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Sunday, October 01, 2006


News for 09-30-06

09-30-06 - Israeli strikes target Gaza Strip An Israeli air strike has killed a Palestinian militant and wounded at least three other people, medical officials in the Gaza Strip say.


09-30-06 - Five Palestinians wounded by grenade at Gaza demo Five people have been wounded when a Hamas sympathiser tossed a hand grenade into a demonstration in the Gaza Strip of police protesting non-payment of salaries.


09-30-06 - Palestinian source: US thwarting PA unity The source said the Americans made it clear to Abbas that the correct move from their standpoint would be to dissolve the parliament and establish an interim Palestinian government followed by general elections.


09-30-06 - Kassam Rocket Slams into Sderot Home Hospital officials report that an 11-year-old boy and a 76-year-old male sustained light shrapnel injuries.


09-30-06 - India to build heart centre in Gaza India will build a cardiac surgery centre in the strife-torn northern Gaza Strip as part of the USD 15 million humanitarian aid promised to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit to New Delhi last year in May, a Palestinian official said.


09-30-06 - Palestinian ambassador thanks Jordan for endowment to Palestinian children Palestinian Ambassador to Amman Atallah Kheiri Saturday extended thanks and appreciation to Jordan 's King Abdullah II for the country's new donation to Palestinian children.


09-30-06 - Army threatens to close water well in Tamon village near Tubass Soldiers raided the well area, then told workers that the army is planning to close this well. People in the village said they have the needed documents to do operate this well as the money was donated by the EU and the total cost adds up to 1 million NIS


09-30-06 - Security, police officers demonstrate in Gaza for full payment A few hours after receiving loans and advanced payments, hundreds of Palestinian security members took to the streets again on Saturday morning to ask for full payment of their delayed salaries, witnesses said.


09-30-06 - Independent Lawmaker warns of large-scale Israeli operation in Gaza


09-30-06 - Settlers attack, wound a Palestinian resident in Hebron One resident, identified as Hisham Al Azza, 45, was injured in his face after being hit with a stone hurled by the settlers at his house. Abu Haikal added that the settlers, for the third time in less than two weeks, sabotaged water pipes providing several Palestinian houses with drinking water while Israeli troops intensively deployed in the area did not attempt to stop them.



09-30-06 - Last Israeli troops leave Lebanon


09-30-06 - Bad Faith and the Destruction of Palestine - Critics are Too Generous to Israel The occupation is four decades old and still going strong in both the West Bank and Gaza. In that time Israel has followed a consistent policy of subjugating the Palestinian population, imprisoning it inside ever-shrinking ghettos, sealing it off from contact with the outside world, and destroying its chances of ever developing an independent economy.



09-30-06 - MK Tibi to Jews: Ask Arabs for forgiveness "Anyone who is tolerant toward calls to kill Arabs during wartime and forceful transfer should look deep inside himself. I do not expect an apology from Eitam or Lieberman, but I do expect self-examination on the part of the Jewish society in Israel that preaches to the entire world but imprisons people in the West Bank ? in its own backyard


09-30-06 - Report: Diskin holds secret talks with Arab intelligence heads The newspaper reports that the participants in the secret meeting included Diskin, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, a senior Jordanian official, head of Jordan's General Intelligence Department Mohammed al-Dahabi, Head of Egyptian intelligence General Omar Suleiman as well as senior officials from two Persian Gulf states that do not maintain diplomatic ties with Israel.


09-30-06 - US boosts Israel aid by half a billion The Bush administration initially requests a USD 268 million increase to military aid to Israel, but the congress double that amount citing the importance of US-Israeli military cooperation I was just think yesterday, we really need to give more aid to Israel. It's imperative that the American people secure Israel. The American taxpayers have tons of money to give away for these matters...


09-30-06 - Israel minister demands swift killing of Hezbollah chief A government spokesman in Beirut said the French commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), General Alain Pellegrini, had told Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora that Israel would withdraw the last of its troops on Sunday. But the Israeli military refused to confirm a definitive timing for the pullout "for security reasons".



