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Saturday, June 10, 2006
06-09-06 - Death on the beach: seven Palestinians killed as Israeli shells hit family picnic The beach was packed with picnicking families enjoying the Muslim day of rest, and the explosions landed among them, scattering body parts along the dunes. Television footage showed a woman and a child laying dead on the sand, and another child screaming in agony while a lifeless man was carried away by an ambulance crew. This is nothing more than a(nother) provocation by the Israeli government at a critical time.
06-09-06 - Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Captain William L. McGonagle, US Navy Although severely wounded during the first air attack, Capt. McGonagle remained at his battle station on the badly damaged bridge and, with full knowledge of the seriousness of his wounds, subordinated his own welfare to the safety and survival of his command. Steadfastly refusing any treatment which would take him away from his post, he calmly continued to exercise firm command of his ship. Despite continuous exposure to fire, he maneuvered his ship, directed its defense, supervised the control of flooding and fire, and saw to the care of the casualties. Capt. McGonagle's extraordinary valor under these conditions inspired the surviving members of the Liberty's crew, many of them seriously wounded, to heroic efforts to overcome the battle damage and keep the ship afloat. Israel underestimated our guys. For it is their sheer heroism that prevented Israel from sinking that ship - which is what Israeli forces clearly sought to do. McGonagle and all those on board the USS Liberty : heroes.
06-09-06 - Hamas military wing calls off Israel truce The killings raised questions about whether Abbas would go ahead with referendum on establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel despite pleas from Hamas to hold off.
Abbas is eager to restart stalled peace talks with Israel, and on Saturday was expected to formally announce a July 31 date for the referendum.
First of all, the Israelis have been deliberately shelling civilians for weeks now. The resulting truce nullification by Hamas ensures that Israel will not have to negotiate with ANYONE in the Palestinian government. It also will render null the referendum that Abbas seeks to put forth.
06-09-06 - 15 Palestinians killed, dozens wounded in Israeli offensives on northern Gaza Israeli naval boats gunship fired three shells at the beach of the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 12 Palestinians and wounding fifty others, many of them are in serious conditions.
06-09-06 - Eyewitness: Gaza beach shelling One girl was just screaming, crying out for her father: 'Dad, my dad.' It was a terrible scene, with blood everywhere. We could see a gunship in middle of sea, so we knew what had happened.....I've heard people in the last few hours calling for revenge. If an attack happens inside Israel it will make them a little bit happy. It might also make them reject the referendum planned by (Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud) Abbas.
Read that last sentence again. Cui bono? Who does NOT want to negotiate with the Abbas or anyone in the PA?
06-09-06 - Gaza humanitarian situation 'deplorable and getting worse,' UN official warns "We urgently need to get the funding mechanism, promised by the Quartet a month ago, operational now," UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Director of Operations for Gaza John Ging said,
06-09-06 - A Thirst for West Bank Water Under Olmert's plan, Israel aims to keep the two main Palestinian West Bank aquifers: the lower Jordan River basin in the east, and the eastern mountain aquifer, trapped behind Israel's wall in the west.
06-09-06 - Abbas signs Palestinian referendum decree Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya has warned Mahmud Abbas that a referendum next month risked an historic split among the Palestinians as the president signed a decree for the ballot. This happened just hours before Israel's deadly shelling at the beach.
06-09-06 - Militants vow revenge after chief killed in Gaza raid Thousands of Palestinians have vowed to avenge the death in an Israeli air strike of a militant leader who served as an advisor to the Hamas government
06-09-06 - Palestinians Back Abbas, Demand Referendum Adults in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank support their president?s proposal to hold a territory-wide referendum over the recognition of Israel and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 borders, according to a poll by Near East Consulting. 76 per cent of respondents support Mahmoud Abbas? call.
06-09-06 - As gold rush ends, meltdown begins The attraction for the media has been the sight of thousands of desperate people selling their most prized possessions so they can buy food for their families
06-09-06 - Israeli attack on gaza beach an act of genocide - Abbas Abbas urged the international community to put an end to the Israeli aggression. He added that there is no reason for Israel to conduct such acts which caused chaos in the Gaza strip.
06-09-06 - LWR gives $50,000 for food, medical care for Palestinians In a news release issued today, Lutheran World Relief indicates it has given $50,000 through Action by Churches Together to help provide for food, health and education needs in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
06-09-06 - Lutheran World Relief Responding to Palestine Crisis In addition to support of the MECC/DSPR, LWR also continues to support Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, which serves patients regardless of race, gender, religious belief, nationality, ethnic origin or political persuasion, and has played an important role in responding to emergencies arising from the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
06-09-06 - Gaza's Dialysis Patients: Hostage to Politics
06-09-06 - Israeli PM says Palestinian referendum meaningless The Financial Times quoted Olmert as saying that the Palestinian leadership was not presently capable of negotiating on his plan to withdraw from part of the West Bank. After the day's events, Olmert has made sure that he has no Palestinian partner to negotiate with.
