Israeli soldiers kill four militants in Gaza
One killed and three injured in Israeli shelling on Khan Younis
ICRC activities in Israel and the occupied and autonomous territories: Oct 2007
Gaza's Interior Ministry criticizes West Bank arrests
Hamas says Gaza patients 'dying' because of Israel blockade
The Israeli army attacks a refugee camp near Jenin and injures four civilians
Bush to host key Mideast peace conference Nov 27
Palestine Protests Biased U.N. Reporting "For sometime now, the delegation of Palestine has been troubled by misrepresentations in several U.N. reports in the recent period, including some issued by the secretary-general, that have had the effect of skewing the context of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem."
Abbas, Olmert fail to reach breakthrough ahead of peace meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders failed to reach a breakthrough and agree on a joint statement during talks on Monday, but vowed to keep hammering away at a declaration for a key US peace meeting.
Israel approves release of 432 Palestinians inmates Israel on Tuesday approved the release of 432 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a peace conference to take place next week, an Israeli political source said.
Olmert: Israel will freeze settlement activity and evacuate outposts
PM agrees to supply of 50 armored vehicles to PA security
Jewish group protests at Israel's treatment of Christian delegation The incident occurred when a delegation of Austrian Catholic Bishops seeking to pay their respects at the Western Wall, a remnant of the Second Holy Temple, declined to remove their crosses before entering the wall area.
CPT Palestine releases photos for "No Way to the Inn: Bethlehem behind the Wall" campaign.
Middle East bishop meets Jimmy Carter on peace mission In the meeting with Jimy Carter, Bishop Younan said he told the former president of the plight of Palestinian Christians and decsribed the work of the Council of Religious Institutions.
12 Jewish Dems back P.A. funding The American Israel Public Affairs Committee also backed the letter, albeit without proactive lobbying. That stance was controversial and earned criticism from top AIPAC donors who back right-wing causes in Israel.
Austrian bishops barred from Jewish holy site in Jerusalem for wearing crosses
Due to factional tension Palestinian University suspends teaching until further notice On Tuesday at midday, Beir Zeit University suspended teaching indefinitely due to an attack by unknown gunmen on one of the university students late on Monday night.
Photostory: Bil'in, the art of shaking off
Canada's Hip Hop Godfather Belly the First Canadian Indie Hip Hop Artist to go Gold this Century
Egypt offers broad support for Annapolis talks Egypt offered broad support on Tuesday for peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians in the United States next week but again pressed for a firm timetable for setting up a Palestinian state.
Al Funduq and six other villages under house arrest
Palestinian blindfolded, beaten by Israeli forces in Hebron
Syria wants Golan on agenda at Middle East talks
Hailstorm sets off bomblets in Lebanon The season's first hailstorm Tuesday was a blessing in disguise for cluster bomb-infested parts of southern Lebanon, triggering blasts from previously unexploded bomblets. No injuries were reported.
Iraq to offer Syria funds for refugees
Bush, Putin, discuss upcoming Middle East meeting US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday discussed the upcoming US-hosted Middle East peace conference and US missile defense plans, the White House said.
Israel 'reluctant' to see more Egypt troops on border
Channel 4 commissions 'Hurndall' Blighty's Channel 4 has commissioned a TV pic about British peace activist Tom Hurndall, killed by an Israeli sniper in 2003 as he tried to protect three Palestinian children being used as human shields. Three children being used as human shields? Not so. They were three children that the Israeli army was endangering by randomly opening fire at them, hitting Hurndall in the head.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Headlines for 11-19-07
Gaza plans media fun park, no kissing allowed
Defense officials predict limited conflict in Gaza after summit If Annapolis peace conference fails, there's good chance IDF will push for large-scale Gaza operation in order to curb Hamas terror and prevent organization's further military buildup, officials say
Red Cross gives war lessons in Gaza The head of Gaza operations for the Red Cross, Anthony Dalziel, said the course was part of his organisation's worldwide effort to teach international humanitarian law to all parties in armed conflict.
Blair unveils Palestinian schemes The Quartet's envoy said an emergency sewage treatment project would help prevent the collapse of the sewerage system which serves 200,000 people in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Negotiations on a knife-edge ahead of Middle East summit Addressing the main issue ? Israel's insistence that the families of Palestinian refugees who fled or were driven from their homes in 1948 should not return to Israel ? Mr Weissglass said that the US's description of Israel as a "Jewish state" had been to make clear it accepted that there would be no such return, a position he endorses
Al-Quds Brigades members survive Israeli air strike
UN aid chief attacks new Israeli checkpoint plan "An insidious new regime to limit freedom of movement is threatening to further stifle economic activity and smother social interaction between villages and towns in the West Bank," AbuZayd said today at a meeting of UNRWA donors in Amman, Jordan.
Israeli army kidnaps five civilians across West Bank
The Middle East has had a secretive nuclear power in its midst for years When will the US and the UK tell the truth about Israeli weapons? Iran isn't starting an atomic arms race, it's joining one
Fatah central committee meets in Ramallah
Gaza cancer patient dies after being denied entry into Israel
Israeli military invades Nablus, kidnaps 6
Seven Hamas members arrested across West Bank
Palestinian child dies after being denied medical treatment in Israel Tamer died after the chicken pox he was suffering went untreated.
Palestinian Authority demands Israel allow reopening of Palestinian institutions On Monday afternoon, the Palestinian Minister of Information Riad El Malki stated that one of the demands that the Palestinian people would be presenting at the Annapolis summit with Israel next week would be the reopening of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem.
Israel's Syrian Airstrike Was Aimed at Iran Until late October, the accepted explanation about the Sep. 6 Israeli airstrike in Syria, constructed in a series of press leaks from U.S. officials, was that it was prompted by dramatic satellite intelligence that Syria was building a nuclear facility with help from North Korea. But new satellite evidence has discredited that narrative, suggesting a more plausible explanation for the strike: that it was a calculated effort by Israel and the United States to convince Iran that its nuclear facilities could be attacked as well.
Israeli military attacks Azzoun High School
Israel and Palestine fail to agree before conference
US welcomes Israeli promises ahead of peace meet
Israel disrupts Palestinian policing -EU adviser
Gazan dies of cancer after being refused entrance into Israel
High-level Saudi presence seen unlikely at Annapolis
Human Rights groups seek court injunction against Gaza power cut
After 20 years, freedom is sweet Why did the US government spend 20 years trying to ban us from this country? Because we tried to educate Americans about the situation facing millions of Palestinians living in apartheid-like conditions under Israeli military occupation.
Egypt: We're tough on Gaza smuggling Egypt rebuffed Israeli accusations that it is not doing enough to stop arms smuggling to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
Buildings not blocks
Reservist reps. want oversight on arms deal Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Christopher Carney (D-Pa.), the only two active reservists in the House of Representatives, sent a letter to President Bush signed by 188 of their colleagues insisting that the president?s proposed $20 billion arms deal comes with strict congressional oversight and consultation with Israel.
Back undivided Jerusalem, umbrella group urged In closing, the organizational leaders said in the letter, "We believe it is an imperative that the Conference make loud and clear that Jerusalem must remain the eternal, undivided, sovereign capitol of Israel and the Jewish people."
ADL poll: Americans back Israel A rather ironic and comical boast by one of the major arms of the Israeli lobby. If they didn't have so much influence over our media, the views of Americans about Palestinians would fall in line with every other nation on earth (hint, most of the world supports the Palestinians).
Miliband has Israeli kin David Miliband, who visited Jerusalem this week as part of international efforts to show support ahead of the Annapolis peace conference with the Israelis and Palestinians, is himself Jewish and has extended family in Israel.
European cops to get hate-crimes training The officers will meet in London this week for training on responding to hate crimes led by a legal expert affiliated with the American Jewish Committee.
Norway puts its money where its ethics are
Expectations low for U.S.-Mideast peace talks
Ballet a leap of faith for a Palestinian Billy Elliot
Sisters invite public to hear presentation The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls invite the public to learn more about the situation in areas inhabited by Palestinians.
