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Monday, June 12, 2006


News for 06-11-06

06-11-06 - Palestinian man killed in West Bank shooting The victims were identified as Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem, who were traveling in a car at the moment.


06-11-06 - Three Palestinian militants die as rocket attacks escalate


06-11-06 - Settler opens fire at workers in Hebron, one resident seriously injured The settler, from Susia settlement outpost, opened fire at six workers as they were heading back home from work.


06-11-06 - Palestinian firm to distribute food coupons One of the biggest Palestinian companies said yesterday that it would distribute food coupons worth 500 shekels ($112) to 40,000 government workers who have not received salaries since Hamas came to power.


06-11-06 - Army fires a missile near the American School, north of Gaza Palestinian sources in Gaza reported that the Israeli air-force fired one missile, on Friday at dawn, at an area close to the American School, north of Gaza city, causing damage to the building., no injuries were reported.


06-11-06 - Abbas orders three-day mourning in territories


06-11-06 - Zayed Foundation earmarks Dh22 million for Palestinians


06-11-06 - Grassroots: New Land Seizures in Tulkarem and Qalqiliya Squeeze Palestinians in Ghettos In Tulkarem Occupation Soldiers handed out seizure orders for 587 dunums of land planted with almonds and olive trees. The dispossession will hit Palestinian farmers from Fira'un, Iras and Taybeh


06-11-06 - Troops uproot dozens of olive treas south of Qalqilia Israeli military bulldozers uprooted on Saturday morning dozens of olive treas that belong to the sons of Mahmoud Hussein Al Sheikh, from Snieria village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The treas were uprooted in preparation to pave a settlement road in the area.



06-11-06 - Israeli missile strikes draw wide criticism Elsewhere in the Middle East, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora warned that verbal condemnation was not sufficient "in the face of continuing Israeli barbarism."


06-11-06 - Hamas to boycott referendum on recognition of Israel


06-11-06 - Hamas to challenge Abbas referendum in parliament


06-11-06 - Palestinian survivor, 8, describes seeing relatives 'without faces' Huda's brother Ayham, 20, greeted visitors somberly and quietly, and he spoke of his family. His father, Ali, 45, a farmer of tomatoes, had taken his two wives and their children to the beach as a reward for the children's successful completion of their school year. Hadeel just finished second grade.


06-11-06 - US, EU spar over Palestinian aid plan - diplomats The trans-Atlantic dispute could further delay the launch of an aid mechanism proposed a month ago by the Quartet, which is composed of the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.


06-11-06 - Israeli forces invade Bethlehem, arrest two Palestinians, naked and blindfolded This is also the area where the Israeli military has built the Wall and confiscated hundreds of dunams of land for a Synagogue, a Yeshiva and another settlement, according to Bethlehem?s Mayor.


06-11-06 - Bomb blast at Palestinian official's house


06-11-06 - Lutheran World Relief Responding to Palestine Crisis Lutheran World Relief this week gave $50,000 to the global aid alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) to provide supplementary food support and health and education services to families in the Gaza Strip and West Bank areas affected by the blockage of international funds to the Palestinian Authority.


06-11-06 - Gaza victims fight for life in Israeli hospitals


06-11-06 - Palestinian strongman heads back to school


06-11-06 - Google 'spying' on IDF Google Earth now offering detailed photos of sensitive military facilities in Israel in 1996 Congress approved a law stating that US commercial companies must apply for a special permit before selling such high-resolution images of Israel.


06-11-06 - Israel: Final peace talks unrealistic Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Sunday that Israel wants to negotiate with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but insisted it's "not realistic" to pursue a final peace deal with him while the Hamas militants controlling the Palestinian government refuse to moderate.


06-11-06 - Fatah rebukes Zawahiri for urging Palestinians to reject referendum


06-11-06 - Israel's Air Strikes on Gaza are Politically Motivated


06-11-06 - Israel's Olmert eyes Europe support on Hamas, Iran


06-11-06 - Israeli PM expresses confidence in army "I reject any attempt to question its (IDF) morality. The army has never made it its strategy to target civilians, and this is also true today," I beg to differ. And again.


