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Sunday, May 14, 2006


News for 05-13-06

05-13-06 - Protestors clash with soldiers in West Bank On Friday, 10 people were injured in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. An Australian activist was hospitalized after being shot in the head with a rubber bullet and an AFP photographer was shot in the hand.


05-13-06 - Police: Settlers who set caravan on fire knew guard was in it IDF sources said the settlers also beat a Palestinian guard who exited the caravan due to the fire. The guard ran to a nearby military checkpoint to report the incident.


05-13-06 - Hamas-led Cabinet Calls for Direct Talks with Jordan


05-13-06 - Palestinian Aide Appeals to Arab League


05-13-06 - India announces aid to Palestine The assistance will be primarily in the form of medicines and medical supplies as has been requested by the Hamas government in Palestine.


05-13-06 - Tel Aviv death toll rises to 10 An Israeli wounded in the April 17 suicide bombing of a Tel Aviv lunch stand died on Saturday.


05-13-06 - Hamas may talk to Israel to avert humanitarian crisis "We as an occupied people are ready to talk to all sides in order to receive aid," It's interesting to point out that the Iraqi people are not all held accountable by the United States for the actions of the 'insurgents' in their midst the way that Israel holds all Palestinians accountable for the actions of the militants or terrorists in their midst. Imagine if the United States cut off all aid, closed all borders to the Iraqi people as a way to stop the insurgency and starving all of the people in the process, the uproar?


05-13-06 - Nine Palestinians killed in the last week by Israeli forces; 24 injured


05-13-06 - Mubarak, Moroccan king urge renewal of Middle East peace process They also underlined their "rejection of unilateral solutions", an apparent reference to Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and its planned retreat from most of the West Bank.


05-13-06 - OPT: Profile of Nahalin Village - The West Bank Barrier update Feb 2006 Before 1948 the village comprised 23,000 dunums out of which 10,000 dunums were confiscated by military orders in the years thereafter. On 4,500 dunums court cases are currently ongoing.


05-13-06 - OPT: Profile of Al-Jab'a Village - The West Bank Barrier update Feb 2006 Before 1967 the village comprised 13,000 dunums out of which 8,000 dunums were confiscated by military orders in the years thereafter. On 2,000 dunums a court case is still ongoing.


05-13-06 - Call a spade a spade


05-13-06 - Arabs 'still discussing' funds for Palestinians Under US law, any foreign bank that refuses to cooperate with the United States in cutting off funding to Hamas risks having its US assets frozen and its access to US financial markets denied.


05-13-06 - Lebanon hosts first PLO representative in 13 years A new representative of the Palestine Liberation Organisation presented his credentials to President Emile Lahoud, becoming the PLO's first envoy to Lebanon in 13 years


05-13-06 - Hamas minister meets Norwegian foreign ministry official


05-13-06 - Israel discovers suicide bomb belt in West Bank


05-13-06 - Arms smuggling dispute between Hamas, Jordan aggravates


05-13-06 - Jewish newspaper begins Christian edition in Israel with support from Evangelicals The relationship between Jews and evangelicals has grown stronger in recent years, since the latest Palestinian uprising. For example, in April 2002, President Bush called on Israel to withdraw its tanks from Palestinian towns on the West Bank. The Rev. Jerry Falwell protested to the White House, followed by 100,000 e-mails from Christian conservatives. Israel did not move its tanks, and Bush did not ask again


05-13-06 - Court to rule on Citizenship Law appeal


05-13-06 - Palestinian interior ministry calls for closure of training camps


05-13-06 - Israeli envoy rebukes Canada's Arbour Arbour called on Israel and the Palestinians to respect international law and not target each other's civilian populations.


05-13-06 - Rights group praises Syria


05-13-06 - Israel's Mossad remains in charge of Iran nuclear file: report In December, Dagan, 60, predicted Iran would be able to manufacture a nuclear bomb within one to two years.


05-13-06 - Putin to host Abbas next week


05-13-06 - A Palestinian university rises from the rubble of a former Israeli settlement


05-13-06 - Let's boycott the universities On these immoral and illegal acts, Israeli academics as a community - with some brave exceptions - are at best silent and at worst open in their advocacy. Some speak of the Palestinians as representing a "demographic problem"; others indulge in racist hate-speech that in Britain would merit prosecution under race relations legislation, yet are protected in Israel by their institutions.


05-13-06 - Israel village tries to breach barrier with Palestinians


05-13-06 - Israel, Turkey plan pipeline project Israel and Turkey are negotiating the construction of a giant energy and water project that will transport water, electricity, natural gas and oil via underwater pipelines to Israel, Jerusalem Post reported on Friday.


05-13-06 - Hamas and Israel's "Right to Exist" recognizing Israel's "right to exist" could be construed to mean that Israel has a "right to exist" within whatever borders it chooses in coming years.



05-13-06 - Palestinians deserve humanitarian aid While the bill, "The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006," is purported to be a way of keeping funds out of the hands of Hamas, the fact is that U.S. aid has been channeled to non-governmental organizations and independent contractors in the West bank and Gaza for years. So the funds wouldn't be going to the Palestinian Authority anyway.


05-13-06 - Vilsack to arrive in Israel Sunday The six-day tour of the region, including Jerusalem, was arranged and paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, a group affiliated with the politically powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC.


05-13-06 - SHOOTING FROM THE LIP The play has been controversial and due to its political nature its US premier was "indefinitely postponed".


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