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Sunday, February 26, 2006


News for 02-25-06

02-25-06 - Palestinian dies of wounds inflicted earlier by Israeli army


02-25-06 - Israeli forces bomb roads in northern Gaza


02-25-06 - American smuggles arms into Israel


02-25-06 - Iranian advisor: We'll strike Dimona in response to U.S. attack If the United States launches an attack on Iran, the Islamic republic will retaliate with a military strike on Israel's main nuclear facility, an advisor to Iran's Revolutionary Guard said.The advisor, Dr. Abasi, said Tehran would respond to an American attack with strikes on the Dimona nuclear reactor and other strategic Israeli sites such as the port city of Haifa and the Zakhariya area.


02-25-06 - US to maintain vital aid to Palestinians: envoy "The United States has long been a supporter of the Palestinian people, through a substantial contribution of our foreign assistance funds... we continue to be devoted to the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people and it shall remain so," Welch said. "It is our belief that it is important for the people in the Palestinian territories ... to have a good life in safety and security with economic wellbeing,"



02-25-06 - 'We don't want to throw them into the sea' Has Israel respected agreements? Israel has bypassed practically all agreements. We say: Let Israel recognize the legitimate rights of the Palestinians first and then we will have a position regarding this. Which Israel should we recognize? The Israel of 1917; the Israel of 1936; the Israel of 1948; the Israel of 1956; or the Israel of 1967? Which borders and which Israel? Israel has to recognize first the Palestinian state and its borders and then we will know what we are talking about."


02-25-06 - Hamas leader lists terms for recognizing Israel "We do not have any feelings of animosity toward Jews. We do not wish to throw them into the sea. All we seek is to be given our land back, not to harm anybody,"


02-25-06 - Abbas says may resign if peace not pursued


02-25-06 - Israel should mull Hamas armstice: former security chief


02-25-06 - The Trail of Violence and Destruction: Large scale demolition in East Qalqiliya


02-25-06 - Hamas willing to negotiate with U.S., but not with Israel


02-25-06 - Palestinian Farmers from Hebron access their lands for the first time in four years Local farmers, foreign and Israeli peace activists marched together to challenge the Israeli army restrictions that are preventing the local farmers from entering their lands.


02-25-06 - Residents of two southern Palestinian West Bank towns conduct a peaceful protest Dozens of Palestinian landowners from the southern West Bank villages of Beit Omar and Halhul organized a protest on Saturday, to protest illegal Israeli confiscations of their land.


02-25-06 - Lebanon admits it okayed arms transfer to Hezbollah Watch how quickly this becomes our problem.


02-25-06 - Suicide bomb film set to shake Oscars Pressure is rising for Hollywood to disqualify a controversial movie about Palestinian jihadists ....The nomination probably won't be rescinded, but with 70 being the median academy voter age, and Judaism the predominant religion, it is something of a surprise, even to insiders, that the film has been nominated at all, let alone that it is a strong prospect to win.



02-25-06 - Activists plan New Jersey conference to address left-wing anti-Semitism But, Kaplan said, she was more troubled by "an emboldened and empowered Christian Right that wants to make this into a Christian nation," creating "an important moment for Jews in this country.".."There is something going on in there where the welfare of Jews is being neglected."
Preposterous.


02-25-06 - INTERVIEW-Effect of pressure on Hamas in doubt-US official The United States cannot be certain an international campaign to pressure Palestinian election winner Hamas to renounce violence and recognise Israel will work, a senior U.S. counter-terrorism official said Friday.


02-25-06 - Web site lists nuke researchers' names The names, ID numbers and home addresses of Israeli nuclear researchers appeared on the Internet briefly Thursday, the news site Ynet reported.


02-25-06 - All aboard! Big cities to get six hourly trains every way by 2020 What happened to the plan pushed by our government for travel for Palestinians between Gaza and the West Bank? It disappeared right quick (due to objections by Israel).


02-25-06 - The Samson Option President John F. Kennedy leaned hard on Ben-Gurion and his successor, Levi Eshkol, not to build the bomb, even sending U.S. inspectors into Israel's Dimona reactor starting in 1961. But Israeli nuclear leaders outfoxed the inspectors, and Washington's resolve faded with Kennedy's death


02-25-06 - Hamas: No truce as long as Israel continues military offensive


02-25-06 - Reacting to latest Middle East violence, Annan urges protection of civilians "The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about the escalation of Israeli Defence Forces military operations in the past days, especially in Nablus and Gaza, which have resulted in a number of Palestinian deaths," a spokesman for Mr. Annan said in a statement late Friday, noting that civilians are reportedly among the casualties.


02-25-06 - Birth control for Israeli giraffe Don't give them any ideas.


02-25-06 - Green Jews campaign against party's Israel divestment resolution Much of the debate's focus is on how the resolution singles out Israel, while ignoring human rights abuses in a number of other countries, including many in the Middle East.."I am concerned by the anti-Semitic undertones of the proposal," It's best to ignore Israel's human rights abuses and violations of international law, and focus on the crimes committed by other crimes. Then the anti-Semite label comes off...


02-25-06 - Palestinian demographics challenged Bennett Zimmerman, Roberta Seid and Michael Wise presented their thesis at a meeting at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington think tank That's a NEOconservative thinktank. Imagine if there were studies in America being done by white groups of black demographics, the uproar? Yet pro-Israeli groups both here and in Israel continue to do such studies of Arab demographics without so much as a peep from any mainstream organization or media, least of all the Anti-Defamation League. Why is this not a surprise?


02-25-06 - Greek Catholic church appoints first Arab Israeli bishop However, no representatives of the Israeli government were present.


02-25-06 - Turkey's Initiative Brings HAMAS Crack in Washington to Light Several representatives of the Realist and Arabist school would agree as well. However, pro-Israelis, the Jewish community and most Neo-cons are offended and angered by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in Turkey.


02-25-06 - British officials prevented from crossing at Nablus checkpoint after Israeli soldiers


02-25-06 - Handicapping Hamas Israel initially welcomed Hamas; it believed it could manipulate its leadership against Arafat. "Hamas is a creature of Israel," affirmed Arafat, "which at the time of Prime Minister (Yitzhak) Shamir gave it money and more than 700 institutions among them schools, universities, and mosques."


02-25-06 - An Extraordinary Conference Three traits distinguish the struggle of Bil'in, three characteristics that complement each other and together make Bil'in as extraordinary as it is


02-25-06 - Palestine: Iran to face no technical problem in transferring aids "If Iran finds it difficult to transfer money to the PNA in dollars, the other solution is to use another international currency, which would be the Euro,"

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