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Wednesday, October 11, 2006


News for 10-10-06

10-10-06 - Israel strikes home of Hamas lawmaker in Gaza An Israeli missile hit the Gaza Strip home of a well known lawmaker from the governing Islamist group Hamas on Wednesday in what the army said was an attack on a weapons factory.


10-10-06 - Syria welcome in Israel - Peres President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was welcome to come to Jerusalem for peace talks, Israel's deputy prime minister, Shimon Peres, has said.


10-10-06 - Palestinians suffer from West Bank closure Full closure on West Bank during Sukkot holiday is nightmare for thousands of Palestinians who can?t get to work in Israel. IDF: Thousands given permits for Ramadan, start of olive harvest


10-10-06 - Resident injured, seven, including four brothers taken prisoner in Ramallah


10-10-06 - Israeli, Palestinian officials to prepare for Abbas-Olmert summit: radio


10-10-06 - Army fired missile at car in Gaza, resident injured


10-10-06 - Army closes again the Rafah border crossing The Israeli authorities closed, on Tuesday morning, the Rafah Border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after opening it on Monday.



10-10-06 - Settlers attack shepherds in the Jordan Valley and threaten to kill them


10-10-06 - Israel warned: Lebanon war could start again Hizbullah will resume its military campaign unless Israel withdraws from the disputed Shebaa farms area and other pockets of territory occupied during this summer's 34-day war, Nabih Berri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, has warned. "If Israel does not pull out we will have to drive them out," Mr Berri, who acted as a link to the militant organisation during this summer's war with Israel, said in an interview with the Guardian.....Mr Berri also expressed concern that UN forces could be involved in gathering information that could fall into the hands of Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad


10-10-06 - Israel Bars New Palestinian Students From Its Universities, Citing Concern Over Security Dr. Raphael Levine, the Hebrew University chemistry professor who accepted Ms. Salameh as his student, said he understood Israel?s security concerns but was baffled by the ban. ?I think it is in Israel?s interest to strengthen the Palestinian middle class, and strengthening academic institutions in Palestinian areas is one sure way of achieving that,? he said.


10-10-06 - Envoy welcomes U.N. appointment The next United Nations secretary-general can be expected to be friendly to Israel, Israel?s U.N. envoy said.


10-10-06 - Rice to address Palestinian gala Condoleezza Rice will address a gala evening honoring Palestinian Americans.



10-10-06 - Analysis: Egypt may solve Gaza energy woes Natural gas reserves confirmed off the coast of the Gaza Strip in 2000 could provide a much-needed source of revenue to the economically beleaguered Palestinian Authority, but the development of those reserves has been hindered by the ongoing friction between Israel and the Palestinian government.


10-10-06 - Olmert: Syria peace overtures are a ploy "Olmert could have gone down in history as Menachem Begin, who gave Sinai back to Egypt," journalist Tom Segev wrote in the Haaretz daily Tuesday. "Instead, he is reacting to Syria's offers of peace with contempt, loathing and threats."


10-10-06 - In new TV characters, Palestinians see their own "For the Arab world, it would be the first time seeing a Palestinian drama," he says. "They see a Palestinian hero with a gun and a mask on his face. Well, not all of us are part of a brigade. We love, we hate, there are drugs in our schools. This is the reality."



10-10-06 - Lebanese children go back to school with tales of horror "What affected me most was my cousin being wounded," said Hadil, holding back her sobs. "On the road that took us to Damascus, we saw decapitated people," said Salam.


10-10-06 - Peres happy with Israel?s nuclear policy Shimon Peres said he sees no reason for Israel to go public with its nuclear capabilities.


10-10-06 - US free speech row grows as author says Jewish complaints stopped launch party The British-based author and former publisher Carmen Callil has become embroiled in a growing dispute over the limits of freedom of speech in America after a party celebrating her new book on Vichy France was cancelled because of the opinion she expresses about the modern state of Israel. Oh you are free to criticize Israel in America, but the MSM and other outfits will shun you like the plague, that's all.


10-10-06 - Community non-violence workshops protect Palestinian children


10-10-06 - UN says Israel provides maps of minefields in southern Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel has provided maps of minefields it had laid in southern Lebanon, a move that falls in line with the UN cease-fire resolution that ended the Israel-Hezbollah fighting, a UN statement said Monday.