06-11-06 - Hebron Villagers Continue Non-violent Action Against Road Wall


06-11-06 - New lessons from the Six-Day War Multiple U.S. and British spy agencies indicated the Israeli numbers of 100,000 Egyptian troops were highly inflated. The CIA, in a May 22 memorandum, declared Egyptian troop strength at 50,000 men, and characterized Nasser's Sinai forces as "defensive in character." Rostow called the Israeli estimates "highly disturbing," and the CIA concluded that they were part of a "political gambit intended to influence the U.S." Israel, according to this CIA assessment, wanted the United States to pressure Nasser into ending his blockade of the Straits of Tiran, or alternately, for the Americans to send more military hardware to Israel or allow Israel to take matters into its own hands.


06-11-06 - US backs Israel's right to kill children


06-11-06 - President Receives Phone Call from Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs The President stressed on the necessity to provide assistance to the Palestinian people, in these hard circumstances due to suspension of international aid.



06-11-06 - Three-way war threatens Gaza


06-11-06 - Analysis: Losing the propaganda war Israelis have been deliberately shelling Palestinian civilians (resulting in some fatalities) for the past few months now. That we are all to believe that this was done by a Palestinian, and that the author of this article laments the loss by Israel of the 'propaganda war' is further evidence of the outright moral bankruptcy of elements in that nation.


06-11-06 - China condemns Israeli attack on Gaza, FM spokesman


06-11-06 - Gaza beach blast may have "internal Palestinian cause": Israeli DM THe Israelis to this day are still trying to exonerate themselves from the Mohammed al-durrah incident. So, this latest attempt to point the finger at someone else - which the Israeli government has a history of doing - has become the expected outcome of years of "accidents and "tragic mistakes".


06-11-06 - Errant Shell Turns Girl Into Palestinian Icon Less than eighteen months ago, four of Ms. Ghaben's sons and her grandson were killed by Israeli shelling on the Beit Lahiya strawberry field adjacent to their house. "I am the mother of the strawberry martyrs and the sister and aunt of the beach martyrs," she said. "Only God knows what will come next." "Errant shell" my ass.


06-11-06 - Israel asks 15 Japanese to attend court over fatal sea collision The Israeli container ship, the 41,507-ton Zim Asia, collided with and capsized the 19-ton Japanese saury fishing vessel Shinsei Maru No. 3 on Sept. 28 off the eastern Hokkaido city of Nemuro. Seven Japanese fishermen were killed in the accident, with Fujisato the only survivor.


06-11-06 - Iran team face mass protest Senior politicians, Jewish groups and a prominent German TV host will join a demonstration today in Nuremberg hours before Iran play their opening match of the tournament against Mexico in the city


06-11-06 - Anti-terror measures spawn courtroom secrecy Witnesses used false names, the public was barred from the courtroom and part of the hearing was held in the judge's chambers - with defence lawyers shut out.


06-11-06 - Meet the World's Youngest Queen She's smart, beautiful and royal?the world's youngest queen. And the grandmother of nine who made presidential history. Queen Rania, born to Palestinian parents in Kuwait, was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show that aired May 17th of this year. There is a small clip of her on this page from that show.


06-11-06 - See what a day is like for the modern women of Amman, Jordan. To understand what life is like for the women in Rania's kingdom, The Oprah Show spent a day with a few women in Amman, the capital city of Jordan.
To watch this interesting and insightful footage that was featured on the Oprah show, click the link of the same title that is on the page.


06-11-06 - Al-Zarqawi's Death: Israel's Cover


06-11-06 - Filmmaker: Israel regime like East German Stasi For Sivan, this film is an allegory about Israel. ?In the Stasi the terror and intimidation of the populace were done in the name of the law,? says Sivan. ?The idea in the film is to show how evil in East Germany, as in Israel, was mainstream. Evil was justified there, as was the soldier, who justifies his actions with obedience to the law, in acting for the state and security.?


06-11-06 - Director retraces footsteps of Palestinian thinker in new documentary "Out of Place," by veteran Japanese director Makoto Sato -- which retraces the late professor's steps through Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank, Egypt, and the United States -- is as much about Said's life as it is about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

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