Gaza's sick fear for their lives as blockade bites "I am afraid," said the boy in a voice that was barely audible. "I could suffocate while asleep if the electricity suddenly goes off, I am afraid to die."
The poor and the sick suffer as Israel cuts power to Gaza
No light, no heat, no bread: stark reality for the powerless in Gaza "If new supplies don't come, we'll have to put the patients on manual ventilation. All of us will have to work at it non-stop, 24-hours a day,"
The Lessons of Violence This is not another typical spat between Israelis and Palestinians. This is the final, collective strangulation of the Palestinians in Gaza. The decision to block shipments of food by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency means that two-thirds of the Palestinians who rely on relief aid will no longer be able to eat when U.N. stockpiles in Gaza run out
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian women and children in Hebron; seven injured In the latest Israeli settler attack to take place in the Palestinian city of Hebron, a group of armed settlers attacked and beat a group of women and children, and a human rights worker who was accompanying them, on Saturday evening.
Propaganda battle over Gaza plight Egypt is threatening to open crossing points into the Gaza Strip if Israel does not relent.
In pictures: Gaza power cuts
Israel to ease blockade of Gaza Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Arye Mekel told the BBC the easing of restrictions, which were imposed on Friday, was for one day only and the government would then review the situation.
A Palestinian girl reacts during a children's protest against Israel stopping fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip
Jordan urges Russian pressure on Israel to end Gaza siege
Jordan's queen appeals to world community to help end Gaza blockade Jordan's Queen Rania on Monday described the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip as "a bad and painful" situation and appealed to the world community to move to ensure an end to the suffering of Palestinian civilians.
Soldiers assault and arrest B'Tselem worker in Hebron
Egypt sends troops to Gaza border for fear of Palestinian breakout
Netanyahu: Israel should practice mass deterrence Opposition leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) warned Monday that Israel might find itself "a country pointing missiles in three directions."
PMO denies Jerusalem building freeze
Abbas fights political battles for statehood
No peace deal if Israel keeps building-Palestinian PM President George W. Bush's drive for peace between Israel and the Palestinians by the end of his term in office is unlikely to succeed unless the Jewish state stops building in the West Bank, the Palestinian premier said.
Gaza blockade sparks international outcry
U.N. agency says may have to halt Gaza food handout
Hamas plans delegation to Egypt over Gaza blockade
'Israel's sanctions strengthen Hamas'
Mideast Arabs, Iran's Ahmadinejad worried over worsening Gaza situation In a statement issued by his office, Lebanon's Saniora said the Israeli actions in Gaza were "racist and barbaric" and that the world is not allowed to "remain silent on the Israeli actions."
Bolton: Final IDF op in Lebanon had no impact on UN truce talks Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who "changed her mind fundamentally" after an Israeli aerial assault killed 28 civilians in Kana on July 30. "Rice exerted enormous
pressure on me to reach an agreement already," he said. "Until Kana, the U.S. wasn't interested in another typical Middle Eastern cease-fire. We thought we would exploit the fighting to fundamentally change the situation, especially in Lebanon and Syria. But under the influence of her shock over Kana, the secretary of state changed her mind and only wanted an immediate end to the fire. That was the policy Rice dictated."
IDF official rejects claims of humanitarian crisis in Gaza "There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza," a military official told Ynet Sunday, claiming that the Palestinians had enough food supply to last them for the next weeks, and that any reports of such a crisis were created and promoted by Hamas.
Israel launches new satellite to spy on Iran Last November, a US intelligence report stated that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons programme, a finding that undermined hawks in the US who had been pushing for a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. Israel, however, has publicly disagreed with the US intelligence finding.
Islam-West rift widens, poll says
Gaza children's protest. Children in Gaza march through the streets to protest against Israel closing the Gaza Strip.
World Vision Lebanon warms displaced refugees World Vision is rushing badly needed blankets, heaters and other critical supplies to displaced Palestinian refugee families who are being hit hard by cold winter temperatures that have caused several deaths.
Lebanese troops fire on Israeli jets
Palestinians stage protests over Gaza in Lebanon camps
A Firsthand Look at the Holy Land
Tunis worried about situation in occupied Palestinian territories
Palestinian group sounds like Al Qaeda but forgoes violence
Photostory: As long as there is life, there is hope
Lord Mayor of City of London visits Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories for first time in nine years In East Jerusalem the Lord Mayor will visit the St John?s Eye Hospital. Lord Mayor David Lewis is a long-term supporter of the eye-treatment charity Orbis and will visit the St. John?s Hospital to present an indirect ophthalmoscope, equipment used for the diagnosis and treatment of retinal disease. It provides a wide angled view of the retina and will be particularly useful in the care of the many patients with diabetic eye disease. Diabetes affects approximately 14% of the Palestinian population
Israel may have to take military action against Iran: Bolton ** "One can say with some assurance that in the next year the use of force by the United States is highly unlikely," Bolton told AFP on the sidelines of the Herzliya conference on the balance of Israel's national security.
Braverman: Globalization greatest danger not Iran "As far as I'm concerned, globalization is the greatest danger to Israel, not Iran. Everyone will solve the problem of Iran, the US, Russia, Europe
Conference on anti-Semitism starts Tuesday in Jerusalem The issue of Palestinian incitement in the media against Israel will not be raised at the conference due to its focus on Europe.
When Bush Comes to Shove Israeli officials are adamant that neither Israel nor the U.S. has ruled out the use of force against Iran. In a media briefing on the second day of the Bush visit, a senior Israeli official claimed that while both countries preferred diplomatic and economic measures, they did not "remove any option from the table." .......Miller points out that if America does not act, and Israel decides to use force on its own, it will need American approval, because of the heavy U.S. military air traffic in and around Iraq.
In Gaza, life destroyed by the Qassams "We hate the rockets!" says Daoud. "They destroy everything. We can't even work anymore."
Race heats up congressional debate One matter on which Stein and Laesch disagreed was Israel. Laesch said he would oppose any further military funding to Israel until it agreed to sit down with Palestinian leaders and discuss peace, with the possibility of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank. Stein called Israel "a longtime, stable, staunch ally" of the United States, and said he would oppose cutting off aid to the country. Both Republicans agreed with that degree of support for Israel.
Abandon Mideast peace push By JOHN BOLTON here's the essential fix the President is in: He is far more likely to be successful in countering Iran's expanding influence and dealing with other major regional problems than in resolving the Arab-Israeli dispute - yet his pursuit of the former goal is impeded by his policies concerning the latter. The NY Daily News gives airtime to neocon John Bolton. Bolton wants Iran attacked yesterday.
Pope restates solidarity with Holy Land Christians
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Headlines for 01-20-08
Israeli missile strikes kill two Gaza militants
Gaza plunged into darkness as Israeli fuel blockade takes effect From Damascus, Khaled Mashaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, appealed to Arab leaders and his rival, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to forget their differences and help the Gazans: "All Arab leaders, exercise real pressure to stop this Zionist crime ... Take up your role and responsibility. We are not asking you to wage a military war against Israel ... but just stand with us in pride and honour."
Illegal West Bank settlers vex Israel Badriya Amer, 60, produced a document from the Israeli military administration in the West Bank listing the land where the outpost is located as the property of her late father. She said she was chased away by settlers a few months ago when she went to the area to pick olives.
West Bank settler population up 5pc The rise is attributed both to settlement expansion and to a high birth rate among religious communities.
Abbas wants end to Gaza blockade Several hundred Palestinians held a candle-lit rally in the centre of the West Bank political capital of Ramallah to show solidarity with their compatriots who were plunged into darkness in Gaza.
Gaza economy crushed by embargo With no raw materials getting in and no finished products getting out, Gaza's industrial sector has collapsed. Over 100,000 Palestinians have lost their jobs in the last six months, according to local unions.
Israeli blockade forces Gaza's only power plant to shut The British charity group Oxfam called the ban on fuel supplies "ineffective as well as unlawful". Gisha, a prominent Israeli human rights group said "punishing Gaza's 1.5 million civilians does not stop the rocket fire; it only creates an impossible "balance" of human suffering on both sides of the border".
Israel arrests 6 Palestinians in West Bank
Hamas says willing to apologize for seizing Gaza during dialogue Hamas is ready to apologize to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement for taking over the Gaza Strip by force, but only after dialogue with Fatahis resumed, a Hamas spokesman said Sunday.
Saudi prince offers full relations A Saudi prince said if Israel accepts an Arab League peace plan it could have full normalization with the Arab world.
Israel orders closure of Gaza crossings as Palestinian anger and casualties increase Wadia had been working at a mechanics' market on Tuesday morning when the Israeli military launched a major ground incursion, beginning a new round of intense fighting in Gaza. When he heard the sound of gunfire, Wadia began to leave but was knocked to the ground by the force of an Israeli shell. It sliced off his left foot, shattered his right leg and shrapnel lacerated his stomach.
Source: Israel won't free two-thirds of prisoners Hamas wants released
An elderly Palestinian man plants olive trees during a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier
Egyptian killed near smuggling tunnels
Palestinians pray for Mideast peace, too
Canada removes U.S., Israel from torture watchlist Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured.
Hezbollah Decries Bush's Mideast Trip Hezbollah's reclusive leader appeared in public for the first time in a year on Saturday, accusing President Bush of using a recent Mideast tour to incite Arabs against Iran and telling Arab governments to confront his "satanic visions."
Anti-Iran Coalition in the Gulf? Read This. Before Bush's Middle East visit, White House briefers were telling correspondents that the president would be pushing the Israelis for a Palestinian settlement in return for Arab backing of a tough stance with Iran. It was suggested that Israel might be more tractable if the "Iranian nuclear threat" were removed.
Did 'The Times' Leave Judy Miller Out in the Cold Because She Was Jewish? And Other Parochial Asides from an Angry Bill Kristol I?ve often written that the neoconservatives became far less transparent about their devotion to Israel once they attained power. It was one thing to write as Jewish intellectuals about Middle East policy in books and little magazines in the 1970s, as Norman Podhoretz did when he said American isolationism was "a direct threat to the security of Israel," and quite another to be actually affecting that foreign policy and talking openly as Jews about Israel.
