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Saturday, April 15, 2006
04-14-06 - Iran president: "Zionist regime" a threat "Palestine should be returned to the Palestinian nation and the united Palestinian government, elected by all Palestinians, should rule the country," he said.
04-14-06 - Iraeli Occupation Forces storms farmers' huts in the Jordan valley area The the Israeli army has been carrying out the deportation of residents from the Jordan valley area using this pretext for over a year.
04-14-06 - Aid workers fear America now sees them as terrorists In spite of repeated appeals, State Department officials in Washington have failed to reassure the aid workers that they and their groups will not be hounded.
04-14-06 - Israel threatens to send troops back into Gaza
04-14-06 - Parents of British campaigner killed by Israeli sniper seek justice against a murderous ethos "Our view is this soldier was doing no more than what was expected of him. It has become very clear to me that shooting civilians was a regular army activity in that area," Mr Hurndall said. Tom's death was not an isolated event. Apart from the thousands of Palestinians and Israelis who have lost their lives since the beginning of the intifada, American peace activist Rachel Corrie, 23, was killed by a bulldozer less than a month before Tom was shot, while British cameraman James Miller, 34, was gunned down three weeks later. And Brit Ian Hook, 50, was leading a house reconstruction programme in Jenin the previous November when he was killed.
04-14-06 - Thousands commemorate Good Friday in Jerusalem Local clergy complained, however, that many Christian Palestinians living in the West Bank had been prevented by Israeli closures from travelling to Israeli-held east Jerusalem to take part in the religious ceremonies.
04-14-06 - Rightists allegedly threaten activist who helped Palestinians Yoel Marshak, head of the United Kibbutz Movement's Special Assignments Division, is involved in guarding the fields of farmers from the West Bank village of Salem, near Nablus, who are regularly harassed by settlers from nearby Elon Moreh.
04-14-06 - US bans dealings with Hamas-led Palestinian Authority The US government has turned the screw on Hamas, banning Americans from dealing with the Palestinian Authority now that the PA is led by a banned "terrorist entity." ...Russia, however, said Friday it was granting "urgent financial aid" to the PA after telephone talks between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Abbas.
04-14-06 - Ministers from Hamas-led cabinet on overseas fund-raiser
04-14-06 - End of story: Israel triumphant Beyond these regional equations in the Middle East lies the inner core, the first circle, of the Bush administration's strategy toward Iran. It is, and has always been, securing Israel's regional dominance. Here any unfinished business is simply impermissible since it can have catastrophic effects on Israel's security
04-14-06 - Aqaba demolitions - A village struggles for existence
04-14-06 - Attacks on Anata school escalate as Students and Staff targeted
04-14-06 - Abbas Urges EU to Rescind Decision to Cut Funding for Palestinians At a news conference in Casablanca at the end of a three-day visit to Morocco, Abbas said the suspension of EU aid, which is used to meet the basic needs of Palestinian residents, fund development projects and pay government employees' salaries, was unfair to the grassroot Palestinians "who has done nothing wrong."
04-14-06 - Palestinians to get Russian aid
04-14-06 - Gaza under intense bombardment According to Palestinian medical sources, 40 Palestinians have been injured in the last week and 90 children have been treated for shock.
04-14-06 - PALESTINIAN PROTEST: "Where is the respect for the will of the people," and "Why fight the Palestinian people by his food,"
04-14-06 - Peace proves elusive for Holy Land church The Israeli court system has yet to rule on whether the deal is null and void, as claimed by the patriarchate, and Mr Dajani has no idea of his fate. "If this deal goes ahead, within 20 years there won't be a single Palestinian or Christian or Arab left in Jaffa Gate," he says.
04-14-06 - The age-old feud never ends The population of Christians in the Holy Land, particularly in the Palestinian territories, is dwindling as more and more leave for a better life abroad, turning the community into a tiny minority squeezed between Muslims and Jews.
04-14-06 - Sharon through Palestinian eyes On their way into al-Bureij on the night of August 28, 1953, Sharon's squad was spotted by Palestinian farmers. According to the chief UN observer at the time, Vagn Bennike, rather than retreat, Unit 101 forced its way through the village and attacked refugees with explosives and automatic weapons
04-14-06 - European call for the reinstatement of the EU Funds for the PNA
04-14-06 - The Real Samaritans They consider themselves both Palestinian and Israeli ? and try to maintain good relations with both.
04-14-06 - Oud-playing band of brothers makes improvising its own art Born in Nazareth, the Joubrans grew up in a musical family. Their father is a master oud maker, and so was his father. Their mother sang in a classical Arabic poetry/music ensemble.
04-14-06 - D.C. delegates travel on spring break Lieberman met in Jerusalem Tuesday with acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to discuss political and security issues in the Palestinian territories. He met Wednesday with U.S. Consul General Jake Walles and U.S. Security Coordinator Lt. Gen. Keith W. Dayton
04-14-06 - An Unpleasant Checkout The Guardian entitled "Apartheid in the Holy Land" from April 2002. The passport that I possess effectively made me "white," while dozens of desperate Palestinians with Israeli military-issued West Bank ID's (bringing to mind the pass laws in South Africa) who had been waiting for hours were pushed back forcibly.
04-14-06 - US spy threatens to squeal if Israel handler joins cabinet Eitan still faces an outstanding Federal Bureau of Investigation arrest warrant for his role as Pollard's handler, making him potentially the first member of an Israeli government sought by US justice.
04-14-06 - Ex-Professor in Terror Case to Be Deported Sami Al-Arian, who had met with U.S. presidents and other political leaders before his terrorism indictment in 2003, reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to a lesser charge and be deported, two lawyers familiar with the case said Friday. The arrangement requires the approval of a judge
04-14-06 - 'We'll Eat Olives and Survive' A defiant Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh yesterday said his people would survive on "thyme, salt and olives" but would not bow to Western demands for a Hamas recognition of Israel.
04-14-06 - Judgment reserved on 'Jerusalem, Israel' listing A Federal Court has reserved judgment in the case of a Toronto man who is protesting Ottawa's denial of his request to have his birthplace listed as "Jerusalem, Israel" on his passport.
04-14-06 - Paradise Now Abu-Assad has been castigated for his film from both sides of this political divide. Yet Paradise Now, gripping, thoughtful and at times extremely moving, seems a civilised contribution to an over-heated debate.
04-14-06 - American Popular Music Groups Enjoy Tours to Middle East, Africa One of the two Opus Akoben lyricists, Terrence "Sub-Z" Nicholson, said the high point of the tour for him came during the visit to the Palestinian Territories.
04-14-06 - Franti film revisited
04-14-06 - Short on facts; long on bias Films, theater (along with many other venues in America) - have to be 'balanced' now - to please the pro-Israeli contigent. This is especially hypocritical when this same group does not make the same demands of films, tv, plays, books, university curricula, legislation, articles, etc are 'one-sided' in favor of Israel. Never happens. This is America. And artists have the right to freedom of expression as they see fit. If someone does not like it, then it is their choice to not see the film or play. Do not take away my right to see another side of the story.
04-14-06 - MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY RECEIVES FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP TO HOST ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN SCHOLARS
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