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Saturday, May 20, 2006


News for 05-19-06

05-19-06 - Food Aid From Turkey To Palestine


05-19-06 - Israeli FM to meet with Abbas in Egypt


05-19-06 - Some 20 protesters hurt during anti-fence rally in Bil'in


05-19-06 - Abbas Orders Inquiry Into Cash Smuggling Hamas demanded that the money - all in 500-euro bills - be returned, saying private donors abroad intended it for Gaza's poor. The alleged smuggler, Hamas spokesman Abu Zuhri, "resorted to this way ... when all other ways were blocked," said government official Ghazi Hamad.


05-19-06 - Lebanese soldier dies after clashes with Palestinians


05-19-06 - Captain H. 'unconcerned' about charges in UK But the Miller family refuses to back down. The victim?s family has already sued Israel for the killing, and a few days ago they met with Britain?s new Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett and asked her to press Israel to indict those responsible for Miller?s death. His widow, Sophie Miller, said that Beckett promised to renew pressures on Israel in the matter.


05-19-06 - EU states split over Palestinian aid plan


05-19-06 - Villagers fight West Bank Barrier According to Abdullah Abu Rahma, 35, the organiser of the weekly protest, the barrier annexes about 60% of the village's land, cutting farmers off from their fields, making it almost impossible to make a living.


05-19-06 - BG drops natural gas sale plan to Israel British Gas has no intention of selling natural gas to Israel and instead will use gas from its wells off the Gaza coast for the more lucrative liquefied natural gas market, BG said yesterday.



05-19-06 - Israel and U.S. at odds over nuclear treaty proposal Although Washington sent messages to Israel assuring it that it has nothing to fear from the treaty, Jerusalem is worried by any move that might erode its policy of nuclear ambiguity and generate future pressures on it over its nuclear program. As a result, Israel made a last-minute effort to persuade the U.S. not to submit the draft for discussion


05-19-06 - US fumes as Iraq backs Israel boycott The US-backed Iraqi government sent an official representative to this week's meeting of the Arab League Boycott Office in Damascus, The Jerusalem Post has learned, prompting criticism from members of Congress Members of Congress? Who are they representing here - the America people or the Israeli government?


05-19-06 - British Gas departure could cost economy billions of dollars In an exclusive interview with TheMarker, Shaw said that the prices the state presented to the company did not come close to making it worthwhile to implement the project.


05-19-06 - King Abdullah sends letter to President Bush His Majesty also underlined the importance of addressing the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories and the urgency of establishing an effective mechanism to channel the assistance needed to maintain the functioning of vital structures for humanitarian services in the Palestinian territories


05-19-06 - Israel carried out nuclear test in 1979 Prepared for the White House in December 1979, it said Israel and South Africa, then under apartheid rule, were cooperating on military issues, including nuclear research.


05-19-06 - British professor refuses request to write article for Israeli journal


05-19-06 - Red Cross Red Crescent responds to deteriorating Palestinian humanitarian situation


05-19-06 - Barakeh to PA: Don?t surrender Right of Return


05-19-06 - Savage: "Jimmy Carter is like Hitler" Summary: On his radio show, Michael Savage declared that former President Jimmy Carter is a "Jew-hater" and a "war criminal" who "is like Hitler" because of his criticism of Israeli policies in the West Bank. Savage also called Carter a "communist, anti-American, anti-Semitic bastard." Is there any doubt left that Michael Weiner Savage is an Israel-firster? I've read all of the latest articles by Carter with regard to Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. Savage has only the interests of Israel at heart, never does he mention the Israeli lobby's control over the US government in any of his radio broadcasts; a big problem here in the US. Boycott this man.


05-19-06 - Congresswoman cuts off AIPAC A congresswoman says the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is unwelcome in her office until it apologizes for an activist who called her a terrorist supporter.


05-19-06 - U.S.: Saudis not boycotting Israel The United States sought and received assurances from Saudi Arabia that it?s not observing the Arab boycott of Israel.
Oh thank God. I can sleep better at night knowing that this matter of American national security has been addressed. Mmm k.


05-19-06 - State: Egypt deserves aid Egypt deserves to maintain current levels of U.S. aid because of the role it plays in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the U.S. State Department said.


05-19-06 - Israel disinvestment forum set in Walnut Creek "The forum is meant to send a political message to the Israeli government that the occupation should be ended,"


05-19-06 - Saud Satisfied With Bush Mideast Push


05-19-06 - What right does Israel have to exist? the world hasn?t seen one UN resolution concerning Israel enforced by the UN or the international community. America specifically refers to ?countless? UN resolutions Iraq refused to comply with as a major reason to invade in 2003. If America were to invade Iraq on this reasoning, one would think they would at least attempt to enforce the UN resolutions pertaining to Israel.


05-19-06 - Swedish Prime Minister Rejects Israeli Criticism


05-19-06 - On Late Style By Edward W Said


05-19-06 - New flick focuses on Israel's 'apartheid' The film documents the establishment of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land, and the growth of this phenomenon during each Israeli prime minister's tenure. It also looks at the impact of the settlements on the peace process from a Palestinian point of view.


05-19-06 - Israeli plants Palestinian flag on Mt. Everest


05-19-06 - MARCHERS AIM TO PROMOTE RESPECT IN MIDDLE EAST


05-19-06 - Officials: Israel-Italy love affair over A woman who accompanied the new Italian foreign minister during his visit to Jerusalem in 1999 said that upon his arrival she greeted him by saying "welcome to Israel," to which he responded, "welcome to Palestine."

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