Israeli-Palestinian peace movement.
Palestinian militant found dead in refugee camp in Lebanon Residents of a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon found the body of an Islamic militant Friday who had been tortured and killed, local Palestinian officials and doctors said.
On Eve of Bush Mideast Trip, Hezbollah Chief Stirs Ire for U.S. Sheik Nasrallah said in the speech, adding America wants is to "forever abolish the spirit and culture of resistance in Lebanon." One way to do that, he said, was to settle the Palestinian Arabs in Lebanon as part of a larger solution to the regional problem ? "not for humanitarian reasons of course but to jeopardize the Palestinian cause and the right of Palestinians to return to their homeland."
In interview with Israeli paper, Bush says Israeli-Palestinian peace possible within a year Bush also said he plans to use his time in the Mideast to
rally opposition to Iran's nuclear program, saying a recent U.S. intelligence report that claimed Iran had suspended its program did not mean the danger was over
Ahead of visit, White House talks friendship with Israel ? and pressure A standoff over settlement construction would represent a rare public break between Washington and Jerusalem during Bush's two terms in the White House, and could raise unpleasant memories of the first President Bush and Israel feuding over settlements. But, the White House argues, the current president's unflinching support for Jerusalem's tough anti-terrorist measures will go along way toward smoothing over any disagreements.
Fundraising event for Palestinian Village The problem for the people of At-Tuwani is that their land is wanted by others. In the early 1980s an Israeli settlement was established nearby and since that time the settlers, many of them from the United States, France and Israel itself, have harassed the local people, mainly farmers and shepherds, in an attempt to force them to move away.
Biden and Dodd out Biden has long been close to the pro-Israel lobby, and his occasional criticism of Israeli policies has always been well-received because of his pro-Israel record. Dodd also has been close to the pro-Israel lobby, telling the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in late 2006 that he did not believe the time was ripe for Palestinian statehood.
Hezbollah sets resolution terms The Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah has said openly that it will not allow a president to be elected unless it gets a third of the cabinet seats.
Damascus becomes Arab cultural capital for 2008 Damascus heads into a new year as the cultural capital of the Arab world for 2008, hosting a year-long series of theatrical and musical events, along with talks by renowned intellectuals.
Israeli forces kidnap four from different parts of the West Bank and injure one
Qassam rocket hits N Ashkelon, furthest distance ever A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning fell at an open field in northern Ashkelon, the furthest distance a rocket has struck yet, local media said.
Three Palestinians injured as settlers of Mattityahu attack Bil'in
At Tuwani Update: 16 December ? 31 December CPTers Benvie and Gish met with a lawyer from Yesh Din, an Israeli human
rights group, regarding the contaminated cistern and the Israeli settler
tour that may have been responsible.
Report: Palestinian baby critically wounded in IDF operation in Nablus Palestinian sources reported that a three-year-old Palestinian infant was critically wounded Thursday during an IDF operation in the old city of Nablus.
In ongoing Israeli invasion of Nablus, 38 Palestinian civilians injured According to local medical sources, 38 Palestinians, including a blind teenager, have been injured by Israeli gunfire thus far, during the two-day invasion of the city of Nablus.
Um Salamunah village protest the illegal Israeli Wall On Friday morning 200 Palestinians, internationals and Israelis marched against the illegal wall being built on land stolen illegally by the Israeli army from the villagers of Um Salamunah, located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Report: Bush likely to visit Israel again in May U.S. President George W. Bush is likely to visit Israel again later this year, the website of the Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported on Friday.
100 activists protesting on Route 443; four reported to be injured IDF soldiers were alerted to the area and were making efforts top remove the crowd. Demonstrators claimed that four people were injured after inhaling tear gas.
Israel's Supreme Court rejects rights groups' appeal against Gaza fuel cuts Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by human rights groups on Thursday for an injunction against fuel cuts to the Gaza Strip, rejecting their argument that the cuts cause humanitarian harm.
4 Qassams lands in Sderot, one woman suffers shock
Palestinians reject demilitarized state The Palestinian Authority has rejected Israel's call for a Palestinian state without a military and for authority to allow its own army to operate there.
Stated Clerk issues statement on Gaza Christians Kirkpatrick expresses 'alarm' at worsening conditions for all Gazans
Meshaal offers Abbas talks, holds to armed struggle Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called on Friday for unconditional talks with the rival Fatah faction to halt violence between Palestinians but vowed to keep up the Islamist group's armed struggle against Israel.
Olmert, Abdullah meet in Aqaba During the meeting the Israeli prime minister told Abdullah that Israel will not build any new settlements nor appropriate any more land claimed by the Palestinians. Olmert repeated his desire to move toward a final peace settlement.
Throughout his career, Obama has reached for Jewish support AIPAC does not oppose diplomacy in engaging Iran, but dislikes it as an emphasis, believing that talks could buy the Iranian regime bomb-making time. But his words did not stop the Chicago hotel ballroom packed with 800 AIPAC members from cheering Obama on.
A few weeks later, Obama drew more rubberneckers than any other candidate attending AIPAC's policy forum in Washington -- drawing away onlookers from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) although she outpolls Obama among Jewish voters. No one winced when he said that Palestinian needs must be considered in working out a peace deal, although that's hardly standard AIPAC pep talk......in recent speeches, Obama tweaked his pro-Israel rhetoric to echo the recent drive by the Israeli government and pro-Israel groups to insist on recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
Israelis and Palestinians organize a non-violent protest against Israeli settlement near Bethlehem On Wednesday afternoon a group of 50 Palestinians, Israelis and international Human Rights activists gathered at Har Homa settlement, known to Palestinians as Abu Ghinim settlement, which is built on land illegally taken by the Israeli army from the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Baghdad Palestinians hope for passage through India
Evidence of Israeli 'cowardly blending' comes to light A new report, written by a respected Israeli human rights organisation, one representing the country?s Arab minority not its Jewish majority, has unearthed evidence showing that during the fighting Israel committed war crimes not only against Lebanese civilians -- as was already known -- but also against its own Arab citizens. This is an aspect of the war that has been almost entirely neglected until now.
