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Thursday, September 07, 2006


News for 09-06-06

09-06-06 - Israeli forces kill four Palestinians Two of the dead were civilians, the Palestinian witnesses said. Medics did not immediately identify the third.


09-06-06 - Two die in Lebanon bomb clear-up Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed and a third wounded while trying to defuse unexploded Israeli cluster bombs in southern Lebanon, officials say.


09-06-06 - UN agency and Saudi Government to build homes for Palestinians in Hebron Saudi Arabia will donate $6.3 million to finance the construction of 100 housing units in the West Bank city of Hebron as part of a project being carried out by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme


09-06-06 - Palestinian children pay price of Israel's Summer Rain offensive Rights group says 197 civilians have been killed in military operation, including 48 minors



09-06-06 - 'Quiet transfer' in East Jerusalem nears completion Israel has engaged in a demographic battle to secure Israeli sovereignty over the whole city. For almost four decades successive governments have implemented policies designed to transform the city's population structure and ensure the numeric superiority of Jews.


09-06-06 - Emergency Assistance to the Palestinian population


09-06-06 - OPT: Palestinians in Gaza largely cut off from outside world Israel (still) controls the prison called Palestine.


09-06-06 - UN to convene international conference in support of Palestinian people A United Nations committee will convene the UN International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People tomorrow in Geneva in a bid to help alleviate their plight.



09-06-06 - Palestinian: Soldiers stepped on my face, said they would kill me


09-06-06 - 'Revenge' motive for Amman attack A gunman who attacked Western tourists in Amman wanted to avenge two brothers killed during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, Jordanian officials say.


09-06-06 - Sinn Fein president meets Hamas He was also taken on a tour of the West Bank, where he was shown the controversial security wall which the Israeli government is building in the area.


09-06-06 - EU urges Israel to call off West Bank home plans Israel disputes a World Court judgment that all Jewish settlements on occupied land are illegal. It points out that Palestinians have failed to meet their own obligation under the road map to dismantle militant groups. Israel points to oranges, when the ICJ laid down the (apples)law. It's no defense, and the settlement-building has gone on for DECADES. The Road Map - a peace initiative - was put forth in 2003.


09-06-06 - EU calls on Israel to free Hamas ministers


09-06-06 - Army closes a Wall Gate cutting Far'on village farmers from their land This gate was installed to allow the farmers of the village to reach to their orchards that became isolted behind the Wall, closing it will bar the residents from reaching their lands, the main source of livelihood of the villagers.


09-06-06 - Israel to lift Lebanon blockade Israel says it will lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon on Thursday, at 1800 local time (1500 GMT).


09-06-06 - U.N. Watch: Council a 'disappointment' Neuer, whose Geneva-based organization monitors anti-Israel and anti-Jewish bias at the United Nations, was testifying Wednesday before Congress.


09-06-06 - The slippery slope of expulsion


09-06-06 - Hezbollah besting Lebanese government


09-06-06 - Lebanese troops move into Hizbollah bastion A UNIFIL statement also said Israel had violated Lebanese air space eight times in the past 24 hours.


09-06-06 - Hezbollah 'reservations' over German role in UN force 'Our reservations are regarding the German demand to search boats as they enter Lebanon,'


09-06-06 - Pawns of the War Party One of the most interesting, and little-talked about, consequences of the Iraq war has been the extension of Israeli influence ? and aid, including military aid ? to Kurdistan. Seymour Hersh reported on this, and Le Figaro detailed the developing American-Israeli rift over the issue, with Washington increasingly nervous over the growing Israeli presence and what it portends for the region....Israel's interest is in establishing a base that borders Iran, from which to monitor developments in country and build an enclave from which to launch armed attacks That's the reason that the US supports it.


09-06-06 - Syria blamed for attack on Lebanon's Shehade


09-06-06 - Will Robert Fisk tell us the whole story? possibly in an attempt at even-handedness, Fisk has also muddied the picture in relation to the actions of Hizbullah and thereby contributed towards the very mythical narratives he seeks to undermine.


09-06-06 - Mamoun Abushahla The political situation is also bad. Hamas are unable to satisfy the major players: Israel, the US, Europe. The problem is, Israel sees this as a good chance to make political gain. It doesn't see that this economic pressure will reduce the number of people looking for a peaceful solution



09-06-06 - Israel president in new grilling Israeli police are questioning President Moshe Katsav for a third time over allegations that he sexually harassed two former female employees.


09-06-06 - Fathi Tobail When the economic situation deteriorates, it creates instability in society. Sometimes I think we are living in Somalia; people are shooting each other for no reason.



09-06-06 - Mona Yousef I've never left Gaza, it's one of my dreams. I haven't even been to Egypt. Israel is refusing to let people leave; we feel like we are living in a big prison.



09-06-06 - First pro-Israel lobby in EU set up "We have set ourselves a target to turn Europe into Israel's ally", said Tuesday Lobby's CEO Michel Gur Ari. Europeans beware. What this really means if you think about it for a minute - will America cease to be the worldl's superpower? Is this the reason for the shift to the EU (and China 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)?


09-06-06 - Diplomat links Lebanon war to U.S.-Iran tensions A Russian diplomat described Israel's war on Hezbollah as a preamble to a conflict between the United States and Iran.


09-06-06 - Majeda al-Saqqa The children paint tanks and destroyed houses. They talk about Arabs and Jews and the occupation, instead of talking about the sea and playtime.