Education Ministry drops Arabic studies from core curriculum The Education Ministry has decided against including Arabic in the compulsory core curriculum that was made public several weeks ago for the first time.
Israel's Yehoshua calls for U.S. boycott Yehoshua further described all West Bank settlements as illegal and described the "Jewish lobby" as having "become a powerful tool of influence on Israel's behalf within the U.S. administration."
Pope to change liturgy offensive to Jews When Pope Benedict brought back the prayer, the chief rabbis of Israel expressed their concern in a letter to the pope, as did the Anti-Defamation League.
Rift between Israel, Druze growing Alluding to the historic alliance between Israel and the Druze, who serve in the IDF and contribute to the state in a wealth of other respects, Naffa noted that ?we (the Druze) had hoped that serving in the military would afford us equal rights to those of other Israelis. We soon, however, discovered that this is mere illusion when we awoke to a very harsh reality.?
Gazan hearts saved in Israel as conflict rages on
Third of Jerusalem residents are poor: report Poverty is higher among Arab families with 62 percent of them living under the poverty line of around 1,000 dollars a month, said the report by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.
A commercial model for Mideast would foster peace
Why Republican candidate Mike Huckabee worries Jewish voters A few Jewish community leaders question whether his support for Israel stems from his sense that "we've got one true ally in the Middle East, and that's Israel," or whether it's linked to his desire to hasten the End of Days, Armageddon.
Internal Memo Takes on Obama?s Approach to Middle East A confidential memo questioning Senator Barack Obama?s potential approach to Middle East policy was circulated earlier this month among staffers at a major American Jewish organization. In one section, the memo said that Obama?s approach to Iran?s nuclear program ?raises questions,? while another portion suggested that Obama expected more from Israel than the Palestinians in resolving the conflict between the two.
When radio voices paint vivid pictures of far away places When an Israeli tank rolls down a Palestinian street, parked cars can often be completely crushed under its tracks. And I remember hearing of a few people in Nablus gathering quietly round an old Fiat that had just been flattened into a long strip of metal only a few inches high. Then the car's owner said, "Anyone got some jump leads? Perhaps it'll still start". That sort of black humour is part of the stuff of life in the West Bank, and in its way, it is significant. It helps people cope with the stress
Palestinian hip hop featured at Sundance
Israel's Shimon Peres calls for referendum on any peace deal
Israeli envoy slams torture claim as minister Bernier backtracks "Israel doesn't engage in torture, it's prohibited by Israeli law. Whoever had written this manual simply didn't know, or was misguided, or didn't understand." LOL
Jordan hides doubts over Bush's Mideast peace drive A senior Jordanian official with no sympathy for Islamists privately predicted disaster unless Bush pressed Israel hard for a deal in line with an Arab initiative that offered full peace with all Arab states in return for Israeli withdrawal to 1967 lines, a Palestinian state and an agreed solution for refugees.
Israeli ministers slam 'sewage rat' Nasrallah
Berman likely to head House Foreign Affairs Committee A member of the foreign affairs panel since he entered Congress in 1982, Berman is primarily known as a strong supporter of Israel. Early in his career, he wrote legislation funding joint U.S.-Israeli assistance projects in the developing world, and has worked over the years to increase aid to Israel.
Gaza plunged into darkness as Israeli fuel blockade takes effect From Damascus, Khaled Mashaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, appealed to Arab leaders and his rival, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to forget their differences and help the Gazans: "All Arab leaders, exercise real pressure to stop this Zionist crime ... Take up your role and responsibility. We are not asking you to wage a military war against Israel ... but just stand with us in pride and honour."
Illegal West Bank settlers vex Israel Badriya Amer, 60, produced a document from the Israeli military administration in the West Bank listing the land where the outpost is located as the property of her late father. She said she was chased away by settlers a few months ago when she went to the area to pick olives.
West Bank settler population up 5pc The rise is attributed both to settlement expansion and to a high birth rate among religious communities.
Abbas wants end to Gaza blockade Several hundred Palestinians held a candle-lit rally in the centre of the West Bank political capital of Ramallah to show solidarity with their compatriots who were plunged into darkness in Gaza.
Gaza economy crushed by embargo With no raw materials getting in and no finished products getting out, Gaza's industrial sector has collapsed. Over 100,000 Palestinians have lost their jobs in the last six months, according to local unions.
Israeli blockade forces Gaza's only power plant to shut The British charity group Oxfam called the ban on fuel supplies "ineffective as well as unlawful". Gisha, a prominent Israeli human rights group said "punishing Gaza's 1.5 million civilians does not stop the rocket fire; it only creates an impossible "balance" of human suffering on both sides of the border".
Israel arrests 6 Palestinians in West Bank
Hamas says willing to apologize for seizing Gaza during dialogue Hamas is ready to apologize to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement for taking over the Gaza Strip by force, but only after dialogue with Fatahis resumed, a Hamas spokesman said Sunday.
Saudi prince offers full relations A Saudi prince said if Israel accepts an Arab League peace plan it could have full normalization with the Arab world.
Israel orders closure of Gaza crossings as Palestinian anger and casualties increase Wadia had been working at a mechanics' market on Tuesday morning when the Israeli military launched a major ground incursion, beginning a new round of intense fighting in Gaza. When he heard the sound of gunfire, Wadia began to leave but was knocked to the ground by the force of an Israeli shell. It sliced off his left foot, shattered his right leg and shrapnel lacerated his stomach.
Source: Israel won't free two-thirds of prisoners Hamas wants released
An elderly Palestinian man plants olive trees during a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier
Egyptian killed near smuggling tunnels
Palestinians pray for Mideast peace, too
Canada removes U.S., Israel from torture watchlist Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured.
Hezbollah Decries Bush's Mideast Trip Hezbollah's reclusive leader appeared in public for the first time in a year on Saturday, accusing President Bush of using a recent Mideast tour to incite Arabs against Iran and telling Arab governments to confront his "satanic visions."
Anti-Iran Coalition in the Gulf? Read This. Before Bush's Middle East visit, White House briefers were telling correspondents that the president would be pushing the Israelis for a Palestinian settlement in return for Arab backing of a tough stance with Iran. It was suggested that Israel might be more tractable if the "Iranian nuclear threat" were removed.
Did 'The Times' Leave Judy Miller Out in the Cold Because She Was Jewish? And Other Parochial Asides from an Angry Bill Kristol I?ve often written that the neoconservatives became far less transparent about their devotion to Israel once they attained power. It was one thing to write as Jewish intellectuals about Middle East policy in books and little magazines in the 1970s, as Norman Podhoretz did when he said American isolationism was "a direct threat to the security of Israel," and quite another to be actually affecting that foreign policy and talking openly as Jews about Israel.
Education Ministry drops Arabic studies from core curriculum The Education Ministry has decided against including Arabic in the compulsory core curriculum that was made public several weeks ago for the first time.
Israel's Yehoshua calls for U.S. boycott Yehoshua further described all West Bank settlements as illegal and described the "Jewish lobby" as having "become a powerful tool of influence on Israel's behalf within the U.S. administration."
Pope to change liturgy offensive to Jews When Pope Benedict brought back the prayer, the chief rabbis of Israel expressed their concern in a letter to the pope, as did the Anti-Defamation League.
Rift between Israel, Druze growing Alluding to the historic alliance between Israel and the Druze, who serve in the IDF and contribute to the state in a wealth of other respects, Naffa noted that ?we (the Druze) had hoped that serving in the military would afford us equal rights to those of other Israelis. We soon, however, discovered that this is mere illusion when we awoke to a very harsh reality.?
Gazan hearts saved in Israel as conflict rages on
Third of Jerusalem residents are poor: report Poverty is higher among Arab families with 62 percent of them living under the poverty line of around 1,000 dollars a month, said the report by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.
A commercial model for Mideast would foster peace
Why Republican candidate Mike Huckabee worries Jewish voters A few Jewish community leaders question whether his support for Israel stems from his sense that "we've got one true ally in the Middle East, and that's Israel," or whether it's linked to his desire to hasten the End of Days, Armageddon.
Internal Memo Takes on Obama?s Approach to Middle East A confidential memo questioning Senator Barack Obama?s potential approach to Middle East policy was circulated earlier this month among staffers at a major American Jewish organization. In one section, the memo said that Obama?s approach to Iran?s nuclear program ?raises questions,? while another portion suggested that Obama expected more from Israel than the Palestinians in resolving the conflict between the two.
When radio voices paint vivid pictures of far away places When an Israeli tank rolls down a Palestinian street, parked cars can often be completely crushed under its tracks. And I remember hearing of a few people in Nablus gathering quietly round an old Fiat that had just been flattened into a long strip of metal only a few inches high. Then the car's owner said, "Anyone got some jump leads? Perhaps it'll still start". That sort of black humour is part of the stuff of life in the West Bank, and in its way, it is significant. It helps people cope with the stress
Palestinian hip hop featured at Sundance
Israel's Shimon Peres calls for referendum on any peace deal
Israeli envoy slams torture claim as minister Bernier backtracks "Israel doesn't engage in torture, it's prohibited by Israeli law. Whoever had written this manual simply didn't know, or was misguided, or didn't understand." LOL
Jordan hides doubts over Bush's Mideast peace drive A senior Jordanian official with no sympathy for Islamists privately predicted disaster unless Bush pressed Israel hard for a deal in line with an Arab initiative that offered full peace with all Arab states in return for Israeli withdrawal to 1967 lines, a Palestinian state and an agreed solution for refugees.
Israeli ministers slam 'sewage rat' Nasrallah
Berman likely to head House Foreign Affairs Committee A member of the foreign affairs panel since he entered Congress in 1982, Berman is primarily known as a strong supporter of Israel. Early in his career, he wrote legislation funding joint U.S.-Israeli assistance projects in the developing world, and has worked over the years to increase aid to Israel.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Headlines for 01-19-08
Two Hamas fighters killed in Gaza Members of the military wing of Hamas, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, exchanged fire with the troops. Two militants were later killed when Israeli aircraft fired three missiles at them.