Fatah loses support among Palestinians Despite international political and financial support, the popularity of the Fatah faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has declined over the past month, partially because of mistrust in the group's leaders, according to a poll published Friday.
Bush blames Lebanon stalemate on Syrian interference
County Durham firm to light up Holy Land
Peres blasted over left-wing event Shimon Peres drew right-wing fire for planning to attend an event organized by the Geneva Initiative, an independent Israeli-Palestinian peace movement.
Palestinian militant found dead in refugee camp in Lebanon Residents of a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon found the body of an Islamic militant Friday who had been tortured and killed, local Palestinian officials and doctors said.
On Eve of Bush Mideast Trip, Hezbollah Chief Stirs Ire for U.S. Sheik Nasrallah said in the speech, adding America wants is to "forever abolish the spirit and culture of resistance in Lebanon." One way to do that, he said, was to settle the Palestinian Arabs in Lebanon as part of a larger solution to the regional problem ? "not for humanitarian reasons of course but to jeopardize the Palestinian cause and the right of Palestinians to return to their homeland."
In interview with Israeli paper, Bush says Israeli-Palestinian peace possible within a year Bush also said he plans to use his time in the Mideast to
rally opposition to Iran's nuclear program, saying a recent U.S. intelligence report that claimed Iran had suspended its program did not mean the danger was over
Ahead of visit, White House talks friendship with Israel ? and pressure A standoff over settlement construction would represent a rare public break between Washington and Jerusalem during Bush's two terms in the White House, and could raise unpleasant memories of the first President Bush and Israel feuding over settlements. But, the White House argues, the current president's unflinching support for Jerusalem's tough anti-terrorist measures will go along way toward smoothing over any disagreements.
Fundraising event for Palestinian Village The problem for the people of At-Tuwani is that their land is wanted by others. In the early 1980s an Israeli settlement was established nearby and since that time the settlers, many of them from the United States, France and Israel itself, have harassed the local people, mainly farmers and shepherds, in an attempt to force them to move away.
Biden and Dodd out Biden has long been close to the pro-Israel lobby, and his occasional criticism of Israeli policies has always been well-received because of his pro-Israel record. Dodd also has been close to the pro-Israel lobby, telling the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in late 2006 that he did not believe the time was ripe for Palestinian statehood.
Hezbollah sets resolution terms The Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah has said openly that it will not allow a president to be elected unless it gets a third of the cabinet seats.
Damascus becomes Arab cultural capital for 2008 Damascus heads into a new year as the cultural capital of the Arab world for 2008, hosting a year-long series of theatrical and musical events, along with talks by renowned intellectuals.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Headlines for 01-03-08
Nine killed in new Israeli blitz on Gaza Nine people, including a mother and daughter and at least four militants, were killed in the Israeli attacks, while 48 people were wounded and several houses destroyed, witnesses and medics said.
Olmert: Israel fails to halt settlements Israel has failed to uphold its promise to halt building in settlements, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an unprecedented acknowledgement Friday ahead of President Bush's visit to prod Israel and the Palestinians toward a final accord.
Palestinian PM assails Israel over West Bank raids
Bush tells Jordan king the US is committed to peace: palace
Bush calls on Israel to dismantle wildcat settlements "We expect them to honour their commitments," Bush said in the interview with Israel's mass-selling Yediot Aharonot daily.
Abbas to Saudi ahead of Bush trip
Israeli army kidnaps 28 Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank
HR group: 'IDF uses dogs to harass Palestinians' IDF soldiers are using dogs to attack and harass Palestinian civilians and detainees, the Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI) charged in a letter sent earlier this week to Military Advocate General Brig.-Gen. Avihai Mandelblitt.
Palestinian security forces continue to arrest Hamas members in the West Bank
Palestinian leftist factions launch campaign to thaw Hamas-Fatahfeud Palestinian leftist parties have launched a campaign to urge Islamic Hamas movement and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction to end their feud, Palestinian radio reported on Thursday.
Hamas urges Abbas to stop talks with Israel Islamic Hamas movement on Thursday called on President Mahmoud Abbas of rival Fatah to stop meeting Israeli officials and return for dialogue with the Islamic movement.
Troops invade Nablus, impose curfew
Hezbollah: We have Israelis' body parts
A Night to Honor Israel in Orlando Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the sponsoring organization, was founded in early 2006 when evangelical San Antonio-based Pastor John Hagee called on Christian leaders to form a nationwide pro-Israel group.
Israel accused after Bedouin shot dead on Egypt border
African asylum-seekers detained in "harsh conditions"
Regional Anglicans fear Jerusalem conference could 'inflame tensions' the strong pro-Israel sentiments of the African and American bishops could have physical consequences for Anglicans living in the West Bank and Gaza, Jerusalem Anglican leaders fear
Study: Gaza pullout hurt Israel's image "We found that one of the main reasons for this phenomenon is that Israel continues to be viewed by the world as a conquering state,"
That's because it IS a conquering state. When Israel returns the land of its neighbors, and ceases the continuing seizure of the land of its neighbors, then perhaps the world will think otherwise. Rocket science.
Olmert: Israel fails to halt settlements Israel has failed to uphold its promise to halt building in settlements, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an unprecedented acknowledgement Friday ahead of President Bush's visit to prod Israel and the Palestinians toward a final accord.
Palestinian PM assails Israel over West Bank raids
Bush tells Jordan king the US is committed to peace: palace
Bush calls on Israel to dismantle wildcat settlements "We expect them to honour their commitments," Bush said in the interview with Israel's mass-selling Yediot Aharonot daily.
