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Tuesday, July 04, 2006


News for 07-03-06

07-03-06 - America needs another Independence Day


07-03-06 - Israeli airstrike kills one in Gaza - security An Israeli aircraft fired a missile into the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding two, Palestinian security sources said.


07-03-06 - Iran President slams UN over Mideast violence Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has slammed the United Nations for its slowness to act against violence in the Palestinian territories that followed the abduction of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants.


07-03-06 - Israel rejects soldier deadline


07-03-06 - Gaza families count the cost of Israeli siege On top of the house where Sadiqa Mughari, 66, her 78-year-old husband Rajab, their six sons and 48 grandchildren are all crammed in together, the black plastic water tanks have run dry.


07-03-06 - Israeli soldier's fate unknown as deadline passes


07-03-06 - Syria will move on crisis only if Israel holds fire


07-03-06 - Switzerland decries Gaza campaign Neutral Switzerland does not often venture into political controversy. But this statement is likely to cause some irritation in Israel and the United States.


07-03-06 - Israeli troops seize two from West Bank police post Israeli forces entered a police station in the West Bank city of Ramallah seizing two Palestinians suspected of involvement in killing a Jewish settler last week, according to residents.


07-03-06 - Palestinian cabinet urges militants to spare soldier


07-03-06 - Palestinians urge UN to stop Israel US Ambassador John Bolton is against another council meeting, saying the body had debated the crisis on Friday "and as of now, we don't see a point in meeting further." John Bolton - Israel's new ambassador to the UN.


07-03-06 - Health fears mount in Gaza - Power shortage may lead to crisis Since a US agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corp. , insures the plant for $48 million even for acts of war, US taxpayers could foot the bill.
A major stakeholder is Morganti, a Connecticut company launched by a Palestinian-born businessman. Rebuilding could be delayed under US laws preventing government money from aiding the Hamas government.




07-03-06 - Switzerland: Israel Violating Law in Gaza Switzerland accused Israel of violating international law in its Gaza offensive by inflicting heavy destruction and endangering civilians in acts of collective punishment banned under the Geneva Conventions.


07-03-06 - Russia vows to aid 'normalisation' in Gaza Strip crisis Unlike the West Russia does not consider Hamas a "terrorist" organization and several top Hamas leaders visited Moscow earlier this year at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin following the Hamas victory in Palestinian elections.


07-03-06 - Paletine gives Israel ultimatum: Free Palestinian prisoners


07-03-06 - Gaza trauma - What is the effect of endless air and shell bombardment on Palestinian children? * >>Watch the report



07-03-06 - Gaza voices: Monday Why is one Israeli worth more than thousands of Palestinians in Israeli jails? These people are fighting for their rights. This soldier came from France to fight Palestinians in Gaza......My sister returned from the US two weeks ago after finishing her masters. She says she's come from paradise to a prison.


07-03-06 - Pakistan to soon establish Israel ties Full diplomatic relations between Israel and Pakistan will be established in a short period of time, a group of Pakistani expatriates living in the US predicted last week during a visit to Jerusalem.


07-03-06 - Press warns Israel government


07-03-06 - Hamas parliament speaker slams Israeli 'stupidity' The speaker of the Hamas-dominated Palestinian parliament has condemned Israel's "stupidity" in arresting a third of the Hamas-led cabinet and rounding up Islamist MPs.


07-03-06 - Israel raids Hamas charities in West Bank


07-03-06 - Mubarak holds talks in Saudi on Mideast crisis Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks on the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in which Cairo is mediating.


07-03-06 - Indonesia may be ready to call off match against Israel "Seeing the current situation of military aggression by Israel attacks which are execrable and that the victims of its attacks are the civilian people of Palestine, we are reconsidering."


07-03-06 - Assad steps up support for Palestinians amid soldier crisis "Syria stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the Palestinian people in their crisis and faced with Israeli repression,"


07-03-06 - Palestinians fear the worst as Israel closes in on Gaza


07-03-06 - Palestinian poll: Faith in Hamas government is on the rise


07-03-06 - Terrorism in the Holy Land The first terrorist organizations in Palestine were Jewish or Arab? See if you can guess...


