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Friday, March 03, 2006


News for 03-02-06

03-02-06 - Israeli sniper kills Palestinian youth - medics They said Amer Bassyouni, 15, was shot in the neck and died from his wounds as Israeli forces searched for militants in the Alamin refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus.


03-02-06 - Gaza agriculture faces collapse The agriculture sector in Gaza, an important lifeline of income and employment in the impoverished territory, has incurred an estimated loss of 57 million euros (68 million dollars) during 35 days of Karni closures, it said.


03-02-06 - Army started implementing plan to isolate lands near Hebron The isolation plan includes a forced evacuation of the residents from their villages.


03-02-06 - Israel plans to imprison five Palestinian villages near Jerusalem in an enclave Israel plans to run a barrier around five Palestinian villages northwest of Jerusalem , and imprison them in an enclave that will separate them from East Jerusalem and neighboring Palestinian villages


03-02-06 - Israel keeps Gaza crossing closed A US-brokered deal last November specified that the crossing would be kept open unless there was an immediate security threat.


03-02-06 - Israel gives military free rein "We will use an iron first against any attempt to renew terror activity anywhere," he said. "There are no restraints on security forces to use any means necessary to stop terror attacks." This is not a new policy.


03-02-06 - Arrow missile may block Iranian attack "We will shoot all of IranĀ“s missiles down," the official told the newspaper. "The Arrow knows how to intercept the Shihab missile."


03-02-06 - Abbas doubts Iran aid would reach Palestinians Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks broadcast on Thursday he doubted funds pledged by Iran in case of Western aid cuts would reach the Palestinians because of global checks on the flow of funds.


03-02-06 - Israel not out to 'punish' Palestinians for Hamas win: Livni Actions speak louder than words.


03-02-06 - Israeli opposition leader meets Abbas


03-02-06 - US would make it 'enormously difficult' for Hamas to govern The United States wants to isolate Hamas financially and politically to make it "enormously difficult" for the radical Palestinian group to govern, the US envoy for the Middle East said.


03-02-06 - Palestinian leader warns of Al-Qaeda threat


03-02-06 - U.S. panel objects to software handover to Israeli company The company was told U.S. officials feared the transaction could endanger some of government's most sensitive computer systems. The objections by the FBI and Pentagon were partly over specialized intrusion detection software known as "Snort," which guards some classified U.S. military and intelligence computers.



03-02-06 - Palestinian salaries delayed as Israel stops funds


03-02-06 - US probing deals by 2nd Dubai firm, Israeli company Plans by the Israeli firm Check Point Software Technologies to buy the Maryland software security firm Sourcefire, which does business with US Defense Department agencies, have raised concerns over the possible sale of sensitive technology to third countries, the daily said on Thursday.


03-02-06 - Mofaz: Karni to remain shut ?The security of Israeli citizens is an utmost priority,?


03-02-06 - OPT: Weekly Press Release 18 - 24 Feb 2006 During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delays, denial of access and arbitrary searches had a negative impact on wounded and sick in Nablus & Hebron.


03-02-06 - Palestinians give back $30 mln in US aid


03-02-06 - U.N. Launches Anti-Semitism Investigation The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, follows the reprimand of a security guard for drawing swastikas on a log sheet knowing a guard from Israel would almost certainly see them. The guard also made Nazi-like salutes to his Israeli colleague.


03-02-06 - Israel again authorises military exports to China


03-02-06 - Hamas arrives in Moscow in search for legitimacy


03-02-06 - Gulf monarchies call on world to aid Palestinians Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers "invite the international community to continue financial aid to the Palestinians and not to punish the Palestinian people for their democratic choice,"


03-02-06 - IDF predicting return of 'stone intifada' to West Bank


03-02-06 - Russia would never harm Israel: Olmert


03-02-06 - Russia can rectify US 'errors' in Middle East: Hamas Russia is in a position to rectify "errors" of US policy in the Middle East and advance a more balanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior member of the radical Palestinian group Hamas said


03-02-06 - US promises humanitarian help to Palestinians


03-02-06 - Syria accuses Israel of dumping nuclear waste on Golan Heights


03-02-06 - Christians in Hamas stronghold unfazed by Islamist victory


03-02-06 - Report: U.S. asked PA to help Kadima Washington has asked the Palestinians to delay the formation of a Hamas-led government until after the March 28 general elections in Israel for fears that the Islamic group?s effective control of Palestinian affairs might weaken Kadima?s showing in the poll.