PFLP calls for release of old prisoners in future Hamas-Israel prisoners swap An official from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Saturday called on Palestinian militant groups to stress for releasing old prisoners in any future prisoners swap deal with Israel.
Human Rights Advocates Meet United Nations Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
A week of funerals in Gaza as Palestinians feel Israel's wrath Mariam Rahal, a 53-year-old grandmother and her two sons, were in the wrong place at the wrong time as they drove their donkey cart of oranges home through a mainly residential district of Beit Lahiya. Mrs Rahal was buried yesterday with one of the sons, Mohammed, 23. The pair were innocent victims of a four-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants that last night seemed far from over. They were killed when their cart was destroyed by a missile which targeted the car of a rocket-launching crew on Thursday evening.
Indonesia condemns Israeli military operations in Gaza
Jihad spokesman: Different kind of response coming
Acting Palestinian PM criticizes Gaza militants for firing rockets at Israel
Gaza: 4 gunmen turn themselves in to IDF troops
Islamic body urges UN Gaza intervention Ekmeleddin Ihsanogulu, secretary general of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference, accused the Israeli military of "committing successive massacres in the Gaza Strip, in which civilians were killed."
Hamas claims it seized wouldbe suicide bomber sent by Fatah to kill Gaza PM Haniyeh Hamas claimed Saturday it has caught a wouldbe suicide bomber sent by members of the rival Fatah movement to assassinate Gaza's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh.
AL condemns Israel's continued aggression against Palestinians
Bush?s Remarks on Refugees Spark Outcry in Jordan Jordan, home to about 1.9 million Palestinian refugees, was this week the scene for deep disappointment over US President George W Bush?s remarks supportive of Jewish Israel and his unequivocal denial of the Palestinian refugees? right to return to their homes which they deserted upon Israel?s foundation in 1948.
Quds Brigades fighters exchange fire with invading forces in Qabatia Fighter of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing if the Islamic Jihad, exchanged fire on Sunday at dawn, with Israeli forces invading Qabatia town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
UN rights official slams 'cowardly Israeli war crime' in Gaza "Recent action violates the strict prohibition on collective punishment contained in the Fourth Geneva Convention," Dugard charged in the statement put out by the UN human rights commission.
Gazans brace for more hardship as lockdown sets in "I have eight children, and me and my wife make 10. We will die of hunger. There is no work, nothing,"
Hamas urges Egypt to evacuate Gaza casualties through its borders "We call on Egypt to make a brave decision and open Rafah crossing point in southern Gaza Strip to provide medical treatment for the casualties of the Israeli attacks and bring in the basic humanitarian needs,"
Bush fails to persuade Arab allies Bush's visit coincided with fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rocket strikes on southern Israel. Images of bloodied and crying Palestinian children being rushed to hospitals flickered across Arab news channels.
More Jerusalem Arabs seek Israeli citizenship "My work and my life are inside Israel ," Shabane said. "I am very proud to be an Arab and Palestinian, but for practical reasons I'm not able to be part of the Palestinian Authority."
Israeli Peace group slams Israel for its attacks on the Gaza strip
Kaffiyeh-wearing protesters greet new Israeli U.K. Ambassador Israel's ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, was met by dozens of protesters against the Israeli occupation when he arrived Wednesday to speak at a bastion of anti-Israel criticism in British academia - the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies......Israeli PR efforts in Britain have kicked up a notch since Prosor became ambassador two months ago.....Prosor says he wants to influence British public opinion, which he says is more extreme than the political establishment in its criticism of Israel, and hugely influential.
Bush's Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up
Israeli troops detain another Lebanese shepherd
Hezbollah has Israel 'body parts'
Israeli actions root of problems in the Mideast After the 1948 War, Israel occupied 77 percent of historic Palestine and caused the Palestinian refugee problem. U.N. Resolution 194 asserted that the Palestinian refugees wishing to return to their homes should be allowed to do so. Israel has not allowed me or any other Palestinian to return to our homes and land.
Mediterranean EU members back creation of Mediterranean Union Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco are expected to be included in this group.
Israelis, Palestinians to protest Gaza blockade, call for peace As Israel continues a military assault on Gaza, and rockets from Gaza terrify the bordering Israeli village of Sderot, Israeli peace advocates are organizing a relief convoy and peace demonstration, Jan. 26, at a Gaza border crossing. A parallel Palestinian demonstration will take place on the other side of the border.
Clueless in Mideast It is time for the media to start using the correct phraseology: Israel and the Occupied Territories, the West Bank and the illegal Jewish settlements.
Co-defendants deny terror links "I am not al-Qaida. I have never been al-Qaida," said Adham Amin Hassoun, 45, a computer programmer of Palestinian heritage found by a jury to have been Padilla's recruiter for violent jihad overseas. "Your honor, I never wanted to kill anybody. ... Let us go back to our families, our kids."
"Hard left" academics latest anti-Semites, says Dershowitz - "and many of them are Jews." The majority of his remarks focused on what he called a growing group of "hard left academics who hate Israel with a passion - and many of them are Jewish," he added.
Trip makes Israel, Palestine 'personal' for Roman "The Palestinian refugee camps were one of the sadder things we did," said the freshman religion/philosophy major.
Turkish president in Syria for talks Gul will join Arab League chief Amr Mussa, who is in the Syrian capital to help broker a deal over Lebanon's presidential crisis, to launch celebrations marking Damascus being named the 2008 cultural capital of the Arab world.
Production of Arafat's scarf hangs by a thread The keffiyeh may remain a symbol of Palestinian solidarity and has become a fashion accessory from New York to Tokyo, but its sole surviving Palestinian manufacturer has cut production to a fraction of capacity and is in danger of closing.
'07 assassinations that killed civilians to be reviewed The government is working on guidelines for establishing committees to review army assassinations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that killed civilians in the past year.
Obama, Hillary step up outreach efforts to Jews In Nevada, which is holding its caucuses on Saturday, Lewis was boasting the recent endorsement of Clinton by the state's only Jewish member of Congress and one of the most hawkish Democratic voices on Israel, U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley. Also in Nevada, an Obama campaign official visited Jewish leaders to lay out the candidate's record on Israel.
PFLP calls for release of old prisoners in future Hamas-Israel prisoners swap An official from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Saturday called on Palestinian militant groups to stress for releasing old prisoners in any future prisoners swap deal with Israel.
Human Rights Advocates Meet United Nations Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
A week of funerals in Gaza as Palestinians feel Israel's wrath Mariam Rahal, a 53-year-old grandmother and her two sons, were in the wrong place at the wrong time as they drove their donkey cart of oranges home through a mainly residential district of Beit Lahiya. Mrs Rahal was buried yesterday with one of the sons, Mohammed, 23. The pair were innocent victims of a four-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants that last night seemed far from over. They were killed when their cart was destroyed by a missile which targeted the car of a rocket-launching crew on Thursday evening.
Indonesia condemns Israeli military operations in Gaza
Jihad spokesman: Different kind of response coming
Acting Palestinian PM criticizes Gaza militants for firing rockets at Israel
Gaza: 4 gunmen turn themselves in to IDF troops
Islamic body urges UN Gaza intervention Ekmeleddin Ihsanogulu, secretary general of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference, accused the Israeli military of "committing successive massacres in the Gaza Strip, in which civilians were killed."
Hamas claims it seized wouldbe suicide bomber sent by Fatah to kill Gaza PM Haniyeh Hamas claimed Saturday it has caught a wouldbe suicide bomber sent by members of the rival Fatah movement to assassinate Gaza's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh.
AL condemns Israel's continued aggression against Palestinians
Bush?s Remarks on Refugees Spark Outcry in Jordan Jordan, home to about 1.9 million Palestinian refugees, was this week the scene for deep disappointment over US President George W Bush?s remarks supportive of Jewish Israel and his unequivocal denial of the Palestinian refugees? right to return to their homes which they deserted upon Israel?s foundation in 1948.
Quds Brigades fighters exchange fire with invading forces in Qabatia Fighter of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing if the Islamic Jihad, exchanged fire on Sunday at dawn, with Israeli forces invading Qabatia town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
UN rights official slams 'cowardly Israeli war crime' in Gaza "Recent action violates the strict prohibition on collective punishment contained in the Fourth Geneva Convention," Dugard charged in the statement put out by the UN human rights commission.
Gazans brace for more hardship as lockdown sets in "I have eight children, and me and my wife make 10. We will die of hunger. There is no work, nothing,"
Hamas urges Egypt to evacuate Gaza casualties through its borders "We call on Egypt to make a brave decision and open Rafah crossing point in southern Gaza Strip to provide medical treatment for the casualties of the Israeli attacks and bring in the basic humanitarian needs,"
Bush fails to persuade Arab allies Bush's visit coincided with fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rocket strikes on southern Israel. Images of bloodied and crying Palestinian children being rushed to hospitals flickered across Arab news channels.
More Jerusalem Arabs seek Israeli citizenship "My work and my life are inside Israel ," Shabane said. "I am very proud to be an Arab and Palestinian, but for practical reasons I'm not able to be part of the Palestinian Authority."
Israeli Peace group slams Israel for its attacks on the Gaza strip
Kaffiyeh-wearing protesters greet new Israeli U.K. Ambassador Israel's ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, was met by dozens of protesters against the Israeli occupation when he arrived Wednesday to speak at a bastion of anti-Israel criticism in British academia - the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies......Israeli PR efforts in Britain have kicked up a notch since Prosor became ambassador two months ago.....Prosor says he wants to influence British public opinion, which he says is more extreme than the political establishment in its criticism of Israel, and hugely influential.
Bush's Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up
Israeli troops detain another Lebanese shepherd
Hezbollah has Israel 'body parts'
Israeli actions root of problems in the Mideast After the 1948 War, Israel occupied 77 percent of historic Palestine and caused the Palestinian refugee problem. U.N. Resolution 194 asserted that the Palestinian refugees wishing to return to their homes should be allowed to do so. Israel has not allowed me or any other Palestinian to return to our homes and land.
Mediterranean EU members back creation of Mediterranean Union Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco are expected to be included in this group.