09-30-06 - U.S. congressmen accuse UN agency of sponsoring terrorists Representatives Steve Rothman (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) lambasted the United Nations Relief Works Agency for allegedly appropriating money to employ members of Hamas and for distributing funds to Palestinian refugees with connections to terrorist groups....."Are U.S. tax dollars funding terrorists through UNRWA?"
We know that the money is funding state-sponsored terrorism via the Israeli government, but that's not ever going to be addressed by a Congress that's beholden to that nation.


09-30-06 - In Washington: Why I'm optimistic Reports from Washington, Europe and Jerusalem indicate that President Bush is beginning to view the seemingly endless Israeli-Palestinian conflict as an obstacle to his primary Middle East goal right now - preventing Iran from going nuclear. The Europeans have made clear that they will resist US demands for sanctions unless America starts showing leadership on the Israeli-Palestinian front. And, according to administration officials, Washington is getting the message.



09-30-06 - Jordan and Egypt to discuss new Mideast peace talks


09-30-06 - Palestinian youth organization calls for international support for upcoming olive harvest


09-30-06 - Unidentified gunmen break into the Hebron home of Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi Al Tamimi confirmed that a large amount of money and valuables were stolen during the attack.



09-30-06 - Roadblock Removed in Al-Jab?a, Demonstrators Attacked


09-30-06 - Egypt busts Sinai arms ring Of those arrested on Saturday, five were Palestinians and four were members of the Egyptian police, the security sources said. They said authorities were still searching for six more suspects in north Sinai


09-30-06 - U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem expresses concern about Israeli refusals to issue visas U.S. Consul General Jake Walles and chief staff members of the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem and U.S. Embassy in Israel met with representatives of the Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry to discuss Israel's recent policy of denying entry into Israel of American citizens and other foreign nationals wishing to access the occupied Palestinian territory.


09-30-06 - US blocks further sanctions against PA Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice intervened personally, calling Senate majority whip Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and urging him to reconsider an initiative to include the Palestinian sanctions in an omnibus bill


09-30-06 - Middle-school principal yanks play dubbed too mature for students The play tells about Rachel, an American activist who traveled to Gaza as part of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), an organization set up to support Palestinian nonviolent resistance to Israel's military occupation.


09-30-06 - Israelis Ponder Harsh Stance with Neighbours Do you agree or disagree with the assertion that the citizens of Israel should make a basic change in their relationship towards Arabs and Palestinians, and relate to them with considerably more hardness and not seek simple ways to resolve the Israeli-Arab conflict? Agree
62%


09-30-06 - Settler who threw stones at Palestinian vehicle sentenced to 6 months The second sentence in as many days of Israeli crimes against Palestinians. Are Israeli courts turning a new leaf, or is it a PR move?...


09-30-06 - Analysis: Only an antimissile system can save our tanks Despite the clear threat, the IDF was at a loss for how to stop them


09-30-06 - Erekat blames Hamas for delaying formation of coalition gov't


09-30-06 - Legislating Violations of the Constitution Such a bill could have only one motive: to protect unconstitutional government actions advancing religion. The religious right, which has been trying for years to use government to advance their religious views, wants to reduce the likelihood that their efforts will be declared unconstitutional. I've a related article by reknowned British journalist Robert Fisk - and a caution on the language in the first paragraph.


09-30-06 - Bringing home baby: Spurred by Bible and demographics, Israel leads in IVF "If you are in Israel surrounded by Arabs whose mean family number is four or five children, and you still want Israel to have a majority of Jews, then there's no other way" but to fund fertility, said Dr. Alex Simon, director of IVF at Jerusalem's Hadassah hospitals.


09-30-06 - Why I'm Banned in the USA Between 1998 and 2002, I had contributed small sums of money to a French charity supporting humanitarian work in the Palestinian territories.
Support Palestinians? That's reason enough to get banned from the US these days.


09-30-06 - A Letter from 18 Writers including three Nobel Prize recipients against the Lebanon and Palestinian War


09-30-06 - Ohio professor wants Israel to apology for his detention

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