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Thursday, June 22, 2006


News for 06-21-06

06-21-06 - Israel missile kills two in Gaza On 13 June, eight civilians were killed in a similar attack. Israel is out of control.


06-21-06 - 2 killed in second botched Israeli strike


06-21-06 - Palestinian civilians killed in fresh Israel air strike Another 13 civilians were wounded, including five children


06-21-06 - Palestinian killed in fresh raid A Palestinian militant has been shot dead by Israeli troops during an overnight raid in the West Bank.


06-21-06 - Group says Israel ignored beach blast evidence The Human Rights Watch statement followed a report by Israeli television on Tuesday that said the delayed explosion of a dud Israeli shell might have killed the beachgoers.


06-21-06 - Gaza-Egypt border closed following Israeli security alert The Gaza Strip's sole gateway to the world that bypasses Israel was closed owing to an Israeli security alert stopping EU monitors from accessing the terminal. Seems Israel found a way to block the sole link to the outside world for Gazans.


06-21-06 - 1.4 million new paupers in the Palestinian territories in late three months, PCPS report says


06-21-06 - Israel to cooperate with Hamas-led Palestinian gov't on key issues


06-21-06 - OFID grants a US$3,000,000 for reduction of deprivation in Palestine The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) today approved a grant of US$3,000,000, under the umbrella of the Special Grant Account for Palestine in support of social development projects and services that are provided to the poorest and hardest hit Palestinian communities in the West Bank.


06-21-06 - On the national day of refugee : 4.26 million Palestinian refugee in the world


06-21-06 - Climbdown as Hamas agrees to Israeli state Hamas has made a major political climbdown by agreeing to sections of a document that recognise Israel's right to exist and a negotiated two-state solution, according to Palestinian leaders.


06-21-06 - Palestinians vow revenge for kids' deaths Samia al-Sharif, freshly dressed for a wedding, had slipped out of the house to buy her disabled aunt a sandwich when the missile exploded, sending a piece of shrapnel into her back with a force so great that it propelled her inside the sandwich shop, witnesses said....Just two weeks earlier, her parents had enrolled her in the first grade.


06-21-06 - New evidence raises questions about Israel's role in beach explosion medical logs, cell phone records and other evidence reviewed by Knight Ridder suggest that the explosion took place during the barrage and probably was due to an artillery round.


06-21-06 - Rights group says Israel beach death probe not credible Human Rights Watch said the army's conclusion that it was not responsible for the deaths was based "exclusively" on information gathered by the IDF and excluded all evidence gathered by other sources....The group said the army fired "more than 80 such shells in the area of the beach" on the morning of June 9.


06-21-06 - Olmert: Withdrawal a demographic necessity Olmert said his "realignment plan," under which isolated West Bank settlements will be removed while others are annexed, will spare Israel the threat of a growing Palestinian population within its borders.


06-21-06 - Play About Gaza Death to Reach New York the solo show about an American demonstrator for Palestinian rights who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip, has found another New York theater.


06-21-06 - Beckett condemns 'completely unacceptable' Gaza deaths We call on the Israeli authorities to respect their obligations under international law and ensure that civilians, particularly children, are not harmed.



06-21-06 - Jordan urges Nobel laureates to help create Palestinian state Peace between Palestinians and Israelis "will only come with a peacefully negotiated final settlement based on international law," King Abdullah II told Nobel prize-winners and celebrities at the World Heritage site of Petra.


06-21-06 - Quartet has three "windows" to aid Palestinians: diplomat


06-21-06 - Russia welcomes approval of mechanism of aid to Palestine


06-21-06 - Israel criticized over airstrikes "I think we have been doing the right thing, and will continue to do so," Israel's infrastructure minister, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, told Israel Radio. "This is war."


06-21-06 - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" star marks Israeli barrier "I've seen pictures of it, I've heard a lot about it but without being here you can't imagine how extraordinarily oppressive it is and how sad it is to see these people coming through these little holes," he added. "It's craziness."


06-21-06 - Presbyterian Church amends investment plan The statement approved 483-28 also urges an end to terror against both Israelis and Palestinians. It says a sovereign state has the right to protect its borders but said the present location of Israel's security wall "illegally encroaches into the Palestinian territory."


06-21-06 - Annan 'Deeply Deplores' Israel's Killing of Three Children in Gaza


06-21-06 - IDF issues international law handbook for combat officers Officers and commanders in combat units are to receive a handbook on international law and war crimes written by the Israel Defense Forces in order to instill in ground forces the importance of observing international conventions. A little late for that, isn't it?


06-21-06 - American-Israeli indicted for smuggling arms Seth, who recently immigrated to the Jewish state and moved to the radical Jewish settlement of Tapuah in the occupied West Bank, was arrested on June 8 after the weaponry was discovered.


06-21-06 - Dahlan to Haaretz: Olmert's unilateral withdrawal will increase violence Mohammed Dahlan, one of Fatah's leaders in the territories, warns that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's unilateral withdrawal plan in the West Bank will not solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and will only perpetuate the bloody cycle of violence.



06-21-06 - Edwards visits Israel Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, is considered a contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008. And as such, must make the necessary trip to Israel.


06-21-06 - Energy pact passes committee The bill would establish a $20 million annual grant program ? administered by the U.S. Department of Energy ? to fund joint ventures between U.S. and Israeli businesses and academics


06-21-06 - Time to go


06-21-06 - Bahrain pushes Palestine cause BAHRAIN plans to use its seat on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) to highlight the plight of the Palestinian people, according to Foreign Ministry Assistant Under-Secretary for Co-ordination and Follow-up Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.


06-21-06 - American Red Cross Welcomes Israel's Magen David Adom and Palestine Red Crescent Society to International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

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