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Friday, July 21, 2006


News for 07-20-06

07-20-06 - Palestinian killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza One Palestinian has killed and three others critically wounded when an Israeli tank fired a shell in the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, medical sources said.


07-20-06 - Four Palestinians killed as Israel warns Gaza civilians A 16-year-old boy died after being shot through the heart and a national security officer was killed by Israeli fire and tank shelling in the Maghazi refugee camp, where ground troops have been operating for two days.


07-20-06 - Israeli shelling kills 5 in Gaza: medics Israeli shelling against Gaza City killed five Palestinians including a Hamas militant on Friday, sources in the governing Islamic group and medics told Reuters.


07-20-06 - Israeli shells hit UN posts in Lebanon, no one hurt


07-20-06 - Iran present at North Korea missile launch: US


07-20-06 - Charities warn of nightmare scene for Lebanese children, displaced Jan Egeland, the United Nations' emergency relief co-ordinator, told BBC radio that nearly 500,000 people were fleeing Lebanon, a third of them youngsters.


07-20-06 - Fox News analyst compares Israelis to Nazis


07-20-06 - CAIR Seeks Reports of Americans Killed, Injured In Lebanon "We need to know whether any of our nation's citizens or permanent residents were harmed by Israeli attacks using American taxpayer-supplied weapons,"


07-20-06 - US to send Rice to Mideast soon, but no ceasefire call The United States announced that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will go to the Middle East as early as next week to press for a political solution to the crisis there, but it is still not supporting a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah


07-20-06 - Lebanese left behind by evacuations feel abandoned "Even after our long war, we are being ignored again by the international community and I have lost faith in humanity. I realise that we mean nothing to them, just nothing."


07-20-06 - Calls mount for Lebanon ceasefire to avert humanitarian 'catastrophe' International appeals have mounted for a rapid ceasefire in Lebanon, with Russia warning of a "humanitarian catastrophe" in the making and the UN Security Council set to meet to etch a way forward.


07-20-06 - Marines help Americans flee Israel's war in Lebanon It was the U.S. military's first return to Lebanon since it withdrew in 1984, months after a Shi'ite Muslim suicide bomber destroyed a Marine barracks killing 241 U.S. service personnel


07-20-06 - We'll bomb civilian homes, says Israeli army Israeli military officials have said the army will start attacking homes in civilian areas of the Gaza Strip where weapons are secretly stored. Start?


07-20-06 - Lebanese Army may join forces with Hizbullah The Lebanese Minister of Defense warned Israel Thursday that if IDF ground forces are sent into southern Lebanon, Lebanese troops will fight along with the Hizbullah against Israel.


07-20-06 - Wondering who the terrorists are...


07-20-06 - IDF: Mossad "has significantly infiltrated Hizbullah" IDF officials told Ynet that dozens of Air Force fighter jets participated in the massive air strike on a south Beirut target, acting on IDF intelligence.


07-20-06 - Lebanese police officers carry an elderly American citizen on a wheelchair to USS Nashville's landing craft on as it evacuates stranded American citizens from the beach north of Beirut, Lebanon


07-20-06 - US Marines help bring evacuees on board a LCU (Landing Craft Utility) from a beach in Beirut, Lebanon


07-20-06 - House overwhelmingly backs Israel in vote


07-20-06 - Russia criticizes Israel for offensive


07-20-06 - Military analysts question Israeli bombing "The military rationale seems rather thin, since many of the targets have no conceivable relationship to Hezbollah,"


07-20-06 - Army starts to build new sections of the Wall in Al Ramadeen Area


07-20-06 - Israel tears down Palestinian government buildings


07-20-06 - Anglican leader condemns 'vicious' Middle East violence


07-20-06 - Beirut to complain to UN about 'Israeli' hand in assassinations


07-20-06 - A U.S soldier gives instructions to a Lebanese-American girl as she waits with her family to be evacuated by helicopters


07-20-06 - A PRCS ambulance was delayed and subjected to direct Israeli army gunfire The Israeli soldiers started shooting on the ambulance; two bullets hit the ambulance causing damage to the vehicle. No injuries were reported.


07-20-06 - Director of charity tells how children were killed


07-20-06 - Israeli Soldiers use civilians as Human Shields in Beit Hanun B'Tselem's initial investigation indicates that, during an incursion by Israeli forces into Beit Hanun, in the northern Gaza Strip, on 17 July 2006, soldiers seized control of two buildings in the town and used residents as human shield.


