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Wednesday, March 22, 2006


News for 03-21-06

03-21-06 - Israel barrier 'hurting farmers' A UN report into the humanitarian impact of Israel's West Bank barrier says it has caused widespread losses to Palestinian farmers...The UN says farmers are not being allowed access to farmland, causing unemployment and loss of income...Nearly 75% of the barrier lies on territory occupied by Israel in 1967.



03-21-06 - Concerns for 89 Palestinians on border The United Nations has expressed concern about the fate of 89 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, who fled Baghdad and have been stuck in no man's land since Sunday after Jordan closed its border.


03-21-06 - Gaza rations food as Israel cuts supplies Widespread bread rationing has been introduced in the Gaza Strip because Israel has cut off deliveries of flour and other foodstuffs to the Palestinian territory for most of the past two months.


03-21-06 - Baruch Marzel: IDF must assassinate left-wing activist Uri Avnery National Jewish Front leader Baruch Marzel, now campaigning for the March 28 Knesset election, said Monday the leaders of the Kadima party are "traitors" and "criminals" and called on the Israel Defense Forces to assassinate the far-left leader of the Gush Shalom movement Uri Avnery


03-21-06 - Israel reopens Gaza crossing under foreign pressure The U.N. aid agency which provides food to more than half of Gaza's 1.4 million Palestinians said the reopening of the Karni crossing was welcome news but that the terminal was still operating only at 10 percent of capacity.


03-21-06 - Palestinians on state of alert over bird flu The Palestinian health service was placed on a state of alert in the wake of the outbreak of bird flu in Israel, prime minister Ahmed Qorei announced.


03-21-06 - Mystical sage, son to be probed for suspected racist incitement Rabbi David Batzri said, "the establishment of such a school is a despicable and sinful act. An Arab cannot contaminate what is pure. It is forbidden to blend darkness and light. The nation of Israel is pure and the Arabs are a nation of donkeys. They are an evil disaster, an evil devil, and a nasty affliction."



03-21-06 - Israel Arab Voters Disheartened by System


03-21-06 - Blockade halts refugee aid as the UN runs out of fuel THE United Nations refugee agency protested yesterday that its vehicles had run out of fuel in the Gaza Strip because of Israeli border closures.


03-21-06 - Lebanese leaders resume push to break political deadlock Lebanese political leaders are Wednesday to resume their drive to break a deadlock on the disarmament of the Hezbollah militia and the fate of the country's pro-Syrian Also over the weekend, Fatah's chief in Lebanon said his Palestinian faction would round up weapons from refugee camps amid growing calls for militias in the country to be disbanded in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1559.President Emile Lahoud....


03-21-06 - PLO anger as Hamas prepares for power


03-21-06 - Palestinians 'in al-Qaeda plot' The Israeli military says Azzam Abu Aladas and Balal Hafnai, both 19 and from the West Bank city of Nablus, met al-Qaeda operatives in Jordan at least three times between May and December last year. The Israeli military says


03-21-06 - Study alleges US sets aside own security interest for Israel's The Jerusalem Newswire called the paper a new example of "the centuries-old libel that the Jewish people have somehow taken control of the affairs of the most powerful nations on earth," dressed up in academic attire.

Note that CAMERA - a pro-Israeli media 'watchdog' - alleges that the study is 'lies'. But CAMERA is a PART of the Israeli lobby and is mentioned in the report by the two professors. Well no kidding. Those that are a part of this lobby are going to try to downplay and discredit this study. It's just that damaging.


03-21-06 - EU to continue its support for Palestinians The EU will judge the Hamas-led government by what Hamas says and does, she added.


03-21-06 - Israeli police thwart bomb attempt after a high-speed chase


03-21-06 - Livni warns two-state solution in danger Livni said questions have been raised - "especially in Europe" - about the need for a Jewish state, and that it was being suggested that a single state be created, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea One man, one vote? A REAL democracy? Oh dear.


03-21-06 - High hopes for Hamas According to the poll released this week by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 75 percent of Palestinians say Hamas should engage Israel in peace talks, though just 59 percent believe the radical Islamic group should recognize the Jewish state?s right to exist.


03-21-06 - Egypt fears third bird flu case


03-21-06 - Church leaders in UK gather for peace in the Middle East CTBI issued a statement stating as the 40th anniversary of Israel?s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip approaches, the pain and injustice of the situation has persisted for far too long.


03-21-06 - U.S. Calls on Arab Nations to Lean on Hamas


03-21-06 - Lawyers Say Holding Hammoudeh Legal In court papers filed Tuesday, federal officials appeared to blame Israel for the delay in deporting Hammoudeh.


03-21-06 - Israeli agent denied torturing Bridgeview man


03-21-06 - Arab MK calls Lieberman a 'fascist' "Lieberman wants to transfer Um al-Fahm citizens of the State of Israel outside of the country. My question is: How does Israeli democracy have a place for such a racist program?"


03-21-06 - Mutual suspicion dogs Spanish inter-religious forum "Today in Gaza we are short of food. Can I separate myself off from this reality?" the imam asked.


03-21-06 - AU condemns Israeli raid on Palestinian prison The African Union (AU) said Tuesday it has strongly condemned the Israeli attack on the Palestinian prison in the West Bank city of Jericho.


03-21-06 - Mofaz: Iran gave $1.8 million to Islamic Jihad Iran gave $1.8 million to Islamic Jihad last month, Israel?s defense minister said.
The money was supposed to fuel terror attacks within Israel, Shaul Mofaz told The Associated Press. 'Oh let's see. Palestinians 'tied to' al-Qaeda, Iran 'tied to' Palestinians. What other connection to US war on terror did we miss?'


03-21-06 - Amy Goodman and James Zogby Host Event to Honor the Words and Life of Rachel Corrie


03-21-06 - Anti-Zionist rabbis visit Ramallah


03-21-06 - Israel Divisive Topic for Imams, Rabbis At one point, Muslim delegates stood up and shouted when a moderator tried to halt a Palestinian professor from the Gaza Strip who said life under Israeli occupation was like being in "a large prison."


03-21-06 - Children's book yanked from Ontario school libraries

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