06-09-06 - Israel resumes shelling of Gaza strip Ramallah, June 9, (BNA) Israeli forces resumed this morning shelling of east and north of Gaza Strip.
Israeli tanks, positioned in the east and north peripheries of Gaza Strip, fired tens of missiles towards Palestinian houses in Al Shujai'a quarter in east Gaza and the towns of Bait Lahya, Hanoun, Shaikh Zayed and Tel al-Za'atar in the north. This story came out just hours before Israel's attack on the Gaza beach.
06-09-06 - DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE sends $80,000 to reduce suffering in the Palestinian Territories The funds will help Caritas Jerusalem - the Catholic aid agency working
in the Palestinian Territories - provide medical aid for 800 people, social
assistance for 1,000 people, and education and employment opportunities for
800 of the area's poorest residents
06-09-06 - U.S. calls for restraint after Israeli artillery fire kills Palestinian civilians STATE DEPARTMENT The U-S is calling on Israel and the Palestinians to show restraint following the deaths of seven Palestinian civilians on a beach by Israeli artillery fire.
06-09-06 - Israel pursues air strikes despite damage to Abbas
06-09-06 - Israeli PM to take borders plan to Europe Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert embarks on a charm offensive Monday in a bid to win British and French support for his unilateral project to redraw his country's borders with the Palestinians.
06-09-06 - Israeli support for West Bank pullout falls: poll
06-09-06 - 'MySpace' teen persuaded to leave Jordan A 16-year-old honor student from Michigan tricked her parents into getting her a passport and then flew off to the Mideast to be with a West Bank man she met on MySpace.com, authorities say.
06-09-06 - Palestinian Hamas denies statement mourning Zarqawi The ruling Palestinian faction Hamas on Friday denied issuing a statement mourning the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, but hailed him as a symbol of resistance to occupation.
06-09-06 - Al Qaeda's Zawahri condemns Palestinian referendum
06-09-06 - At-Tuwani Release: Villagers gather support demonstrating against low "security"
06-09-06 - Richard Perle reveals US War Plans in the Iran The love affair between Perle?s base in Likud on the hard line Israeli right and the neoconservatives of both US political parties is alive and kicking. Perle has long been associated with Likud that has been reduced to a weak rump huddling around Benjamin Netanyahu in the new Knesset. As a close associate of Netanyahu, Perle is seen as Likud?s top-ranking advocate in Europe and America with his tentacles into both political parties, the Bush White House, the Pentagon and many other leading institutions.
06-09-06 - House rejects cut in Egypt aid Others argue that Egypt has faithfully adhered to the 1978 Camp David peace treaties that launched the aid package. The amendment was defeated 225-198.
06-09-06 - Egypt says Israel disallows medical aid into Gaza Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population said that Israel disallowed Egyptian medical aid to pass through its checkpoint to reach the Gaza Strip on Thursday, reported the official MENA news agency.
06-09-06 - CAIR Condemns Israeli 'Massacre' of Palestinian Family
06-09-06 - Dozens of Israeli settlers wreak havoc on streets of Bethlehem District
06-09-06 - Christians in the Middle East face persecution, pushed to the periphery The local church faces draconian travel restrictions imposed by the Israeli government. This Easter, for example, only 1,000 permits were granted to Bethlehem?s 30,000 Christians to attend Easter services in Jerusalem, little more than five miles away.
06-09-06 - CPI-M wants India to build opinion on Palestinian aid
06-09-06 - Ambassador: Terror increased sympathy for Israel "Israel should take advantage of the potential held by economic and diplomatic relations with Europe. We are far from utilizing to the fullest the potential of nearing Europe on all areas, but I have no doubt that as time passes, Israel and Europe will become closer. We are discovering Europe and they are discovering us, and I have no doubt that this is good for the Israeli economy," he added.
06-09-06 - House approves aid for Israel The American Israel Public Affairs Committee praised passage of the bill.
06-09-06 - The AIPAC case goes wild Pro-Israelis hope AIPAC case is dismissed.
06-09-06 - Top Israeli press official speaks in Burlington James Brooks, a Burlington resident and representative for Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel who attended the lecture, said he sees more media bias against Palestine than against Israel.
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