Palestinian refugees vote in Jordan
Ban urges 'just' solution for Palestinian refugees
Debate erupting over role of Jewish organizations in the peace process Comfort with Bush's record on Israel helps explain the ambivalent feelings among many Jewish groups, said Abraham Foxman, the director of the Anti-Defamation League and another supporter of the Gaza plan who now has serious questions about the upcoming meeting
Defense officials predict limited conflict in Gaza after summit If Annapolis peace conference fails, there's good chance IDF will push for large-scale Gaza operation in order to curb Hamas terror and prevent organization's further military buildup, officials say
Red Cross gives war lessons in Gaza The head of Gaza operations for the Red Cross, Anthony Dalziel, said the course was part of his organisation's worldwide effort to teach international humanitarian law to all parties in armed conflict.
Blair unveils Palestinian schemes The Quartet's envoy said an emergency sewage treatment project would help prevent the collapse of the sewerage system which serves 200,000 people in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Negotiations on a knife-edge ahead of Middle East summit Addressing the main issue ? Israel's insistence that the families of Palestinian refugees who fled or were driven from their homes in 1948 should not return to Israel ? Mr Weissglass said that the US's description of Israel as a "Jewish state" had been to make clear it accepted that there would be no such return, a position he endorses
Al-Quds Brigades members survive Israeli air strike
UN aid chief attacks new Israeli checkpoint plan "An insidious new regime to limit freedom of movement is threatening to further stifle economic activity and smother social interaction between villages and towns in the West Bank," AbuZayd said today at a meeting of UNRWA donors in Amman, Jordan.
Israeli army kidnaps five civilians across West Bank
The Middle East has had a secretive nuclear power in its midst for years When will the US and the UK tell the truth about Israeli weapons? Iran isn't starting an atomic arms race, it's joining one
Fatah central committee meets in Ramallah
Gaza cancer patient dies after being denied entry into Israel
Israeli military invades Nablus, kidnaps 6
Seven Hamas members arrested across West Bank
Palestinian child dies after being denied medical treatment in Israel Tamer died after the chicken pox he was suffering went untreated.
Palestinian Authority demands Israel allow reopening of Palestinian institutions On Monday afternoon, the Palestinian Minister of Information Riad El Malki stated that one of the demands that the Palestinian people would be presenting at the Annapolis summit with Israel next week would be the reopening of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem.
Israel's Syrian Airstrike Was Aimed at Iran Until late October, the accepted explanation about the Sep. 6 Israeli airstrike in Syria, constructed in a series of press leaks from U.S. officials, was that it was prompted by dramatic satellite intelligence that Syria was building a nuclear facility with help from North Korea. But new satellite evidence has discredited that narrative, suggesting a more plausible explanation for the strike: that it was a calculated effort by Israel and the United States to convince Iran that its nuclear facilities could be attacked as well.
Israeli military attacks Azzoun High School
Israel and Palestine fail to agree before conference
US welcomes Israeli promises ahead of peace meet
Israel disrupts Palestinian policing -EU adviser
Gazan dies of cancer after being refused entrance into Israel
High-level Saudi presence seen unlikely at Annapolis
Human Rights groups seek court injunction against Gaza power cut
After 20 years, freedom is sweet Why did the US government spend 20 years trying to ban us from this country? Because we tried to educate Americans about the situation facing millions of Palestinians living in apartheid-like conditions under Israeli military occupation.
Egypt: We're tough on Gaza smuggling Egypt rebuffed Israeli accusations that it is not doing enough to stop arms smuggling to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
Buildings not blocks
Reservist reps. want oversight on arms deal Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Christopher Carney (D-Pa.), the only two active reservists in the House of Representatives, sent a letter to President Bush signed by 188 of their colleagues insisting that the president?s proposed $20 billion arms deal comes with strict congressional oversight and consultation with Israel.
Back undivided Jerusalem, umbrella group urged In closing, the organizational leaders said in the letter, "We believe it is an imperative that the Conference make loud and clear that Jerusalem must remain the eternal, undivided, sovereign capitol of Israel and the Jewish people."
ADL poll: Americans back Israel A rather ironic and comical boast by one of the major arms of the Israeli lobby. If they didn't have so much influence over our media, the views of Americans about Palestinians would fall in line with every other nation on earth (hint, most of the world supports the Palestinians).
Miliband has Israeli kin David Miliband, who visited Jerusalem this week as part of international efforts to show support ahead of the Annapolis peace conference with the Israelis and Palestinians, is himself Jewish and has extended family in Israel.
European cops to get hate-crimes training The officers will meet in London this week for training on responding to hate crimes led by a legal expert affiliated with the American Jewish Committee.
Norway puts its money where its ethics are
Expectations low for U.S.-Mideast peace talks
Ballet a leap of faith for a Palestinian Billy Elliot
Sisters invite public to hear presentation The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls invite the public to learn more about the situation in areas inhabited by Palestinians.
Palestinian refugees vote in Jordan
Ban urges 'just' solution for Palestinian refugees
Debate erupting over role of Jewish organizations in the peace process Comfort with Bush's record on Israel helps explain the ambivalent feelings among many Jewish groups, said Abraham Foxman, the director of the Anti-Defamation League and another supporter of the Gaza plan who now has serious questions about the upcoming meeting
Monday, November 19, 2007
Headlines for 11-18-07
Miliband urges Middle East action Mr Miliband's visit to Jerusalem comes ahead of a US conference to bring Israelis and Palestinians together.
Students at West Bank university throw chairs in clash over Mideast conference Ten students were hurt in the clash at Bir Zeit University which pitted supporters of Abbas' Fatah movement against followers of a small PLO faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
US and Israel 'face up to' Iran bomb "Military strikes might only set the programme back a couple of years, but the current thinking is that it is just not worth the risks." A political rethink has also begun in Israel, where security policy is linked to its status - never publicly admitted - as the region's only nuclear state.
Powell: Iran is a long way from having nuclear weapon "I think Iran is a long way from having anything that could be anything like a nuclear weapon," Powell told a gathering of bankers, businessmen and diplomats.
Hamas says ready to establish independent state if Israel ends occupation
The young prisoners of the West Bank to human rights organizations, Ayat is one of an alarming number of Palestinian youths being jailed under a largely concealed military justice system. During the last seven years of violence in the Middle East, Israel has put more than 5,000 Palestinian children behind bars, human rights groups and Palestinian officials estimate.
PA security forces attack West Bank refugee camp Hundreds of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) security personnel on Sunday attacked the el-Ein refugee camp, located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
PLO official: President Abbas to meet PM Olmert on Monday
Israeli army injures Palestinian youth near Bethlehem
Acting PLC speaker calls for attendance of lawmakers at parliament session on Wednesday
PFLP's armed brigades warn of PA crackdown
Hamas slams human rights group for Gaza shooting report
Dutch Christians no longer see 'inalienable bond' with Israel
U.S. said dissatisfied with Israel positions on settlements, prisoner release
Abbas sends team to U.S. to narrow conference gaps
Jihad opposes disarming West Bank militants
UAE calls for more aid to Palestinian refugees The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called on the international community to double its efforts to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
U.S. Pushes for Turnout at Middle East Conference By pushing Israel to accept immediate negotiations with the Palestinians on the thorny ?final status? issues, with the aim to conclude a peace settlement within a year, the Bush administration is trying to attract a significant Arab presence at the peace conference in Annapolis, Md.
No Way to the Inn Christmas Campaign Resources
Norris show to help Palestinian villagers all monies to go to set up a clean water supply for the Palestinian village of Twani in South Hebron.