03-02-06 - Changing fence route called danger to fast train to Jerusalem


03-02-06 - Qatar-Palestine ties reviewed


03-02-06 - The UN asks Scandinavians to leave the West Bank According to NRK, the threats were intercepted by the Israeli intelligence service, which in turn informed the UN organization for Palestinian refugees (UNWRA) about the threats.


03-02-06 - Chief of Justice Denounces the Profane Sanctity of an Ancient Mosque in Safad


03-02-06 - Prep school to open in Jordan Promising students will be sought, including those in Palestinian refugee camps and small villages.


03-02-06 - Hamas Victory Is Built on Social Work


03-02-06 - Would Iranian Nukes Only Kill Jews? A variation in the use of Palestinians as human shields by Israelis.


03-02-06 - South Africa Invites Hamas Leaders to Talk


03-02-06 - Israeli company under scrutiny for sale The Check Point sale is undergoing deeper scrutiny because of its owner?s ties to Israeli military intelligence and ties between Sourcefire?s founders and the U.S. National Security Agency.


03-02-06 - Scheuer: Israel of no U.S. concern Michael Scheuer, until 2004 the top analyst advising a CIA team hunting for Osama bin Laden, has become an ardent critic of U.S. support for Israel since his retirement.
He is one of many officials from the CIA who, after leaving office, became very vocal in their criticism of Israel.


03-02-06 - Israelis warned away from Jordan, Egypt The government?s Counter-Terrorism Unit reissued its long-standing travel advisory Thursday, citing new levels of terrorist activity in the two Arab countries. Israel has full relations with both countries.


03-02-06 - Dems target UAE for boycott The letter to President Bush, drafted this week by Reps. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), warns that the United Arab Emirates pledged millions last month to help the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority and is enforcing an Arab League boycott of Israel


03-02-06 - Israeli firm endorses Dubai port deal ?We are very comfortable calling at DP World?s Dubai ports,? Idan Ofer, chairman of Zim, wrote in a letter to Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), who has led criticism of the Bush administration for making the deal. ?We have not experienced a single security issue in these ports.?


03-02-06 - Putting 'Palestine' on the map? "This is a waste of time, to try to battle against the use of this term when the majority of the Israeli public accepts the creation of a Palestinian state." Israel is losing its war against 'Palestine'.


03-02-06 - PA factions sign anti-truce pact


03-02-06 - LEBANON: Young Arabs want stricter gun control, study finds The study further found that extreme poverty, political insecurity and the absence of the rule of law have led to prevailing gun cultures, especially in the Palestinian territories and in areas of Sudan.


03-02-06 - NYC: Free the P Hip-Hop & Slam Party


03-02-06 - The Attacks on Beyond Chutzpah all mainstream human rights organizations reach identical conclusions and no contrary evidence exists, there's no rational reason to infer that their reports are false--unless one accepts the faith-based counterclaim that Amnesty, HRW and B'Tselem are part of a vast (anti-Semitic) conspiracy to malign Israel. Any person or organization that dares to criticize Israel will likely be labeled anti-Semitic in the end.


03-02-06 - Lucy Liu Was Heartbroken by Palestinian Earthquake United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) ambassador Lucy Liu has taken a camera crew to Balakot, Pakistan, to film the devastation of October's 7.6 earthquake Oops. Wrong country.


03-02-06 - Book deserves to be in competition Speaking as a father, a practising Jew and a librarian, this book fully deserves to be in the Silver Birch competition


03-02-06 - Judge delays Al-Arian trial Federal prosecutors have not announced definitively whether they will try the 48-year-old Al-Arian again on charges that he raised money and supported the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group responsible for hundreds of deaths. But they have said in recent hearings that they are preparing for a second trial.

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