Abbas to Saudi ahead of Bush trip
Israeli army kidnaps 28 Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank
HR group: 'IDF uses dogs to harass Palestinians' IDF soldiers are using dogs to attack and harass Palestinian civilians and detainees, the Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI) charged in a letter sent earlier this week to Military Advocate General Brig.-Gen. Avihai Mandelblitt.
Palestinian security forces continue to arrest Hamas members in the West Bank
Palestinian leftist factions launch campaign to thaw Hamas-Fatahfeud Palestinian leftist parties have launched a campaign to urge Islamic Hamas movement and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction to end their feud, Palestinian radio reported on Thursday.
Hamas urges Abbas to stop talks with Israel Islamic Hamas movement on Thursday called on President Mahmoud Abbas of rival Fatah to stop meeting Israeli officials and return for dialogue with the Islamic movement.
Troops invade Nablus, impose curfew
Hezbollah: We have Israelis' body parts
A Night to Honor Israel in Orlando Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the sponsoring organization, was founded in early 2006 when evangelical San Antonio-based Pastor John Hagee called on Christian leaders to form a nationwide pro-Israel group.
Israel accused after Bedouin shot dead on Egypt border
African asylum-seekers detained in "harsh conditions"
Regional Anglicans fear Jerusalem conference could 'inflame tensions' the strong pro-Israel sentiments of the African and American bishops could have physical consequences for Anglicans living in the West Bank and Gaza, Jerusalem Anglican leaders fear
Study: Gaza pullout hurt Israel's image "We found that one of the main reasons for this phenomenon is that Israel continues to be viewed by the world as a conquering state,"
That's because it IS a conquering state. When Israel returns the land of its neighbors, and ceases the continuing seizure of the land of its neighbors, then perhaps the world will think otherwise. Rocket science.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Headlines for 01-02-08
Israeli troops kill Palestinian in northern Gaza Israeli soldiers stationed near the borders between northern Gaza Strip and Israel shot dead a Palestinian who approached the fence of the borders, Palestinian security sources said.
Israeli troops kill six gunmen in Gaza
Palestinians go bald over factional rivalry Former Palestinian lawmakers and journalists shaved their heads in public in protest at the humiliating shaving of the moustache of a Fatah official by Hamas men in Gaza.
Israel warning on Hebron suspects Israel's defence minister has said his country is watching to see whether the Palestinian Authority prosecutes men suspected of killing two settlers.
Palestinian President wants early elections
Israeli anger over Gaza crossing Israel has criticised Egypt's decision to allow 2,150 Palestinian pilgrims who had been stranded in the country to cross back into the Gaza Strip.
Mosque near Bethlehem burned down by Israeli settlers
Abbas says Bush must speak out on Israeli settlements
No more clay on the potter's wheel Sabri Mostafa Attallah's family is well-known in Gaza for producing beautiful Palestinian pottery
J'lem seeks Bush okay for IDF free hand in W. Bank Israel would like the U.S. to agree to a number of limitations on the future Palestinian state's sovereignty. Israel wants Palestine to be completely demilitarized, and for Israel to be able to fly over Palestinian air space. Border crossings would be monitored by Israel in such a way that the symbols of Palestinian sovereignty would not be compromised, but Israel would know who was coming and going.
Report: the Israeli army kidnaps 2300 Palestinian workers in year 2007 The general Palestinian workers union issued a report on Wednesday stating that the Israeli army and police had kidnapped 2300 Palestinian workers during the year of 2007.
Palestinian forces arrest gunmen in Nablus after attacking a Hamas leader's home Palestinian sources revealed on Wednesday that unknown gunmen were arrested in Nablus as they opened fire on Sheikh Fayyad Al Aghbar's home and injured his wife. Sheikh Fayyad Al Aghbar is a Hamas leader and a member in Nablus Municipality.
A Palestinian woman dies due to the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip Miryam Judah, 32, had breast cancer. She died on Wednesday after the Israeli authorities did not allow her to leave the coastal region for medical treatment, the Palestinian Ministry for Health in Gaza reported.
Israeli troops kidnap eight Palestinians during morning invasions to several part of the West Bank Palestinian sources reported that Israeli troops kidnapped eight Palestinian civilians during morning invasions on Wednesday that targeted several parts of the West Bank
Hamas rejects call for early Palestinian polls
Islamic Jihad says Hamas-Fatah feud "very dangerous" Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement on Wednesday said the differences between Hamas and Fatah factions became "very dangerous
Hebron shooting attack not political, Palestinian government says The Ramallah-based Palestinian government said Wednesday that a shooting attack which killed two off-duty Israeli soldiers near Hebron last Friday was a 'criminal' incident, and accused Israel of claiming it had a political motive in order to justify its failure to implement peace requirements.
Pro-Abbas security forces arrest 13 Hamas members in West Bank
Olmert, Bush to discuss Iran nuke program
Syria hits back in row with Paris Syria says it is halting co-operation with France on efforts to resolve the Lebanese political crisis
Livni talks advocacy with U.S. students Tzipi Livni, trying to promote education about Israel on American college campuses, on Wednesday discussed advocacy with 41 Jewish student leaders from more than 25 American colleges......"We have you fighting for Israel," Livni said in a speech. "We know that you are there to defend Israel, and we are here to defend you. And all together we will win."
Lantos' Holocaust experience suffused his political career The American Israel Public Affairs Committee described him as a ubiquitous presence in U.S.-Israel relations. "There is not a single issue impacting the U.S.-Israel relationship that does not carry the imprint or leadership of Tom Lantos," said a joint statement by AIPAC's president, Howard Friedman, and its executive director, Howard Kohr......His pro-Israel credentials were critical in giving Pelosi the upper hand when she came under fire from the White House in April for visiting Syria and delivering a peace message from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Qaeda might target Israeli basketball team in Turkey: TV
Israel does not expect war with Iran: Peres He said he did not believe the Iranian people wanted to destroy Israel or develop nuclear arms
Terror Prosecutions Shed More Heat Than Light
Leader of US civil rights group travels to West Bank to promote Mideast peace efforts The president of the civil rights group founded by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. left Tuesday for a trip to the West Bank to promote Arab-Israeli peace talks based on King's teachings.