Making the inevitable happen
SARANDON CROSSES PICKET LINE FOR DIAMONDS The group were carrying Palestinian flags in protest of the Finesse Diamond Corporations, which provides gems to Leviev, and the store's construction of "illegal West Bank settlements." According
Moore: Denver "Corrie" hits home with parents
MK Pines: Livni sounds like Lieberman Foreign minister's call for Palestinian state that would constitute national solution for Israel's Arabs draws fire from Labor, Arab Knesset members. 'Israel wants to cement the status of its Arabs as second-class citizens,' Jamal Zahalka says
Livni: Every MK must recognize that Israel is the Jewish homeland Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni criticized MK Ahmed Tibi (UAL) on Sunday for his statements encouraging the Palestinians not to agree to recognize Israel as a Jewish state
Hamas must prosecute those responsible for demonstrator deaths in Gaza
Survey: Majority of Americans still strong on Israel Among Americans who believe that the chances for peace have declined, 47 percent blame the Palestinians, whereas 23 percent say that Israel is responsible
York U. Must Pay Fine for Criticizing Professor Mr. Noble?s 2004 pamphlet accused the university of being biased in favor of Israel and coming down more harshly on pro-Palestinian student groups. The pamphlet named some officials who work with pro-Israeli agencies and suggested that that relationship influenced the university?s decision to expel a student who held protests on the campus.
Hezbollah rebuilds south Beirut
Equal health services to non-Israeli children bill rejected
Road in Palestine named after President A road in Palestine was named yesterday after President Mahinda Rajapaksa, to signify his steadfast commitment to the Palestinian cause during the last 30 years.
State revokes Hebron house purchase The state concluded on Sunday that Jews did not purchase the four-story building overlooking the road leading from Kiryat Arba to the Machpela Cave and that police may evict the Jewish settlers who have been occupying it since March without recourse to a court order.
Students at West Bank university throw chairs in clash over Mideast conference Ten students were hurt in the clash at Bir Zeit University which pitted supporters of Abbas' Fatah movement against followers of a small PLO faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
US and Israel 'face up to' Iran bomb "Military strikes might only set the programme back a couple of years, but the current thinking is that it is just not worth the risks." A political rethink has also begun in Israel, where security policy is linked to its status - never publicly admitted - as the region's only nuclear state.
Powell: Iran is a long way from having nuclear weapon "I think Iran is a long way from having anything that could be anything like a nuclear weapon," Powell told a gathering of bankers, businessmen and diplomats.
Hamas says ready to establish independent state if Israel ends occupation
The young prisoners of the West Bank to human rights organizations, Ayat is one of an alarming number of Palestinian youths being jailed under a largely concealed military justice system. During the last seven years of violence in the Middle East, Israel has put more than 5,000 Palestinian children behind bars, human rights groups and Palestinian officials estimate.
PA security forces attack West Bank refugee camp Hundreds of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) security personnel on Sunday attacked the el-Ein refugee camp, located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
PLO official: President Abbas to meet PM Olmert on Monday
Israeli army injures Palestinian youth near Bethlehem
Acting PLC speaker calls for attendance of lawmakers at parliament session on Wednesday
PFLP's armed brigades warn of PA crackdown
Hamas slams human rights group for Gaza shooting report
Dutch Christians no longer see 'inalienable bond' with Israel
U.S. said dissatisfied with Israel positions on settlements, prisoner release
Abbas sends team to U.S. to narrow conference gaps
Jihad opposes disarming West Bank militants
UAE calls for more aid to Palestinian refugees The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called on the international community to double its efforts to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
U.S. Pushes for Turnout at Middle East Conference By pushing Israel to accept immediate negotiations with the Palestinians on the thorny ?final status? issues, with the aim to conclude a peace settlement within a year, the Bush administration is trying to attract a significant Arab presence at the peace conference in Annapolis, Md.
No Way to the Inn Christmas Campaign Resources
Norris show to help Palestinian villagers all monies to go to set up a clean water supply for the Palestinian village of Twani in South Hebron.
Making the inevitable happen
SARANDON CROSSES PICKET LINE FOR DIAMONDS The group were carrying Palestinian flags in protest of the Finesse Diamond Corporations, which provides gems to Leviev, and the store's construction of "illegal West Bank settlements." According
Moore: Denver "Corrie" hits home with parents
MK Pines: Livni sounds like Lieberman Foreign minister's call for Palestinian state that would constitute national solution for Israel's Arabs draws fire from Labor, Arab Knesset members. 'Israel wants to cement the status of its Arabs as second-class citizens,' Jamal Zahalka says
Livni: Every MK must recognize that Israel is the Jewish homeland Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni criticized MK Ahmed Tibi (UAL) on Sunday for his statements encouraging the Palestinians not to agree to recognize Israel as a Jewish state
Hamas must prosecute those responsible for demonstrator deaths in Gaza
Survey: Majority of Americans still strong on Israel Among Americans who believe that the chances for peace have declined, 47 percent blame the Palestinians, whereas 23 percent say that Israel is responsible
York U. Must Pay Fine for Criticizing Professor Mr. Noble?s 2004 pamphlet accused the university of being biased in favor of Israel and coming down more harshly on pro-Palestinian student groups. The pamphlet named some officials who work with pro-Israeli agencies and suggested that that relationship influenced the university?s decision to expel a student who held protests on the campus.
Hezbollah rebuilds south Beirut
Equal health services to non-Israeli children bill rejected
Road in Palestine named after President A road in Palestine was named yesterday after President Mahinda Rajapaksa, to signify his steadfast commitment to the Palestinian cause during the last 30 years.
State revokes Hebron house purchase The state concluded on Sunday that Jews did not purchase the four-story building overlooking the road leading from Kiryat Arba to the Machpela Cave and that police may evict the Jewish settlers who have been occupying it since March without recourse to a court order.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Headlines for 11-17-07
Thousands of Palestinians hemmed into Israel seperation barrier face hardship: U.N. report Only 18 percent of some 30,000 West Bank farmers who used to work the lands cut off by Israel's separation barrier now have Israeli permits to reach their fields, the U.N. said in a report on the lives of some 230,000 Palestinians in 67 communities close to the barrier. How Palestinian land gets stolen by Israel, folks.
Troops invade Al Ein refugee camp, impose curfew Israeli military forces carried a pre-dawn invasion in al-Ein Refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday morning, and enforced house arrest for several hours in the area.
Troops bar international supporters from entering Jenin
Different beliefs, same cause Wejdan Jaber, a 39-year-old Muslim Palestinian from Gaza; Abir Kopty, a 32-year-old Christian Palestinian citizen of Israel; and Hagit Ra'anan, a 57-year-old Jewish Israeli born in Tel Aviv, took turns speaking to the crowd. Jaber said most of her people are not radical suicide bombers intent on destroying Israel."Not all the Palestinian people are terrorists," Jaber said. "We are normal people who want to go to work and school and to parties."
Erekat: "Israel can define itself as it likes"
Palestinian village loses half its land for Israeli Wall construction
PNA condemns Israeli incursion into Nablus despite deal
Gaza Palestinian militants fire rockets into S Israel
Palestinian minister says planned Israeli prisoner release unilateral step Palestinian minister of prisoners' affairs, Ashraf al-Ajrami, said Saturday the planned release of a number of Palestinian prisoners by Israel was "a unilateral step."
Fatah supporters attack leftist rally in Ramallah, six injured
UNRWA disappointed over Israeli approval of Gaza power reduction The United Nations' Agency for Palestine refugees expressed concerns on Saturday over Israeli Attorney General Menahem Mazuz's approval of reducing electricity supplies to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
South Hebron Hills: Settlers interfere with Palestinians plowing Police did not immediately arrest or detain these individuals. They were released at the edge of the field, and the same individuals returned to the land repeatedly to interfere with Palestinians plowing. Several times, Israeli police had to remove the settlers by force from the Palestinians? fields.
Israeli army closes Nablus checkpoint Israeli soldiers stationed at the Huwwara checkpoint, located near the the northern West Bank city of Nablus' southern entrance, on Saturday closed the checkpoint, barring residents from crossing
Blair hopes Palestinian employment projects ready soon Blair told France's Journal du Dimanche that the projects would represent tens of thousands of jobs for Palestinians who have faced widespread unemployment since Israel closed the border to most workers following the launch of the second intifada in 2000.
