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.
Friday, January 4, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Headlines for 12-30-07
Gunfire kills one Palestinian pilgrim, wounds four Medical workers said the pilgrims were hit by Israeli gunfire at the Erez border crossing in southern Gaza.
Middle East conflict toll 'falls' Israeli security forces killed 373 Palestinians, and 131 of these were not involved in hostilities.....Palestinians killed 13 Israelis in 2007 - seven of them civilians........"In addition, Israeli authorities often exploit security threats in order to advance prohibited political interests, such as perpetuating settlements and effectively annexing them to Israel ."
Palestinian political detainee dies due to medical negligence Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that a Palestinian political detainee held in an Israeli detention facility died on Friday night after the Israeli authorities refused to provide him with the needed medical help.
Barak: Anti-terror operations in the Gaza Strip are achieving their goals IDF operations in the Gaza Strip are achieving their goals, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told ministers on Sunday during the weekly cabinet meeting.
Hebron: Israeli army, in search of injured gunmen, lays siege to Hebron hospital The CPTers then made their way to the hospital. Hospital personnel told them that during the blockade the Israeli military refused entry to the hospital to a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance transporting a patient. Israeli soldiers also threatened human rights workers who tried to facilitate entry to the hospital for the patient.
Palestinian pilgrims stuck in Egypt refuse to be moved to camps
Abbas approves new Palestinian central bank chief
EU disavows suspect chemicals seized by Israel The European Union on Sunday denied any connection to bags that Israel said were marked as containing EU aid "sugar" but actually filled with bomb-making chemicals bound for the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Olmert warns Palestinians on security after attack Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday ruled out relaxing Israel's grip on the occupied West Bank until the Palestinians rein in militants after a shooting attack killed two off-duty Israeli soldiers.
Hamas claims deadly West Bank shootout "This operation came in response to the assasinations and air strikes against the fighters and resisters in the Gaza Strip, and the assassinations and arrests in the West Bank,"
Hamas raids rival Fatah offices in Gaza Armed men from the Islamist Hamas movement raided the Gaza offices of the rival Fatah movement overnight ahead of a key anniversary of president Mahmud Abbas's party, officials said on Sunday.
PM: Israel won't take security risks until PA fights terror There were conflicting claims of responsibility for the attack from Hamas, which claimed it teamed up with Islamic Jihad, and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent offshoot of Abbas' Fatah. Palestinian officials also said the gunmen may have been criminals caught off guard by the Israeli hikers.
Palestinian: Israel's prisoner committee has no real power for swap deal The Israeli ministerial committee to look into exchanging Palestinian prisoners for a captive Israeli soldier had a low authoritative ceiling that can't secure a swap deal, a Palestinian official said Sunday.
Pollution without borders In some cases, downstream Palestinian towns receive Israeli waste. There are at least 10 transboundary streams in the region, with flows that go both ways. Untreated waste water from the West Bank can even end up flowing via Israel into the Gaza Strip and then the sea.
Israel rejects easing of West Bank curbs
Ashkenazi supports change of criteria for prisoners 'with blood on hands'
PLO official to visit Washington ahead of Bush's Middle East tour The ongoing expansions of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank will be on the top of the agenda when Bush visits Israel and the Palestinian territories, according to Abed Rabbo.
Barghouti: Israel doesn't want peace "Israel has not made a strategic decision to make peace with the Palestinians," Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti said in an interview with the Saudi paper Al Wattan on Sunday.
OPEN LETTER TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS BY THE SURVIVORS OF THE USS LIBERTY it. The power the Israeli Lobby has over you is only slightly less sickening than what is your willingness to bow to their every damned demand. You are as guilty of murdering my shipmates as the Israelis are.
Candidates Keep Their Distance From Bush, aka 'Mr. Palestine' In 2000, right-of-center pro-Israel voters were attracted by his vow to quickly move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, and his determination not to following the footsteps of his father and Bill Clinton into the Mideast peace process swamp
Assad ready for peace? After meeting Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) told The Associated Press he believes Assad is ready to discuss peace with Israel. U.S. Rep Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) also attended the meeting.