Regarding Palestinians
As US turns on Israel, cracks form in the Great American Empire The present United States Government is now attempting to divide Jerusalem, destroy Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and turn it into a Palestinian Terror State. Will this be the undoing of itself? Are we today, witnessing the beginning of the end of the Great American Empire?
Two Territories, No Nation
Right-wing rabbi calls for PM's death Government leaders should be hanged for negotiating with the Palestinians, Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe told an audience of rabbis in Tel Aviv, according to Channel 1 report aired Wednesday night.
Israeli troops kill six gunmen in Gaza
Palestinians go bald over factional rivalry Former Palestinian lawmakers and journalists shaved their heads in public in protest at the humiliating shaving of the moustache of a Fatah official by Hamas men in Gaza.
Israel warning on Hebron suspects Israel's defence minister has said his country is watching to see whether the Palestinian Authority prosecutes men suspected of killing two settlers.
Palestinian President wants early elections
Israeli anger over Gaza crossing Israel has criticised Egypt's decision to allow 2,150 Palestinian pilgrims who had been stranded in the country to cross back into the Gaza Strip.
Mosque near Bethlehem burned down by Israeli settlers
Abbas says Bush must speak out on Israeli settlements
No more clay on the potter's wheel Sabri Mostafa Attallah's family is well-known in Gaza for producing beautiful Palestinian pottery
J'lem seeks Bush okay for IDF free hand in W. Bank Israel would like the U.S. to agree to a number of limitations on the future Palestinian state's sovereignty. Israel wants Palestine to be completely demilitarized, and for Israel to be able to fly over Palestinian air space. Border crossings would be monitored by Israel in such a way that the symbols of Palestinian sovereignty would not be compromised, but Israel would know who was coming and going.
Report: the Israeli army kidnaps 2300 Palestinian workers in year 2007 The general Palestinian workers union issued a report on Wednesday stating that the Israeli army and police had kidnapped 2300 Palestinian workers during the year of 2007.
Palestinian forces arrest gunmen in Nablus after attacking a Hamas leader's home Palestinian sources revealed on Wednesday that unknown gunmen were arrested in Nablus as they opened fire on Sheikh Fayyad Al Aghbar's home and injured his wife. Sheikh Fayyad Al Aghbar is a Hamas leader and a member in Nablus Municipality.
A Palestinian woman dies due to the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip Miryam Judah, 32, had breast cancer. She died on Wednesday after the Israeli authorities did not allow her to leave the coastal region for medical treatment, the Palestinian Ministry for Health in Gaza reported.
Israeli troops kidnap eight Palestinians during morning invasions to several part of the West Bank Palestinian sources reported that Israeli troops kidnapped eight Palestinian civilians during morning invasions on Wednesday that targeted several parts of the West Bank
Hamas rejects call for early Palestinian polls
Islamic Jihad says Hamas-Fatah feud "very dangerous" Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement on Wednesday said the differences between Hamas and Fatah factions became "very dangerous
Hebron shooting attack not political, Palestinian government says The Ramallah-based Palestinian government said Wednesday that a shooting attack which killed two off-duty Israeli soldiers near Hebron last Friday was a 'criminal' incident, and accused Israel of claiming it had a political motive in order to justify its failure to implement peace requirements.
Pro-Abbas security forces arrest 13 Hamas members in West Bank
Olmert, Bush to discuss Iran nuke program
Syria hits back in row with Paris Syria says it is halting co-operation with France on efforts to resolve the Lebanese political crisis
Livni talks advocacy with U.S. students Tzipi Livni, trying to promote education about Israel on American college campuses, on Wednesday discussed advocacy with 41 Jewish student leaders from more than 25 American colleges......"We have you fighting for Israel," Livni said in a speech. "We know that you are there to defend Israel, and we are here to defend you. And all together we will win."
Lantos' Holocaust experience suffused his political career The American Israel Public Affairs Committee described him as a ubiquitous presence in U.S.-Israel relations. "There is not a single issue impacting the U.S.-Israel relationship that does not carry the imprint or leadership of Tom Lantos," said a joint statement by AIPAC's president, Howard Friedman, and its executive director, Howard Kohr......His pro-Israel credentials were critical in giving Pelosi the upper hand when she came under fire from the White House in April for visiting Syria and delivering a peace message from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Qaeda might target Israeli basketball team in Turkey: TV
Israel does not expect war with Iran: Peres He said he did not believe the Iranian people wanted to destroy Israel or develop nuclear arms
Terror Prosecutions Shed More Heat Than Light
Leader of US civil rights group travels to West Bank to promote Mideast peace efforts The president of the civil rights group founded by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. left Tuesday for a trip to the West Bank to promote Arab-Israeli peace talks based on King's teachings.
Regarding Palestinians
As US turns on Israel, cracks form in the Great American Empire The present United States Government is now attempting to divide Jerusalem, destroy Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and turn it into a Palestinian Terror State. Will this be the undoing of itself? Are we today, witnessing the beginning of the end of the Great American Empire?
Two Territories, No Nation
Right-wing rabbi calls for PM's death Government leaders should be hanged for negotiating with the Palestinians, Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe told an audience of rabbis in Tel Aviv, according to Channel 1 report aired Wednesday night.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Headlines for 01-01-08
Eight dead in Gaza faction clash The official Palestinian news agency says Hamas men have detonated explosives inside a six-storey building in Gaza City owned by members of the Doghmush family - an influential Gaza clan said to have links to armed groups.
Hamas militant killed by Israeli artillery on C Gaza
Drowsy driver blamed for head-on collision in Arava The minivans carried a group of 20 Palestinian workers en route to Israel from the West Bank. Four of the Palestinians were killed instantly, five were moderately injured and the remaining 11 were lightly hurt.