Israelis, Palestinians to protest Gaza blockade, call for peace As Israel continues a military assault on Gaza, and rockets from Gaza terrify the bordering Israeli village of Sderot, Israeli peace advocates are organizing a relief convoy and peace demonstration, Jan. 26, at a Gaza border crossing. A parallel Palestinian demonstration will take place on the other side of the border.
Clueless in Mideast It is time for the media to start using the correct phraseology: Israel and the Occupied Territories, the West Bank and the illegal Jewish settlements.
Co-defendants deny terror links "I am not al-Qaida. I have never been al-Qaida," said Adham Amin Hassoun, 45, a computer programmer of Palestinian heritage found by a jury to have been Padilla's recruiter for violent jihad overseas. "Your honor, I never wanted to kill anybody. ... Let us go back to our families, our kids."
"Hard left" academics latest anti-Semites, says Dershowitz - "and many of them are Jews." The majority of his remarks focused on what he called a growing group of "hard left academics who hate Israel with a passion - and many of them are Jewish," he added.
Trip makes Israel, Palestine 'personal' for Roman "The Palestinian refugee camps were one of the sadder things we did," said the freshman religion/philosophy major.
Turkish president in Syria for talks Gul will join Arab League chief Amr Mussa, who is in the Syrian capital to help broker a deal over Lebanon's presidential crisis, to launch celebrations marking Damascus being named the 2008 cultural capital of the Arab world.
Production of Arafat's scarf hangs by a thread The keffiyeh may remain a symbol of Palestinian solidarity and has become a fashion accessory from New York to Tokyo, but its sole surviving Palestinian manufacturer has cut production to a fraction of capacity and is in danger of closing.
'07 assassinations that killed civilians to be reviewed The government is working on guidelines for establishing committees to review army assassinations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that killed civilians in the past year.
Obama, Hillary step up outreach efforts to Jews In Nevada, which is holding its caucuses on Saturday, Lewis was boasting the recent endorsement of Clinton by the state's only Jewish member of Congress and one of the most hawkish Democratic voices on Israel, U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley. Also in Nevada, an Obama campaign official visited Jewish leaders to lay out the candidate's record on Israel.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Headlines for 01-18-08
01-18-08 - Woman killed, dozens wounded in new Israeli strikes on Gaza A 47-year-old woman died when an Israeli warplane fired into a building that used to house a Hamas "interior ministry" in Gaza City, destroying the structure, they said.
01-18-08 - Militant killed in latest Israeli strike on Gaza
01-18-08 - U.N. agency says Israel blocks aid shipments to Gaza
01-18-08 - Aid Blocked As Gaza Crossings Closed
01-18-08 - UN wants Gaza crossings reopened
01-18-08 - Israel orders closure of Gaza crossings as Palestinian anger and casualties increase Last night the Gaza death toll over the past four days stood at 34, among them at least 10 civilians.
01-18-08 - Israeli air strike 'destroys Gaza ministry'
01-18-08 - UN chief warns on Gaza violence "We all understand the security problems and the need to respond... but collective punishment of the people of Gaza is not, we believe, the appropriate way to do that," said John Holmes, undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs.
01-18-08 - Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories: Civilians on both sides pay price of escalation The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today expressed its concern about the suffering of men, women and children taking no direct part in the ongoing conflict between Palestinian militants and the Israeli armed forces.
01-18-08 - Gaza child killing 'ends soldier release talks'
01-18-08 - Israeli PM makes quiet visit to Gaza periphery towns
01-18-08 - Israeli security Wall and settlements will create more grievances: India India Friday said that the ongoing construction of the security wall and the expansion of Israeli settlements will lead to creation of more grievances in the Middle East.
01-18-08 - EU urges Israelis to ease Palestinian movement
01-18-08 - More than 30 rockets hit western Negev since Friday morning
01-18-08 - Israel - OPT: Gaza power cuts leave people cold physically, metaphorically
01-18-08 - U.N. rights forum to hold special session on Gaza
01-18-08 - Palestinian president denounces Israel's Gaza strikes as 'brutal'
01-18-08 - Israeli army kidnaps 8 Palestinians from the West Bank
01-18-08 - Three injured in the weekly Bil'in Nonviolent action
01-18-08 - Scores protest the illegal Israeli Wall near Bethlehem
01-18-08 - UN special religion rapporteur to visit Israel, Palestinian territory The special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Asma Jahangir, it to visit Israel and the Palestinian territory it occupies from 20 to 27 January 2008, says the UN Organization in Geneva.
01-18-08 - Livni fails to change Lavrov's stance on Iran Differences of opinion between Israel and Russia over how to deal with Iran surfaced Thursday when Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called on Russia to support stronger sanctions against Iran, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying that Russia's current actions were sufficient
01-18-08 - Palestinian Prime Minister thanks UAE President Sheikh Khalifa for $9 million donation
01-18-08 - Hamas Police Force Recruits Women in Gaza
01-18-08 - Local pastor to help with peace in Palestine
01-18-08 - Art attack: international political artists in Palestine
01-18-08 - Reality in Mideast bears no relation to Bush's vision Twixt silken sheets in the very palace of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, President Bush awakes to confront a Middle East that bears no relation to the policies of his administration nor the warning that he has been relaying constantly to the kings and emirs and oligarchs of the Gulf: that Iran rather than Israel is their enemy.
01-18-08 - 5 Questions On Israel For The Next Debate
01-18-08 - Pregnant Detainee delivers her baby under harsh conditions
01-18-08 - German coalition split over foreign minister's contact with Syria Steinmeier met Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem in Berlin Thursday to demand that Syria play a "constructive role" in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and in the political crisis in Lebanon.
01-18-08 - Bush's Influence in Middle East Fades Bush rang the alarm bell about Iran's clear and present nuclear danger, but his diplomatic message had already been overshadowed by last month's National Intelligence Estimate. While his Israeli interlocutors echoed the president's Iranian concerns, Arab heads of state took comfort in the assessment of Washington's intelligence community that said Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program when the United States invaded Iraq.
01-18-08 - Livni continues Bush's course in Moscow This is no surprise since positions of Israel and the United States (that is, Bush personally) coincide on many issues, in particular on the prospects of Arab-Israeli settlement and Iran's nuclear ambitions.
01-18-08 - Palestinian protesters in Syria slam Israeli ?massacres?
01-18-08 - Dream begins to fade under state of siege Bush may have spoken forcefully of the need for a contiguous Palestinian territory - "Swiss cheese isn't going to work when it comes to the territory of a state" - but with at least half of the West Bank land already allocated to settler or Israeli military use, according to the Israeli rights group B'tselem, there seems to be little room left for a Palestinian state......A self-avowed racist, King is a leading light in a movement, financed as far as is known mainly by wealthy foreign Jews and - critics say - with quiet backing from the state, to secretly acquire Arab property in East Jerusalem to build Jewish settlements.
01-18-08 - State Department's Burns to resign
01-18-08 - Militant killed in latest Israeli strike on Gaza
01-18-08 - U.N. agency says Israel blocks aid shipments to Gaza
01-18-08 - Aid Blocked As Gaza Crossings Closed
01-18-08 - UN wants Gaza crossings reopened
01-18-08 - Israel orders closure of Gaza crossings as Palestinian anger and casualties increase Last night the Gaza death toll over the past four days stood at 34, among them at least 10 civilians.
01-18-08 - Israeli air strike 'destroys Gaza ministry'
01-18-08 - UN chief warns on Gaza violence "We all understand the security problems and the need to respond... but collective punishment of the people of Gaza is not, we believe, the appropriate way to do that," said John Holmes, undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs.
01-18-08 - Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories: Civilians on both sides pay price of escalation The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today expressed its concern about the suffering of men, women and children taking no direct part in the ongoing conflict between Palestinian militants and the Israeli armed forces.
01-18-08 - Gaza child killing 'ends soldier release talks'
01-18-08 - Israeli PM makes quiet visit to Gaza periphery towns
01-18-08 - Israeli security Wall and settlements will create more grievances: India India Friday said that the ongoing construction of the security wall and the expansion of Israeli settlements will lead to creation of more grievances in the Middle East.
01-18-08 - EU urges Israelis to ease Palestinian movement
01-18-08 - More than 30 rockets hit western Negev since Friday morning
01-18-08 - Israel - OPT: Gaza power cuts leave people cold physically, metaphorically
01-18-08 - U.N. rights forum to hold special session on Gaza
01-18-08 - Palestinian president denounces Israel's Gaza strikes as 'brutal'
01-18-08 - Israeli army kidnaps 8 Palestinians from the West Bank
01-18-08 - Three injured in the weekly Bil'in Nonviolent action
01-18-08 - Scores protest the illegal Israeli Wall near Bethlehem
01-18-08 - UN special religion rapporteur to visit Israel, Palestinian territory The special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Asma Jahangir, it to visit Israel and the Palestinian territory it occupies from 20 to 27 January 2008, says the UN Organization in Geneva.
01-18-08 - Livni fails to change Lavrov's stance on Iran Differences of opinion between Israel and Russia over how to deal with Iran surfaced Thursday when Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called on Russia to support stronger sanctions against Iran, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying that Russia's current actions were sufficient
01-18-08 - Palestinian Prime Minister thanks UAE President Sheikh Khalifa for $9 million donation
01-18-08 - Hamas Police Force Recruits Women in Gaza
01-18-08 - Local pastor to help with peace in Palestine
01-18-08 - Art attack: international political artists in Palestine
01-18-08 - Reality in Mideast bears no relation to Bush's vision Twixt silken sheets in the very palace of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, President Bush awakes to confront a Middle East that bears no relation to the policies of his administration nor the warning that he has been relaying constantly to the kings and emirs and oligarchs of the Gulf: that Iran rather than Israel is their enemy.
01-18-08 - 5 Questions On Israel For The Next Debate
01-18-08 - Pregnant Detainee delivers her baby under harsh conditions
01-18-08 - German coalition split over foreign minister's contact with Syria Steinmeier met Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem in Berlin Thursday to demand that Syria play a "constructive role" in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and in the political crisis in Lebanon.