Olmert oversees east Jerusalem projects Israeli residential construction in eastern Jerusalem will now be subject to Ehud Olmert's approval
Israel's population rises in 2007 Some 5.46 million, or 75 percent, of Israel's citizens are Jewish, and 1.45 million, or 20 percent, are Arab, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics report released Sunday. Another 4.4 percent, or 320,000, are classified as other, including non-Arab Christians and residents who are not registered by their religion.
Democracy: An existential threat? Inspired in part by the South African Freedom Charter [1] and the Belfast Agreement [2], the much humbler One State Declaration, authored by a group of Palestinian, Israeli and international academics and activists, affirms that "The historic land of Palestine belongs to all who live in it and to those who were expelled or exiled from it since 1948, regardless of religion, ethnicity, national origin or current citizenship status."
Israel wants US and EU to snub Durban II Israeli diplomats are quietly working to convince the United States and the European Union to boycott - and defund - a possible follow-up to the 2001 World Conference Against Racism conference in Durban, South Africa.
US Congressmen secure Syria pledge to free dissidents Specter also sounded an upbeat note about the prospects for movement on the peace process between Syria and Israel which has been frozen since 2000, saying it was now generally accepted that Israel would have to return the Golan Heights which it seized in 1967 and unilaterally annexed in 1981.
Palestine Is Being Destroyed I am the grandson of a fifth- generation Palestinian Jew. My grandfather, born in the Old City of Jerusalem, emigrated to the United States early in the last century. I am a proud Jew, loyal to my tradition and to my people. Zionism was as much a part of my religious upbringing as praying in the synagogue and observing the Jewish holidays. But I am strongly opposed to the policies of the state of Israel toward the Palestinian people, policies supported by the U.S. and by many of my fellow Jews here in the United States Mr. Braverman is a brave soul. God bless him and those like him.
A disturbing note in Bethlehem story the real question for all of us on the delegation and many others is why the Globe felt the need to consult Kaufman. If "balance" is the issue, then I trust that the next time anyone expresses views that are uncritical of Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, the Globe will consult a member of our delegation or of one of the several Boston-area groups concerned with Palestinian rights.
Special Palestinian Envoy Visits Cuba
Releasing Palestinians hopeful sign I read the article about Israel releasing 441 Palestinian prisoners as part of a goodwill gesture (Erie Times-News, Nov. 20). I do agree that is a goodwill gesture, but not when there are about 11,000 Palestinians still being held in Israeli prisons.
Israel may get 'super-cannon' ISRAEL is trying to buy a super rapid-fire cannon from America to protect strategic installations from primitive Palestinian rockets.
France to halt links with Syria Links will be restored only when France has proof that Syria is not blocking progress towards installing a consensus president in Lebanon, Mr Sarkozy said.
Letter: Pro-Israel stance is harmful to U.S. Americans are paying attention and becoming increasingly critical of our Middle East foreign policy, especially our problematical relationship with Israel.
Make peace not division, say Jerusalem church heads
Rice Compares Israeli Occupation to Infamous US Segregation Abe Foxman of America's Anti-Defamation League and other apologists for Israel scream at ex-President Jimmy Carter for attacking West Bank Israeli apartheid. And Haaretz says that American Zionist ultras are dumping on Rice for using the s-word, which, if it sticks to Israel, will ultimately be fatal for Zionism in the US.
IDF soldier gets prison sentence for entering Bethlehem An Israel Defense Forces soldier arrested by the Palestinian police on Saturday upon entering Bethlehem was sentenced Sunday to 28 days in military prison
Mubarak, Sarkozy urge Syria to help solve Lebanon's crisis Both leaders agree to mobilize the necessary political and economic support for the Palestinian National Authority to ease the suffering of the Palestinian people and to provide the proper atmosphere for serious negotiations to achieve their aspirations to set up an independent state, Mubarak said
Can't silence foes of intolerance I wondered exactly how long it would take other Bee readers to assail this position, as always happens when anyone openly embraces the Palestinians. The answer: nine days ("Admit you want Israel's destruction," Dec. 14).