Cut Israel Off by Charley Reese Israel's goal is and always has been to take all of Palestine and to get rid of the Palestinians.
Palestinian detainees to hold a one day hunger strike Palestinian detainees will hold a one day-long hunger strike in protest against their ongoing poor treatment, the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees on Saturday stated.
Hamas warns Abbas: No peace concessions
Under Siege, Life in Gaza Just Shrinks "At least in prison, and I've been in prison, there are rules," he said. "But now we live in a kind of animal farm. We live in a pen, and they dump in food and medicine."
Palestinians demand halt to Israeli settlement expansion The Palestinians have written to the US government demanding a complete freeze on the expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, a senior official said on Saturday
Human Rights Watch urges independent probe into Gaza killings
Congress asks government to aid Palestine Noting that the Congress has remained 'unwavering' in its support to the Palestinian cause right from the days of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) resolution said:
MTV launches new Arabic service
Condoleeza Rice's Middle East Photo-Op
One-woman play at Mars Hill College Admission is free for Mars Hill students, faculty and staff, $8 for adults and $5 for students who do not attend Mars Hill.
Kouchner to Haaretz: Not ruling out strike on Iran In an interview with Haaretz, Kouchner, who along with President Nicolas Sarkozy is leading the European hard-liners against Iran, described the crisis over Iran's nuclear program "as extremely serious," adding that France "will never compromise on Israel's security."
Shimon Peres feels way to peace with heels Last week Peres put the finishing touches to an unprecedented agreement with the Turkish and Palestinian presidents that will see the creation of an industrial park in the occupied West Bank funded by Turkish businessmen.
Controversy over iconic images of Palestinian deaths ends up in court For Karsenty - whose numerous Jewish and Israeli supporters swarm over the blogosphere - the pictures have to be exposed as fakes because of the enormous damage they have done. "People have died because of these images," he says.
PCHR holds Gaza workshop Raji Sourani, the Director of the Gaza-based Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), on Saturday hosted a workshop with 27 European Diplomats, designed to inform them of the previaling situation in the coastal region.
Lies his fathers told him A whole generation of Jews under 50 are discovering that they've been lied to about the State of Israel. They were told that Israel had been created in a land largely empty of Arabs, but are discovering there were hundreds of thousands of Arabs living there when the big aliyot (Jewish immigration) began in the early 20th century. They were told that Palestinians voluntarily left their homes in 1948 in order to create space for the Arab armies to wipe out the Jewish state, and are discovering that some of that exodus was caused by Jewish terrorism against Arab villagers and by forced evacuations ordered by David Ben Gurion and carried out by young soldiers of the Israeli Defence Forces.
Troops invade Al Ein refugee camp, impose curfew Israeli military forces carried a pre-dawn invasion in al-Ein Refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday morning, and enforced house arrest for several hours in the area.
Troops bar international supporters from entering Jenin
Different beliefs, same cause Wejdan Jaber, a 39-year-old Muslim Palestinian from Gaza; Abir Kopty, a 32-year-old Christian Palestinian citizen of Israel; and Hagit Ra'anan, a 57-year-old Jewish Israeli born in Tel Aviv, took turns speaking to the crowd. Jaber said most of her people are not radical suicide bombers intent on destroying Israel."Not all the Palestinian people are terrorists," Jaber said. "We are normal people who want to go to work and school and to parties."
Erekat: "Israel can define itself as it likes"
Palestinian village loses half its land for Israeli Wall construction
PNA condemns Israeli incursion into Nablus despite deal
Gaza Palestinian militants fire rockets into S Israel
Palestinian minister says planned Israeli prisoner release unilateral step Palestinian minister of prisoners' affairs, Ashraf al-Ajrami, said Saturday the planned release of a number of Palestinian prisoners by Israel was "a unilateral step."
Fatah supporters attack leftist rally in Ramallah, six injured
UNRWA disappointed over Israeli approval of Gaza power reduction The United Nations' Agency for Palestine refugees expressed concerns on Saturday over Israeli Attorney General Menahem Mazuz's approval of reducing electricity supplies to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
South Hebron Hills: Settlers interfere with Palestinians plowing Police did not immediately arrest or detain these individuals. They were released at the edge of the field, and the same individuals returned to the land repeatedly to interfere with Palestinians plowing. Several times, Israeli police had to remove the settlers by force from the Palestinians? fields.
Israeli army closes Nablus checkpoint Israeli soldiers stationed at the Huwwara checkpoint, located near the the northern West Bank city of Nablus' southern entrance, on Saturday closed the checkpoint, barring residents from crossing
Blair hopes Palestinian employment projects ready soon Blair told France's Journal du Dimanche that the projects would represent tens of thousands of jobs for Palestinians who have faced widespread unemployment since Israel closed the border to most workers following the launch of the second intifada in 2000.
Cut Israel Off by Charley Reese Israel's goal is and always has been to take all of Palestine and to get rid of the Palestinians.
Palestinian detainees to hold a one day hunger strike Palestinian detainees will hold a one day-long hunger strike in protest against their ongoing poor treatment, the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees on Saturday stated.
Hamas warns Abbas: No peace concessions
Under Siege, Life in Gaza Just Shrinks "At least in prison, and I've been in prison, there are rules," he said. "But now we live in a kind of animal farm. We live in a pen, and they dump in food and medicine."
Palestinians demand halt to Israeli settlement expansion The Palestinians have written to the US government demanding a complete freeze on the expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, a senior official said on Saturday
Human Rights Watch urges independent probe into Gaza killings
Congress asks government to aid Palestine Noting that the Congress has remained 'unwavering' in its support to the Palestinian cause right from the days of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) resolution said:
MTV launches new Arabic service
Condoleeza Rice's Middle East Photo-Op
One-woman play at Mars Hill College Admission is free for Mars Hill students, faculty and staff, $8 for adults and $5 for students who do not attend Mars Hill.
Kouchner to Haaretz: Not ruling out strike on Iran In an interview with Haaretz, Kouchner, who along with President Nicolas Sarkozy is leading the European hard-liners against Iran, described the crisis over Iran's nuclear program "as extremely serious," adding that France "will never compromise on Israel's security."
Shimon Peres feels way to peace with heels Last week Peres put the finishing touches to an unprecedented agreement with the Turkish and Palestinian presidents that will see the creation of an industrial park in the occupied West Bank funded by Turkish businessmen.
Controversy over iconic images of Palestinian deaths ends up in court For Karsenty - whose numerous Jewish and Israeli supporters swarm over the blogosphere - the pictures have to be exposed as fakes because of the enormous damage they have done. "People have died because of these images," he says.
PCHR holds Gaza workshop Raji Sourani, the Director of the Gaza-based Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), on Saturday hosted a workshop with 27 European Diplomats, designed to inform them of the previaling situation in the coastal region.
Lies his fathers told him A whole generation of Jews under 50 are discovering that they've been lied to about the State of Israel. They were told that Israel had been created in a land largely empty of Arabs, but are discovering there were hundreds of thousands of Arabs living there when the big aliyot (Jewish immigration) began in the early 20th century. They were told that Palestinians voluntarily left their homes in 1948 in order to create space for the Arab armies to wipe out the Jewish state, and are discovering that some of that exodus was caused by Jewish terrorism against Arab villagers and by forced evacuations ordered by David Ben Gurion and carried out by young soldiers of the Israeli Defence Forces.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Headlines for 11-16-07
Israel dismisses UN report on Iran Israel has called a recent report on Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency "unacceptable."
HEBRON UPDATE: 22-28 October 2007
Israel and Abbas agree to peace talks Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed a pledge to negotiate "immediately and continuously" to reach a final peace agreement within a year in a joint declaration to be issued in 10 days at a key summit in the US.
