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Friday, February 17, 2006


News for 02-16-06

02-16-06 - Hamas leaders invited to Russia The Russian foreign ministry says the meeting - which is opposed by the US - will take place in early March.


02-16-06 - Israel weighs ban on Palestinian workers: report Israel's Defense Ministry has recommended barring all Palestinians from working in Israel and from traveling between Gaza and the West Bank once a Hamas-led parliament is sworn in, Israel Radio said on Thursday....Israel would also freeze plans to build a Gaza seaport and new airport


02-16-06 - Hamas Wants Off Terror List "Hamas is not the only side that wants peace. ...All the Palestinians want peace because they are the only people whose rights have been encroached upon and who have been expelled from their lands,"


02-16-06 - IDF establishes 'Israeli-only' entry points that bar Palestinians Palestinians must enter via one of the 11 crossing points earmarked for them.


02-16-06 - Soldiers arrest woman in Jerusalem, claim she attempted to stab a soldier


02-16-06 - Israel Plans to Isolate Gaza Strip Israel will bar workers and goods from the Gaza Strip and impose other harsh economic sanctions after a Hamas-dominated parliament is sworn in this weekend...The Israeli campaign against Hamas is focused on bringing the perpetually cash-strapped Palestinian Authority to its knees by drying up desperately needed income. This is exactly the same plan reported by the NY Times days ago, and subsequently denied by US and Israeli officials.


02-16-06 - Hamas delegation arrives in Turkey to seek support


02-16-06 - Palestinian ensemble seeks to build musical bridge Al-Khatib plays the oud, a deep-bellied Arabic string instrument, and says he copes with the challenges of travelling as a refugee to ensure that Americans and others see authentic Palestinian culture, not just suicide bombings


02-16-06 - Russia says talks with Hamas set for early March Russia has agreed to hold talks with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at the beginning of next month, the foreign ministry said on Thursday


02-16-06 - Report: At least twenty Palestinian homes demolished over the last month


02-16-06 - Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Meets with Israel's Consul General, Arye Mekel; Photo Available Consul General Mekel joined Rep. Meeks in the condemnation of the continuing anti-Semitic statements and Holocaust denial of the President of Iran.


02-16-06 - Ethiopian Israelis love their country but not the racism


02-16-06 - Oscars mull change to 'Palestine' movie tag amid outcry Oscar chiefs are mulling whether to recategorise a disputed best foreign film nominee about suicide bombers as they come under intense fire for labelling the film as coming from "Palestine." What other outcome would there be with pro-Israeli lobby groups coming down on them? These folks feel the need to control every aspect of the lives of Palestinians - and they do. That's the bottom line.


02-16-06 - UK Jewish leader attacks Anglicans over Israel vote


02-16-06 - THE HOUR: Knowing What We Don't Know "Israeli intelligence played a hidden role in convincing Wolfowitz that he couldn't trust the CIA... Israeli intelligence officials frequently traveled to Washington to brief top American officials, but CIA analysts were often skeptical of Israeli intelligence reports, knowing that Mossad had very strong - even transparent - biases about the Arab world." Wolfowitz, who "had begun meeting personally with top Israeli intelligence officials," preferred the Mossad's analysis to the CIA's.


02-16-06 - The Cartoons and the Neocon How bad is Pipes? He wants the utter military obliteration of the Palestinians; indeed, from the Muslim world, his racism is about as blatant as that of the Holocaust denying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad


02-16-06 - U.S. sheriffs learn from Israelis The American Israel Education Foundation, a supporting organization of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, sponsored the one-week event, which took place last week in Israel. What they were not told by AIPAC : U.S. policy on Israel key motive for effort, I'm guessing.


02-16-06 - Israeli Hardliners Launch a Petition in the US to Destroy the Iranian Reactor, Announces SamsonBlinded.org


02-16-06 - Israel releases one jailed legislator, extends term of another


02-16-06 - Hamas 'names its prime minister'


02-16-06 - ISM: Non-violent Resistance Organizer's Trial Postponed


02-16-06 - Jumblatt does not need lessons from Israel


02-16-06 - Mission to Ethiopia confounds and commits federation leaders "We can produce out of this group many great Israelis, many great Jews. This does not have to end up a permanent underclass.ยดยด


02-16-06 - Security will be tight Oscar night Playing the terror card to tarnish the Palestine nomination by the Academy Awards, a new low.


02-16-06 - Editorial: Don't punish Palestinians The long and turbulent history of relations between the U.S., Israel and the Palestinians has produced virtually no evidence that starving or otherwise punishing the Palestinians will make them or their leaders more moderate. On the contrary, such tactics generate poverty, despair and hatred, which in turn give birth to terror groups, of which Hamas is only one.


02-16-06 - Feds Mistakenly Turned Over Secret Papers The case against the now-defunct Muslim charity is built in part on wiretaps, informants and information provided by Israel 'Evidence' provided by Israel is admissible in US courts, evidently.

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