07-20-06 - Bishop leads picket of Israeli consulate in USA Joined by a number of Episcopal clergy and anti-Israel protesters, Bishop Shaw said he objected to the "the collective punishment of the Palestinian people" It is up to ordinary citizens and clergy of America to stand up for justice for the ordinary people of the Middle East who have become victims of Israeli collective punishment; something that our government refuses to do. Our citizens must fill in the void to stand up and say and do what's right. Where our State Department fails in its ability to shore up America's image abroad, ordinary citizens unknowlingly fill the void.


07-20-06 - India deplores arrest of Palestinian Ministers by Israel


07-20-06 - Hamas, Egypt discuss Israeli prisoner


07-20-06 - West Bank: TV crews hit by rubber bullets "It was clear when they shot him that they knew he was press."


07-20-06 - Israel urged to withdraw from Red Crescent site The International Committee of the Red Cross said the Israeli army had occupied the Red Crescent premises in an operation that began on Tuesday night, blocking the entrance and hindering movement of ambulances, patients and staff.


07-20-06 - Turkish PM urges Bush to intervene for Mideast ceasefire


07-20-06 - Roundup: Palestinian factions agree to form coalition government


07-20-06 - Syrians defiant, outraged at Lebanon's destruction "The Israelis have spared no one. We are in utter shock." said Ghada Al-Shidi, who was donating blood bound for Lebanese hospitals in response to calls by the Red Crescent.


07-20-06 - Despite Ties to Hamas, Militants Aren?t Following Political Leaders


07-20-06 - US shrugs at Maliki comments on Israel The White House shrugged off Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's condemnation of Israeli strikes in Lebanon as evidence the government in Baghdad is truly independent.


07-20-06 - Americans oppose involvement in Mideast clash: poll


07-20-06 - NeoCon/Iran Road to Disaster; Statement by Author and Commentator Trita Parsi The violence in the Middle East has provided the neo- conservatives with a pretext for actions they've long sought to promote -- war with Iran


07-20-06 - No, We're Not 'All Israelis Now'


07-20-06 - AIPAC was pressured to cut off embattled analysts, motion charges


07-20-06 - Preoccupied With Fighting, Israelis Put Aside Plans to Withdraw Settlers From West Bank


07-20-06 - Close-up view of Palestinian plight Jews loyal to the Torah do not recognize Israel as a Jewish state but as a Zionist entity exploiting the Jewish faith to further its political agenda


07-20-06 - US church leaders write to Bush over Gaza crisis They condemn the abduction of the Israeli soldier and the killing of the young settler by Palestinians, but consider Israel's response ­ the destruction of bridges and a power station, the deprivation and deaths of civilians and arrests of Palestinian officials ­ as without proportion


07-20-06 - Electronic Lebanon Website Brings Voices from Beseiged Beirut


07-20-06 - Palestinian Dance Troupe dances in hope for peace "I remember one (Palestinian) girl saying, 'I want to look out my window and not see a wall there.' These hopes are real. They are not shallow. It's basic things like the freedom to go outside and not be afraid, the freedom for a better life."


07-20-06 - Presiding Bishop signs statement on Gaza, Hezbollah-Israel conflicts


07-20-06 - Speaker Hastert Sends Congressional Delegation to Middle East; Chairman Hoekstra to Lead Bipartisan Group While there, the group will meet with American, Israeli and Palestinian officials about the ongoing confrontations and discuss efforts to end the crisis and establish democracy and peace in the region.


07-20-06 - In Arab-Israeli community, few blame militants for rocket attacks One of the biggest questions on Thursday was why the city's air raid sirens never gave a warning on Wednesday in Nazareth.




07-20-06 - RADA has Signed a $650,000 Contract, With a Strategic Customer, to Provide Digital Video Recorders for a Fighter Aircraft RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. is an Israel based company involved in the military and commercial aerospace industries


07-20-06 - A Perfect Storm Of Clouded Judgment Once the crisis began, immediate American involvement might also have prevented the violence from escalating. This, however, would have required the lines of communication and leverage with the warring parties that the administration's policies had systematically dismantled


07-20-06 - General Dynamics Wins $129M Armor Deal General Dynamics Corp. said Thursday it received a contract from the Army worth more than $129 million for reactive armor for the Bradley fighting vehicles...Contract work will be done in Haifa, Israel

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