Homes in illegal Israeli settlements for sale at London expo Israeli companies are using UK property shows to sell housing in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Guardian Unlimited can reveal.
Israel's demand to be recognized as Jewish state roils preparations for Annapolis The Palestinians see Israel's insistence that they recognize its Jewish nature now as no less than a last-minute effort to sabotage the conference, which is to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, at the end of the month.
Red Cross training Palestinian militants All armed factions in Gaza have signed up to the course, which explains the rules of war under the Geneva Convention and how to protect civilians.
Report: Olmert flexible on Palestinian refugees In his private talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Olmert has said he would be willing to absorb 50,000 refugees under an accord that would ensure the remaining millions of refugees would be permanently settled in the future Palestine, Maariv reported Friday.
Israel OKs Gaza electricity cut Israel's attorney general has approved, in principle, reducing the electricity supply to Gaza.
Israel slams IAEA for 'failing to expose' Iran ambitions Israel slammed the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Friday for failing to expose what it insisted was Iran's drive to acquire an atomic bomb in a key report on its archfoe's nuclear programme. LOL.
Report: Israeli work risks destroying Jerusalem?s Islamic assets A Turkish technical mission sent to Jerusalem to inspect Israeli archaeological work near the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque has criticized the excavations and called on Israel to consult with Palestinian and international authorities on a final plan, the mission's report, obtained by Today's Zaman, revealed.
Hamas' Haneya orders release of Fatah detainees in Gaza
Israeli military invades Nablus and the refugee camps
Settler enclave mocks Mideast peace prospects
Hamas: Fatah security forces attack girls' dormitory at al-Najah University
Members of French Parliament to join Bil'in protest
DFLP commemorates Independence Day in Bethlehem
Nine injured, four kidnapped in Bil?in?s weekly anti-wall protest
Israeli defense: not to make concessions to PNA
Huwwara detainees to launch hunger-strike
Israel set to free 500 Palestinian prisoners
Israeli women soldiers recount army trauma in film One girl who had wanted to save lives as a paramedic said she ended up scrubbing corpses to hide signs of abuse by Israeli soldiers. Visibly distressed, she looks for the first time in years at a photo of her and a dead Palestinian man.
Hamas says it has freed dozens of Fatah prisoners
Students clash on 'Kaffiyah Day' "Kaffiyah Day" was declared by national Arab student organizations following an incident earlier in November in which an Arab student wearing a kaffiyah at the Hebrew University was assaulted by a group of Jewish students.
Leaflets at Haifa U call for Arabs to reoccupy Jerusalem Arab students distribute pamphlets calling for the reoccupation of capital; material not sanctioned by university. 'They are guilty of incitement,' says MK Miller
Prince Charles thrust into row over Israel Leaked emails between senior staff Clarence House have put Prince Charles at the centre of a row about the Royal Family's attitude towards Israel.
Vatican diplomat: Relations with Israel better before diplomatic ties The Israeli interior ministry, he said, had decided too many people had multientry visas valid for a long period of time. In the government's efforts to restrict the number of visa holders, church personnel from Europe and other Western countries faced new restrictions
Peace is possible The Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh tells Ian Black that despite widespread pessimism surrounding talks in Annapolis a change of focus could go on to yield spectacular results
Bolton calls Annapolis a mistake "I just don't see this as the moment to make progress on Israeli-Palestinian matters," said John Bolton
Palestinian militants clash in Lebanon camp
Lebanon facing brink of abyss: UN chief United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has warned that Lebanon risks nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis is solved.
Vatican envoy warns of worsening Israel ties Archbishop Pietro Sambi, a formal papal envoy to Israel, warned that Israel's failure to keep promises related to church land, taxes and travel restrictions on Arab clergy was making relations worse then they were before the establishment of full diplomatic relations in 1993.
Poll: 70% of youth don't think Bedouin deserve same rights as Jews
Lutheran Bishop in Holy Land Meets Former President Carter
The Lobby
HEBRON UPDATE: 22-28 October 2007
Israel and Abbas agree to peace talks Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed a pledge to negotiate "immediately and continuously" to reach a final peace agreement within a year in a joint declaration to be issued in 10 days at a key summit in the US.
Homes in illegal Israeli settlements for sale at London expo Israeli companies are using UK property shows to sell housing in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Guardian Unlimited can reveal.
Israel's demand to be recognized as Jewish state roils preparations for Annapolis The Palestinians see Israel's insistence that they recognize its Jewish nature now as no less than a last-minute effort to sabotage the conference, which is to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, at the end of the month.
Red Cross training Palestinian militants All armed factions in Gaza have signed up to the course, which explains the rules of war under the Geneva Convention and how to protect civilians.
Report: Olmert flexible on Palestinian refugees In his private talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Olmert has said he would be willing to absorb 50,000 refugees under an accord that would ensure the remaining millions of refugees would be permanently settled in the future Palestine, Maariv reported Friday.
Israel OKs Gaza electricity cut Israel's attorney general has approved, in principle, reducing the electricity supply to Gaza.
Israel slams IAEA for 'failing to expose' Iran ambitions Israel slammed the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Friday for failing to expose what it insisted was Iran's drive to acquire an atomic bomb in a key report on its archfoe's nuclear programme. LOL.
Report: Israeli work risks destroying Jerusalem?s Islamic assets A Turkish technical mission sent to Jerusalem to inspect Israeli archaeological work near the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque has criticized the excavations and called on Israel to consult with Palestinian and international authorities on a final plan, the mission's report, obtained by Today's Zaman, revealed.
Hamas' Haneya orders release of Fatah detainees in Gaza
Israeli military invades Nablus and the refugee camps
Settler enclave mocks Mideast peace prospects
Hamas: Fatah security forces attack girls' dormitory at al-Najah University
Members of French Parliament to join Bil'in protest
DFLP commemorates Independence Day in Bethlehem
Nine injured, four kidnapped in Bil?in?s weekly anti-wall protest
Israeli defense: not to make concessions to PNA
Huwwara detainees to launch hunger-strike
Israel set to free 500 Palestinian prisoners
Israeli women soldiers recount army trauma in film One girl who had wanted to save lives as a paramedic said she ended up scrubbing corpses to hide signs of abuse by Israeli soldiers. Visibly distressed, she looks for the first time in years at a photo of her and a dead Palestinian man.
Hamas says it has freed dozens of Fatah prisoners
Students clash on 'Kaffiyah Day' "Kaffiyah Day" was declared by national Arab student organizations following an incident earlier in November in which an Arab student wearing a kaffiyah at the Hebrew University was assaulted by a group of Jewish students.
Leaflets at Haifa U call for Arabs to reoccupy Jerusalem Arab students distribute pamphlets calling for the reoccupation of capital; material not sanctioned by university. 'They are guilty of incitement,' says MK Miller
Prince Charles thrust into row over Israel Leaked emails between senior staff Clarence House have put Prince Charles at the centre of a row about the Royal Family's attitude towards Israel.
Vatican diplomat: Relations with Israel better before diplomatic ties The Israeli interior ministry, he said, had decided too many people had multientry visas valid for a long period of time. In the government's efforts to restrict the number of visa holders, church personnel from Europe and other Western countries faced new restrictions
Peace is possible The Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh tells Ian Black that despite widespread pessimism surrounding talks in Annapolis a change of focus could go on to yield spectacular results
Bolton calls Annapolis a mistake "I just don't see this as the moment to make progress on Israeli-Palestinian matters," said John Bolton
Palestinian militants clash in Lebanon camp
Lebanon facing brink of abyss: UN chief United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has warned that Lebanon risks nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis is solved.
Vatican envoy warns of worsening Israel ties Archbishop Pietro Sambi, a formal papal envoy to Israel, warned that Israel's failure to keep promises related to church land, taxes and travel restrictions on Arab clergy was making relations worse then they were before the establishment of full diplomatic relations in 1993.