Hamas rejects call for early Palestinian polls Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) senior leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said here Tuesday his movement rejected the call for early legislative elections in the Palestinian territories.
Former Palestinian FM: Hamas, Israel reached declaration of intent Former Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar confirmed Tuesday that the so called ?Swiss Document?, allowing for certain agreed-upon principles that would allow negotiations between Israel and the Hamas, in fact exists.
Hebron Update: 17-30 December 2007
The Great Divide: Israel's forbidden road It runs straight through the heart of the occupied West Bank, but Palestinians are not permitted even to set foot on the asphalt their ancestors laid. Donald Macintyre reports from Beit Sira
Olmert: Jerusalem division inevitable
Egypt threatens Israel over lobbying Egypt threatened to retaliate for lobbying against it by pro-Israel groups in Washington.
Jordan urges Israel to freeze settlements
Four Palestinians kidnapped in Hebron during Israeli Invasion
Crippling West Bank roadblocks to remain in place: Israeli defence minister But in a New Year's interview ahead of the visit, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert struck a more conciliatory tone, telling Israelis that they must consider giving up much of the West Bank and part of Jerusalem for their own good.
Killers of off-duty soldiers near Hebron were PA security officers
Palestinians stranded in Egypt leave for Gaza
Stranded Palestinian pilgrims in Egypt threaten hunger strike over return to Gaza
Court rules to evict Jews from East Jerusalem house Ateret Cohanim members entered the building in April 2004 with a police escort, removed the Palestinian contractor and his family, and rented the apartments to Jewish families.
Four Palestinians, Jewish settlers arrested in connection with fight Two Palestinians and two Jewish settlers were arrested on Tuesday evening near Bil'in under the suspicion that they were involved in a fight.
Settlers erect two caravans near Bil'in
Gaza Is Tense as It Tallies Casualties The percentage of Palestinian civilians killed who were not involved in hostilities also declined in 2007, to 35 percent, from 54 percent in 2006, Btselem said.
Olmert, Bush and Abbas to hold three-way summit in J'lem The leaders of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the United States are expected to hold a joint meeting during President George W. Bush's visit here next week, in an effort to accelerate negotiations on the conflict's core issues - borders, refugees, and Jerusalem.
Arab teen suspected of 'Internet terror' The suspect, along with Muslim cohorts from countries including Saudi Arabia and Turkey, allegedly wrecked a number of Web sites including those of the Likud Party and Maccabi Tel Aviv, as well as shopping sites and sites used as servers by various other companies....Last year, pro-Palestinian hackers shut down approximately 700 Israeli Web domains
Diaspora students to tell Knesset of challenges "To a large extent, it's ignorance on campus of the situation in the Middle East that brings about the [anti-Israel] sentiment that we're seeing there," according to Avi Mayer, who works for Hillel and is the coordinator for the American delegation to the WUJS conference. "We need to work more on campus."
Hebron Reflection: Seam Lines
Military blamed for Hezbollah war failures A REPORT by an Israeli parliamentary committee placed responsibility for failures of last year's war against the Lebanese Hezbollah militia on the military.
Warning: Al-Qaeda planning attacks on Israeli targets in Turkey The security establishment has received specific intelligence information according to which al-Qaeda cells that have infiltrated Turkey are planning to carry out terror attacks on Israeli targets and sites affiliated with the United States, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday.
Church trek deepens faith In Israel, he absorbed the anger of Palestinian Christians who feel ignored by Catholic pilgrims who spend millions to restore shrines.
Matter of life and death in Gaza
SCLC leader travels to West Bank to promote peace efforts
Hamas militant killed by Israeli artillery on C Gaza
Drowsy driver blamed for head-on collision in Arava The minivans carried a group of 20 Palestinian workers en route to Israel from the West Bank. Four of the Palestinians were killed instantly, five were moderately injured and the remaining 11 were lightly hurt.
Hamas rejects call for early Palestinian polls Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) senior leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said here Tuesday his movement rejected the call for early legislative elections in the Palestinian territories.
Former Palestinian FM: Hamas, Israel reached declaration of intent Former Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar confirmed Tuesday that the so called ?Swiss Document?, allowing for certain agreed-upon principles that would allow negotiations between Israel and the Hamas, in fact exists.
Hebron Update: 17-30 December 2007
The Great Divide: Israel's forbidden road It runs straight through the heart of the occupied West Bank, but Palestinians are not permitted even to set foot on the asphalt their ancestors laid. Donald Macintyre reports from Beit Sira
Olmert: Jerusalem division inevitable
Egypt threatens Israel over lobbying Egypt threatened to retaliate for lobbying against it by pro-Israel groups in Washington.
Jordan urges Israel to freeze settlements
Four Palestinians kidnapped in Hebron during Israeli Invasion
Crippling West Bank roadblocks to remain in place: Israeli defence minister But in a New Year's interview ahead of the visit, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert struck a more conciliatory tone, telling Israelis that they must consider giving up much of the West Bank and part of Jerusalem for their own good.
Killers of off-duty soldiers near Hebron were PA security officers
Palestinians stranded in Egypt leave for Gaza
Stranded Palestinian pilgrims in Egypt threaten hunger strike over return to Gaza
Court rules to evict Jews from East Jerusalem house Ateret Cohanim members entered the building in April 2004 with a police escort, removed the Palestinian contractor and his family, and rented the apartments to Jewish families.
Four Palestinians, Jewish settlers arrested in connection with fight Two Palestinians and two Jewish settlers were arrested on Tuesday evening near Bil'in under the suspicion that they were involved in a fight.
Settlers erect two caravans near Bil'in
Gaza Is Tense as It Tallies Casualties The percentage of Palestinian civilians killed who were not involved in hostilities also declined in 2007, to 35 percent, from 54 percent in 2006, Btselem said.