01-18-08 - Bush's Influence in Middle East Fades Bush rang the alarm bell about Iran's clear and present nuclear danger, but his diplomatic message had already been overshadowed by last month's National Intelligence Estimate. While his Israeli interlocutors echoed the president's Iranian concerns, Arab heads of state took comfort in the assessment of Washington's intelligence community that said Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program when the United States invaded Iraq.
01-18-08 - Livni continues Bush's course in Moscow This is no surprise since positions of Israel and the United States (that is, Bush personally) coincide on many issues, in particular on the prospects of Arab-Israeli settlement and Iran's nuclear ambitions.
01-18-08 - Palestinian protesters in Syria slam Israeli ?massacres?
01-18-08 - Dream begins to fade under state of siege Bush may have spoken forcefully of the need for a contiguous Palestinian territory - "Swiss cheese isn't going to work when it comes to the territory of a state" - but with at least half of the West Bank land already allocated to settler or Israeli military use, according to the Israeli rights group B'tselem, there seems to be little room left for a Palestinian state......A self-avowed racist, King is a leading light in a movement, financed as far as is known mainly by wealthy foreign Jews and - critics say - with quiet backing from the state, to secretly acquire Arab property in East Jerusalem to build Jewish settlements.
01-18-08 - State Department's Burns to resign
Headlines for 01-17-08
01-17-08 - Seven Palestinians die in Gaza as Olmert vows "war"
01-17-08 - IDF kills senior al-Aqsa Brigades' operative
01-17-08 - Israel blocks access to Gaza A strike on Thursday night targeted a car in the northern Gaza Strip that was carrying members of the radical Islamic Jihad movement, killing two of them, medical sources said. However the blast also hit a cart travelling behind the car, killing the woman who was driving it and seriously wounding her passenger, a child. Two pedestrians were also hurt.
01-17-08 - Gaza: Palestinian cancer sufferers denied safe passage Thirteen Palestinians in Gaza with cancer and other life-threatening conditions are being denied safe passage out of the beleaguered territory by Israeli military authorities, Amnesty International warned today, as it launched an 'urgent action' appeal on behalf of the group
01-17-08 - Israeli wounded in shooting attack near Modi'in
01-17-08 - Palestinians urge US to intervene over Israeli raids
01-17-08 - Israel's foreign minister: Iran nuclear controversy should be solved via sanctions
01-17-08 - Neturei Karta decry 'Gaza massacre'
01-17-08 - Israeli military kidnaps one Palestinian near Ramallah
01-17-08 - Israel says arrested militants planning train attack Israel said on Thursday it arrested four members of a Palestinian militant group last month and accused them of planning to attack an Israeli passenger train.
01-17-08 - Abbas may quit over Gaza violence Mahmoud Abbas may resign in protest of Israel's recent raids on the Gaza Strip, aides said....."Israel's actions undermine the Palestinian Authority and drive more Palestinians into the open arms of Hamas and Islamic Jihad," one aide said.
01-17-08 - Ahmadinejad scorns US and Israel The Iranian leader also dismissed US ally Israel, saying: "The Zionist regime... would not dare attack Iran.
"It knows that any attack on Iranian territories would prompt a fierce response," he added.
01-17-08 - At-Tuwani Release: Olive trees destroyed in the night In the days preceding and following the incident, Israeli settlers and
soldiers have threatened and harassed Palestinian shepherds grazing
their flocks nearby. On Saturday, 12 January, a group of settlers from
the illegal settlement outpost of Havat Ma'on approached shepherds
grazing their flocks and fired six shots in the air. The Palestinian
shepherds and their flocks scattered. On 15 January, Israeli soldiers
threatened to arrest Palestinian shepherds if they continued to graze
their sheep in the adjacent valley.
01-17-08 - At-Tuwani Release: Cistern contaminated in Humra Valley On 9 December, a group of Israelis, apparently visitors to the nearby
settlement of Ma'on, or the illegal settlement outpost Havat Ma'on,
walked through Tuwani. CPTers observed the group stop next to a
cistern in Humra Valley, open the lid and raise the bucket
01-17-08 - Israel plans to resume its settler-only road which will surround Jerusalem
01-17-08 - Israeli army kidnaps at least 24 from Nablus
01-17-08 - Hamas investigates Gaza failures
01-17-08 - Shalit's father consoles Hamas official The father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit extended condolences to a Hamas official bereaved by Gaza fighting
01-17-08 - Canada places U.S., Israel on torture watch list Canada's foreign ministry has put the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured and also classifies some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
01-17-08 - Israel "would not dare attack Iran": Ahmadinejad
01-17-08 - Four injured, among them a journalist in Hebron city during clashes with the Israeli army
01-17-08 - US urges ally Israel to show restraint in Gaza The United States urged Israel Thursday to avoid the loss of innocent life in the violence-wracked Gaza Strip, but defended the Jewish state's right to strike against rocket and mortar attacks from Islamic militants.
01-17-08 - Iran defiant after Israeli missile test
01-17-08 - Egypt seizes explosives in Sinai: security official
01-17-08 - Aid pledges to Palestinians increased International donors have pledged $7.7 billion (3.9 billion pounds) in aid to the Palestinians over the next three years, more than initially reported, a Palestinian government minister said on Thursday
01-17-08 - Israeli FM calls for division of Palestine political forces
01-17-08 - Troops break into the headquarters of the Popular Resistance Committees in Hebron
01-17-08 - Israel FM urges firmer stance from Russia on Iran
01-17-08 - Ban raises concern over Israeli-Palestinian violence
01-17-08 - Jordan urges EU help to stop Israeli attacks in Gaza, push peace
01-17-08 - Israel test-fires ballistic missile after Iran warning
01-17-08 - NYC jeweler sentenced in bogus bomb plot Alkatri also faces deportation to his native Syria as a convicted felon. One of his lawyers, Michael L. Soshnick, argued that a return to that country could be fatal because Alkatri is Jewish.
01-17-08 - US to set up cluster bomb clearance team The United States will create a team of experts to defuse cluster bombs and other explosives that pose a threat to civilians after the end of a conflict, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
01-17-08 - Pentagon's Islam "Expert" Hoisted by His Own Jihad Over the weekend, the Fox News Channel spun the centrifuges of Islamo-hysteria faster, featuring an interview with self-declared "terrorism expert" Steve Emerson, who alleged that radical Islamists had infiltrated the U.S. government and had gained enough clout to manipulate who gets hired and fired Emerson is quite wrong. To the contrary- the US government was infiltrated long ago by those other extremists - pro-Israeli ones. And they have proved far more costly to the American people in terms of blood and treasure than any of their Islamic counterparts. 0
01-17-08 - Three-way checkmate George Bush's visit to the Middle East has failed to loosen a Gordian knot of Hamas, Fatah and Israel
01-17-08 - Bringing Death and Destruction to Muslims The US is at war in Iraq, because the neoconservatives want to rid Israel of the Muslim governments ? Iraq, Iran and Syria ? that are not American surrogates and, therefore, are willing to fund Palestinian and Lebanese resistance to Israeli aggression. Israel, protected by the US, has disobeyed UN resolutions for four decades and has been methodically squeezing Palestinians out of Palestine.
01-17-08 - Lieberman, GOP seek out Jewish vote Lieberman told about 200 Republican Jewish activists that he's backing John McCain because his fellow senator and Iraq war hawk best understands the nature of the radical Islamic threat faced by ''our ally Israel'' -- while much of the Democratic Party has forsaken it......While Jews overwhelmingly vote Democratic on social issues year after year, the Republican presidential candidates this year have gone to great lengths to out-Israel each other -- from using Israeli newspaper email lists to traveling to Israel to addressing myriad Jewish groups.
01-17-08 - Dying to be heard When Rachel Corrie died under a bulldozer in 2003 - while protesting Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip - she was immediately elevated to martyrdom by some, smeared as a meddler by others.
01-17-08 - Students win cash award to help reduce waste in Palestinian territories
01-17-08 - Israeli sources: seven Israeli soldiers injured, one seriously, at an Israeli naval base Israeli media sources reported that an artillery shell exploded onboard an Israel Navy missile ship at the Haifa naval base on Wednesday morning injuring seven soldiers, one critically.
01-17-08 - Congressman says church, state should be separate Ackerman said he regretted that some constituents had misconstrued his vote and went on to say that his record reveals him as a man who has always supported religious freedom for all groups, including Palestinian Christians, whose particular plight has long been overshadowed by the overarching Jewish-Muslim tensions between Israel and its neighbors.
01-17-08 - Mid-East suffers rare cold snap In Syria, temperatures have dropped to minus 16 degrees Celsius. There has been widespread damage to crops in Syria, Jordan and Israel.
01-17-08 - IDF kills senior al-Aqsa Brigades' operative
01-17-08 - Israel blocks access to Gaza A strike on Thursday night targeted a car in the northern Gaza Strip that was carrying members of the radical Islamic Jihad movement, killing two of them, medical sources said. However the blast also hit a cart travelling behind the car, killing the woman who was driving it and seriously wounding her passenger, a child. Two pedestrians were also hurt.
01-17-08 - Gaza: Palestinian cancer sufferers denied safe passage Thirteen Palestinians in Gaza with cancer and other life-threatening conditions are being denied safe passage out of the beleaguered territory by Israeli military authorities, Amnesty International warned today, as it launched an 'urgent action' appeal on behalf of the group
01-17-08 - Israeli wounded in shooting attack near Modi'in
01-17-08 - Palestinians urge US to intervene over Israeli raids
01-17-08 - Israel's foreign minister: Iran nuclear controversy should be solved via sanctions
01-17-08 - Neturei Karta decry 'Gaza massacre'
01-17-08 - Israeli military kidnaps one Palestinian near Ramallah
01-17-08 - Israel says arrested militants planning train attack Israel said on Thursday it arrested four members of a Palestinian militant group last month and accused them of planning to attack an Israeli passenger train.
01-17-08 - Abbas may quit over Gaza violence Mahmoud Abbas may resign in protest of Israel's recent raids on the Gaza Strip, aides said....."Israel's actions undermine the Palestinian Authority and drive more Palestinians into the open arms of Hamas and Islamic Jihad," one aide said.
