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Friday, October 06, 2006


News for 10-05-06

10-05-06 - Fateh member killed by unknown gunmen in Rafah, Hamas member injured in Beit Hanoun


10-05-06 - Palestinian govt. signs deal with Israeli fuel supplier The Hamas-led Palestinian government signed a contract with an Israeli firm, Paz, to supply Palestinian territories with fuel.


10-05-06 - Rice offers Abbas plan to ease blockade of Gaza Ms Rice, who left yesterday for a surprise visit to Baghdad on her way back to Washington, proposed a $25.5m (£13.5m) security centre for checking lorries on the Palestinian side of Karni. To meet Israel's concerns, it would be manned by Mr Abbas's presidential guard, supported by international monitors


10-05-06 - Blair's Middle East 'nightmare' Palestinians would have to accept that refugees who left their homes in what became Israel will not get them back They shouldn't have to. Israel must either admit them back, or compensate those Palestinians (for their seized property) not wishing to return (article 11, UN resn 194). Allowing Israel to both deny the Palestinian right of return, and allowing Israel to keep all land seized in war(also against int'l law), is unacceptable. Israel is in violation of the law, and it is not right to excuse such actions.


10-05-06 - Rice leaves Israel without agreement to ease Palestinian restrictions Who's in charge here?


10-05-06 - Israeli arrested for mosque threat Police said the suspect, described in media reports as a 51-year-old rabbi, was taken into custody Wednesday after announcing in the lobby of a Tel Aviv hotel that he would carry out an attack in the Temple Mount, an apparent reference to the Al-Aksa Mosque located there.



10-05-06 - Israeli settlers take over Hebron mosque under armed protection of Israeli soldiers Official Palestinian sources in the town told PNN on Thursday that the Israeli settlers carried machine guns and other weapons while overtaking the mosque for a half hour of Jewish prayer. Israeli soldiers occupying the area guarded the northern Hebron's mosque on behalf of the settlers.



10-05-06 - U.N.: 91 Palestinian child deaths in 2006 "They are confronted with regular military operations, shelling, house demolitions, checkpoints on their way to schools," UNICEF Child Protection Officer Anne Grandjean said. "As a result, we find high prevalence of signs of stress such as anxiety, eating and sleeping disorders, and difficulties concentrating in school."


10-05-06 - Iraq: Palestinians Targeted With Death Threats Shi'a armed groups have threatened to kill Palestinian refugees living in Baghdad if they do not leave Iraq within 72 hours, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch urged the Iraqi government and the Multi-National Forces to investigate these threats and provide greater security to Palestinians in Iraq.


10-05-06 - Palestinian military wing launches two missiles against Israeli town Al-Aqasa Martyrs' Brigades launched on Thursday two missiles against the Israeli town of Sderot.



10-05-06 - Gaza's border with Egypt open for second day


10-05-06 - PA security officer dies of wounds he sustained on Monday due to infighting in Gaza


10-05-06 - IDF: Troops in north permitted to fire beyond fence The officer added that in case of a mass gathering on the Lebanese side that the soldiers believe is endangering the lives of Israeli civilians or their own, they will be permitted to carry out the suspect apprehending procedure, including firing at the lower part of the main suspect?s body, in the case he is identified.


10-05-06 - Middle Eastern 'Strategic Consensus' Redux? Like his neoconservative descendants today, Safire argued that Arab fears of Iran should be used as leverage to get them to either put aside or compromise their demands for the U.S. to put serious pressure on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.


10-05-06 - Hamas blames Abbas for unity talks collapse The Islamist movement charges that Mr Abbas is exerting "immoral pressure" to foster the collapse of the current Hamas-controlled government and replace it with a cabinet tailor-made to meet demands imposed from abroad.


10-05-06 - Israelis Crank Up Volume on Total War Mantra


10-05-06 - Bush Opposed to Israeli Withdrawal from the Golan


10-05-06 - Egypt raises possibility of new Palestinian election


10-05-06 - Gazans react to factional violence


10-05-06 - Mona Yousef We will never see a united government. We don't know what will happen; we just expect things to get worse.