09-06-06 - Report: "86, including 16 children killed, 270 taken prisoners in August"


09-06-06 - Political Islam takes center stage since 9-11 "American actions against political Islam after September 11 have ironically contributed to its further rise and emergence, even in its most fanatical, extremist forms,"....Analysts say its roots largely lie in the failure of secular Arab nationalism to challenge Western hegemony and return land to dispossessed Palestinians.


09-06-06 - Pro-Israel lobby targets BBC online poll The Give Israel Your United Support (GIYUS) website hosts a downloadable desktop tool called Megaphone. The program alerts users to opinion polls and "talkback" features on news sites so they can respond with pro-Israel views. In turn, users can alert GIYUS operators to any opinion polls they think should be targeted.


09-06-06 - Nablus Evidance Photos From The Last Incursion This photo series is meant to document, visually, some of the claims made by international human rights observers in their reporting of the crimes of the Israeli Occupation during the seige in Nablus on 26th August


09-06-06 - Lebanon demands prisoner swap Lebanon said on Wednesday two Israeli soldiers captured by Hizbollah would not be released unless Israel was prepared to discuss a prisoner swap.


09-06-06 - Gov't workers join Palestinian strike


09-06-06 - British Airways partner to break Lebanon air embargo


09-06-06 - Saudi Arabia to cover Lebanese annual school fees


09-06-06 - Blair to visit Lebanon to discuss truce


09-06-06 - New project in Palestinian autonomy - water for Bethlehem schools Polish Humanitarian Organisation launches a new project in Palestinian Authonomy. Three schools in Bethlehem district on the west Bank will be supplied in special containers for collecting rain water, as well as water treatment plant. The project will provide the access to drinking water to 1724 school children and 86 teachers.


09-06-06 - Historic interfaith agreement 'staged' to appease Israel


09-06-06 - Report: "25% of the Palestinians were imprisoned by Israel"


09-06-06 - Palestinian coalition government only way out of crisis: lawmaker


09-06-06 - All Hands on Deck to Defeat John Bolton's Re-nomination to the United Nations He is the darling of the Israeli lobby, he's not going anywhere anytime soon.


09-06-06 - Senate rejects bill which would limit IDF use of U.S.-made bombs The United States Senate on Wednesday rejected a move by Democrats to stop the Pentagon from using cluster bombs near civilian targets and to cut off sales unless purchasers abide by the same rules. You didn't really think that bill would pass, did you? We are talking about Israel here.


09-06-06 - Israeli troops uproot twenty olive trees near Hebron


09-06-06 - In shift since Hezbollah war, Jewish Agency aids Israeli Arabs


09-06-06 - Israel given proof missing soldier's alive Egypt has supplied Israel with proof that an Israeli soldier abducted by Hamas in June is alive, an Arabic newspaper in London said.



09-06-06 - Palestinian teachers denied access to their schools Israeli forces prevented a number of school teachers from reaching their schools in Qalqillya province, West Bank today.


09-06-06 - Who Gained Most from the Fox Reporters' Kidnapping? It makes Centanni's heartfelt plea about covering the plight of the Palestinians all the more interesting.


09-06-06 - Doctors Group Blasts Israeli Destruction of Gaza


09-06-06 - Israeli Settlers begin construction of a new road in Hebron The settlers, protected by the Israeli army, started to bulldoze lands and uproot olive trees that belong to local Palestinian residents in preparation for the opening of the road that settlers call the 'worshippers road'


09-06-06 - BG group in talks to bring Palestinian gas to Egypt "This will greatly benefit the Palestinian economy," said Chapman at a meeting organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.


09-06-06 - My Palestinian husband and I cannot live together in the West Bank


09-06-06 - Rove stayed close to gay stepdad, book says Shortly after being elected president, Bush met with Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, who complained vigorously about Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The new president asked, "Are you going to kill him?Before Sharon could answer, Bush instructed the Israeli leader that he was not condoning assassination. "If he needs killing, I'll do it," the president said.




09-06-06 - Even Jordanians seethe with hatred for the West One British tourist died and five other Westerners were wounded, as was a member of the Jordanian tourist police, who bravely hurled himself in the line of fire


09-06-06 - Home Demolitions in Jabal Shamali a "Mistake"


09-06-06 - Israel on Campus leaders meet in D.C. The leaders launched a petition drive to thank congressional leaders for their support of Israel during the war.


09-06-06 - Planet of the Arabs This 9-minute feature is an acute dramatization that uses a collection of Hollywood clips from 1896-2000, that negatively depict Arabs, to demonstrate how badly the West has been brainwashed through fiction to fear and despise Arabs in real life.



09-06-06 - APN Criticizes Massive Settlement Expansion, Calls on Bush Administration to Work to Reverse this Decision "Any way you look at it, expanding Israeli settlements is bad policy, now more than ever, and a violation of the Road Map"


09-06-06 - Israel's ?high-tech ballot-stuffing?, aka Lobbyware® Israelis know that repeating a lie often enough goes a long way. And targeting opinion polls - as unscientific as they are - is highly effective.


09-06-06 - RJC launches anti-Democrat campaign The Republican Jewish Coalition launched a campaign saying that support for Israel among Democrats is eroding.


09-06-06 - N.J. Democrats: Iraq war endangers Israel Two New Jersey Democrats running to unseat Republicans said the Iraq war endangers Israel.

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