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Friday, August 18, 2006
08-17-06 - Teen boy killed in Hamas-Fatah clashes Palestinian gunmen from the rival Hamas and Fatah militias clashed Wednesday in southern Gaza, killing a 14-year old boy in the crossfire and injuring four others, security and hospital officials said.
08-17-06 - Palestinian killed by Israeli troops in Gaza
08-17-06 - Israeli air strike in Gaza destroys building
08-17-06 - Lebanese army crosses key river Lebanese troops have crossed the strategically important Litani river, moving into some areas of southern Lebanon for the first time in decades.
08-17-06 - States pledge troops for Lebanon Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and Nepal have pledged troops, while Germany offered a maritime task force
08-17-06 - UN agrees Med oil spill plan The plan calls for immediate aerial surveys to assess the extent of the damage and a workforce of 300 people to tackle the worst-affected sites.
08-17-06 - Robert Fisk: Lebanon's pain grows by the hour as death toll hits 1,300
08-17-06 - LEBANON: Toxic air a major health hazard Chemicals and dust from the buildings hit during Israeli air strikes on Lebanon have badly polluted the air and land, local nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and government officials have warned.
08-17-06 - Palestinian factions agree on ceasefire with Israel: Abbas
08-17-06 - Israel to expropriate 275 acres near Hebron The Israeli government issued a military order on Thursday to expropriate some 275 acres of farmlands that belong to Palestinian farmers near Hebron, Palestinian sources reported.
08-17-06 - Soldiers attack, injure a Palestinian worker
08-17-06 - Israeli forces occupying Hebron severely beat Palestinian teenager near Ibrahimi Mosque
08-17-06 - Army bulldozes farm lands near Beit Iba checkpoint west of Nablus
08-17-06 - Rights groups warn of danger of unexploded cluster bombs UN officials reported yesterday that two children were killed by a cluster bomb explosion in the town of Naqoura.
08-17-06 - Peacekeeper deployment in the balance Jacques Chirac, France's president, set a disappointing tone for the day when he said France would only be sending an extra 200 troops to southern Lebanon
08-17-06 - New stature for Lebanese military? "There will be no confrontation between the Army and brothers in Hizbullah," said Information Minister Ghazi Aridi, after the Lebanese cabinet decided Wednesday to deploy its troops across the south. The Army would not "chase" Hizbullah, he said. "There will be no authority or weapons other than those of the state. If any weapons are found, even the brothers in Hizbullah have said 'let it be in the hands of the Army, no problem.' "
08-17-06 - Hamas government interferes into talks on coalition: Official Chief of Fatah's parliamentary bloc Azzam al-Ahmad on Thursday criticized the Hamas-led government for intervening in talks of forming a coalition government, Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine reported.
08-17-06 - Border Police unit firing on demonstrators from close range. The video clearly shows the commander of the unit saying, "This is Lebanon!" as he orders his force to fire on retreating demonstrators, and "I will not allow a demonstration during wartime!"
08-17-06 - Iranian planes grounded in Turkey for weapons search Turkey has grounded two Syria-bound Iranian planes over the past month to search for weapons following Israeli intelligence that Iran is supplying rockets to Hezbollah, officials and media reports have said.
08-17-06 - Lebanese Deaths, and Israeli War Crimes, Kept Off the Balance Sheet if we concentrated on the tally of war crimes, Israel would come out the undoubted winner in both Lebanon and Gaza.
08-17-06 - First commercial air flight arrives at Beirut airport, signaling end of Israeli blockade
08-17-06 - A Lebanese woman throws rice and rose petals at Lebanese soldiers after their arrival to the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon
08-17-06 - South Lebanon Christians bitter over Israeli attack When Israeli troops invaded Lebanon last week and occupied the Christian villages of Marjayoun and Qlaiah -- once home to the defunct pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army militia -- they went from house to house, locals say, hammering down doors, breaking glass and trashing the contents for no reason they could fathom. They do the same thing to the Palestinians.
08-17-06 - US to have behaviour officers at airports Taking a page from Israeli airport security, the US transportation agency is experimenting with new squads whose members do not look for bombs, guns or knives but keep an eye on anyone with evil intent.
08-17-06 - Israel wants Turkish embargo on Iran Israel reportedly wants Turkey to impose an air and ground embargo on Iran to prevent weapons from flowing through Turkish territory to Hezbollah
08-17-06 - King endorses ethnic profiling Declaring that airport screeners shouldn't be hampered by "political correctness," House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King has endorsed requiring people of "Hebrew" descent to undergo additional security checks because of their ethnicity and religion. Imagine the uproar. (I changed what group was being profiled to make a point).
08-17-06 - Representative reassures angry Jewish leaders Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told the leaders in a Maryland suburb last week that he still supported Israel despite his July 30 letter to the U.S. secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, arguing that a "continuation of the bombing campaign as it is being carried out is against the interests of Israel and the United States." This man's crime? He dared to consider the interests of the UNITED STATES, the country he was elected to represent.
08-17-06 - Amid a fragile cease-fire, family's ordeal begins
08-17-06 - His Heart Was Full for Lebanon and U.S. two weeks ago, as Hammoudi sat down to a meal in the hilltop house in southern Lebanon that he had inherited after his father died, an Israeli bomb struck, destroying the stone structure and killing Hammoudi.