01-17-08 - Ahmadinejad scorns US and Israel The Iranian leader also dismissed US ally Israel, saying: "The Zionist regime... would not dare attack Iran.
"It knows that any attack on Iranian territories would prompt a fierce response," he added.
01-17-08 - At-Tuwani Release: Olive trees destroyed in the night In the days preceding and following the incident, Israeli settlers and
soldiers have threatened and harassed Palestinian shepherds grazing
their flocks nearby. On Saturday, 12 January, a group of settlers from
the illegal settlement outpost of Havat Ma'on approached shepherds
grazing their flocks and fired six shots in the air. The Palestinian
shepherds and their flocks scattered. On 15 January, Israeli soldiers
threatened to arrest Palestinian shepherds if they continued to graze
their sheep in the adjacent valley.
01-17-08 - At-Tuwani Release: Cistern contaminated in Humra Valley On 9 December, a group of Israelis, apparently visitors to the nearby
settlement of Ma'on, or the illegal settlement outpost Havat Ma'on,
walked through Tuwani. CPTers observed the group stop next to a
cistern in Humra Valley, open the lid and raise the bucket
01-17-08 - Israel plans to resume its settler-only road which will surround Jerusalem
01-17-08 - Israeli army kidnaps at least 24 from Nablus
01-17-08 - Hamas investigates Gaza failures
01-17-08 - Shalit's father consoles Hamas official The father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit extended condolences to a Hamas official bereaved by Gaza fighting
01-17-08 - Canada places U.S., Israel on torture watch list Canada's foreign ministry has put the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured and also classifies some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
01-17-08 - Israel "would not dare attack Iran": Ahmadinejad
01-17-08 - Four injured, among them a journalist in Hebron city during clashes with the Israeli army
01-17-08 - US urges ally Israel to show restraint in Gaza The United States urged Israel Thursday to avoid the loss of innocent life in the violence-wracked Gaza Strip, but defended the Jewish state's right to strike against rocket and mortar attacks from Islamic militants.
01-17-08 - Iran defiant after Israeli missile test
01-17-08 - Egypt seizes explosives in Sinai: security official
01-17-08 - Aid pledges to Palestinians increased International donors have pledged $7.7 billion (3.9 billion pounds) in aid to the Palestinians over the next three years, more than initially reported, a Palestinian government minister said on Thursday
01-17-08 - Israeli FM calls for division of Palestine political forces
01-17-08 - Troops break into the headquarters of the Popular Resistance Committees in Hebron
01-17-08 - Israel FM urges firmer stance from Russia on Iran
01-17-08 - Ban raises concern over Israeli-Palestinian violence
01-17-08 - Jordan urges EU help to stop Israeli attacks in Gaza, push peace
01-17-08 - Israel test-fires ballistic missile after Iran warning
01-17-08 - NYC jeweler sentenced in bogus bomb plot Alkatri also faces deportation to his native Syria as a convicted felon. One of his lawyers, Michael L. Soshnick, argued that a return to that country could be fatal because Alkatri is Jewish.
01-17-08 - US to set up cluster bomb clearance team The United States will create a team of experts to defuse cluster bombs and other explosives that pose a threat to civilians after the end of a conflict, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
01-17-08 - Pentagon's Islam "Expert" Hoisted by His Own Jihad Over the weekend, the Fox News Channel spun the centrifuges of Islamo-hysteria faster, featuring an interview with self-declared "terrorism expert" Steve Emerson, who alleged that radical Islamists had infiltrated the U.S. government and had gained enough clout to manipulate who gets hired and fired Emerson is quite wrong. To the contrary- the US government was infiltrated long ago by those other extremists - pro-Israeli ones. And they have proved far more costly to the American people in terms of blood and treasure than any of their Islamic counterparts. 0
01-17-08 - Three-way checkmate George Bush's visit to the Middle East has failed to loosen a Gordian knot of Hamas, Fatah and Israel
01-17-08 - Bringing Death and Destruction to Muslims The US is at war in Iraq, because the neoconservatives want to rid Israel of the Muslim governments ? Iraq, Iran and Syria ? that are not American surrogates and, therefore, are willing to fund Palestinian and Lebanese resistance to Israeli aggression. Israel, protected by the US, has disobeyed UN resolutions for four decades and has been methodically squeezing Palestinians out of Palestine.
01-17-08 - Lieberman, GOP seek out Jewish vote Lieberman told about 200 Republican Jewish activists that he's backing John McCain because his fellow senator and Iraq war hawk best understands the nature of the radical Islamic threat faced by ''our ally Israel'' -- while much of the Democratic Party has forsaken it......While Jews overwhelmingly vote Democratic on social issues year after year, the Republican presidential candidates this year have gone to great lengths to out-Israel each other -- from using Israeli newspaper email lists to traveling to Israel to addressing myriad Jewish groups.
01-17-08 - Dying to be heard When Rachel Corrie died under a bulldozer in 2003 - while protesting Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip - she was immediately elevated to martyrdom by some, smeared as a meddler by others.
01-17-08 - Students win cash award to help reduce waste in Palestinian territories
01-17-08 - Israeli sources: seven Israeli soldiers injured, one seriously, at an Israeli naval base Israeli media sources reported that an artillery shell exploded onboard an Israel Navy missile ship at the Haifa naval base on Wednesday morning injuring seven soldiers, one critically.
01-17-08 - Congressman says church, state should be separate Ackerman said he regretted that some constituents had misconstrued his vote and went on to say that his record reveals him as a man who has always supported religious freedom for all groups, including Palestinian Christians, whose particular plight has long been overshadowed by the overarching Jewish-Muslim tensions between Israel and its neighbors.
01-17-08 - Mid-East suffers rare cold snap In Syria, temperatures have dropped to minus 16 degrees Celsius. There has been widespread damage to crops in Syria, Jordan and Israel.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Headlines for 01-16-08
Fresh Gaza air strike kills three "I tell the... enemy: What you are committing will deprive you of anything you're betting on. There will be no exchange involving Gilad Shalit, no calm or nothing of this sort," Mr Meshal said at a news conference.
"Palestinian blood being spilt by you will be your curse. It will not bring you security. It will not prolong the existence of your entity,"
Gaza Airstrike Kills 12 Year Old Boy
Fresh Israeli airstrike kills two Palestinians Earlier on Wednesday, three Palestinian civilians, a father, his brother and his son were killed and five were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a car in eastern Gaza City, medics and witnesses said.
Israel kills Islamic Jihad leader
Russia 'seriously concerned' over Gaza violence: ministry Russia on Friday said it was "seriously concerned" over the latest violence between Israel and the Palestinians, as Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni prepared to fly to Moscow for talks.
Israeli Settlers and troops attacked farmers and journalists in Bili'n village near Ramallah The farmers stated that they were working on their land located near the illegal Israeli wall that is being built by Israel on the village land when a group of armed settlers and Israeli soldiers attacked them and confiscated a tractor owned by the farmers.
No prisoner swap after Israeli attacks Hamas said on Wednesday that Israeli attacks that killed more than 20 Palestinians in the last two days have dashed prospects for a prisoners' exchange deal involving an Israeli soldier held by the group
More Jewish families move to east Jerusalem project The international community has never recognised Israel's claim to east Jerusalem and Palestinians have demanded a halt to settlement activity in all areas occupied in the 1967 war.
Abbas speaks with senior Hamas leader in Gaza for first time since takeover
Disabled youth dies after flat catches fire A 22-year-old disabled Palestinian man died yesterday after his apartment in a residential complex on King Faisal Road here caught fire which, the police believe, happened when he set it on fire in a suicide bid.
Jewish condos rise in Jerusalem As Israelis and Palestinians resume negotiations on Jerusalem for the first time in seven years, a new Jews-only neighborhood in the Arab half of the city is slated to begin filling up.
The Palestinian government calls upon Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza
Hamas: IDF massacre in Gaza result of Bush's support In response to the death of at least 17 Palestinians during the Israeli army's operation in Gaza on Tuesday, Hamas said in a statement that "the massacre conducted by the IDF is a direct result of the go-ahead and backing given by (US President George W. Bush) to the Zionists' continued attacks in the Strip."
Israeli military kidnaps at least 12 Palestinians from Nablus
Haniyeh:'Killing Palestinian leaders and their children will not kill Palestinian cause'
Assault on Gaza
Palestinian gov't blames world community for Israeli offensive The Palestinian government led by Salam Fayyad blamed the international community on Wednesday for bloodily Israeli raids in the Palestinian territories.
Islamic Jihad calls for ending negotiation with Israel, resisting the ongoing Israeli assaults
Hamas launches 21 makeshift rockets on Israel The military wing of Hamas launched 21 home-made rockets on Israeli targets outside Gaza Strip early Wednesday in response to an Israeli offensive in Gaza which left at least 17 dead.
Palestinian Presidency: Offensive, settlement prove Israel unserious towards peace The Palestinian Presidency announced on Wednesday that the Israeli military escalation against the Palestinians and the continuation of settlement activities in the West Bank proved that the Israeli government was not serious in peace talks with the Palestinians.
Leading Fatah member urges reconciliation with Hamas
Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israel-Palestinian talks on agenda for Israeli FM's visit to Russia Livni also said that during her visit she would press for «more effective» sanctions against Tehran's nuclear program at the United Nations
Abbas offers condolences to al-Zahar over slain son
Abbas meets with Chinese delegation Palestinian National Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday highly praised the positive development of ties between the Palestinian territories and China.
Palestinians on strike over Israel's killing of 18 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip observed a general strike on Wednesday, in a rare show of unity after Israel killed 18 people in fighting a day earlier.
Former Border Guard officer convicted of manslaughter The Tel Aviv District Court convicted former Border Guard officer Tomer Avraham of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday, for killing a Palestinian residing in Israel illegally, and of assaulting another Palestinian in a Jaffa construction site in October 2006.