Olmert, Bush and Abbas to hold three-way summit in J'lem The leaders of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the United States are expected to hold a joint meeting during President George W. Bush's visit here next week, in an effort to accelerate negotiations on the conflict's core issues - borders, refugees, and Jerusalem.
Arab teen suspected of 'Internet terror' The suspect, along with Muslim cohorts from countries including Saudi Arabia and Turkey, allegedly wrecked a number of Web sites including those of the Likud Party and Maccabi Tel Aviv, as well as shopping sites and sites used as servers by various other companies....Last year, pro-Palestinian hackers shut down approximately 700 Israeli Web domains
Diaspora students to tell Knesset of challenges "To a large extent, it's ignorance on campus of the situation in the Middle East that brings about the [anti-Israel] sentiment that we're seeing there," according to Avi Mayer, who works for Hillel and is the coordinator for the American delegation to the WUJS conference. "We need to work more on campus."
Hebron Reflection: Seam Lines
Military blamed for Hezbollah war failures A REPORT by an Israeli parliamentary committee placed responsibility for failures of last year's war against the Lebanese Hezbollah militia on the military.
Warning: Al-Qaeda planning attacks on Israeli targets in Turkey The security establishment has received specific intelligence information according to which al-Qaeda cells that have infiltrated Turkey are planning to carry out terror attacks on Israeli targets and sites affiliated with the United States, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday.
Church trek deepens faith In Israel, he absorbed the anger of Palestinian Christians who feel ignored by Catholic pilgrims who spend millions to restore shrines.
Matter of life and death in Gaza
SCLC leader travels to West Bank to promote peace efforts
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Headlines for 12-31-07
Israeli soldiers kill two near border Israeli troops Sunday killed two Palestinians suspected of planting a bomb near the fence dividing Israel from Gaza.
Five killed in Fatah-Hamas clashes in Gaza A 12-year-old boy, two other civilians and a member of the Hamas police were killed in exchanges of gunfire during a rally east of the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis, the sources said.
Israeli army admits killing woman entering Gaza after hajj
Palestine pilgrims forced to travel via Israeli-run crossing The protesters, among 1,100 who had been transferred by bus to the Sinai capital of El Arish from their Red Sea ferries, smashed windows and burned mattresses and blankets. Khadra Massoud, a 67-year-old woman, collapsed and died during a scuffle between pilgrims and Egyptian policemen. Palestinian sources in Gaza said that another woman had died from sickness and seven others were taken to hospital.
Abbas urges Hamas to agree to early elections Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a "new page" by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding reconciliation talks with his Fatah faction.
Peace talks cannot go on unless settlements stop: Abbas
Israeli army denies chief pushing for Hamas contact
Bush will not visit Arafat's tomb Palestinian Authority officials on Monday expressed deep disappointment after learning that US President George W. Bush, who is expected to visit Ramallah soon, does not intend to lay a wreath at Yasser Arafat's tomb.
Barak to IDF: Put illegal outposts residents on trial Shvut Ami has in recent months become a new symbol of the fight over the outposts and, in the eyes of the security forces, an extreme example of the settlers' ability to harass them. The outpost is located on private Palestinian land, a few hundred meters south of Kedumim, on the other side of the Kedumim-Alfei Menashe road.
Abbas ready for a 'new page' with Hamas Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Monday that he was ready to "open a new page" with Hamas if the Islamist movement gave up its control of the Gaza Strip.
Gazans undergo chemotherapy in Holon
Palestinian security forces capture suicide bomber Palestinian security forces in the West Bank recently arrested a Hamas cell that planned a suicide attack in Israel, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki said on Monday
Death toll in Arab-Israeli conflict fell in 2007 "Israeli authorities often exploit security threats in order to advance prohibited political interests under the guise of security." It said hardships were imposed on Palestinians to perpetuate Jewish settlements and "effectively annex them to Israel".
Prisoner swap may happen within two weeks According to the Palestinian paper Al-Ayam, a prisoner swap deal exchanging 350 of the 10,000 Palestinians held by Israel for the one Israeli held by Palestinian resistance groups could happen within two weeks.
Aida refugee camp residents say Barrier harming their livelihoods
Israeli troops invade a village near Jenin and open fire at civilians A Palestinian family, from the village of Kufer Dan near Jenin city in the northern part of the West Bank, escaped an almost certain death on Monday morning when Israeli troops invading the village opened fire at them
Abbas reveals: Israel negotiated with Hamas Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas claimed on Monday that despite Israel's stated policy that it would not speak to Hamas, representatives from both parties met for clandestine talks in Switzerland.
Cop gets community service for shooting Kafr Qasem resident A Tel Aviv Court on Sunday sentenced a Border Policeman who shot and paralyzed a Kafr Qasem resident to six months of community service and a one-year suspended prison term.
PCHR Calls for Stopping attacks against Offices of Fatah Movement and Affiliated Institutions in Gaza
ILA publishes two tenders to build in Jerusalem over Green Line The Israel Lands Administration (ILA) recently published two construction tenders for Jerusalem in areas over the Green Line.....The land was expropriated in 1973 from Palestinian residents of the nearby villages of Sur Baher and Jabal Mukaber, which are within the Jerusalem city limits
Landmark terrorism funding case reversed Judge Ilana Rovner said in her decision last Friday that "problematic" sources, including a news release from the Israeli government, a newspaper article and a statement under oath from Stanley Boim, David's father, that "it was public knowledge that Hamas was behind the attack," were behind the original decision.
Reflection: Tae see wirselves as ithers see us*
2008: The year of Palestine?
Jerusalem square to be named after Pollard A Jerusalem square will be symbolically dedicated to Jonathan Pollard ahead of President Bush's visit to Israel....The move is meant to help lobby Bush to pardon Pollard, a former U.S. Navy analyst who is serving a life prison sentence for spying for Israel. Bush leaves office in 2009.