10-05-06 - Majeda al-Saqqa The reason for the clashes is the new face of the occupation. Imagine there are 15 people in a small room. After two days they will start fighting.



10-05-06 - Olmert, Bush to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet President Bush in Washington in November


10-05-06 - Israel sacks war critic general Maj Gen Yiftah Ron-Tal was fired by Lt Gen Dan Halutz for breaching the ban on Israeli troops making public comments on political and diplomatic issues.


10-05-06 - Ukrainian leader to visit Israel Yuschenko, who is expected to arrive Nov. 7, said his country is ready to assist Israel in developing satellites and missiles


10-05-06 - Muslim PC in Israeli embassy row feared being targeted by Islamists The constable, whose wife is from Lebanon and has relatives there, works in the Metropolitan police diplomatic protection group. He has never been stationed at the Israeli embassy, but requested during the summer that he not be sent there because of his family background and concerns for his safety.



10-05-06 - At-Tuwani Update 17 September- 30 September


10-05-06 - Russian FM: Abducted IDF troops alive, in good condition Russian FM: Abducted IDF troops alive, in good condition


Sergey Lavrov meets in Strasbourg with wife of kidnapped soldier Ehud Goldwasser and delegation of MKs; says Russia has information indicating that troops held by Hizbullah are alive and in good physical condition

Ilan Marciano Published: 10.04.06, 18:14




Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent a reassuring message about the fate of the kidnapped soldiers held by Hizbullah, reporting that according to information in the hands of Russia, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser are alive and their physical condition is good.


10-05-06 - Lebanese army prevents Hezbollah supporters from protesting near border with Israel It came a week after Israel Defense Forces chief said IDF soldiers have been instructed to shoot Lebanese stone-throwers along the border if they feel their lives are in danger There's your reason right there. Israel routinely shoots stonethrowing Palestinian children - killing some of them. They deem them a 'threat', evidently.


10-05-06 - Arab, Muslim states blast UN human rights envoys' report on war Arab and Muslim countries on Wednesday angrily rejected a report by four UN human rights investigators on the Lebanon war, calling it "biased" and too soft on Israel.


10-05-06 - Hezbollah listened in on IDF beepers, cell phones Israel has been doing this sort of intelligence gathering for many years. But it seems that Hezbollah has now become adept at this form of intelligence and analysis as well.


10-05-06 - Tel Avivians, northerners rally against leadership Residents from Tel Aviv and residents from northern Israel came together to protest management of war in Lebanon, government attitude towards citizens


10-05-06 - Government spokeswoman: Illegal West Bank outposts will be removed All outposts and other civilian residential areas built on occupied land are illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention (article 49). This does not address the REST of the illegal dwellings. In fact, Israel is set to build more.


10-05-06 - Abbas accepts Qatari plan on Palestinian unity government, prisoner exchange deal Qatar has come up with a plan to end the infighting between Fatah and Hamas, establish a Palestinian unity government and release captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.



10-05-06 - Fathi Tobail Within the past few days the Israelis shot the main electricity transformer, in the north of Gaza. So we've only had three to four hours electricity a day in the past 48 hours. Normally it's double that.



10-05-06 - Rice: Economic boycott on Hamas gov't effective Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that she believes the international economic boycott on the Hamas-led Palestinian government is effective and should be maintained. Effective in holding an entire population accountable for electing a government due to the corruption of the previous one such that folks are at the brink of starvation. Yes, an effective Nazi policy if I've ever heard one!


10-05-06 - America and Israel How would you describe U.S. support for Israel under the Bush administration? 62% Too strong


10-05-06 - SFSU president keeping Jews safe with mural censure The proposed Palestinian mural focused on the life of Edward Said, the late Columbia University professor, and incorporates numerous symbols of significance to Palestinians Censorship appears to be the order of the week. It's nothing new with regard to pro-Israeli outfits.