The Islamic-Christian Front slams Israeli construction of a new settlement in Jerusalem
Palestinian couple find marital bliss in Nahr al-Bared rubble
Italy, UN to help area near Nahr al-Bared
Anti-Muslim slurs scrolled on letters to Arabs Israeli-Arab citizens across Israel have been receiving lately letters containing slurs against the Prophet Muhammad. The recipients believe that an employee of the Israel Postal Company is behind the acts.
Former Palestinian militant opens children's theater in West Bank town Last October he signed up for an Israeli amnesty and laid down his weapons. Next week, he is to formally open the «Freedom Theater» in the Jenin refugee camp, home to around 16,000 people.
«We want to take the Palestinian cause to the people through theater,» he said Wednesday, wearing his trademark Israeli military windbreaker, jeans and black boots.
MESSAGE ON THE APARTHEID WALL
Yemen condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza
Reality bites Bush's Mideast peace plan
Bad Reviews for Bush in the Mideast
Bush says Iran and Syria must end Lebanon interference President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Syria and Iran must end interference in Lebanese politics, and called for nations in the region to support Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
Israeli lobby takes journalists to Israel
Town hall steps protest on blockade of Gaza Strip DOZENS of people carrying flags, placards and a coffin gathered in Sheffield to protest about Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Olmert to American Jewish leaders: I want your voice to be heard on Jerusalem Olmert will not delegate the decision to world Jewry - the future of Jerusalem will be something for Israel to decide. However, he wants the voice of Jews around the world, even those who might not agree with his position, to be heard. E. Jerusalem is not Israeli-owned, it's Israeli-occupied, according to international law.
Ibrahim happy to call Lake Station home If Khalid Ibrahim had a dime for every time someone asked him about his name, he'd be able to retire. The son of immigrant parents, who came to the United States from Palestine, laughs when thinking about the questions Americans have asked him.
Hardliners leave Israel coalition An Israeli right-wing party has pulled out of the coalition government in protest at the starting of peace talks on core issues with the Palestinians.
"Palestinian blood being spilt by you will be your curse. It will not bring you security. It will not prolong the existence of your entity,"
Gaza Airstrike Kills 12 Year Old Boy
Fresh Israeli airstrike kills two Palestinians Earlier on Wednesday, three Palestinian civilians, a father, his brother and his son were killed and five were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a car in eastern Gaza City, medics and witnesses said.
Israel kills Islamic Jihad leader
Russia 'seriously concerned' over Gaza violence: ministry Russia on Friday said it was "seriously concerned" over the latest violence between Israel and the Palestinians, as Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni prepared to fly to Moscow for talks.
Israeli Settlers and troops attacked farmers and journalists in Bili'n village near Ramallah The farmers stated that they were working on their land located near the illegal Israeli wall that is being built by Israel on the village land when a group of armed settlers and Israeli soldiers attacked them and confiscated a tractor owned by the farmers.
No prisoner swap after Israeli attacks Hamas said on Wednesday that Israeli attacks that killed more than 20 Palestinians in the last two days have dashed prospects for a prisoners' exchange deal involving an Israeli soldier held by the group
More Jewish families move to east Jerusalem project The international community has never recognised Israel's claim to east Jerusalem and Palestinians have demanded a halt to settlement activity in all areas occupied in the 1967 war.
Abbas speaks with senior Hamas leader in Gaza for first time since takeover
Disabled youth dies after flat catches fire A 22-year-old disabled Palestinian man died yesterday after his apartment in a residential complex on King Faisal Road here caught fire which, the police believe, happened when he set it on fire in a suicide bid.
Jewish condos rise in Jerusalem As Israelis and Palestinians resume negotiations on Jerusalem for the first time in seven years, a new Jews-only neighborhood in the Arab half of the city is slated to begin filling up.
The Palestinian government calls upon Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza
Hamas: IDF massacre in Gaza result of Bush's support In response to the death of at least 17 Palestinians during the Israeli army's operation in Gaza on Tuesday, Hamas said in a statement that "the massacre conducted by the IDF is a direct result of the go-ahead and backing given by (US President George W. Bush) to the Zionists' continued attacks in the Strip."
Israeli military kidnaps at least 12 Palestinians from Nablus
Haniyeh:'Killing Palestinian leaders and their children will not kill Palestinian cause'
Assault on Gaza
Palestinian gov't blames world community for Israeli offensive The Palestinian government led by Salam Fayyad blamed the international community on Wednesday for bloodily Israeli raids in the Palestinian territories.
Islamic Jihad calls for ending negotiation with Israel, resisting the ongoing Israeli assaults
Hamas launches 21 makeshift rockets on Israel The military wing of Hamas launched 21 home-made rockets on Israeli targets outside Gaza Strip early Wednesday in response to an Israeli offensive in Gaza which left at least 17 dead.
Palestinian Presidency: Offensive, settlement prove Israel unserious towards peace The Palestinian Presidency announced on Wednesday that the Israeli military escalation against the Palestinians and the continuation of settlement activities in the West Bank proved that the Israeli government was not serious in peace talks with the Palestinians.
Leading Fatah member urges reconciliation with Hamas
Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israel-Palestinian talks on agenda for Israeli FM's visit to Russia Livni also said that during her visit she would press for «more effective» sanctions against Tehran's nuclear program at the United Nations
Abbas offers condolences to al-Zahar over slain son
Abbas meets with Chinese delegation Palestinian National Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday highly praised the positive development of ties between the Palestinian territories and China.
Palestinians on strike over Israel's killing of 18 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip observed a general strike on Wednesday, in a rare show of unity after Israel killed 18 people in fighting a day earlier.
Former Border Guard officer convicted of manslaughter The Tel Aviv District Court convicted former Border Guard officer Tomer Avraham of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday, for killing a Palestinian residing in Israel illegally, and of assaulting another Palestinian in a Jaffa construction site in October 2006.
The Islamic-Christian Front slams Israeli construction of a new settlement in Jerusalem
Palestinian couple find marital bliss in Nahr al-Bared rubble
Italy, UN to help area near Nahr al-Bared
Anti-Muslim slurs scrolled on letters to Arabs Israeli-Arab citizens across Israel have been receiving lately letters containing slurs against the Prophet Muhammad. The recipients believe that an employee of the Israel Postal Company is behind the acts.
Former Palestinian militant opens children's theater in West Bank town Last October he signed up for an Israeli amnesty and laid down his weapons. Next week, he is to formally open the «Freedom Theater» in the Jenin refugee camp, home to around 16,000 people.
«We want to take the Palestinian cause to the people through theater,» he said Wednesday, wearing his trademark Israeli military windbreaker, jeans and black boots.
MESSAGE ON THE APARTHEID WALL
Yemen condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza
Reality bites Bush's Mideast peace plan
Bad Reviews for Bush in the Mideast
Bush says Iran and Syria must end Lebanon interference President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Syria and Iran must end interference in Lebanese politics, and called for nations in the region to support Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
Israeli lobby takes journalists to Israel
Town hall steps protest on blockade of Gaza Strip DOZENS of people carrying flags, placards and a coffin gathered in Sheffield to protest about Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Olmert to American Jewish leaders: I want your voice to be heard on Jerusalem Olmert will not delegate the decision to world Jewry - the future of Jerusalem will be something for Israel to decide. However, he wants the voice of Jews around the world, even those who might not agree with his position, to be heard. E. Jerusalem is not Israeli-owned, it's Israeli-occupied, according to international law.
Ibrahim happy to call Lake Station home If Khalid Ibrahim had a dime for every time someone asked him about his name, he'd be able to retire. The son of immigrant parents, who came to the United States from Palestine, laughs when thinking about the questions Americans have asked him.
Hardliners leave Israel coalition An Israeli right-wing party has pulled out of the coalition government in protest at the starting of peace talks on core issues with the Palestinians.
Headlines for 01-15-08
19 Palestinians killed in raid on Gaza In Damascus, the exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, accused the US of encouraging Israel to take a tougher line with Gaza. "This crime is the ugly fruit of Bush's visit to the region," he said. "He has incited the Zionists and has exerted pressure on the Palestinian side to become more hardline against Palestinian dialogue."
Israelis kill Hamas leader's son in Gaza raid The killing of Mahmoud Zahar's 24-year-old son, Hussam, will inflame hostilities. Hamas has so far sanctioned daily attacks on Israeli forces, but has refrained from carrying them out itself.
US, Iran One Misstep From the Edge by Philip Giraldi ** President Bush still apparently dreams of confronting Iran, even if the imploding situation in Pakistan makes it unlikely that he will risk doing so. Israel makes no secret of the fact that it would like Washington to act, and Israel's wishes are seldom denied in Washington. And then there are the hotheads on the Iranian side. The U.S. national interest in the Middle East would be best served by marginalizing those who want war and beginning to negotiate seriously. As Winston Churchill put it, "To jaw jaw is better than to war war."
Abbas condemns Israeli offensive on Gaza
US using 1994 Argentine bombing investigation to pressure Iran US diplomats, working with their counterparts from Israel and Argentina, convinced the international police agency Interpol to issue "red notices" against five former and current Iranian officials. The most-wanted orders, which were issued last November, will prevent the Iranians from leaving their home country, but neither the US nor Interpol can force Tehran to hand them over, report Solomon and Perez.
Hebron UPDATE: Hebron Update: 31 December 2007 - 05 January 2008 earlier in the evening, a soldier came to their home to detain the boy because he was playing with stones on the roof. The father, who has a disability resulting from a previous encounter with Israeli soldiers during which both of his legs were broken, came to the roof to see why the soldier had come. The soldier started throwing stones at the father and the boy; the father started throwing stones back. The soldier called in more soldiers who beat the father on his hands and legs. When the father cried out, ?My legs are broken!? a soldier retorted, ?OK. I will break them more.?
Report: Israel planning to assassinate Haniyeh Israel is planning to assassinate exiled Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal, deposed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, and former PA Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar, but is waiting to give the green light on the operation until after US President George W. Bush leaves the region, the London-based newspaper, Al-Hayat reported on Sunday.
Report: PA seizes rocket in Nablus
First round of Israeli-Palestinian talks on final status issues ends fruitlessly The first round of Israeli-Palestinian talks on final status issues ended on Monday afternoon without any announced result, Palestinian sources close to the negotiations said.