Middle East conflict toll 'falls' Israeli security forces killed 373 Palestinians, and 131 of these were not involved in hostilities.....Palestinians killed 13 Israelis in 2007 - seven of them civilians........"In addition, Israeli authorities often exploit security threats in order to advance prohibited political interests, such as perpetuating settlements and effectively annexing them to Israel ."
Palestinian political detainee dies due to medical negligence Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that a Palestinian political detainee held in an Israeli detention facility died on Friday night after the Israeli authorities refused to provide him with the needed medical help.
Barak: Anti-terror operations in the Gaza Strip are achieving their goals IDF operations in the Gaza Strip are achieving their goals, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told ministers on Sunday during the weekly cabinet meeting.
Hebron: Israeli army, in search of injured gunmen, lays siege to Hebron hospital The CPTers then made their way to the hospital. Hospital personnel told them that during the blockade the Israeli military refused entry to the hospital to a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance transporting a patient. Israeli soldiers also threatened human rights workers who tried to facilitate entry to the hospital for the patient.
Palestinian pilgrims stuck in Egypt refuse to be moved to camps
Abbas approves new Palestinian central bank chief
EU disavows suspect chemicals seized by Israel The European Union on Sunday denied any connection to bags that Israel said were marked as containing EU aid "sugar" but actually filled with bomb-making chemicals bound for the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Olmert warns Palestinians on security after attack Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday ruled out relaxing Israel's grip on the occupied West Bank until the Palestinians rein in militants after a shooting attack killed two off-duty Israeli soldiers.
Hamas claims deadly West Bank shootout "This operation came in response to the assasinations and air strikes against the fighters and resisters in the Gaza Strip, and the assassinations and arrests in the West Bank,"
Hamas raids rival Fatah offices in Gaza Armed men from the Islamist Hamas movement raided the Gaza offices of the rival Fatah movement overnight ahead of a key anniversary of president Mahmud Abbas's party, officials said on Sunday.
PM: Israel won't take security risks until PA fights terror There were conflicting claims of responsibility for the attack from Hamas, which claimed it teamed up with Islamic Jihad, and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent offshoot of Abbas' Fatah. Palestinian officials also said the gunmen may have been criminals caught off guard by the Israeli hikers.
Palestinian: Israel's prisoner committee has no real power for swap deal The Israeli ministerial committee to look into exchanging Palestinian prisoners for a captive Israeli soldier had a low authoritative ceiling that can't secure a swap deal, a Palestinian official said Sunday.
Pollution without borders In some cases, downstream Palestinian towns receive Israeli waste. There are at least 10 transboundary streams in the region, with flows that go both ways. Untreated waste water from the West Bank can even end up flowing via Israel into the Gaza Strip and then the sea.
Israel rejects easing of West Bank curbs
Ashkenazi supports change of criteria for prisoners 'with blood on hands'
PLO official to visit Washington ahead of Bush's Middle East tour The ongoing expansions of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank will be on the top of the agenda when Bush visits Israel and the Palestinian territories, according to Abed Rabbo.
Barghouti: Israel doesn't want peace "Israel has not made a strategic decision to make peace with the Palestinians," Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti said in an interview with the Saudi paper Al Wattan on Sunday.
OPEN LETTER TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS BY THE SURVIVORS OF THE USS LIBERTY it. The power the Israeli Lobby has over you is only slightly less sickening than what is your willingness to bow to their every damned demand. You are as guilty of murdering my shipmates as the Israelis are.
Candidates Keep Their Distance From Bush, aka 'Mr. Palestine' In 2000, right-of-center pro-Israel voters were attracted by his vow to quickly move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, and his determination not to following the footsteps of his father and Bill Clinton into the Mideast peace process swamp
Assad ready for peace? After meeting Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) told The Associated Press he believes Assad is ready to discuss peace with Israel. U.S. Rep Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) also attended the meeting.
Olmert oversees east Jerusalem projects Israeli residential construction in eastern Jerusalem will now be subject to Ehud Olmert's approval
Israel's population rises in 2007 Some 5.46 million, or 75 percent, of Israel's citizens are Jewish, and 1.45 million, or 20 percent, are Arab, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics report released Sunday. Another 4.4 percent, or 320,000, are classified as other, including non-Arab Christians and residents who are not registered by their religion.
