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Wednesday, March 01, 2006


News for 02-28-06

02-28-06 - Palestinian shot after stabbing


02-28-06 - Medic shot in head, tied to hospital bed in Israeli Hospital


02-28-06 - Hamas officials say Iran to fill funding void


02-28-06 - Mofaz details West Bank settlements Israel plans to retain "When we talk about Israel's permanent or future borders it includes the Jordan Valley, Maale Adumim, Gush Etzion, Ariel, Kedumim-Karnei Shomron and Rehan-Shaked," Mofaz said in a speech late Monday. The area mentioned by Mofaz accounts for around 20 percent of the West Bank.




02-28-06 - Bombers kill more than 30 in Iraq amid sectarian bloodshed The ongoing violence since the Samarra shrine bombing has also left 10 Palestinians dead in Baghdad, the head of the Palestinian mission in Iraq told AFP.


02-28-06 - Israel softens criticism of Russia on Hamas talks Israel backed off its harsh criticism of Russia on Tuesday ahead of Moscow's talks with leaders of Hamas following the Islamist militant group's victory in Palestinian elections.


02-28-06 - UN envoy warns of danger in Palestinian aid cutoff A functioning Palestinian Authority is "an essential building block" of a Palestinian state and could trigger "dangers of many varieties" if allowed to collapse, Alvaro de Soto, the U.N. special envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, told the U.N. Security Council.


02-28-06 - Hamas dismisses report of $250m Iranian donation A senior Hamas official has dismissed a report in the Arab press that Iran would give as much as $250 million to enable the terrorist group to run the Palestinian Authority after the expected halt of European and U.S. aid.



02-28-06 - Refugee chief warns against cutting Palestinian aid


02-28-06 - Palestinians fear poverty if foreign aid lifeline severed "We need that foreign aid."


02-28-06 - Mofaz petitions for hearing on "human shields ban", court rejects Mofaz is attempting to get the High Court to reconsider its previous decision which banned the army from using Palestinian civilians as human shields during the military operations in the occupied territories.


02-28-06 - European Union to Give $143M to Palestinian Authority; EU Politics Today Offers Extended News Coverage of EU-Palestinian Relations Covering a whole range of European topics, EU Politics Today offers its readers extensive news coverage of the European Union's relations with Palestine


02-28-06 - Russia to press Hamas to 'moderate' stand: envoy


02-28-06 - Israel Faces Challenge Stopping Hamas Cash Israel would have a hard time stopping Iran and other Muslim nations from sending large sums of money to a Hamas-led Palestinian government to make up for a threatened cutoff in Western aid.


02-28-06 - Dubai Ports World uses Zim connection in US deal Dubai Ports World, the combined United Emirates (UAE) port management company for the Gulf, has stepped up its challenge to win the operating rights of six major ports in the US, by claiming it has strong business ties with Israeli shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.. BINGO.


02-28-06 - Oscar-nominated pleas for Mideast peace spark controversy the movie powerfully portrays the frustration and dehumanization experienced by those living under occupation


02-28-06 - Campaign against Bush visit gains momentum They said that under President Bush the United States continued to occupy Iraq and oppress its people. It threatened Syria and targeted Iran on the issue of its nuclear programme. It backed the "naked oppression" of the Palestinian people by Israel and "ceaselessly indulges in a covert war" against Cuba and Venezuela, besides 'threatening' North Korea.


02-28-06 - Court Weighs London Mayor's Suspension Mayor Ken Livingstone, meanwhile, blamed Britain's main Jewish group for initiating his legal troubles because it was unhappy with his attitudes about Israel and the Palestinians.


02-28-06 - IDF: Yordim will return in time of war While the army said it did not see a war on the horizon, plans have been drawn up for the possibility that masses of Israelis would return to Israel to serve in the army if Israel was attacked and at risk.


02-28-06 - Israel to rethink ties with Russia as Hamas heads for Moscow Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will convene a special meeting today on Israel's bilateral relations with Russia.


02-28-06 - Palestinians stand up against expulsion from Jordan Valley


02-28-06 - Gov't school plan struck down as 'racially based' MK Azmi Bishara (Balad) said the ruling proves that Israeli governments act in accordance with nationalist ideological motives that are based on race rather than citizenship.


02-28-06 - Jerusalem to build September 11 memorial The Jerusalem municipality views the memorial as a project of national importance relating to US-Israel ties. I view it as a slap in the face of the victims and their survivors, for the shameless attempt to exploit this tragedy.


02-28-06 - Surely Americans will not put up with this censorship "I think we were more worried that those who had never encountered her writing, never encountered the piece, would be using this as an opportunity to position their arguments." Since when did theatre come to be about those who don't go to see it?


02-28-06 - Rickman slams 'censorship' of play about US Gaza activist A New York theatre company has put off plans to stage a play about an American activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza because of the current "political climate" - a decision the play's British director, Alan Rickman, denounced yesterday as "censorship".


02-28-06 - President Abbas Thanks Solana for EU's Financial Aid


02-28-06 - UAE supports establishment of independent Palestinian state


02-28-06 - Palestinians Divided Over Recognition of Israel


02-28-06 - ELCA Presiding Bishop Calls for Careful Response to Hamas' Victory


02-28-06 - Poll: Palestinians favor cease-fire Ynetnews.com reports the poll of 1,003 Palestinians found 80.4 percent back the cease-fire and 70 percent want peace talks to resume.


02-28-06 - ADL: Dubai's Support for Economic Boycott of Israel Should Torpedo Port Operations Deal The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said that the Government of Dubai's ongoing support of the Arab economic boycott of Israel "should torpedo any deal with the United States on port operations." our security here on the Homeland does not factor in, at least according to the ADL. Israel comes first.


02-28-06 - Israel 'misusing' Holocaust Iranian ex-president Mohammad Khatami termed the Holocaust a "historic fact" but criticised "misuse" of the event by Israel in the Middle East

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