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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
05-16-06 - Assailants kill Hamas militant, gunmen raid Gaza firm Unknown assailants killed a senior Hamas activist in Gaza on Tuesday, medics and a security source said, and gunmen stormed the offices of the only Palestinian cellular provider amid growing chaos in the coastal strip.
05-16-06 - Palestinians Hunker Down As Cash Runs Out He's overdrawn at the bank, owes $400 to the grocery, can no longer afford baby formula for his youngest and is trying to sell his 16-year-old car for half its value to raise cash for food. After two months without his government salary, Abdel Hakim Abu Samra, 47, is fast running out of options
05-16-06 - Urgent Press Conference on State of the Palestinian Health System On Wednesday, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel will host an urgent press conference, during which it will present new and updated information regarding the current status of the health system, which continues to deteriorate.
05-16-06 - Carter denounces Israel's new plan to redraw border Former president Jimmy Carter has denounced plans by Israel's new prime minister to unilaterally establish the geographical boundaries of the Jewish state, saying that such a move would be in violation of international accords. The French news wire, AFP, picked up this story - now will the others (AP, Reuters)?
05-16-06 - Palestinian PM urges Arab banks to help transfer aid
05-16-06 - Palestinian anger rising, Abbas warns "Life will be frozen and there will be an explosion of anger and this would lead to a chaotic situation of which we cannot foresee the results,"
05-16-06 - Abbas Urges EU to Give Hamas a Chance Abbas said the cuts had left the Palestinians facing a "humanitarian catastrophe."
05-16-06 - Hamas debating shift in stance to ease pressure Despite a public vow by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh not to make any concessions, Hamas officials said on Tuesday that some members of the group were weighing what political benefits might be reaped by softening its position and what would be the best timing for proposing any political changes.
05-16-06 - US tells Israel not to request funds The United States and Israel are still discussing a reduced aid package that would help fund economic development in the Negev and Galilee after Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last year. The funding, which has been put on hold in the wake of the devastating damage caused by a hurricane that struck the US Gulf Coast last year, was originally slated to be $2 billion, and was intended to cover part of the cost of the disengagement, but has since been reduced to $1.2 billion, with the money geared exclusively for the development of the Negev and the Galilee.
And Palestinians continue to starve.
05-16-06 - Palestinian TV protests over parliament blackout Palestinian state television filed a complaint against parliament speaker Aziz al-Dweik after cameramen were ordered to stop filming a special session of the Ramallah-based chamber.
05-16-06 - Hamas praises EU's "fairness" towards Palestinians
05-16-06 - Israel to axe six West Bank outposts before US summit
05-16-06 - Japan assures Egypt it will aid Palestinians
05-16-06 - Pakistan says Hamas election win must be respected
05-16-06 - Egypt FM calls for peaceful resolution of Iran nuclear row He said Egypt wanted a nuclear-free region -- a reference to Israel which is widely suspected of possessing but has never acknowledged a nuclear arsenal
05-16-06 - Israeli army arrests PA security officer in Bethlehem
05-16-06 - Politician against U.S. money for withdrawal "It is absurd that the American taxpayers should fund a plan that will ethnically cleanse an area of Jews by expelling tens of thousands of Jews from their homes," It was equally absurd for American taxpayers to pay for these folks to settle there in the first place - which was a violation of international law.
05-16-06 - US restores aid to Palestinian hospitals But the aid programme has been only partly restored and Liz Sime, a director of Care International, the group that delivers supplies, called for a full return of the programme.
05-16-06 - Palestinians Wary of Haniyeh's Financial Policies
05-16-06 - Israeli bank decides to cut ties with Palestinian banks Israel Discount Bank announced on Tuesday that it would cut all ties with Palestinian banks by November, local newspaper Ha'aretz reported on its website.
05-16-06 - As neighbors break apart, one faces economic disaster "Palestinians really tried hard to achieve economic development in the 1980s," he said. "But it reached a point where development under occupation is really an illusion."
05-16-06 - Hebron: Israelis show solidarity with Palestinians Descendents of Jews killed in 1929 Hebron massacre visit city to tell settlers 'you have no legitimacy to act in our names, harass local Palestinian population'
05-16-06 - Rice names anti-Semitism adviser The US is now the anti-Semitism police for the world. And only anti-Semitism? What about anti-Christianity?
05-16-06 - Azeris to open Israel Embassy ?shortly? Yevda Abramov told Baku Today that the issue was raised last month when Azeri President Ilham Aliyev visited Washington and met with Jewish leaders. And here's why.
05-16-06 - Financial Times Will Publish Special Report on Investing in Israel After suffering a three-year recession following the start of the Palestinian uprising in 2000 and the bursting of the global hi-tech bubble, Israel's economy has been on an upward track since 2004 Israel enjoys great prosperity.
05-16-06 - Overseas pro-Israel students revel in American attitudes at forum "Having senators, congressmen and the president- all these really significant and important leaders of your country - backing Israel and talking about how important it is for Israel to be secure was amazing," They have the Israeli lobby to thank for that.
05-16-06 - Moss puckers up with Jemima Khan for Palestinian kids
05-16-06 - Purpose found in plight of Palestinians When Furui was learning photography, she went to see a photo exhibition on Palestinian children. It sparked a keen interest in Palestinians and the loss of their homes after Israel was founded in 1948, the year Furui was born.
05-16-06 - I call it an apartheid state
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