Democracy: An existential threat? Inspired in part by the South African Freedom Charter [1] and the Belfast Agreement [2], the much humbler One State Declaration, authored by a group of Palestinian, Israeli and international academics and activists, affirms that "The historic land of Palestine belongs to all who live in it and to those who were expelled or exiled from it since 1948, regardless of religion, ethnicity, national origin or current citizenship status."
Israel wants US and EU to snub Durban II Israeli diplomats are quietly working to convince the United States and the European Union to boycott - and defund - a possible follow-up to the 2001 World Conference Against Racism conference in Durban, South Africa.
US Congressmen secure Syria pledge to free dissidents Specter also sounded an upbeat note about the prospects for movement on the peace process between Syria and Israel which has been frozen since 2000, saying it was now generally accepted that Israel would have to return the Golan Heights which it seized in 1967 and unilaterally annexed in 1981.
Palestine Is Being Destroyed I am the grandson of a fifth- generation Palestinian Jew. My grandfather, born in the Old City of Jerusalem, emigrated to the United States early in the last century. I am a proud Jew, loyal to my tradition and to my people. Zionism was as much a part of my religious upbringing as praying in the synagogue and observing the Jewish holidays. But I am strongly opposed to the policies of the state of Israel toward the Palestinian people, policies supported by the U.S. and by many of my fellow Jews here in the United States Mr. Braverman is a brave soul. God bless him and those like him.
A disturbing note in Bethlehem story the real question for all of us on the delegation and many others is why the Globe felt the need to consult Kaufman. If "balance" is the issue, then I trust that the next time anyone expresses views that are uncritical of Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, the Globe will consult a member of our delegation or of one of the several Boston-area groups concerned with Palestinian rights.
Special Palestinian Envoy Visits Cuba
Releasing Palestinians hopeful sign I read the article about Israel releasing 441 Palestinian prisoners as part of a goodwill gesture (Erie Times-News, Nov. 20). I do agree that is a goodwill gesture, but not when there are about 11,000 Palestinians still being held in Israeli prisons.
Israel may get 'super-cannon' ISRAEL is trying to buy a super rapid-fire cannon from America to protect strategic installations from primitive Palestinian rockets.
France to halt links with Syria Links will be restored only when France has proof that Syria is not blocking progress towards installing a consensus president in Lebanon, Mr Sarkozy said.
Letter: Pro-Israel stance is harmful to U.S. Americans are paying attention and becoming increasingly critical of our Middle East foreign policy, especially our problematical relationship with Israel.
Make peace not division, say Jerusalem church heads
Rice Compares Israeli Occupation to Infamous US Segregation Abe Foxman of America's Anti-Defamation League and other apologists for Israel scream at ex-President Jimmy Carter for attacking West Bank Israeli apartheid. And Haaretz says that American Zionist ultras are dumping on Rice for using the s-word, which, if it sticks to Israel, will ultimately be fatal for Zionism in the US.
IDF soldier gets prison sentence for entering Bethlehem An Israel Defense Forces soldier arrested by the Palestinian police on Saturday upon entering Bethlehem was sentenced Sunday to 28 days in military prison
Mubarak, Sarkozy urge Syria to help solve Lebanon's crisis Both leaders agree to mobilize the necessary political and economic support for the Palestinian National Authority to ease the suffering of the Palestinian people and to provide the proper atmosphere for serious negotiations to achieve their aspirations to set up an independent state, Mubarak said
Can't silence foes of intolerance I wondered exactly how long it would take other Bee readers to assail this position, as always happens when anyone openly embraces the Palestinians. The answer: nine days ("Admit you want Israel's destruction," Dec. 14).
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Headlines for 12-29-07
Egypt rerouting Palestinian pilgrims "We are aware of the Israeli and American pressures on Egypt, and we urge Egypt to reject these pressures and to allow the pilgrims a safe return through Rafah," Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said.
Armed Israeli among three arrested in Bethlehem Palestinian security forces on Saturday arrested three Israelis, one of them armed, outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.
At-Tuwani: The Birth of Jesus and the occupation of Palestine We were there to protect the people from possible attacks from the occupiers, from the people with guns, from those who wield worldly power. We were standing with the shepherds, with the dispossessed, people like those to whom the angels announced good news 2,000 years ago.
