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Friday, June 23, 2006
06-22-06 - Israel kills Palestinian security officer A Palestinian intelligence officer has been shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
06-22-06 - Hamas set to recognize Israel: Palestinian official
06-22-06 - UN Health Rights Expert criticizes donors for failing to fulfil their humanitarian responsibilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
06-22-06 - Gaza-Egypt border reopens after two days The monitors were finally able to travel to their jobs when the Israeli military opened the Kerem Shalom crossing to the EU representatives, and allowed an adjacent liaison office, which oversees Rafah, to reopen.
06-22-06 - Some Palestinians in West Bank get cash payments Nearly 29,000 Palestinian government workers in the West Bank will each receive about $300 under the partial payout, which started in the Gaza Strip on Monday, officials said. The payout in the West Bank totalled about $8.5 million.
06-22-06 - Olmert: Israeli lives worth more than Palestinian ones Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, expressed "deep regret" for army operations that have killed 14 Palestinian civilians in Gaza in just nine days but said the lives of Israeli citizens threatened by Qassam attacks were "even more important"......Almost three times as many Palestinian civilians have been killed in Gaza in the past nine days as Israeli civilians in Sderot killed by Qassam rockets in the past five years. This form of supremacy has been around since the beginnings of Zionism, when Zionist leaders advocated policies of ethnic cleansing even then.
06-22-06 - Palestinians in Jordan Valley feel strangled by Israel "Israel wants to cut off the Palestinians from all signs of life, especially from the commercial side," said Tamer Hamdan, a farmer who owns lands around the enclaved village and whose income depends on Nablus's market. "They want to force us to leave our land by cutting our sources of living." Thirty-five percent of Palestinian agricultural produce comes from the Jordan Valley, but Israeli restrictions mean farmers are often unable to reach the markets in Nablus and villages on time to sell their produce.
06-22-06 - Palestinians reach out for a lifeline Ahmad and many children like him who can be seen rummaging through garbage cans for metal, plastic and wood to be sold or discarded food, are part of a serious humanitarian crisis unfolding in the occupied Palestinian territory which affects the poorest sector of the population most heavily.
06-22-06 - Israeli inquiry into Gaza beach blast 'one-sided' The army also failed to answer questions raised more than a week ago by The Daily Telegraph concerning the "missing shell" - the one artillery round for which Israel cannot account.
06-22-06 - Donor freeze behind Palestinian health crisis: UN expert "Donors' actions have threatened the most vulnerable -- the sick, infirm, elderly, children, and pregnant women. In short, some donors have acted in breach of their responsibility to provide international health assistance."
06-22-06 - Israel to continue Gaza raids despite botched strikes Fourteen Palestinian civilians, including five children, have been killed in air strikes over Gaza in nine days
06-22-06 - Israeli police investigating contractors In December, an investigative report by another daily, Yediot Ahronot, alleged that a number of private Israeli companies won contracts to provide security services to the Kurdish government in Iraq. The report said Israelis who had served in elite military combat units were teaching anti-terrorism methods to the Kurds.
06-22-06 - Excerpts from Bush news conference We talked about Israel and Palestine. I assured the leaders here that my position is firm, and that is I envision two states living side by side in peace.
06-22-06 - Controversial Mideast play to be performed in NY The play was edited from Corrie's own words and includes stories from Corrie's childhood through her time in Gaza.
06-22-06 - Israeli firms probed for illegal dealings in Iraq: report Since 2004, Israeli firms operating in northern Iraq, including Michaels and Kodo, have been ordered to cease their activities because of threats of terrorism. It's been known for a while now that Israel has been helping to arm and train the Kurds of northern Iraq.
06-22-06 - Red Cross grants membership to Israel, Palestinians Jaafari questioned how the Red Crescent would actually be able to operate given Israeli restrictions on the movement of Palestinians.
