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Saturday, February 18, 2006


News for 02-17-06

02-17-06 - Explosive, apparently left by army, claims life of Palestinian youth in Gaza


02-17-06 - US asks Palestinians to return aid The United States has asked the Palestinian Authority to return $50 million in U.S. aid because Washington does not want a Hamas-led government to have the funds, the State Department said on Friday. As mentioned yesterday, this is in line with the policy described by the NY Times to starve the Palestinians in order to oust Hamas from their government. This was categorically denied by the US and Israel. Unfortunately, their actions belie their words.


02-17-06 - Invest in Peace, Not in State of Israel, Says Rabbi; Orthodox Jews to Assemble on Georgetown University Campus, Feb. 19 "Philanthropists and University representatives should be apprised of the reality that supporting Zionism and the State of 'Israel' does not help Jews or Judaism, but on the contrary, only helps to perpetuate the tragic impasse and constant bloodshed in the Middle East."


02-17-06 - Row over Israeli tolerance museum For the last 40 years Mohammed Hamdi Bader has left his tailor's shop in the Old City once a month and taken a short walk to the heart of west Jerusalem where he prayed close to his grandfather's grave. Can you imagine the uproar if the shoe was on the other foot, and it was the Palestinians building any building on the grave of Jews? Total hypocrisy.


02-17-06 - Palestinians to give back US aid


02-17-06 - Israel: Hamas MPs can?t travel to West Bank


02-17-06 - Israel to impose tougher sanctions on Palestinians "What's important is that the Palestinians realize the consequences of their vote," said a senior Israeli source,


02-17-06 - Abbas to ask Hamas to form government, end violence


02-17-06 - Examination reveals failures in probe of Palestinian girl's death in 2004 Twelve-year-old Iman Al Hams was killed in Rafah by Givati infantry brigade soldiers. A Givati commander, "Captain R," stood trial for the death, but was acquitted of all charges. His rank was recently raised to major.


02-17-06 - Palestinians riot after anti-Muslim graffiti defaces mosque Palestinians discovered anti-Muslim graffiti on a West Bank mosque on Friday, for the second time in a week.


02-17-06 - Anti-Wall Protest in Bil'in followed by Israeli Army invasion


02-17-06 - West Bank mosque desecrated again - military source


02-17-06 - Troops obstruct, attack, a peace procession against the Wall in Aboud


02-17-06 - Boeing joins Israeli anti-missile venture Next month, the Israeli military will select an Israeli-U.S. industry team for the risk reduction phase of the SRBMD program. The full-scale development and production phases will be a cooperative effort between the Israeli Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Israel's security is more important than ours, according to our government's actions.


02-17-06 - Russia to sell Palestinians arms if Israel agrees


02-17-06 - Rice Warns Arab States Not to Fund Hamas


02-17-06 - Human Touch A Palestinian journalist looks for something beyond the guns, despite growing violence.


02-17-06 - Rice sees Palestinian statehood if Hamas renounces violence US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered rapid and redoubled efforts to create a Palestinian state if the militant group Hamas renounces violence and recognizes Israel's right to exist. Palestinians have no reason to take us on our word. For decades, we have helped Israel violate international law and shielded these crimes at the UN Security Council with the (ab)use of our veto.


02-17-06 - Attack on America's Middle East Studies


02-17-06 - Turkey rejects Israeli criticism Israeli spokesman Ranaan Gissin had compared the move to Israel inviting separatist Kurdish rebels for talks and said it could damage bilateral ties Israel is arming and helping the Kurds in northern Iraq and to help Israel build a power base


02-17-06 - Standing for justice - visiting family tells story of conflict


02-17-06 - Palestinian Authority decries Israeli takeover of Jordan Valley


02-17-06 - Abbas wants observers to return


02-17-06 - Munich operation 'mastermind' gives his account In planning the Munich operation, Abu Daoud said that Fatah was against hijacking planes from a humanitarian point of view; it chose the Olympic Games instead as the 'Israeli team is not civilian and each member of the team is an officer in the Israeli army and had committed killings against Palestinians.' Abu Daoud said that the intention of the group that was planning the operation, known as Black September, was to exchange the Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.


02-17-06 - EU urges Israel to 'wait and see'


02-17-06 - Elite school nixes Middle East panel Strange how the pro-Israeli groups never mention anything about this need for 'balance' when it's their point of view that is the prevailing one.


02-17-06 - First AIPAC-sponsored tour for non-Jewish students strengthens tie "These students are America's future leaders, and these missions give them the tools they need to become more effective advocates for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship," AIPAC board member Barry Silverman said. Most of the students previously had attended AIPAC student policy conferences, and most will attend AIPAC's policy conference starting March 5 in Washington, an annual centerpiece of pro-Israel activism and lobbying.


02-17-06 - Education fees cut for needy Palestinian students


02-17-06 - Parents continue daughter?s cause


02-17-06 - CARE: Theatre for Changing Laws and Lives


02-17-06 - Holy Land Christians tell Vatican they fear extinction


02-17-06 - Women MPs vow to change face of Hamas Forced marriage, honour killings, low pay and girls being kept out of school are her priorities for change in the Palestinian parliament

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