Israeli military raids Hebron hospital in search of two wounded fighters
Report: Hamas to ban Fatah from marking 43rd anniversary in Gaza Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which rules Gaza Strip, is going to prevent rival Fatah faction of President Mahmoud Abbas from celebrating its 43rd anniversary, a pro-Hamas newspaper reported on Saturday.
Islamic Jihad vows not to disarm A senior leader of Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement in Gaza said on Saturday that his movement would not disarm since resistance against Israel was a way to achieve the Palestinian people's goals.
Erekat: Exceptions to Israeli settlement freeze not to be accepted
Arab League ministers to meet on Israel settlements
Fatah armed wing rejects PNA declaration on its dissolution
Fatah militias dismantled: Palestinian minister
Hamas accuses Fatah over stabbing in Lebanese camp A Hamas member was fighting for his life after he was stabbed in the head on Saturday at the Rashidieh refugee camp in Lebanon in an attack which the Palestinian Islamist group blamed on rivals Fatah.
14 Hamas members arrested in West Bank: officials
Israel says finds explosive chemicals in EU aid bags "We are looking into this report," said an EU official in Israel. "If it is found to be accurate, this is an illegal act that should be condemned."
Palestinians say West Bank security better despite attack
Abbas's govt condemns shooting attack on Israelis
Palestinians arrested in Israeli deaths The Palestinian prime minister said Saturday his security forces had arrested a number of suspects in the killings of two off-duty Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and had given Israeli authorities weapons taken from the dead men by their attackers.
Bin Laden says U.S. seeks to exploit Iraqi oil The militant leader also vowed in a recording posted on an Islamist Web site on Saturday to expand jihad to liberate all Palestinian land "from the (Mediterranean) sea to the (Jordan) river" and said his group will never recognize Israel.
A program for Civil International Solidarity with Palestinians
ANALYSIS / Nipping new W. Bank Jewish terror group in the bud
U.S. court overturns $156 million award in terror case The decision is the latest setback for U.S. government efforts to implicate U.S. Muslim charities in funding Islamic terrorism.
Palestinians also have claim to land
Balance of Power Is Continuing to Shift From the US the US military "surge" in Iraq, coupled with the growing expectations that America is not going to attack Iran in 2008 and that the Israeli-Palestinian peace will continue to "process," will allow the Bush Administration will sit out most of next year without igniting a major explosion in the region that could put even more downward pressure on the US geo-strategic position and bring about a massive increase in energy prices, unless that is, Israel decides to attack Iran.
Syria sees no peace before Israel quits Golan Heights
Brownsville Muslims pray for Bhutto, victims of attack ?(Terrorists) are opportunists and hypocrites. They are criminals, they are not clerics. When the terrorists attacked America they were not fighting for Islam, they are fighting for themselves,?
Bhutto killing sets off alarms in Israel over Pakistan's nukes "If the government fell into extremist hands, the bomb also falls into the hands of extremists," Rosen told JTA "You don?t need to worry about a nuclear Iran; you have a nuclear Pakistan in the hands of extremists."
U.S. funds to Israel on human trafficking The State Department this year removed Israel from its Tier Two watchlist in human trafficking but kept it designated as a Tier Two nation -- one with identifiable problems in human trafficking but making strides toward addressing them.
Italian delegation denied entry to Gaza - Another soon to follow
Faith in a World of Conflict The three photographs of Christmas in Bethlehem that appeared on Page A12 on Dec. 24 under the headline "In Bethlehem, Tourists Return Amid the Checkpoints" looked as if they could have been acquired from the Israeli Ministry of Tourism rather than Reuters and the Associated Press.
Mustafa Barghouthi Talked at Dar An-Nadwa Hall
Armed Israeli among three arrested in Bethlehem Palestinian security forces on Saturday arrested three Israelis, one of them armed, outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.
At-Tuwani: The Birth of Jesus and the occupation of Palestine We were there to protect the people from possible attacks from the occupiers, from the people with guns, from those who wield worldly power. We were standing with the shepherds, with the dispossessed, people like those to whom the angels announced good news 2,000 years ago.
