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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
02-27-06 - Palestinians welcome EU aid deal
02-27-06 - Israeli anger at Europe's aid for Palestinians While acknowledging the need for continuing humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, Ms Livni will also adopt a tough stance in Europe this week over what qualifies as such aid, Israeli officials indicated.
02-27-06 - Abbas still relevant: Israel
02-27-06 - UN: Israel's tightened security exacting heavy humanitarian toll The report also accused Israel of "accelerating its plan to separate Palestinian and Israeli road systems within the West Bank" through a combined use of checkpoints, selective issuing of movement permits, and other road barriers. The UN says the Israel Defense Forces have erected more "physical obstacles" in the territories
02-27-06 - Palestinians face financial collapse: envoy International envoy James Wolfensohn told Middle East mediators the Palestinian Authority faces financial collapse within two weeks because of Israel's decision to cut off tax transfers after Hamas's election win
02-27-06 - Israel warns world don't let Iran play for time on nuclear
02-27-06 - EU to release aid to Palestinians despite Hamas
02-27-06 - Israel rocket victims to sue Palestinians for damages The Israeli Knesset, last July, made sure that Palestinians can never seek the same recourse to redress the damages inflicted by the IDF. "The amendments, which will be enacted retroactively from September 2000 when the intifada started, effectively block Palestinians from submitting damage claims against the state of Israel. "
02-27-06 - EU struggles to keep Abbas-led Palestinian government afloat
02-27-06 - Israeli artillery continues bombarding Gaza
02-27-06 - Israel Won't Hold Peace Talks With Abbas Israel said Monday it will not hold peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because he is powerless to enforce agreements while the Islamic militant group Hamas controls his government, signaling a hardening of Israel's position and a growing rift with the United States Even before Hamas won the elections, Israel held no peace talks with Abbas. There is always a convenient excuse for Israel to avoid peace talks/summits with Palestinian officials.
02-27-06 - Israeli Government Asks the US Supreme Court to cancel lawsuits Accusing Yaalon and Dichter of Committing War Crimes The Israeli government called on the US Supreme Court to call off the civil lawsuit filed by Palestinian and Lebanese residents against the former head of Shabak Major General Avi Dichter and the former Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon accusing them of committing war crimes in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.
02-27-06 - Occupation Wounds Two Boys at a Checkpoint Trying To Secure a Girl Wore Scarf, Arrest Several in W. Bank eyewitnesses reported that the young men were injured after trying to stop Israeli soldiers from continuing to harass a girl. The Israeli soldiers were trying to force her to remove her clothes. Israeli soldiers shot the boys, one critically in the stomach.
02-27-06 - ADL: Anti-Semitism at Core of Hamas Charter Philosemitism is at the core of the ADL charter, go figure.
02-27-06 - US welcomes European grant to Palestinian Authority
02-27-06 - Backstory: Extreme vacation Despite limited means, Haj refuses to accept payment for phone calls, food, or lodging. It's a matter of pride to even the poorest Palestinians to welcome even strangers with open arms.
02-27-06 - One town doubts Hamas Hamas electoral victories in the parliament and in dozens of municipalities across the West Bank and Gaza reflect anger over public graft, frustration at being encircled by Israel's separation barrier amid a moribund peace process, and infighting among the ruling Fatah party
02-27-06 - Blast at Israeli weapons centre Early reports suggest it was caused by an accident. Medical sources said none of those injured was seriously hurt.
02-27-06 - Abbas denies staking future on peace Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he does not plan to resign if he is unable to pursue peace with Israel under the new Hamas government
02-27-06 - Curtains for 'Rachel Corrie' The play My Name Is Rachel Corrie, directed in London by actor Alan Rickman anddue to open in New York City in March, has been canceled for fear ofcontroversy
02-27-06 - Berlusconi to explain Russia's Hamas policy to Bush
02-27-06 - Israel tightens arms export controls after US spat Israel is imposing tighter controls on arms exports as part of an accord with the United States, ending a dispute over the sale of advanced Israeli-made weaponry to China, senior security officials said on Monday.