10-05-06 - Berri: Lebanon more imperiled now than during war "We will resort to the arms of the resistance if Israel stalls in withdrawing from the Shebaa Farms," the speaker said.


10-05-06 - Israel is creating Mogadishu next to its Silicon Valley Unlike American Jews - or Jews from anywhere - who can receive instant citizenship upon arrival, we are unable to obtain residency. Instead, we Christian and Muslim Palestinians must rely on our American passports, renewing our tourist visas every three months.


10-05-06 - Report: Shalit to be freed if Mashaal enters Gaza


10-05-06 - Peretz: Tax Rebate Funds to PA -- Olmert Aides: Nice Try


10-05-06 - Ex-Mossad chief says Hezbollah lost war


10-05-06 - Hamas men jailed for life over Israeli attacks


10-05-06 - What Assad needs to do State that Syria, recognizing that no territorial gains should accrue from war, will respect in negotiations the international boundary between Syria and Palestine as it existed in May 1948. Israel is demanding other nations not to recognize land taken by force? The height of hypocrisy.


10-05-06 - Syria: U.S. Embassy attackers not linked to terror groups While not affiliated with known terrorist groups, the men had attended religious lessons in Saudi Arabia and were influenced by the United States' role in the region and perceived bias for Israel, the ministry said


10-05-06 - Appeals Grow For Comprehensive Settlement Hopes for a more flexible U.S. position were also raised by remarks to a pro-Israel group last month by a top Rice adviser, State Department Counselor Philip Zelikow, warning that "some sense of progress and momentum on the Arab-Israeli dispute is the sine qua non" for European and Arab support on Iran and "other things we care about".


10-05-06 - Israeli PM secretly met Saudi officials in Amman: press The meeting, at the palace of Jordan's King Abdullah II, lasted for several hours and focused mainly on Iran's nuclear program and the spread of "Shiite terrorism" in the region, the paper said.


10-05-06 - Lieberman Queries Lamont Over Commitment to Israel Senator Joseph I. Lieberman questioned his opponent?s commitment to Israel at a fund-raiser in Manhattan yesterday, saying he had received important support from several Democrats who have been critical of Israel. Which country will they be representing, America or Israel? You know the answer.


10-05-06 - Jewish groups opposed Rice meeting


10-05-06 - Learn facts about Jewish state, says Kasrils


10-05-06 - UNIFIL says it boosts Lebanon's economy


10-05-06 - Former Muslim terrorist to speak at Bethel College No 'former Muslim terrorist' gets to speak at any US universities, let alone set foot in the US, without the express approval by the Israeli lobby. Shoebat is their darling because he tells Americans what the Israeli lobby wants them to hear.


10-05-06 - International and local nonviolent activists partner against Israeli occupation


10-05-06 - Mother Jones Smears Rachel Corrie? Again


10-05-06 - Green light for terror suit vs. bank In court papers, the bank claimed it suspected the charity, CBSP, might be involved in money laundering, but not terrorism. It cited investigations in France that cleared the group of any wrongdoing.


10-05-06 - Refuseniks: IDF employs apartheid regime


10-05-06 - Israel opens office in Atlanta The Georgia office will be Israel?s hub to the Bible Belt and to a huge Christian market that provides 35 percent of Israel?s tourism, according to ministry officials


10-05-06 - Former envoy opposes Ahmadinejad-Hitler parallels Israel Radio quoted Indyk as saying that, while Ahmadinejad?s Holocaust denials and calls for the Jewish state to be eliminated were reprehensible, the fact that 25,000 Jews live largely unharmed in Iran means Nazi parallels are inappropriate.



10-05-06 - United Teachers Los Angeles just says 'no' to Israel divestment push by union commitee Under a tidal wave of pressure from the local Jewish community, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) has decided to deny use of its headquarters to a UTLA committee hosting a meeting to discuss the launch of a local boycott of, sanctions against and divestment from Israel.

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