Israeli military raids Hebron hospital in search of two wounded fighters
Report: Hamas to ban Fatah from marking 43rd anniversary in Gaza Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which rules Gaza Strip, is going to prevent rival Fatah faction of President Mahmoud Abbas from celebrating its 43rd anniversary, a pro-Hamas newspaper reported on Saturday.
Islamic Jihad vows not to disarm A senior leader of Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement in Gaza said on Saturday that his movement would not disarm since resistance against Israel was a way to achieve the Palestinian people's goals.
Erekat: Exceptions to Israeli settlement freeze not to be accepted
Arab League ministers to meet on Israel settlements
Fatah armed wing rejects PNA declaration on its dissolution
Fatah militias dismantled: Palestinian minister
Hamas accuses Fatah over stabbing in Lebanese camp A Hamas member was fighting for his life after he was stabbed in the head on Saturday at the Rashidieh refugee camp in Lebanon in an attack which the Palestinian Islamist group blamed on rivals Fatah.
14 Hamas members arrested in West Bank: officials
Israel says finds explosive chemicals in EU aid bags "We are looking into this report," said an EU official in Israel. "If it is found to be accurate, this is an illegal act that should be condemned."
Palestinians say West Bank security better despite attack
Abbas's govt condemns shooting attack on Israelis
Palestinians arrested in Israeli deaths The Palestinian prime minister said Saturday his security forces had arrested a number of suspects in the killings of two off-duty Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and had given Israeli authorities weapons taken from the dead men by their attackers.
Bin Laden says U.S. seeks to exploit Iraqi oil The militant leader also vowed in a recording posted on an Islamist Web site on Saturday to expand jihad to liberate all Palestinian land "from the (Mediterranean) sea to the (Jordan) river" and said his group will never recognize Israel.
A program for Civil International Solidarity with Palestinians
ANALYSIS / Nipping new W. Bank Jewish terror group in the bud
U.S. court overturns $156 million award in terror case The decision is the latest setback for U.S. government efforts to implicate U.S. Muslim charities in funding Islamic terrorism.
Palestinians also have claim to land
Balance of Power Is Continuing to Shift From the US the US military "surge" in Iraq, coupled with the growing expectations that America is not going to attack Iran in 2008 and that the Israeli-Palestinian peace will continue to "process," will allow the Bush Administration will sit out most of next year without igniting a major explosion in the region that could put even more downward pressure on the US geo-strategic position and bring about a massive increase in energy prices, unless that is, Israel decides to attack Iran.
Syria sees no peace before Israel quits Golan Heights
Brownsville Muslims pray for Bhutto, victims of attack ?(Terrorists) are opportunists and hypocrites. They are criminals, they are not clerics. When the terrorists attacked America they were not fighting for Islam, they are fighting for themselves,?
Bhutto killing sets off alarms in Israel over Pakistan's nukes "If the government fell into extremist hands, the bomb also falls into the hands of extremists," Rosen told JTA "You don?t need to worry about a nuclear Iran; you have a nuclear Pakistan in the hands of extremists."
U.S. funds to Israel on human trafficking The State Department this year removed Israel from its Tier Two watchlist in human trafficking but kept it designated as a Tier Two nation -- one with identifiable problems in human trafficking but making strides toward addressing them.
Italian delegation denied entry to Gaza - Another soon to follow
Faith in a World of Conflict The three photographs of Christmas in Bethlehem that appeared on Page A12 on Dec. 24 under the headline "In Bethlehem, Tourists Return Amid the Checkpoints" looked as if they could have been acquired from the Israeli Ministry of Tourism rather than Reuters and the Associated Press.
Mustafa Barghouthi Talked at Dar An-Nadwa Hall
Headlines for 12-28-07
Two Israelis and two Palestinians killed in West Bank An Israeli army spokeswoman said Palestinian gunmen opened fire at the soldiers who live in a nearby Jewish settlement and were on leave at the time of the incident.
