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Saturday, April 29, 2006
04-28-06 - Food aid demand to rise in Palestinian territories: WFP The World Food Programme said it expected the number of people needing food aid in the Palestinian territories to rise by 25 percent in the coming months as rations fail to get through Israeli checkpoints and public workers go unpaid.
04-28-06 - Steppingstone to War : House passes 'Iran Freedom Support Act' Passage is a major goal of AIPAC, Israel's premier lobbying organization in the U.S., which for the past two years has featured the alleged Iranian threat to America as its convention theme: this year's conclave featured a multimedia exhibit supposedly dramatizing how Iran is "pursuing nuclear weapons and how it can be stopped." As Middle East expert Trita Parsi, of the John Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, put it: "I don't see any other major groups behind this legislation that have had any impact on it."
04-28-06 - Deeper Than We Know Stewart, a relentless critic of the Iraq War, was left slack-jawed and speechless when the Israeli hero before him said that America largely "got it right" in Iraq...They are different beings, these two communities. One is a sovereign state of enormous vitality and strength. The other is a confident, influential minority within the world's greatest superpower
04-28-06 - Quartet's envoy to Middle East stepping down Middle East envoy James Wolfensohn has decided to step down because of divisions within the Quartet of international mediators over his role now that Hamas controls the Palestinian Authority, officials said
04-28-06 - Iran Denounces Israel Election to UN Panel Ambassador Javad Zarif accused Israel of "violating every single Security Council resolution that has been adopted about the Middle East." He also lashed out at Israeli criticism of Iran's own election as a vice-chair of the commission, noting the Jewish state has refused to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty but "has the audacity to talk about another country having a seat."
04-28-06 - Israel's High Court Declines to Intervene to Open Karni Crossing
04-28-06 - New Israel government to 'reduce' settlements Labour, like all potential coalition partners, has had to accept the outline of his plan that could see around 70,000 Jews uprooted from the occupied West Bank but the largest settlement blocs built on Arab territory retained. ALL of the settlements built in occupied territory are illegal under international law.
04-28-06 - Colonizers Vandalise School Property in Tel Rumeida Colonizers from Beit Hadassa colony in Tel Rumeida on the outskirts of the old city of Hebron vandalized a school path at Qurtuba school which is used by local Palestinian children
04-28-06 - Chirac Seeks Fund to Pay Palestinians French President Jacques Chirac proposed on Friday the creation of a World Bank fund to pay the 165,000 Palestinian Authority employees living without wages since an international freeze on aid. The idea, intended to help needy Palestinians without rewarding their militant Hamas government, is part of quickening European efforts to solve the dilemma as the Palestinians' plight grows more dire
04-28-06 - McCain warns Russia, China on Iran A leading U.S. senator warned Russia and China on Friday of damage to their relationship with the United States if they refused to go along with sanctions against Iran.....He said that military action would be very complicated but the United States could not risk a nuclear Iran exterminating Israel.
04-28-06 - Hamas says in principle no problem with World Bank account "The Palestinians know who is behind the crisis. They know that Israel and the United States are behind the crisis. We believe the anger will be directed against Israel instead of the Palestinian government," he said.
04-28-06 - Israel vows 'swift' border work If he succeeds, tens of thousands of Jewish settlers will lose their homes and large areas of occupied Palestinian land will be annexed.
04-28-06 - CPT at-Tuwani update April 16-20, 2006 The villagers spoke about the
situation and the problems with settlers attacking Palestinians in the field
and the children from Tuba. They said that 'there was no problem having the
settlers live in Ma'on or in the treed outpost, but it was a problem when
the settlers attacked them and tried to take their land.'
04-28-06 - Nobel laureates to brainstorm world problems in Jordan The June 20-21 conference, the second of its kind, will discuss challenges to global security such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how the gathering can respond to humanitarian emergencies around the globe.
04-28-06 - Western powers seek broader role for Abbas's guard If expanded to 3,500 members, the presidential force would rival in size a new police force being set up by Hamas
04-28-06 - US reacts cautiously to French call for Palestinian aid
04-28-06 - Ferment Over 'The Israel Lobby' Some measure of Walt's exposure is financial. Bernard Steinberg, director of Harvard's Hillel center, brought this issue up unprompted to me: "I talked to someone in Harvard development and asked what the fallout had been, and he said, 'It's been seismic.'" .....The authors have gotten support from hundreds of e-mails, three-quarters of which congratulate them, Mearsheimer says
An excellent piece and a good look into the making of the Israeli lobby study by Walt and Mearsheimer, and the aftermath, by The Nation. A must read.
04-28-06 - Israeli military: Palestinians have smuggled Katyusha rockets into Gaza The official, speaking in halting English, initially said several dozen Katyushas have reached Gaza, but later said that he had meant to say "a few."....He cited the Katyushas as a possible reason for military action.
04-28-06 - Palestinian Trade Delegation Set To Arrive In Oman The visit aims to further enhance cooperation and partnership relations between the Sultanate and Palestine and to explore areas of joint investment.
04-28-06 - Israeli Arab sisters pioneer boxing in traditional Muslim town
04-28-06 - Hunger for Scripture
04-28-06 - U.N.: Israel ignores migrant queries Jorge Bustamante, the U.N. official who tracks the rights of migrant workers, said Israel never responds to his requests for information, Ha?aretz reported Friday.
04-28-06 - The United States, Israel, and the Possible Attack on Iran I disagree with the author's view that the US is encouraging Israel to attack Iran. IT's quite the other way around. Despite being critical of Israel, Zunes is known for his inability to lay blame at the foot of Israel for its part in the Iraq debacle and now this.
04-28-06 - Western siege of Palestinians fuels misery, anger
04-28-06 - Common Ground: The right of Palestinian return
04-28-06 - PALESTINIAN ANGLICAN PRIEST NAIM ATEEK TO RECEIVE EPISCOPAL PEACE FELLOWSHIP?S 2006 JOHN NEVIN SAYRE AWARD
04-28-06 - China, Russia top blacklist in annual US trade review In addition to China and Russia, the 11 other countries on this year's list are Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela.
04-28-06 - Professors bridge Mid-East divide
04-28-06 - Brandeis award to Kushner criticized The Zionist Organization of America criticized Brandeis University for giving playwright Tony Kushner an honorary doctorate. Kushner, who is Jewish, is a strident critic of Israel and Zionism.
04-28-06 - Palestine Israel and Me: a Power Play
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