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Thursday, February 09, 2006


News for 02-08-06

02-08-06 - Palestinian killed at Gaza border Ten Palestinians have been killed by Israel in the past week.


02-08-06 - Israel: Military Must Account for Killing Children "The Israeli military's failure to conduct effective investigations into civilian killings has fostered impunity in its ranks," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch.


02-08-06 - International Observers Leave Hebron The hundreds of rioters in Hebron, most of them youths, overpowered a Palestinian police detail at the compound of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, or TIPH.


02-08-06 - Only full West Bank pullout will bring peace: Palestinians


02-08-06 - Hamas 'ready to talk to Israel' he said a long-term truce would be possible if Israel accepted conditions including a return to its 1967 borders


02-08-06 - Israel urges world to isolate a Hamas government "When an entity, a state is being led by terrorists, the meaning is that this entity, this authority, this state is going to transfer into a terror state," said Livni. And Israel would know all about that.


02-08-06 - Hamas warns Abbas not to make changes Hamas warned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday not to make changes in the government without consulting it - the first clear sign the Islamic militant group plans to play hardball as both sides begin to jockey for positions in the new leadership.


02-08-06 - Israeli Soldiers Blew up Building in Nablus that Israeli soldiers brought a giant bulldozer to start destroying the other parts of the building, pointing out that women and children were inside it. He added that Israeli soldiers banned the paramedics from evacuating the wounded and barred the arrival of the ambulances.



02-08-06 - Villagers expand first Palestinian settlement The Israeli army served Bil?in villagers a seizure order for six
dunams yesterday. The villagers responded by expanding their own outpost, building a second house on the west side of the annexation barrier.


02-08-06 - Israel settlement 'city' hopes to grow after Olmert pledge It's been growing.


02-08-06 - Vatican appoints first Israeli citizen as bishop of Israel Shakur, 66, is a displaced Palestinian originally from the village of Biram. He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy and Religious Studies from the Sorbonne University in Paris


02-08-06 - Palestinian workers facing daily hardships at Eretz Crossing


02-08-06 - $2.5b aid for Israel in Bush 2007 budget


02-08-06 - Islamic Jihad Rejects Idea of Truce The militant Islamic Jihad group rejects the idea of a long-term truce with Israel and will not join a Hamas-led government, a leader of the group said Wednesday.


02-08-06 - Suspending aid to Palestinians would be 'mistake': Putin "And if we stop helping simple Palestinian citizens, are we going to eradicate terrorism and criminality? Of course not,"


02-08-06 - US rejects unilateral move to set Israeli-Palestinian border Watch what our government DOES not what they SAY. This is likely just for show as per usual.


02-08-06 - Israel plans to build 'museum of tolerance' on Muslim graves "It's unbelievable, it's immoral. You cannot build a museum of tolerance on the graves of other people. Imagine this kind of thing in the (United) States or England. And this is the Middle East where events are sensitive. If this goes ahead in this way it is going to cause the opposite thing to tolerance." Another provocative act by the Israeli government.


02-08-06 - Ethiopians facing expulsion from Israel in a month want asylum in Canada "We don't want to be seen," one of them told photographers and TV cameramen. "We are afraid for our families if we are identified. We fled to Israel hoping for protection and help in resettling,"


02-08-06 - They voted for Hamas, but were surprised by its victory to Abu Ghazaleh, a beefy man who owns a tiny shop crammed with blue jeans and Harley Davidson belts, that impasse is all talk. Echoing many Hamas voters, he expects Hamas and Israel to find ways to talk to each other -- and believes Hamas will bring results...''We want peace," he said. ''I have children. I want to live. I don't want the Israel Army to come in here. The extremists [in Hamas] are very few. I love Jews and Israel, I just don't like their politicians."


02-08-06 - Israelis may regret Saddam ousting, says security chief Israelis initially welcomed the overthrow of one of their old enemies as helping to establish a new democratic trend in the Middle East. But political leaders have since privately voiced concerns about the growing destabilisation in Iraq and its potential to spill over to Israel's neighbours


02-08-06 - Hamas, the peace party both Israel and Hamas have abided by the ceasefire, as fighting went on between Israel and smaller Palestinian groups such as Islamic Jihad. The relative calm and the evacuation of Gaza facilitated Israel's economic boom


02-08-06 - Hamas sets out conditions for peace The political leader of Hamas said today that he would only accept a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if Israel withdraws to its pre-1967 borders and accepts the right of return of Palestinian refugees.


02-08-06 - Presbyterians delay divestment move A Presbyterian committee investigating the church?s possible divestment from Israel said it would not recommend divestment to the church?s General Assembly in June


02-08-06 - Palestinian officials required to report before going abroad


02-08-06 - Israel violated the Sharm Al Sheikh Agreement 682 times in its 52 week


02-08-06 - U.S. urges Hamas to renounce violence, recognize Israel


02-08-06 - International Peace Organizations Condemn Recently Published Offensive


02-08-06 - UN Palestinian Rights Committee Hails Successful Legislative Elections


02-08-06 - Music brings home to Palestinian refugee camp From a self-declared child soldier of stones, the 26-year-old is now bringing Bach to the back alleys of the West Bank.


02-08-06 - Gaza Community Mental Health Programme Condemns Violence against European Institutions


02-08-06 - Jewish social service agencies brace for more cuts as budget battle begins Israel also would receive $40 million for immigrant absorption in Israel.


02-08-06 - FBI Investigation of AIPAC Is Second Attempt to Curb Israel Lobby's Power In 1989 seven individual Americans sued the Federal Election Commission for failing to require AIPAC to publish details of its income and expenditures.


02-08-06 - Palestinians probe the depth of graft The inquiries are critical not only for restoring public trust in the government, but to reassuring foreign investors and donor countries that have provided more than $5 billion in assistance to the PA over the last five years.


02-08-06 - Rocket strikes punctuate Gaza life Mr Shawwa and his elderly sister emerged from their rooms in the darkness and sheltered for a moment in a corridor. "The second rocket was fired and the ceiling started to fall all over the house. And the fourth rocket completely destroyed the roof,"



02-08-06 - Israeli gay pride attacker jailed Yishai Schlisel told police he wanted to kill homosexuals "in the name of God" for parading in the holy city.


02-08-06 - Mashaal: US not an enemy, but its pro-Israel "bias" raises tension


02-08-06 - Guardian: Israeli regime resembles apartheid One of the photos shows a soldier beating a Palestinian youth and is presented next to a photo of a South African soldier confronting a black South African protester. There is also a photo of a soldier checking a Palestinian's documents next to a photo of a South African policeman checking a black man's documents


02-08-06 - IDF to revise system for probing Palestinian civilian deaths Sources in the military advocate general's office said the Military Police probes were inadequate, not because of the false testimonies given by those involved, but due to the military advocate general's supervision. Cases reach his desk only after several months, by which time it is almost impossible to examine them in depth


02-08-06 - Hamas deserves a chance


02-08-06 - World Jewish Congress: 'Anglican Church Vote Takes Us Back to Medieval Times' Oh the horror that Israel should be held accountable for its actions.

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