Two International peace activists injured in Bil'in
Israel offers settlement concessions ahead of Bush visit: report
Seven Palestinians kidnapped from Nablus by Israeli army
A West Bank struggle rooted in land For nearly a generation, Nassar and his family have stood their ground, unarmed, against pistol-toting settlers who have barricaded the farm's dirt lanes, uprooted its olive groves, tried to bulldoze their own roads and disabled a tractor and a rooftop water tank
Jordan mediates return of Palestinian pilgrims (Roundup) About 2,200 Palestinian pilgrims left Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba to the Egyptian port of Nuwaibe Friday after the Jordanian government obtained Egypt's approval to allow them to return to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing point, an official spokesman said
Palestinian Authority: Al-Hurria radio resumes broadcasting after six months
Israel to freeze some settlement projects In a word - BS. Per yesterday's news batch, Olmert maintained that Israel will not halt the settlement-building.
Conference in Bethlehem in support of Nonviolent Resistance
Olmert seeks to tighten grip on West Bank building Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ordered the Housing Ministry not to unilaterally issue any additional building permits on occupied land in the West Bank, Israeli officials said on Friday.
Abbas to get armoured vehicles but not with guns
Tubas governor slams Israeli settlement expansion policy in the plains area
Foreign Ministry plans to drop Syria from 'radical axis' list
Pro-Palestinian to make Israel anniversary film A British film-maker known to be a critic of Israeli policy has been appointed by the British Council to play a key role in a presentation to mark Israel?s 60th anniversary.
Tech Startup Bridges Mideast Divide Taking on Microsoft is tough enough. But Schreiber is embracing another challenge: He's helping create a high-tech economy in the Palestinian territories, one of the most poverty-stricken, crisis-riddled spots in the world. He has located the development center for G.ho.st in the West Bank.
Arab, Jewish women protest occupation Hundreds of Jewish and Arab women staged a protest in Jerusalem on Friday against Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, witnesses said.
Hundreds of Palestinian pilgrims stranded at Aqaba Over 2,200 Palestinian pilgrims, mostly affiliated with the radical Hamas group, were Friday stranded at Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba after Egyptian authorities insisted they should pass through an Israeli-controlled crossing point in order to reach the Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Jordanian sources said.
Palestinian filmmakers defy circumstance
Ha?aretz: From Bil?in to Madison Avenue: Demonstrations Outside the Leviev Jewelry Shop in New York over Danya Cebus? Construction in the Territories
Campus Leaders Gain Firsthand Experience on Mission to Israel The students are traveling on two annual missions, taking place concurrently this year, that serve as a cornerstone of the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) efforts to raise awareness of the issues involving Israel and the Middle East on U.S. college campuses......"These smart, informed young college leaders will have an opportunity to visit key sites in Israel's history and to hear firsthand from a wide variety of experts on the current situation and the peace process launched in Annapolis," said Abraham H. Foxman The Israeli lobby in action - propagandization.
9,000 refugee children from Nahr El Bared camp return to school because of 'Dubai Cares' Most of the children from the heavily damaged Nahr El Bared camp in Lebanon have already been able to return to school thanks to a donation of US$ 1.277 million made by Dubai Cares
Orphanage Founder Returns to Home Destroyed by Fire Palestinian-born Norma Nashed is the founder and director of Reaching Hearts for Kids. She was in Ethiopia finalizing plans for a new orphanage
Monday's Talk Shows Charlie Rose Authors Akiva Eldar and Ramachandra Guha; Palestinian delegate Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas and Israeli delegate Naomi Chazan, International Women's Commission. 11:30 p.m
Kucinich: Candidates Must Answer for Their Foreign Policy Stands on Pakistan and the Middle East They have failed to offer substantive approaches to address continuing tensions and hostilities among Israelis, Palestinians, and the Lebanese people."
France could provide Egypt with nuclear help: Sarkozy
Jewish groups respond to cleric's anti-Israel remarks Sabbah called on Israel to abandon its Jewish character in favor of a "political normal state for Christians, Muslims, and Jews," according to the Jerusalem Post.
....."We are deeply disturbed that Father Sabbah would politicize the holy season of Christmas by denying the Jewish people?s right to a Jewish state," said the ADL in a statement. That's not what Sabbah said at all, geniuses.