02-27-06 - Berri: Israel banking on our anxiety and chaos Berri also said that "Israel is trying to bank on the state of anxiety and chaos we are witnessing and attempting to destabilize the relations between Lebanon and the other Arab countries."
02-27-06 - PBS airs two grim looks at foreign affairs The CPB's new chairwoman, an Israel-firster, has wasted no time in getting (more) anti-Palestinian programming up and running on PBS.
02-27-06 - Support freedom for Palestinians
02-27-06 - Lawsuits PR opportunity for Israel Sunday, Israel radio reported that Danny Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to Washington, has asked the U.S. state department to dismiss lawsuits against IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon and former Shin Bent director Avi Dichter...During the fight against growing terrorism, the IDF has consistently tried to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties, occasionally sacrificing the lives of IDF soldiers in order to protect innocent Palestinians That last statement is hilarious, and a bold-faced lie. Reading further into the article, notice how the author wants Israel to rely extensively on 'Palestinian Media Watch' to exonerate Israel of its crimes. PMW is mentioned in the Hamas website video scam of today's news.
02-27-06 - Arab member of Israeli parliament refuses police investigation and accuses Israel of war crimes Barakeh had documentation that he was attacked during the nonviolent demonstration in question as he was burned on his leg after an Israeli soldier detonated a sound grenade near him, Israeli sources reported.
02-27-06 - Israeli Wiesenthal Museum Building Halted
02-27-06 - Hamas visit to Russia confirmed
02-27-06 - Travelers share tales from Rafah
02-27-06 - Columbia inaugurates Israel institute The establishment of the institute comes after a controversy that centered around claims that some professors made anti-Israel statements in their classrooms, creating an anti-Israel environment on campus. Witchhunts really DO work!
02-27-06 - Israel differs with U.S., EU on aide to PA
02-27-06 - Karen Hughes Press Roundtable United Arab Emirates The Palestinian people clearly want change. They want an end to corruption and we certainly understand that. And the Palestinian people voted for change; they voted for an end to corruption and as I said, we are concerned about the Palestinian people
02-27-06 - At Gaza crossings, Palestinians face death - or a very long delay On the night of Feb. 21, shortly before Karni was to close, a mysterious explosion rocked the area near the crossing. No one was hurt, but Israel closed the crossing, without saying when it would reopen. It was still closed Monday
02-27-06 - World must condemn Israeli statements against Abbas: Erekat During a meeting on Sunday with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs David Welch, Olmert said Israel saw no separation between Abbas and the government led by Hamas.
02-27-06 - Embracing a Lethal Tar Baby As U.S. history shows, we are seeking to impose on Israel's foe unachievable conditions that we have never sought to impose on our own enemies. Insistence on these unattainable conditions ? along with demands based on the other two myths ? will only serve to prolong the conflict and involve America ever more deeply Michael Scheuer is a 22-year CIA veteran. He served as the Chief of the bin Laden Unit at the Counterterrorist Center from 1996 to 1999. He resigned from the CIA in 2004.
02-27-06 - European Union and Jewish Officials Remain at Odds Over Hamas and Iran "We expect the E.U. not to move one single inch. Until Hamas recognizes Israel and renounces violence, no talking. I have lots of relatives in Israel and if the E.U. betrays Israel, the Israelis will implement something extreme.
02-27-06 - Globe & Mail 'Hamas video' hoax: where is the journalistic integrity? A lengthy search for the Hamas link mentioned in the editorial, and a series of email exchanges with the writer of the editorial, Mr. Marcus Gee, revealed that the writer never saw the video on the Hamas website as he claimed in his editorial, but rather relied solely on a report he received via email from an Israeli extremist site that goes by the name of Palestinian Media Watch....the editorial surfaced at a time when the Canadian government was deliberating on a decision regarding the new Palestinian government. Having not substantiated its argument, one is lead to believe that the Globe & Mail have attempted to influence the Canadian government's decision by unethical means through the use of unreliable sources
02-27-06 - Christian aid agency attacked over disinvestment The threat of the almighty slur of anti-Semitism really does work in getting organizations to back down from their criticism of Israel, as evidenced by the intense and successful efforts of pro-Israeli lobbies on churches in the US that have sought to divest from Israel.
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