Poll: 70% of youth don't think Bedouin deserve same rights as Jews
Lutheran Bishop in Holy Land Meets Former President Carter
The Lobby
Friday, November 16, 2007
Headlines for 11-15-07
Two militants killed in Israeli Gaza attack
Israel's economic blockade stops Gaza's strawberry-farmers selling their crop "I am not Fatah, I am not Hamas," says Mr Hmaideh. "I am a farmer. They should pay condolences in the farmers' houses because we built this market with our blood and if I lose this market I lose my life. How are we going to get these markets back if the Dutch and other Europeans are left waiting for our products?"......he also blames the international Quartet that ratified the agreement brokered in November 2005 by Condoleezza Rice, which was supposed to keep Karni open for trade, and which even before June was honoured as much in the breach as in the observance. "They were the ones who said they would guarantee to keep the crossing open."
Israel to deport four Palestinian detainees to Jordan
Israeli military establishes three flying checkpoints near Jenin Israeli military forces on Wednesday established three flying checkpoints in several parts of the northern West Bank city of Jenin
Entangling Alliances by Rep. Ron Paul Entangling alliances with no one means no foreign aid to Pakistan, or Egypt, or Israel, or anyone else for that matter. If an American citizen determines a foreign country or cause is worthy of their money, let them send it, and encourage their neighbors to send money too, but our government has no authority to use hard-earned American taxpayer dollars to mire us in these nightmarishly complicated, no-win entangling alliances.
Truer words never spoken.
Abbas calls for overthrow of Hamas in Gaza Strip, claiming population is being abused
The Palestinian path to peace does not go via Annapolis Today no major party is willing to contemplate a reasonable concept of Palestinian independence. Instead, the ancient settlement project of Zionist dreams moves forward unabated, with the outrage of the ever-expanding wall and the annexation of east Jerusalem and its hinterland.
Russia prepping for Annapolis Russia sent envoys to Israel to prepare for the Annapolis peace conference with the Palestinians.
Report: Israeli authorities interrogate doctor about his patients
Israeli military storms northern West Bank cities of Tulkarem and Nablus
Hamas spokesman: Annapolis summit will be added to list of failed meetings
PLO: no solution without Jerusalem as Palestinian capital Palestinnia Liberation Organization (PLO) stated on Thursday that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can never be resolved without Jerusalem as a capital for the Palestinian statehood.
Police suspect Palestinians stab employer
Two al-Qassam Brigades members wounded in explosion
Israeli Authorities demolish road in unrecognized village inside Israel Bulldozers of the Israeli Ministry of Interior on Thursday demolished a road in the main Street of the unrecognized village of Dar el Honoun, located in the in Wadi Ara area.
Arab MK holds Israeli ministry responsible for death of Palestinian girl
Settlers set fire to Palestinian olive groves
Palestinians commemorate 19th anniversary of their independence
Palestinian leader refuses to be drawn on 'Jewish Israel'
Israeli setters attack Palestinian house near Salfit
Israeli army kidnaps four across West Bank Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped at least four Palestinian civilians during predawn invasions across the West Bank on Thursday.
Israeli army attacks peaceful demonstration west of Ramallah
Tough homecoming for Lebanon's refugees "We had one television smashed and one stolen, three radios stolen, and $8,000 in cash stolen," says Mahmoud. "The soldiers wrote us a note saying that the money was for them not us."
Israel Begins Preparations for Possible Iranian Attack
Ex-presidents to hail Israel at 60 Israel's 60th Independence Day, which will be celebrated on May 8, 2008, will be marked by a year of events across the United States beginning early next year, according to Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Presidents Conference. Why the US? Why not in ISRAEL?
'Pak in touch with Israel for 50 years' Outgoing Pakistan foreign minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri says Pakistan has never been out of touch with Israel in the last 50 years.
Clarence House steers clear of Jerusalem visit Clarence House rebuffed an invitation for the Prince of Wales to visit Jerusalem because of fears that Israel would use the prince to "help burnish its international image".
Billionaire is Fatah's new rival
Germany toughening on Iran, but critics say not enough Germany?s position as Iran?s biggest trade partner in Europe and Merkel?s insistence on pursuing a diplomatic solution prior to pushing for tougher sanctions have some Israeli officials, American Jews and U.S. neoconservatives homing in on Germany for not doing enough to thwart Iran?s nuclear aims.
Germany ready to talk to Israel over Holocaust reparations
Pressure for Iran sanctions continues Israel is getting increasingly restless about the failure of sanctions to effect a change of direction by Iran and is likely to press Washington for action at some stage.
Adelson raps AIPAC on aid letter Adelson, a Las Vegas-based casino magnate who is a major donor to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Jewish causes, likened the support to helping a friend commit suicide.
LAPD's Muslim mapping plan killed there is no scientific data on the size of the nation's Muslim population, let alone its location, with estimates of totals ranging from about 1.4 million adults in a Pew Research Center study this year to the 7 million or more claimed by some community organizations. Census data on ancestry would also fail to yield accurate Muslim estimates, because large numbers of people with Iranian backgrounds are Jewish and many people with Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian roots are Christian.
Report: Nasrallah in al-Qaida's sights An al-Qaida branch in Lebanon reportedly tried to assassinate the leader of Hezbollah.
First death among Palestinian refugees on border The UNHCR said about 11 children at al-Waleed camp are suffering from leukaemia, spinal injury, skin diseases and intestinal problems. None is able to obtain care inside the country.
Judge in AIPAC case to probe jurors on anti-Jewish bias The problem is: exactly how is 'anti-Jewish bias' defined? If it were up to the Israel-defenders, it would include criticism of Israel.
With Iran set to get nukes, Israel plans for "day after" "First, we must make clear that this is a threat not just to Israel but to the wider world,? said Ami Ayalon, a minister in Olmert's security Cabinet. If Israel felt that threatened by Iran, they would have nuked them (yes, Israel has nukes NOW) already. Read paragraphs 11-18 especially. Whose war is it?
US keeps people guessing as Mideast meet approaches
London concert will highlight Bethlehem's plight this Christmas An all-star concert in London on 7 December 2007 will highlight the plight of the people of Bethlehem this Christmas, as they live in social isolation and impoverishment as a result of the separation wall built by Israel.
An extended Birthright trip in Israel provies an experience beyond just tourism. There will be some students who can?t ? or won?t ? hear the Palestinian perspective on Israel. But there will be some who will want to learn as much about the country as they can. No matter what these students ultimately decide about Israel, its history and its current policies, seeking out as complete a picture as possible can only better enrich their experiences.
Israel urges Disney to sue Hamas
AIPAC judge to probe anti-Jewish bias The federal judge in the case against two former AIPAC staffers wants to probe prospective jurors for anti-Semitic views.
Israel's economic blockade stops Gaza's strawberry-farmers selling their crop "I am not Fatah, I am not Hamas," says Mr Hmaideh. "I am a farmer. They should pay condolences in the farmers' houses because we built this market with our blood and if I lose this market I lose my life. How are we going to get these markets back if the Dutch and other Europeans are left waiting for our products?"......he also blames the international Quartet that ratified the agreement brokered in November 2005 by Condoleezza Rice, which was supposed to keep Karni open for trade, and which even before June was honoured as much in the breach as in the observance. "They were the ones who said they would guarantee to keep the crossing open."
Israel to deport four Palestinian detainees to Jordan
Israeli military establishes three flying checkpoints near Jenin Israeli military forces on Wednesday established three flying checkpoints in several parts of the northern West Bank city of Jenin
Entangling Alliances by Rep. Ron Paul Entangling alliances with no one means no foreign aid to Pakistan, or Egypt, or Israel, or anyone else for that matter. If an American citizen determines a foreign country or cause is worthy of their money, let them send it, and encourage their neighbors to send money too, but our government has no authority to use hard-earned American taxpayer dollars to mire us in these nightmarishly complicated, no-win entangling alliances.
Truer words never spoken.