08-17-06 - Hariri in bitter attack on Syria Mr Hariri accused the Syrian president of inciting conflict in Lebanon.
08-17-06 - Labour MPs come out in support of Prescott's US view John Prescott was riding a wave of support from Labour MPs last night after privately attacking the Bush administration for being "crap" on the Middle East peace process.
08-17-06 - Hollywood stars blast Nasrallah Heads of the film industry in Hollywood and prominent movie stars have signed a statement blaming Hamas and Hizbullah for terror activities in the Middle East, the war in Lebanon, and for harming innocents....The Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles has been active since the start of fighting with an aim of drafting Hollywood stars to back Israel Hollywood royalty, like Congress, must now bow down to Israel.
08-17-06 - Lebanese general held over Israeli video A Lebanese general was ordered arrested Wednesday for appearing in a videotape drinking tea with Israeli soldiers who had occupied his south Lebanon barracks during their incursion of the country.
08-17-06 - Halutz to officers: Don't talk to media without authorization it may be that this is also an attempt to silence internal dissent.
08-17-06 - Resistance and Collective Punishment in Beit Furik and Salim In the village of Salem, a Palestinian farmer attempted to travel up a mountain to farm olive trees planted on his land. On his way up the mountain, he was detained by Israeli soldiers who told the man that he was not allowed to travel to his land without permission from the Israeli D.C.O.
08-17-06 - Petition wants U.N. reparations for Israel Pro-Israel advocates launched a petition calling on the United Nations to provide reparations to Israel for damage caused by Hezbollah. Unbelievably audacious.
08-17-06 - Lebanon toll shows pioneer spirit According to the study published Thursday, 42 percent of the 116 soldiers killed in the war on Hezbollah were from kibbutzim, moshavim or West Bank settlements, even though these communities constitute only 11 percent of Israel?s general population.
08-17-06 - Costa Rican decision on embassy leaves supporters of Israel angry In 1980, the United Nations passed Resolution 478, calling for the removal of all embassies in Jerusalem Why? Because it was a violation of international law. Supporters of Israel want nations to break the law and recognize Israel's unlawful annexation of Jerusalem.
08-17-06 - In Austria, the war in Lebanon provided fodder for anti-Semites ?People are very critical of Israel,? said Markus Bernath, foreign politics editor of Der Standard, one of Austria?s biggest dailies. "They don?t understand why this huge-scale war started." This 'huge-scale war' was in the works for a year and was given the go ahead by Cheney months ago.
08-17-06 - Malaysia defies Israel over U.N. force in Lebanon Malaysia said on Thursday it wanted to send peacekeepers to Lebanon despite Israel saying it might oppose the inclusion of nations that do not have diplomatic ties with the Jewish state.
08-17-06 - Senior Palestinian lawmaker condemns Israel's trial of parl't speaker
08-17-06 - Jewish board slams ANC resolution on Middle East The resolution -- in the name of ANC chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe -- on the order paper for Thursday's National Assembly plenary, notes, among other things, Israel's military aggression against civilian targets. It further states "the actions of Israel are against international law and the Geneva Convention". Methinks the truth doth hurt.
08-17-06 - US tries to counter Hizbollah rebuilding efforts
08-17-06 - Peres: Syria talks a no-go Shimon Peres expressed skepticism that Israel's war with Hezbollah would open the door for renewed negotiations with Syria.
08-17-06 - Palestinians thank Moroccan king for aid
08-17-06 - A Shaken Landscape Hot Zone Senior Producer Robert Padavick spoke with Yahoo! News consultant Milt Bearden. In a career spanning three decades, Bearden headed the CIA's Soviet and Eastern Europe Division and served as station chief in places like Pakistan and Sudan. He also ran the CIA's covert war in Afghanistan from 1986-1989.
08-17-06 - Israel extends remand of Palestinian parliament speaker
08-17-06 - Barenboim's East-West Divan Orchesta in Istanbul
08-17-06 - Chief Joseph in Palestine "My children are all gone; I will fight no more forever,"
08-17-06 - Palestinian Artists Call for Cultural Boycott Against Israel
08-17-06 - Hatred contradicts core values of our tradition One pro-Israeli protester yelled out to a Palestinian woman ?Go back to your country! Oh wait, you do not have one!? Hateful, antagonizing rhetoric such as that statement not only diminishes the message of the pro-Israel protest, but also diminishes our integrity as Jews who support fair treatment for all.
08-17-06 - Claims of anti-Semitism fuel city arts-fund feud "Is it anti-Semitic to present another point of view besides that of the Israelis as viewed by Rabbi Block?" asked Graciela Sanchez, the center's executive director. The great silencing mechanism in the US: the charge of "anti-Semite!".
08-17-06 - Was Israel being pushy by fighting back? the world might indeed be a better place if "Israel" were "wiped off" the map and another name found for the land. This would accord with the aspirations of the more spiritually minded pioneers of Zionism
08-17-06 - Everything Old Is New After George W. Bush occupied the Oval Office, however, the paper was given new life. Richard Perle became chairman of the powerful Defense Policy Board; Douglas Feith became Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; and David Wurmser became a senior State Department official before becoming Middle East Adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney.
08-17-06 - Arafat widow denies reports she remarried
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