Hamas accuses Palestinian forces of arresting six members
Israeli Settlers burn a Palestinian house and the Army up-root trees in Hebron
4 hurt in Sderot rocket barrage
Qureia: Talks absurd if Israel does not stop massacres
Arab League denounces Israeli incursion into Gaza
Army attack villages near Nablus and kidnaps three civilians Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked the villages of Awarta and Houwara located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday morning and kidnapped three civilians there.
Bush wraps up Middle East visit on peace, Iran, oil
Israel reports Iranian-made rocket hit A rocket fired at Israel by Palestinians earlier this month was made in Iran, an Israeli lawmaker and security officials said Tuesday. Thus does the BS begin anew..
Israel building new homes in east Jerusalem settlement
Fertilizer, frustration fuel Gaza's rockets He also makes a far more extravagant claim: He says the rocket that landed in Ashkelon was his own production, and that he made it at a cost of $900 for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a communist group that claimed responsibility for that attack. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad also separately claimed the attack as its own. "I laughed when they said it was from Iran
Hamas arrests senior Fatah official in Gaza
Israeli army issues demolition order for Palestinian water well On Monday the Israeli army issued demolition orders against a water reservoir that belongs to Palestinian farmers from the Bedouin village of Al Hathalen, located near the city of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank.
Ms. magazine's rejection of ad elicits strong Jewish response She, along with authors Francine Klagsbrun and Phyllis Chesler suggested at the news conference on Tuesday that the magazine's refusal to run the ad was indicative of a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel sentiment that is rampant within the feminist movement.
Netanyahu urges Shas, Yisrael Beiteinu to quit government Opposition chairman Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu to leave the government in wake of the first meeting between Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia over the core issues.
Olmert: Hizbullah not interested in using its missiles Prime minister lauds achievements of Second Lebanon War, says Shiite group 'not inclined' to use its weapons against Israel. Olmert recommends against wide-scale incursion in Gaza that may cost Israel more than it's willing to pay
Olmert faces right-wing rebellion
Four killed in Beirut explosion
Rice expresses US outrage over Lebanon bombing Three people were killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast that targeted a United States embassy car in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, the latest in a string of attacks in the troubled country.
Effort to block Saudi arms deal is doomed With Congress having 30 days to reject the sale, its foes must run their opposition through a committee. Lantos, perhaps Israel's best friend among committee chairmen, was their best chance.
Efforts to block Saudi arms deal likely to be unsuccessful Top Israelis, including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, gave the sale their blessing after representations by U.S. officials. Reported sweeteners included guarantees that the JDAMs would be programmed not to include Israel as a target.
Walesa: World needs to combat Iranian threat "It seems we understand each other so very well and are doing so well together that we could establish the United States of Poland and Israel," Walesa quipped.
Ex-Jewish liaison for Clinton, Kerry plays Jewish card in Congress run Among a class of single-issue pro-Israel political donors, many believe that unseating Kirk is bad for the Jews -- especially since he could someday be in line for the secretary of defense job, according to Norpac?s president, Dr. Ben Chouake.....It is likely that few congressional candidates have as many deep personal ties to Israel as the 42-year-old Footlik.
His wife, Grace, is an Israeli he met while living in Tel Aviv and working for a think tank started by current Israeli President Shimon Peres. His business partner is Yuval Rabin, the son of the slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Rudy voices praise, skepticism on peace push as key Fla. vote nears Some right-leaning Israelis and American Jews who generally share Giuliani's hawkish views on the Middle East have been increasingly critical of President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's willingness to negotiate with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Gaza's Christian population wanes
Top British journalists to visit Israel A UK-based pro-Israel lobby will bring a delegation of senior journalists from major media outlets to Israel on Sunday. Britain beware - you're next.
Adviser: Bush has 'great respect' for Jews Katz indicated to the institute staff that the president "is very appreciative about the Jewish contributions to America: to American culture, American economics and American planning," Bar-Yosef said. "This is why he feels so committed to the future of Israel as a Jewish state."
Israelis kill Hamas leader's son in Gaza raid The killing of Mahmoud Zahar's 24-year-old son, Hussam, will inflame hostilities. Hamas has so far sanctioned daily attacks on Israeli forces, but has refrained from carrying them out itself.
US, Iran One Misstep From the Edge by Philip Giraldi ** President Bush still apparently dreams of confronting Iran, even if the imploding situation in Pakistan makes it unlikely that he will risk doing so. Israel makes no secret of the fact that it would like Washington to act, and Israel's wishes are seldom denied in Washington. And then there are the hotheads on the Iranian side. The U.S. national interest in the Middle East would be best served by marginalizing those who want war and beginning to negotiate seriously. As Winston Churchill put it, "To jaw jaw is better than to war war."
Abbas condemns Israeli offensive on Gaza
US using 1994 Argentine bombing investigation to pressure Iran US diplomats, working with their counterparts from Israel and Argentina, convinced the international police agency Interpol to issue "red notices" against five former and current Iranian officials. The most-wanted orders, which were issued last November, will prevent the Iranians from leaving their home country, but neither the US nor Interpol can force Tehran to hand them over, report Solomon and Perez.
Hebron UPDATE: Hebron Update: 31 December 2007 - 05 January 2008 earlier in the evening, a soldier came to their home to detain the boy because he was playing with stones on the roof. The father, who has a disability resulting from a previous encounter with Israeli soldiers during which both of his legs were broken, came to the roof to see why the soldier had come. The soldier started throwing stones at the father and the boy; the father started throwing stones back. The soldier called in more soldiers who beat the father on his hands and legs. When the father cried out, ?My legs are broken!? a soldier retorted, ?OK. I will break them more.?
Report: Israel planning to assassinate Haniyeh Israel is planning to assassinate exiled Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal, deposed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, and former PA Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar, but is waiting to give the green light on the operation until after US President George W. Bush leaves the region, the London-based newspaper, Al-Hayat reported on Sunday.
Report: PA seizes rocket in Nablus
First round of Israeli-Palestinian talks on final status issues ends fruitlessly The first round of Israeli-Palestinian talks on final status issues ended on Monday afternoon without any announced result, Palestinian sources close to the negotiations said.
Hamas accuses Palestinian forces of arresting six members
Israeli Settlers burn a Palestinian house and the Army up-root trees in Hebron
4 hurt in Sderot rocket barrage
Qureia: Talks absurd if Israel does not stop massacres
Arab League denounces Israeli incursion into Gaza
Army attack villages near Nablus and kidnaps three civilians Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked the villages of Awarta and Houwara located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday morning and kidnapped three civilians there.
Bush wraps up Middle East visit on peace, Iran, oil
Israel reports Iranian-made rocket hit A rocket fired at Israel by Palestinians earlier this month was made in Iran, an Israeli lawmaker and security officials said Tuesday. Thus does the BS begin anew..
Israel building new homes in east Jerusalem settlement
Fertilizer, frustration fuel Gaza's rockets He also makes a far more extravagant claim: He says the rocket that landed in Ashkelon was his own production, and that he made it at a cost of $900 for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a communist group that claimed responsibility for that attack. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad also separately claimed the attack as its own. "I laughed when they said it was from Iran
Hamas arrests senior Fatah official in Gaza
Israeli army issues demolition order for Palestinian water well On Monday the Israeli army issued demolition orders against a water reservoir that belongs to Palestinian farmers from the Bedouin village of Al Hathalen, located near the city of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank.
Ms. magazine's rejection of ad elicits strong Jewish response She, along with authors Francine Klagsbrun and Phyllis Chesler suggested at the news conference on Tuesday that the magazine's refusal to run the ad was indicative of a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel sentiment that is rampant within the feminist movement.
Netanyahu urges Shas, Yisrael Beiteinu to quit government Opposition chairman Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu to leave the government in wake of the first meeting between Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia over the core issues.
Olmert: Hizbullah not interested in using its missiles Prime minister lauds achievements of Second Lebanon War, says Shiite group 'not inclined' to use its weapons against Israel. Olmert recommends against wide-scale incursion in Gaza that may cost Israel more than it's willing to pay
Olmert faces right-wing rebellion
Four killed in Beirut explosion
Rice expresses US outrage over Lebanon bombing Three people were killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast that targeted a United States embassy car in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, the latest in a string of attacks in the troubled country.
Effort to block Saudi arms deal is doomed With Congress having 30 days to reject the sale, its foes must run their opposition through a committee. Lantos, perhaps Israel's best friend among committee chairmen, was their best chance.
Efforts to block Saudi arms deal likely to be unsuccessful Top Israelis, including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, gave the sale their blessing after representations by U.S. officials. Reported sweeteners included guarantees that the JDAMs would be programmed not to include Israel as a target.
Walesa: World needs to combat Iranian threat "It seems we understand each other so very well and are doing so well together that we could establish the United States of Poland and Israel," Walesa quipped.
Ex-Jewish liaison for Clinton, Kerry plays Jewish card in Congress run Among a class of single-issue pro-Israel political donors, many believe that unseating Kirk is bad for the Jews -- especially since he could someday be in line for the secretary of defense job, according to Norpac?s president, Dr. Ben Chouake.....It is likely that few congressional candidates have as many deep personal ties to Israel as the 42-year-old Footlik.
His wife, Grace, is an Israeli he met while living in Tel Aviv and working for a think tank started by current Israeli President Shimon Peres. His business partner is Yuval Rabin, the son of the slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Rudy voices praise, skepticism on peace push as key Fla. vote nears Some right-leaning Israelis and American Jews who generally share Giuliani's hawkish views on the Middle East have been increasingly critical of President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's willingness to negotiate with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Gaza's Christian population wanes
Top British journalists to visit Israel A UK-based pro-Israel lobby will bring a delegation of senior journalists from major media outlets to Israel on Sunday. Britain beware - you're next.
Adviser: Bush has 'great respect' for Jews Katz indicated to the institute staff that the president "is very appreciative about the Jewish contributions to America: to American culture, American economics and American planning," Bar-Yosef said. "This is why he feels so committed to the future of Israel as a Jewish state."
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