What's the hurry? there is no Jewish leader in the Republican Party who, like Max Fisher in the past, has sufficient enough influence to just phone up the president and quietly take care of things. Most Jewish Republicans who have a degree of access to the White House are not fans of the political process, and some are busy promoting the campaign against a division of Jerusalem, an effort that Olmert perceives as a personal campaign against him and in favor of Benjamin Netanyahu.....At the Prime Minister's Office, the focus is now on Bush's January 9th visit. Expected to top the agenda is the Iranian threat and the ramifications of the American intelligence report that said Iran is not planning to develop a military nuclear capability.
Holocaust auction stirs ire An Israeli auction house drew censure for selling off Holocaust memorabilia......"I think it's despicable,"
Cheering 40 new Iranian olim, did Israel offer hype or help? Iran?s Jews constitute the Diaspora?s oldest Jewish community, represent the largest Jewish population in a Muslim country and, according to their own accounts, have been treated fairly well by their government......Melman asked why the Jewish Agency and the International Fellowship would turn the arrival of the 40 immigrants into a media circus "when they know that hanging in the balance is the fate of entire Jewish community in a Muslim country hostile to Israel."
Israel's 2008 plans: Engage Syria, Palestinian peace, upgrade U.S. ties In an internal memo, Ben Zeev argued forcefully for a formal pact with the United States, primarily on the grounds that it would help deter Iran from attacking Israel. Under the terms of such a pact, the United States would consider any military attack on Israel an attack on America, appreciably strengthening Israel's deterrent posture.
Syria unwilling to pressure Lebanon allies: minister
YOUR LETTERS Second one down.
'Even Israel's good friends see future with J'lem divided' Bush was not pressuring Israel in any way, Olmert said. "He's not doing a single thing that I don't agree to," he said. "He doesn't support anything that I oppose." Rather, Olmert said, both he and the president hoped that the Annapolis timetable, for an accord in the course of 2008, could be met. ......"It's a coincidence that is almost 'the hand of God,'" Olmert said, "that Bush is president of the United States, that Nicolas Sarkozy is the president of France, that Angela Merkel is the chancellor of Germany, that Gordon Brown is the prime minister of England and that the special envoy to the Middle East is Tony Blair." ......"The bottom line is that President Bush hasn't changed his opinion regarding the danger posed by Iran. And I haven't changed my impression regarding President Bush's commitment to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons."
S.African president calls for end to crises in Mideast, Africa South African President Thabo Mbeki on Monday called for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the resolution of crises roiling several African countries
Action Alert! Mass demonstration against the apartheid highway 443 and the apartheid road system in the occupied territories This Friday, January 4th, Human Rights activists will meet at a mass demonstration against the system of Israeli Apartheid being imposed upon the Palestinian people. They will protest the network of apartheid roads which dissect the West Bank and which Palestinians themselves are blocked from using.
Imams leave her name unsaid The Palestinian columnist Ibrahim D'abes wrote a glowing tribute for Ms. Bhutto in the daily Al Quds newspaper, saying she "was and remains the best example of a courageous and fighting woman."
Youngest Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli detention centre.
Wilson was elected time and again by his constituents and served 24 years in Congress until his retirement in 1996. He was considered a liberal congressman who supported social justice, civil rights and the right to abortion, but he was a wild hawk when i Wilson was elected time and again by his constituents and served 24 years in Congress until his retirement in 1996. He was considered a liberal congressman who supported social justice, civil rights and the right to abortion, but he was a wild hawk when it came to foreign policy. He became a staunch supporter of Israel in its struggle against the Arabs - at least until he visited the Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps near Beirut during the first Lebanon war. After that he transferred his love for Israel to the mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan.
Palestinians remember Saddam year after hanging Saddam remains popular among Palestinians due in part to his payments of millions of dollars to the families of suicide bombers and anti-Israel fighters, as well as his missile attacks on Israel during the 1991 Gulf War.
Five killed in Fatah-Hamas clashes in Gaza A 12-year-old boy, two other civilians and a member of the Hamas police were killed in exchanges of gunfire during a rally east of the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis, the sources said.
Israeli army admits killing woman entering Gaza after hajj
Palestine pilgrims forced to travel via Israeli-run crossing The protesters, among 1,100 who had been transferred by bus to the Sinai capital of El Arish from their Red Sea ferries, smashed windows and burned mattresses and blankets. Khadra Massoud, a 67-year-old woman, collapsed and died during a scuffle between pilgrims and Egyptian policemen. Palestinian sources in Gaza said that another woman had died from sickness and seven others were taken to hospital.
Abbas urges Hamas to agree to early elections Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a "new page" by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding reconciliation talks with his Fatah faction.
Peace talks cannot go on unless settlements stop: Abbas
Israeli army denies chief pushing for Hamas contact
Bush will not visit Arafat's tomb Palestinian Authority officials on Monday expressed deep disappointment after learning that US President George W. Bush, who is expected to visit Ramallah soon, does not intend to lay a wreath at Yasser Arafat's tomb.
Barak to IDF: Put illegal outposts residents on trial Shvut Ami has in recent months become a new symbol of the fight over the outposts and, in the eyes of the security forces, an extreme example of the settlers' ability to harass them. The outpost is located on private Palestinian land, a few hundred meters south of Kedumim, on the other side of the Kedumim-Alfei Menashe road.
Abbas ready for a 'new page' with Hamas Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Monday that he was ready to "open a new page" with Hamas if the Islamist movement gave up its control of the Gaza Strip.
Gazans undergo chemotherapy in Holon
Palestinian security forces capture suicide bomber Palestinian security forces in the West Bank recently arrested a Hamas cell that planned a suicide attack in Israel, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki said on Monday
Death toll in Arab-Israeli conflict fell in 2007 "Israeli authorities often exploit security threats in order to advance prohibited political interests under the guise of security." It said hardships were imposed on Palestinians to perpetuate Jewish settlements and "effectively annex them to Israel".
