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Wednesday, June 07, 2006


News for 06-06-06

06-06-06 - It was June 8, 1967 a day 34 American sailors were killed and scores more injured.



06-06-06 - The Persecution of the Palestinians Donation information included on page.


06-06-06 - Israeli helicopters strike on Gaza City There were no reports of casualties in the air strike that targeted the camp for second time in two months.


06-06-06 - Abbas extends Hamas deadline on Israel Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stepped back from a political showdown with his Hamas rivals, giving the Islamic militants several days to recognize Israel or face the voters in a referendum on the idea.


06-06-06 - Israel accuses Hamas of directly involving in Tuesday's Qassam attacks Israel's defense establishment on Tuesday accused Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) of directly involving in the Qassam attacks on Israel's southern city of Sderot earlier in the day, which lightly wounded a woman.


06-06-06 - Jordan to prod Olmert to resume peace talks


06-06-06 - Abbas delays referendum over two-state proposal "The referendum idea originated in the United States. The US said that this government must collapse within three months. They wanted to show a semi-democratic means to collapse the government because people didn't rise up against the government and supported it with money and endurance."


06-06-06 - Pro-Israel group pushes tough U.S. policy on Iran In a letter to supporters this week, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee requested contributions to build support for a proposed law tightening U.S. sanctions on Iran. American foreign policy in the Middle East brought to you by the Israeli lobby - whose primary interest is Israel PERIOD.


06-06-06 - Construction of new settlement begins At Maskiot in the Jordan Valley, bulldozers have cleared the top of a hill and work crews have laid foundations for four houses. New trees have been planted on the edges of the settlement. Say, I wonder how they acquired this land in the Jordan Valley?


06-06-06 - Israel carped for human trafficking Between 1,000 and 3,000 foreign women work as prostitutes and as many as 20,000 foreigners are subjected to forced labor in Israel, the report said, citing independent groups


06-06-06 - US welcomes Abbas referendum proposal


06-06-06 - Shrinking Dead Sea faces fight to survive The Dead Sea has fallen over 20 metres (66 ft) in the past 100 years and is now losing about one metre each year.


06-06-06 - US Jewish group urges tough German stance on Ahmadinejad's World Cup plans A leading US Jewish group has written to German Chancellor Angela Merkel urging her to take a tough stance against any plans by football-mad Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend the World Cup.


06-06-06 - U.S.-born Israeli soldier found dead An Israeli soldier who recently emigrated from the United States was found dead in a West Bank mosque Tuesday, where he apparently committed suicide after shooting at the walls of the empty building with his M-16 assault rifle.


06-06-06 - Senators seek answers in probe of reporter Anderson's son said the FBI contacted his mother shortly after his father's funeral, expressing interest in documents that would aid the government's case against two former lobbyists for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who have been charged with disclosing classified information.


06-06-06 - Israeli police reveal international prostitution ring, arrest three The discovery of the ring on Monday came the same day the U.S. State Department issued a report on human trafficking that blamed Israel for not doing enough to stop it What a coincidence!


06-06-06 - Lebanese minister: expelled Palestinian workers must go back Lebanese Minister of Sociaal Affairs and Labor Trad Hamadeh said Tuesday that Palestinian workers who have been expelled from the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) must go back to their homes and land


06-06-06 - No suspects held yet in attack on Arab youths In the three months since Mohammed and Jalal Tawili were brutally attacked by a gang of youths in Kiryat Yam, the police is apparently still at a loss and no suspects have been brought before a court in relation to this case.


06-06-06 - Checkpoint witnesses "Often I feel we do so little," sighs Lourenco as the car pulls back into Tel Aviv's rush-hour traffic. "But I cannot live in Israel and remain silent. We show a peace-loving face to Palestinians who see no other Israelis but soldiers and settlers." And although she says she finds her task increasingly difficult, she knows that her presence at checkpoints makes a difference. "You should see the Palestinian women's eyes light up when we catch their eyes. I couldn't stop now."


06-06-06 - A vote for Palestinian unity


06-06-06 - PLO backs referendum on Palestinian statehood plan


06-06-06 - U.N. asks Israel to stop making nukes A U.N. commission recommended that Israel refrain from manufacturing any more nuclear weapons as a step to a nuclear-free Middle East


06-06-06 - Justice Dept. criticized over AIPAC case The department is basing its classified information leak case against Steve Rosen, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee?s former foreign policy director, and Keith Weissman, its former Iran analyst, on a 1917 statute that criminalizes the receipt of classified information.
The Justice Department should use any means at its disposal to make sure that America's national interest is not being jeopardized by the agents of a foreign lobby.


06-06-06 - President Abbas Receives Chinese Representative to PNA


06-06-06 - Israeli DM vows tough response to Palestinian rocket attacks


06-06-06 - ?Hamas smuggled cash to pay salaries? "It is our right to bring money in any way. Do you want us to die? Do you want our children to be hungry for bread and milk?"


06-06-06 - HomelandDefenseStocks.com Announces New Featured Security Company, TraceGuard Technologies Inc., Targeting Airports and Border Crossings With Trace Extraction and Collection Systems TraceGuard Technologies is currently developing a portfolio of trace extraction and collection systems: CarrySafe, HoldSafe and CargoSafe at its new R & D center in Petach Tikva, Israel. The systems are designed to be used in screening methods for identifying drugs, explosive and biological threats at airports, border crossings and ports and can be integrated into existing systems.


06-06-06 - PBS Home Video and Paramount Home Entertainment Present Seven Acclaimed Frontline Programs Looking for Answers (2001)

Attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon were history's most devastating terrorist assault and the worst failure of U.S. intelligence in 60 years. "Frontline" correspondent Lowell Bergman and The New York Times investigate CIA and FBI failure to uncover the hijackers' plot. The segment examines hatred for America among Muslim fundamentalists, fueled by U.S. support for Israel and authoritarian Middle East regimes. Anchored by Bill Moyers.


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