Abbas calls for overthrow of Hamas in Gaza Strip, claiming population is being abused
The Palestinian path to peace does not go via Annapolis Today no major party is willing to contemplate a reasonable concept of Palestinian independence. Instead, the ancient settlement project of Zionist dreams moves forward unabated, with the outrage of the ever-expanding wall and the annexation of east Jerusalem and its hinterland.
Russia prepping for Annapolis Russia sent envoys to Israel to prepare for the Annapolis peace conference with the Palestinians.
Report: Israeli authorities interrogate doctor about his patients
Israeli military storms northern West Bank cities of Tulkarem and Nablus
Hamas spokesman: Annapolis summit will be added to list of failed meetings
PLO: no solution without Jerusalem as Palestinian capital Palestinnia Liberation Organization (PLO) stated on Thursday that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can never be resolved without Jerusalem as a capital for the Palestinian statehood.
Police suspect Palestinians stab employer
Two al-Qassam Brigades members wounded in explosion
Israeli Authorities demolish road in unrecognized village inside Israel Bulldozers of the Israeli Ministry of Interior on Thursday demolished a road in the main Street of the unrecognized village of Dar el Honoun, located in the in Wadi Ara area.
Arab MK holds Israeli ministry responsible for death of Palestinian girl
Settlers set fire to Palestinian olive groves
Palestinians commemorate 19th anniversary of their independence
Palestinian leader refuses to be drawn on 'Jewish Israel'
Israeli setters attack Palestinian house near Salfit
Israeli army kidnaps four across West Bank Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped at least four Palestinian civilians during predawn invasions across the West Bank on Thursday.
Israeli army attacks peaceful demonstration west of Ramallah
Tough homecoming for Lebanon's refugees "We had one television smashed and one stolen, three radios stolen, and $8,000 in cash stolen," says Mahmoud. "The soldiers wrote us a note saying that the money was for them not us."
Israel Begins Preparations for Possible Iranian Attack
Ex-presidents to hail Israel at 60 Israel's 60th Independence Day, which will be celebrated on May 8, 2008, will be marked by a year of events across the United States beginning early next year, according to Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Presidents Conference. Why the US? Why not in ISRAEL?
'Pak in touch with Israel for 50 years' Outgoing Pakistan foreign minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri says Pakistan has never been out of touch with Israel in the last 50 years.
Clarence House steers clear of Jerusalem visit Clarence House rebuffed an invitation for the Prince of Wales to visit Jerusalem because of fears that Israel would use the prince to "help burnish its international image".
Billionaire is Fatah's new rival
Germany toughening on Iran, but critics say not enough Germany?s position as Iran?s biggest trade partner in Europe and Merkel?s insistence on pursuing a diplomatic solution prior to pushing for tougher sanctions have some Israeli officials, American Jews and U.S. neoconservatives homing in on Germany for not doing enough to thwart Iran?s nuclear aims.
Germany ready to talk to Israel over Holocaust reparations
Pressure for Iran sanctions continues Israel is getting increasingly restless about the failure of sanctions to effect a change of direction by Iran and is likely to press Washington for action at some stage.
Adelson raps AIPAC on aid letter Adelson, a Las Vegas-based casino magnate who is a major donor to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Jewish causes, likened the support to helping a friend commit suicide.
LAPD's Muslim mapping plan killed there is no scientific data on the size of the nation's Muslim population, let alone its location, with estimates of totals ranging from about 1.4 million adults in a Pew Research Center study this year to the 7 million or more claimed by some community organizations. Census data on ancestry would also fail to yield accurate Muslim estimates, because large numbers of people with Iranian backgrounds are Jewish and many people with Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian roots are Christian.
Report: Nasrallah in al-Qaida's sights An al-Qaida branch in Lebanon reportedly tried to assassinate the leader of Hezbollah.
First death among Palestinian refugees on border The UNHCR said about 11 children at al-Waleed camp are suffering from leukaemia, spinal injury, skin diseases and intestinal problems. None is able to obtain care inside the country.
Judge in AIPAC case to probe jurors on anti-Jewish bias The problem is: exactly how is 'anti-Jewish bias' defined? If it were up to the Israel-defenders, it would include criticism of Israel.
With Iran set to get nukes, Israel plans for "day after" "First, we must make clear that this is a threat not just to Israel but to the wider world,? said Ami Ayalon, a minister in Olmert's security Cabinet. If Israel felt that threatened by Iran, they would have nuked them (yes, Israel has nukes NOW) already. Read paragraphs 11-18 especially. Whose war is it?
US keeps people guessing as Mideast meet approaches
London concert will highlight Bethlehem's plight this Christmas An all-star concert in London on 7 December 2007 will highlight the plight of the people of Bethlehem this Christmas, as they live in social isolation and impoverishment as a result of the separation wall built by Israel.
An extended Birthright trip in Israel provies an experience beyond just tourism. There will be some students who can?t ? or won?t ? hear the Palestinian perspective on Israel. But there will be some who will want to learn as much about the country as they can. No matter what these students ultimately decide about Israel, its history and its current policies, seeking out as complete a picture as possible can only better enrich their experiences.
Israel urges Disney to sue Hamas
AIPAC judge to probe anti-Jewish bias The federal judge in the case against two former AIPAC staffers wants to probe prospective jurors for anti-Semitic views.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Headlines for 11-14-07
Palestinian man dies from wounds sustained during Fatah rally The officials said Marwan Nunu, 21, a civilian, was shot in the head at Monday's rally.
Palestinians aim for agreement with Israel within year
Stranded Palestinians to commence hunger-strike
Palestinian security forces arrest 4 Hamas members
Hamas to ban journalists without press IDs in Gaza
Israeli forces destroy two wells in eastern Jenin
Israel won't be included in new genocide probes The newly formed Genocide Prevention Task Force indicated Tuesday night that it will not be examining whether Israel has committed genocide in the West Bank and Gaza despite earlier statements that it would be addressing the subject.
Palestinians feel pinch as Israel privatises crossings
Qureia's daughter held up at roadblock, assaults security officers
Israel eyeing PA tax funds as compensation The Israeli Knesset is considering a bill that would use taxes collected for the Palestinian National Authority as compensation for militants' rocket attacks.
Israel 'will halt new settlement' before peace summit It said the move followed US pressure on Israel to issue the declaration as a gesture to the Palestinians, to make up for its refusal to discuss the core issues of a final peace agreement before the conference, which is due to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, before the end of the year.
US diplomat praises Palestinian security in Nablus US consul general Jacob Wallace on Wednesday praised the Palestinians for restoring security to the streets of Nablus, and announced a 1.3-million-dollar aid package to the West Bank city.
Palestinian farmers wrest olive harvest from settlers The Israeli soldier swings the large metal gate open and an extended family of sun-hardened Palestinian farmers file out, with boys in dusty shirts driving donkeys past snarls of barbed wire.
Israeli soldier wounded in Gaza border shooting An Israeli soldier was wounded on Wednesday by Palestinian fire near the security barrier with the Gaza Strip, a military spokesman said.
Britain to pledge 500 million dollars if progress in Mideast
MPs seek to block Jerusalem deal Israel's parliament has given initial approval to draft legislation making it harder to change Jerusalem's status in any peace deal with the Palestinians.
Israelis on US mission ahead of peace meeting Two top aides to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert flew to Washington overnight ahead of expected peace talks, amid reports of a freeze on construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Hebron: Obstacles to School, Obstacles to Peace When one thinks of Israeli occupation, one probably does not think immediately of the ways in which it may affect the life of a little Palestinian boy in a wheelchair.
Hamas in West Bank pays tribute at Arafat tomb
Parents of Jerusalem prisoners hold protest demanding their release Dozens of families of Palestinian detainees from Jerusalem currently imprisoned by Israel held a protest on Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the International Red Cross in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Israeli police arrest hundreds of Palestinian workers inside Israel
Fatah Opens Police Academy Funded by EU, Saudis
Olmert sets new condition on Palestinian talks Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday talks on Palestinian statehood must be predicated on the recognition of Israel as "the state of the Jewish people," a new Israeli condition.