Prisoner swap may happen within two weeks According to the Palestinian paper Al-Ayam, a prisoner swap deal exchanging 350 of the 10,000 Palestinians held by Israel for the one Israeli held by Palestinian resistance groups could happen within two weeks.
Aida refugee camp residents say Barrier harming their livelihoods
Israeli troops invade a village near Jenin and open fire at civilians A Palestinian family, from the village of Kufer Dan near Jenin city in the northern part of the West Bank, escaped an almost certain death on Monday morning when Israeli troops invading the village opened fire at them
Abbas reveals: Israel negotiated with Hamas Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas claimed on Monday that despite Israel's stated policy that it would not speak to Hamas, representatives from both parties met for clandestine talks in Switzerland.
Cop gets community service for shooting Kafr Qasem resident A Tel Aviv Court on Sunday sentenced a Border Policeman who shot and paralyzed a Kafr Qasem resident to six months of community service and a one-year suspended prison term.
PCHR Calls for Stopping attacks against Offices of Fatah Movement and Affiliated Institutions in Gaza
ILA publishes two tenders to build in Jerusalem over Green Line The Israel Lands Administration (ILA) recently published two construction tenders for Jerusalem in areas over the Green Line.....The land was expropriated in 1973 from Palestinian residents of the nearby villages of Sur Baher and Jabal Mukaber, which are within the Jerusalem city limits
Landmark terrorism funding case reversed Judge Ilana Rovner said in her decision last Friday that "problematic" sources, including a news release from the Israeli government, a newspaper article and a statement under oath from Stanley Boim, David's father, that "it was public knowledge that Hamas was behind the attack," were behind the original decision.
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2008: The year of Palestine?
Jerusalem square to be named after Pollard A Jerusalem square will be symbolically dedicated to Jonathan Pollard ahead of President Bush's visit to Israel....The move is meant to help lobby Bush to pardon Pollard, a former U.S. Navy analyst who is serving a life prison sentence for spying for Israel. Bush leaves office in 2009.
What's the hurry? there is no Jewish leader in the Republican Party who, like Max Fisher in the past, has sufficient enough influence to just phone up the president and quietly take care of things. Most Jewish Republicans who have a degree of access to the White House are not fans of the political process, and some are busy promoting the campaign against a division of Jerusalem, an effort that Olmert perceives as a personal campaign against him and in favor of Benjamin Netanyahu.....At the Prime Minister's Office, the focus is now on Bush's January 9th visit. Expected to top the agenda is the Iranian threat and the ramifications of the American intelligence report that said Iran is not planning to develop a military nuclear capability.
Holocaust auction stirs ire An Israeli auction house drew censure for selling off Holocaust memorabilia......"I think it's despicable,"
Cheering 40 new Iranian olim, did Israel offer hype or help? Iran?s Jews constitute the Diaspora?s oldest Jewish community, represent the largest Jewish population in a Muslim country and, according to their own accounts, have been treated fairly well by their government......Melman asked why the Jewish Agency and the International Fellowship would turn the arrival of the 40 immigrants into a media circus "when they know that hanging in the balance is the fate of entire Jewish community in a Muslim country hostile to Israel."
Israel's 2008 plans: Engage Syria, Palestinian peace, upgrade U.S. ties In an internal memo, Ben Zeev argued forcefully for a formal pact with the United States, primarily on the grounds that it would help deter Iran from attacking Israel. Under the terms of such a pact, the United States would consider any military attack on Israel an attack on America, appreciably strengthening Israel's deterrent posture.
Syria unwilling to pressure Lebanon allies: minister
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'Even Israel's good friends see future with J'lem divided' Bush was not pressuring Israel in any way, Olmert said. "He's not doing a single thing that I don't agree to," he said. "He doesn't support anything that I oppose." Rather, Olmert said, both he and the president hoped that the Annapolis timetable, for an accord in the course of 2008, could be met. ......"It's a coincidence that is almost 'the hand of God,'" Olmert said, "that Bush is president of the United States, that Nicolas Sarkozy is the president of France, that Angela Merkel is the chancellor of Germany, that Gordon Brown is the prime minister of England and that the special envoy to the Middle East is Tony Blair." ......"The bottom line is that President Bush hasn't changed his opinion regarding the danger posed by Iran. And I haven't changed my impression regarding President Bush's commitment to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons."
S.African president calls for end to crises in Mideast, Africa South African President Thabo Mbeki on Monday called for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the resolution of crises roiling several African countries
Action Alert! Mass demonstration against the apartheid highway 443 and the apartheid road system in the occupied territories This Friday, January 4th, Human Rights activists will meet at a mass demonstration against the system of Israeli Apartheid being imposed upon the Palestinian people. They will protest the network of apartheid roads which dissect the West Bank and which Palestinians themselves are blocked from using.
Imams leave her name unsaid The Palestinian columnist Ibrahim D'abes wrote a glowing tribute for Ms. Bhutto in the daily Al Quds newspaper, saying she "was and remains the best example of a courageous and fighting woman."
Youngest Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli detention centre.
Wilson was elected time and again by his constituents and served 24 years in Congress until his retirement in 1996. He was considered a liberal congressman who supported social justice, civil rights and the right to abortion, but he was a wild hawk when i Wilson was elected time and again by his constituents and served 24 years in Congress until his retirement in 1996. He was considered a liberal congressman who supported social justice, civil rights and the right to abortion, but he was a wild hawk when it came to foreign policy. He became a staunch supporter of Israel in its struggle against the Arabs - at least until he visited the Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps near Beirut during the first Lebanon war. After that he transferred his love for Israel to the mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan.
Palestinians remember Saddam year after hanging Saddam remains popular among Palestinians due in part to his payments of millions of dollars to the families of suicide bombers and anti-Israel fighters, as well as his missile attacks on Israel during the 1991 Gulf War.
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