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Tuesday, April 18, 2006


News for 04-17-06

04-17-06 - Palestinian suicide bomber kills nine in Tel Aviv


04-17-06 - Palestinian youth killed in N Gaza artillery shelling Witnesses said a group of teenagers and young men were playing soccer on a hilltop on the outskirts of the town of Beit Lahiya, when an artillery shell struck close to where they were playing. Dozens of shells had hit the area also during the day.


04-17-06 - Israel strikes Palestinian factory


04-17-06 - Palestinian youth shot by Israeli troops during West Bank protest Israeli soldiers holed up in a home in this West Bank city on Monday opened fire on a crowd of stone-throwing protesters outside the building, wounding two people, including a 13-year-old boy...Palestinian hospital officials said the youth was shot in the neck and in moderate condition The deaths and casualties of Palestinians get thrown to the wayside by the mainstream American media. Meanwhile, the Tel Aviv bombing has been on the front page of Yahoo all day (and others, I'm sure). But there's no Israel lobby. It's all just one big conspiracy theory...


04-17-06 - Qatar Pledges $50 Million to Palestinians Qatar said Monday it would give the Palestinian government $50 million in aid to help make up for a shortfall after the United States and the European Union cut off funding.


04-17-06 - Israel calls Mideast terror "declarations of war" U.S. Ambassador John Bolton on Monday said he regretted the loss of life, including in Gaza, but that the responsibility for preventing terror attacks "rests with the Palestinian Authority." Israel deliberately targeted civilians when they shelled houses last week - killing a girl and wounding many children.


04-17-06 - U.S. Condemns Tel Aviv Bombing The US did not, however, condemn the killing of the Palestinan child last week by Israeli forces after it deliberately targeted civilian areas.


04-17-06 - Palestinians urge help to avert health crisis Palestinian health minister Bassem Naim launched an appeal for the international community to help avert a humanitarian crisis after a cut-off in direct aid to the Hamas government.


04-17-06 - UN plans to host Mideast quartet meeting in New York May 9 -- Annan UN chief Kofi Annan said that he was planning to host a meeting of the Middle East diplomatic quartet in New York on May 9 to discuss regional developments and the international blueprint for an Israeli-Palestinian settlement.


04-17-06 - Israel may have to go it alone on Iran: right-wing leader Avigdor Lieberman said Iran's nuclear programme "represents an existential threat for Israel which will oblige us to take unilateral action if the international community does nothing to stop it". Not if they can get us to do it for them.


04-17-06 - Abbas condemns 'terrorist' Tel Aviv blast


04-17-06 - Israeli destruction of Nablus property and arrests of its citizens continues unabated


04-17-06 - Hebron Update: 11-15 April 2006 Lynes was horrified at the treatment of waiting
Palestinians crowding the entrance. They were treated like animals.


04-17-06 - Israel continues shelling northern Gaza


04-17-06 - Gillerman calls Iranian statements 'act of war' Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Gillerman, while speaking at a specially convened UN Security Council meeting late Monday, called the statements recently made by Iranian, Syrian and Palestinian leaders "acts of war."


04-17-06 - Erekat Warns against Israeli Closure of Crossing with Gaza Strip


04-17-06 - U.S. to probe reported aid to Hamas-led Palestinian cabinet: spokesman


04-17-06 - Japan to halt funding for Hamas-led government The Japanese government plans to suspend any new financial support to the Palestinian Authority for the time being, in line with similar policies adopted by the United States and the European Union aimed at forcing the Hamas-led government to change its anti-Israel stance, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Monday.


04-17-06 - Palestinian People Commemorates Annual Prisoner's Day


04-17-06 - Barghuti 'not interested' in prisoner swap


04-17-06 - IDF accused of murder of two Brits And Jewish MP Gerald Kaufman told the BBC he believed the soldiers involved should be put on trial in an international court.


04-17-06 - Syrian official: Syria will regain every inch of the Golan Heights


04-17-06 - Arab professor pleads guilty to helping Palestinian radicals "I'm crucified because of who I am: a stateless Palestinian, an Arab and Muslim, an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights," he added.


04-17-06 - Eilat hotels: Tourists pay more Israeli told tourists pay more for same services at Eilat hotels; in some hotels 80 percent gap found between prices paid by Israelis and tourists


04-17-06 - It's no coincidence that blast follows Iran's threat


04-17-06 - Hamas Being Forced To Collapse What does the U.S. want, to bring back a proven corrupt government that made a mockery of international aid, including U.S. funds?


04-17-06 - Attacks leave Israel with few options But it still cannot stop people like 21-year-old Sami Hammad and the network of terrorists who trained, equipped and deployed him yesterday. It is hard to see what more Israel can do. Stealing land and denying the human rights of another people will never get you peace, is perhaps the moral to the story. And Israel has been doing just that for nearly sixty years.


04-17-06 - American real estate tycoon buys J'lem Gate Hotel Willner is also a member of the pro-Israel lobby, AIPAC.


04-17-06 - Who is this Israel, and what's all this talk of an "Israel Lobby"?


04-17-06 - Antony Loewenstein: Don't let any lobby shut down debate Public debate on the subject is routinely curtailed by intimidation and slander initiated by the Zionist lobby. In a healthy democracy, Israel's policies should not be immune to criticism. However, this seems to be the status quo: Israel remains a blind spot of the US administration.


04-17-06 - Assembly will act on more than 130 overtures The PC(USA) has been accused of being anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, pro-terrorism and worse.

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