Two International peace activists injured in Bil'in
Israel offers settlement concessions ahead of Bush visit: report
Seven Palestinians kidnapped from Nablus by Israeli army
A West Bank struggle rooted in land For nearly a generation, Nassar and his family have stood their ground, unarmed, against pistol-toting settlers who have barricaded the farm's dirt lanes, uprooted its olive groves, tried to bulldoze their own roads and disabled a tractor and a rooftop water tank
Jordan mediates return of Palestinian pilgrims (Roundup) About 2,200 Palestinian pilgrims left Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba to the Egyptian port of Nuwaibe Friday after the Jordanian government obtained Egypt's approval to allow them to return to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing point, an official spokesman said
Palestinian Authority: Al-Hurria radio resumes broadcasting after six months
Israel to freeze some settlement projects In a word - BS. Per yesterday's news batch, Olmert maintained that Israel will not halt the settlement-building.
Conference in Bethlehem in support of Nonviolent Resistance
Olmert seeks to tighten grip on West Bank building Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ordered the Housing Ministry not to unilaterally issue any additional building permits on occupied land in the West Bank, Israeli officials said on Friday.
Abbas to get armoured vehicles but not with guns
Tubas governor slams Israeli settlement expansion policy in the plains area
Foreign Ministry plans to drop Syria from 'radical axis' list
Pro-Palestinian to make Israel anniversary film A British film-maker known to be a critic of Israeli policy has been appointed by the British Council to play a key role in a presentation to mark Israel?s 60th anniversary.
Tech Startup Bridges Mideast Divide Taking on Microsoft is tough enough. But Schreiber is embracing another challenge: He's helping create a high-tech economy in the Palestinian territories, one of the most poverty-stricken, crisis-riddled spots in the world. He has located the development center for G.ho.st in the West Bank.
Arab, Jewish women protest occupation Hundreds of Jewish and Arab women staged a protest in Jerusalem on Friday against Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, witnesses said.
Hundreds of Palestinian pilgrims stranded at Aqaba Over 2,200 Palestinian pilgrims, mostly affiliated with the radical Hamas group, were Friday stranded at Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba after Egyptian authorities insisted they should pass through an Israeli-controlled crossing point in order to reach the Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Jordanian sources said.
Palestinian filmmakers defy circumstance
Ha?aretz: From Bil?in to Madison Avenue: Demonstrations Outside the Leviev Jewelry Shop in New York over Danya Cebus? Construction in the Territories
Campus Leaders Gain Firsthand Experience on Mission to Israel The students are traveling on two annual missions, taking place concurrently this year, that serve as a cornerstone of the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) efforts to raise awareness of the issues involving Israel and the Middle East on U.S. college campuses......"These smart, informed young college leaders will have an opportunity to visit key sites in Israel's history and to hear firsthand from a wide variety of experts on the current situation and the peace process launched in Annapolis," said Abraham H. Foxman The Israeli lobby in action - propagandization.
9,000 refugee children from Nahr El Bared camp return to school because of 'Dubai Cares' Most of the children from the heavily damaged Nahr El Bared camp in Lebanon have already been able to return to school thanks to a donation of US$ 1.277 million made by Dubai Cares
Orphanage Founder Returns to Home Destroyed by Fire Palestinian-born Norma Nashed is the founder and director of Reaching Hearts for Kids. She was in Ethiopia finalizing plans for a new orphanage
Monday's Talk Shows Charlie Rose Authors Akiva Eldar and Ramachandra Guha; Palestinian delegate Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas and Israeli delegate Naomi Chazan, International Women's Commission. 11:30 p.m
Kucinich: Candidates Must Answer for Their Foreign Policy Stands on Pakistan and the Middle East They have failed to offer substantive approaches to address continuing tensions and hostilities among Israelis, Palestinians, and the Lebanese people."
France could provide Egypt with nuclear help: Sarkozy
Jewish groups respond to cleric's anti-Israel remarks Sabbah called on Israel to abandon its Jewish character in favor of a "political normal state for Christians, Muslims, and Jews," according to the Jerusalem Post.
....."We are deeply disturbed that Father Sabbah would politicize the holy season of Christmas by denying the Jewish people?s right to a Jewish state," said the ADL in a statement. That's not what Sabbah said at all, geniuses.
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