06-22-06 - US and EU voice concern at Russia's policies They also noted that Russia's international policies too often ran contrary to theirs, citing the debate over sanctions against Iran, the question of dealing with the radical ruling Hamas movement in the Palestinian territories and Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko
06-22-06 - Olmert apologizes for civilian deaths Meanwhile, a family in Gaza buried the latest two civilian victims of Israeli airstrikes, receiving the bodies of Zakaria Ahmed, 45, and his pregnant sister, Fatma Abdel Khader, 35, at a neighbor's house because the family's home was too badly damaged. Yes, Israel is really sorry alright. Sorry that these killings make them look bad in the media.
06-22-06 - Pink Floyd star lambastes Israel barrier British rock musician and Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters spray-paints the words "No Thought Control" on a section of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank Wednesday. Waters wrote slogans on the wall in protest against the construction of the barrier, which Palestinians say is a land grab and Israel says is necessary for its security.
06-22-06 - Abbas, Olmert plan summit
06-22-06 - Germany grants EUR 20m to Palestinian fund
06-22-06 - More Funding Needed to Help Victims of Sexual Violence In another presentation, Feryal Thabet, of the Bureij Women's Health Center in Gaza, said the border closure with Israel and escalating conflict were causing a deterioration of women's health and an increase in violence against women. "More than one third of Palestinian pregnant women are anaemic,"
06-22-06 - IAF: Technical glitch behind Khan Younis tragedy Investigation reveals technical malfunction caused aircraft missile to stray from its course, kill innocent Palestinian brother, sister. Riiiight.
06-22-06 - Netanyahu: IDF has operational capability to wipe out all of Gaza
06-22-06 - U.S. revokes ?Jerusalem, Israel? from death report The U.S. Embassy in Israel reportedly revoked a death report for an American citizen that listed him as having died in "Jerusalem, Israel."
06-22-06 - International Benefit Concert for Palestine in London
06-22-06 - Israeli suppliers vie for PA payments The Israeli government decided last February to freeze all payments to the Palestinian government, but permitted the collection of debts from funds earmarked for the Palestinians. Following this decision, portions of PA-bound funds were allocated toward paying off the Israeli Electric Corporation, Mekorot (the Israeli National Water Company), hospitals, and oil companies. 'To hell with the starving Palestinians. Give us our money!'
06-22-06 - Report: Karni crossing operating far below potential The Karni crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel is, for all intents and purposes, closed to Palestinian merchandise from the Strip, despite pledges by Defense Minister Amir Peretz to keep it open as much as possible, according to a report by the Peres Center for Peace.
06-22-06 - United Church of Christ Leaders Release Statement on Presbyterian Church Decision to Modify Middle East Resolution Language
06-22-06 - Illinois, Israel sign cooperation agreement The agreement, signed by Chief Scientist Eli Opper and Illinois State Senator Jeffrey Schoenberg, comes during a week long visit to the country by an Illinois delegation aimed at encouraging Israeli homeland security companies to expand their operations in the US state The Israelization of America continues.
06-22-06 - Global Peace Project Launches at Pink Floyd Concert in Israel A global peace project called JAMOP (www.jamop.com) - Just A Minute of Peace, will be launched by Israel's David Broza and Palestinian Ebrahim Eid at a Pink Floyd concert taking place in Israel this evening, June 22, 2006.
06-22-06 - Study shows divide between Muslims, West "In the Western countries, the Muslims are to blame," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center. "In the Muslim countries and among Muslim minorities in Europe, the Western people are to blame."
06-22-06 - Pro-Israel Donors Rally For Joe, as Left Takes Aim Morris Amitay, founder of the pro-Israel Washington Political Action Committee said his committee already had donated the legal limit to the Lieberman campaign and would support him in the event of an independent candidacy. What a surprise?! Lieberman would appear to be a neocon.
06-22-06 - British Gas to resume talks with Israel on Gaza gas British Gas clinched a 20-year concession on the "Gaza Maritime" fields, in partnership with Consolidated Contractors Co (CCC), a firm owned by the powerful Palestinian families Khoury and Sabbagh.
06-22-06 - Surprise, Surprise: the Media Get the Presbyterian Israel Vote All Wrong* Israel's supporters are in effect praising a process that could still end investments in companies abetting Israel's occupation of the Palestinians.
06-22-06 - Abbas calls suicide bombings 'crime'
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