US, Israel refuse to cooperate with inquest into Syria strike
Bush signs defense funding bill President Bush signed a defense funding bill that includes $450 million in cooperative projects with Israel
Report: Disney to act against Hamas Israel's Foreign Ministry has received an assurance from Diane Disney Miller, the daughter of Walt Disney, that the corporation will take unspecified "steps" against the radical Palestinian Islamist group, Yediot Acharonot reported Thursday.
Republicans pledge embassy move to Jerusalem Surrogates for three Republican presidential candidates pledged they would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem if elected.
Dichter: Syria is Israel's only neighbor that thwarts smuggling Syria is the only country among Israel's neighbors that keeps a quiet border and meets its obligations to prevent smuggling from its side, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter told a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya Tuesday.
Palestinian National and Former Colombian Detective Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Support the FARC and Alien Smuggling Jalal Sadat Moheisen (Sadat), 49, a Palestinian national and resident
of Bogota, Colombia, pleaded guilty in Miami before U.S. District Judge
Joan A. Lenard to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which is a State
Department designated foreign terrorist organization.
'An embarrassment to the rule of law' As it turned out, the only thing these men were guilty of was expressing unpopular views against Israel, and for that our government put them through an unconscionable ordeal.
Central Author Presents Book on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Livni pressures Solana to consent to new Iran sanctions "I would have thought that your answer would be 'yes' to sanctions on Iran," Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni told EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Wednesday afternoon after the latter attempted to dodge a reporter's question regarding Iran during a joint press conference in Jerusalem.
Israeli settler leader protested in New York Lev Leviev, a diamond dealer and one of Israel?s richest men, faced protests from Palestinian rights advocates in New York Tuesday evening. The protesters were challenging Leviev?s funding of Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land in contravention of international law.
Oh, the Fun Walt and Mearsheimer Will Have Shockingly, while major Jewish organizations have weighed in heavily in favor of increased sanctions, they have been lukewarm and sometimes hostile to comprehensive and intensive negotiations, silent on military assault. Oh, what fun John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt will have in their next book.
'For 1st time, Israel in driver's seat' Another exercise in Israeli 'demography' (read, racism).
Pilgrims moved by Christians who live where Jesus lived The words of the Palestinian Christians echo in my mind, "Tell our story, we are suffering!" "We are the Living Stones of the Holy Land." "Come and See!"
Medical Program Brings Care to Isolated Palestinian Seniors A $30 million USAID grant funds the Emergency Medical Assistance Program, a three-year project aimed at alleviating shortages in the Palestinian health care sector. We should be giving them much more than that.
Annapolis Could Fail Before it Begins
Palestinians aim for agreement with Israel within year
Stranded Palestinians to commence hunger-strike
Palestinian security forces arrest 4 Hamas members
Hamas to ban journalists without press IDs in Gaza
Israeli forces destroy two wells in eastern Jenin
Israel won't be included in new genocide probes The newly formed Genocide Prevention Task Force indicated Tuesday night that it will not be examining whether Israel has committed genocide in the West Bank and Gaza despite earlier statements that it would be addressing the subject.
Palestinians feel pinch as Israel privatises crossings
Qureia's daughter held up at roadblock, assaults security officers
Israel eyeing PA tax funds as compensation The Israeli Knesset is considering a bill that would use taxes collected for the Palestinian National Authority as compensation for militants' rocket attacks.
Israel 'will halt new settlement' before peace summit It said the move followed US pressure on Israel to issue the declaration as a gesture to the Palestinians, to make up for its refusal to discuss the core issues of a final peace agreement before the conference, which is due to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, before the end of the year.
US diplomat praises Palestinian security in Nablus US consul general Jacob Wallace on Wednesday praised the Palestinians for restoring security to the streets of Nablus, and announced a 1.3-million-dollar aid package to the West Bank city.
Palestinian farmers wrest olive harvest from settlers The Israeli soldier swings the large metal gate open and an extended family of sun-hardened Palestinian farmers file out, with boys in dusty shirts driving donkeys past snarls of barbed wire.
Israeli soldier wounded in Gaza border shooting An Israeli soldier was wounded on Wednesday by Palestinian fire near the security barrier with the Gaza Strip, a military spokesman said.
Britain to pledge 500 million dollars if progress in Mideast
MPs seek to block Jerusalem deal Israel's parliament has given initial approval to draft legislation making it harder to change Jerusalem's status in any peace deal with the Palestinians.
Israelis on US mission ahead of peace meeting Two top aides to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert flew to Washington overnight ahead of expected peace talks, amid reports of a freeze on construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Hebron: Obstacles to School, Obstacles to Peace When one thinks of Israeli occupation, one probably does not think immediately of the ways in which it may affect the life of a little Palestinian boy in a wheelchair.
Hamas in West Bank pays tribute at Arafat tomb
Parents of Jerusalem prisoners hold protest demanding their release Dozens of families of Palestinian detainees from Jerusalem currently imprisoned by Israel held a protest on Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the International Red Cross in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Israeli police arrest hundreds of Palestinian workers inside Israel
Fatah Opens Police Academy Funded by EU, Saudis
Olmert sets new condition on Palestinian talks Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday talks on Palestinian statehood must be predicated on the recognition of Israel as "the state of the Jewish people," a new Israeli condition.
US, Israel refuse to cooperate with inquest into Syria strike
Bush signs defense funding bill President Bush signed a defense funding bill that includes $450 million in cooperative projects with Israel
Report: Disney to act against Hamas Israel's Foreign Ministry has received an assurance from Diane Disney Miller, the daughter of Walt Disney, that the corporation will take unspecified "steps" against the radical Palestinian Islamist group, Yediot Acharonot reported Thursday.
Republicans pledge embassy move to Jerusalem Surrogates for three Republican presidential candidates pledged they would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem if elected.
Dichter: Syria is Israel's only neighbor that thwarts smuggling Syria is the only country among Israel's neighbors that keeps a quiet border and meets its obligations to prevent smuggling from its side, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter told a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya Tuesday.
Palestinian National and Former Colombian Detective Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Support the FARC and Alien Smuggling Jalal Sadat Moheisen (Sadat), 49, a Palestinian national and resident
of Bogota, Colombia, pleaded guilty in Miami before U.S. District Judge
Joan A. Lenard to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which is a State
Department designated foreign terrorist organization.
'An embarrassment to the rule of law' As it turned out, the only thing these men were guilty of was expressing unpopular views against Israel, and for that our government put them through an unconscionable ordeal.
Central Author Presents Book on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Livni pressures Solana to consent to new Iran sanctions "I would have thought that your answer would be 'yes' to sanctions on Iran," Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni told EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Wednesday afternoon after the latter attempted to dodge a reporter's question regarding Iran during a joint press conference in Jerusalem.
Israeli settler leader protested in New York Lev Leviev, a diamond dealer and one of Israel?s richest men, faced protests from Palestinian rights advocates in New York Tuesday evening. The protesters were challenging Leviev?s funding of Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land in contravention of international law.
Oh, the Fun Walt and Mearsheimer Will Have Shockingly, while major Jewish organizations have weighed in heavily in favor of increased sanctions, they have been lukewarm and sometimes hostile to comprehensive and intensive negotiations, silent on military assault. Oh, what fun John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt will have in their next book.
'For 1st time, Israel in driver's seat' Another exercise in Israeli 'demography' (read, racism).
Pilgrims moved by Christians who live where Jesus lived The words of the Palestinian Christians echo in my mind, "Tell our story, we are suffering!" "We are the Living Stones of the Holy Land." "Come and See!"
Medical Program Brings Care to Isolated Palestinian Seniors A $30 million USAID grant funds the Emergency Medical Assistance Program, a three-year project aimed at alleviating shortages in the Palestinian health care sector. We should be giving them much more than that.
Annapolis Could Fail Before it Begins
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