07-03-06 - Gaza destruction of property must stop


07-03-06 - Bedouin ask UN to help fight systemic discrimination in Israel The Bedouin sector is to submit a counter-report to the United Nations alongside the official state report on discrimination, as part of its demand that the international body help fight systemic discrimination against Bedouin in Israel.


07-03-06 - Israeli wall work destroying Bethlehem?s last forest


07-03-06 - Beit Ummar residents, internationals continue resistance to Israeli bulldozers


07-03-06 - U.S. envoy: Syria must arrest Meshaal John Bolton called on Syrian authorities to arrest Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal.


07-03-06 - Who Harasses the Christians? by Robert Novak The U.S. House of Representatives was pulled into this issue by Justus Reid Weiner, an Israeli lawyer with the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (headed by prominent hard-liner Dore Gold). Weiner, who long has blamed Christian misfortunes on the Palestinian Authority, contacted Ari Stein, a staffer in McCaul's congressional office. Stein in turn brought in Crowley, a prominent Democrat, through his staffer, Gregg Shelowitz.




07-03-06 - Interview: The View from Gaza City An insider's account of maneuvering through the various Palestinian factions amid the current crisis


07-03-06 - Iranian Jews oppose Gaza operation A statement published Sunday in the formal internet website of the Jewish community in Iran said that "the Jewish congregation in Iran censures the human rights violations of the Palestinians in the Gaza strip by the Zionists and is grieved by this occurrence."


07-03-06 - Mennonites concerned and active over Gaza The aid and development organization Mennonite Central Committee ? a North American peace church agency ? is closely monitoring the humanitarian consequences of the Israeli assault on Gaza, says the director of MCC's programme in the Middle East.


07-03-06 - Israeli military puts ordinary Gazans in a pinch "I don't like the government, but in these circumstances I will support it," said Areny, a member of Fatah, Hamas' rival. "I cannot stand with the Israelis against our people."


07-03-06 - Annan to Israel: Show restraint Kofi Annan called on Israel to refrain from attacks on Palestinian infrastructure and institutions.


07-03-06 - WCC Head Calls for 'Bold Action' to Halt Israel-Palestine Violence While Kobia recognized Israel's right "to ensure security for its citizens", he nevertheless called on the Israeli government "to refrain from using excessive military force and immediately open equitable negotiations to find a permanent solution through ending the illegal occupation and securing a just peace."



07-03-06 - Israeli escalation in Gaza 'unjustified': Jordan


07-03-06 - Press Gaggle by Tony Snow . We do not recognize the Hamas government, and also, we want to remind everybody that it is the responsibility of Hamas to return the Israeli soldier. That's how this all got started Sorry, Tony, that's NOT how this all started. Israel has been killing Palestinians -including civilians - for weeks if not months prior to the abduction of the soldier.


07-03-06 - Liberal Silence on Gaza It occurs to me watching the silence on the various liberal blogs that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the only subject about which liberals fear to comment.


07-03-06 - Arab legislators demonstrate in Israel Arab members of the Israeli parliament participated in a demonstration Monday calling for the release of recently detained Hamas leaders.



07-03-06 - A gift horse or a Trojan horse? Pro-Israel preacher goes a-lobbying "This organization is a sign of broad American support for the U.S.-Israel relationship," said Jennifer Cannata, a spokeswoman for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobby. ...."Let's understand, too, that the Israeli policy favored by CUFI and Pastor Hagee is rejected by people in Israel," Block said, referring to Hagee's opposition to withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. "Unlike AIPAC, it is not committed to supporting Israel's policies."


07-03-06 - Hundreds Rally for Palestine


07-03-06 - Palestinian health ministry accuses EU of interference He made the remarks after the EU sent letters to directors of hospitals in the Palestinian territories, asking them to provide public servants' information directly to the union so it could provide aid to them.

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