10-10-06 - Beleaguered Olmert courts Right-wingers Mr Lieberman's party surprised many political pundits when it won 11 seats in March with an uncompromisingly anti-Arab electoral message that included a commitment to redraw Israel's borders to exclude large Arab Israeli towns.


10-10-06 - Freed detainee: ?Female detainees were attacked after administration claimed that two tried to flee"


10-10-06 - Jordan's king gives carpet to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque Jordan's King Abdullah II has donated a huge carpet to the Al-Aqsa mosque and is launching an architectural competition for a fifth minaret for the building, which stands in Jerusalem on the third holiest site in Islam, the palace said Monday.


10-10-06 - As North Korea tests nuke, Israel worries about precedent for Iran "Perhaps the case of North Korea will teach the international community a lesson in the case of Iran," Ephraim Sneh, a senior Labor Party lawmaker and retired army general, told Israel Radio. "We, the Israeli PR and policy apparatus, must take advantage of what happened to explain, and to persuade the international community to do something before it's too late."


10-10-06 - Indian politician took 'hefty' bribe on Israeli missile deal - police


10-10-06 - Iran: Nuke disarmament must begin with Israel Iranian government spokesperson Gholam-Hossein Elham told a press conference Tuesday that ?the dismantling of nuclear arms in the Middle East must begin with the Zionist entity.?


10-10-06 - Academic boycott 'wrong political tool', says Israeli minister The meeting follows a motion at the May conference of the lecturers' union, Natfhe, which successfully called for a boycott of Israeli lecturers and academic institutions who did not publicly dissociate themselves from Israel's "apartheid policies".


10-10-06 - Gaza blockade lift allows Palestinian team to unite - AFC A trio of Palestinian internationals have joined their team for Wednesday's Asian Cup qualifier against China after Israeli authorities lifted a blockade on Gaza, the Asian Football Confederation has reported.


10-10-06 - Palestinian rights group calls for abolishment of death penalty


10-10-06 - Row over Danish cartoon escalates


10-10-06 - Text of 'Status of Jerusalem' statement from Catholic, Christian Holy Land leaders Decrying the erection of walls that deny access to "many of our faithful ? from the precincts of the holy city" and security decisions by local authorities that have made the political and social environment less secure, the 13 church leaders, including six of whom represented Catholic churches, called on Palestinian and Israeli government leaders to begin negotiations and draw upon "needed international collaboration" to assure the rights of "two people and three religions ? to live together in harmony, respect, mutual acceptance and cooperation."


10-10-06 - Banks required to report PA transactions


10-10-06 - Dor-Alon resumes fuel supply to PA


10-10-06 - Mideast crisis worsens with time


10-10-06 - Israel: No Syria talks unless it shuns militants


10-10-06 - Egypt: Internal feud in PA ruining chance for peace Egypt's foreign minister said Palestinians will lose a chance for peace if they continue infighting, a state-run newspaper reported Tuesday.



10-10-06 - Syria calls on Germany to help solve problems of Mideast


10-10-06 - Israeli charged with spying in Nigeria


10-10-06 - IDF judge seeks probe into Arab cameraman's injury during arrest A judge in a military court asked Tuesday that an investigation be opened into the injuries suffered by a Palestinian cameraman arrested by Israel Defense Force troops during a demonstration in Bil'in over the weekend.


10-10-06 - Devout Christians march for Zionism in Jerusalem The return of the Jews to Israel will pave the way for Christ's second coming, they believe. "My beliefs say that this land belongs to the Jews," said Diane, one of the pilgrims marching on Tuesday



10-10-06 - Anyone Able To Establish Peace In Middle-East Would Get Nobel Prize


10-10-06 - Academic to quit post in anger over Israel Professor Reinhart, who will give a public lecture at the University of Melbourne tomorrow night, said Israel's walling of the large and prosperous West Bank was cutting off the Palestinian people from their lands and each other.


10-10-06 - Soros mulls AIPAC alternative Billionaire George Soros is considering funding a dovish, pro-Israel alternative to AIPAC, JTA has learned.


10-10-06 - Sony backs Israeli environment Sony Pictures also donated $25,000 to the Red Cross in Lebanon


10-10-06 - Baltzer speaks on horrors in Middle East Baltzer is against the inhumane treatment of the Palestinian people


10-10-06 - Church of England decides against Caterpillar boycott


10-10-06 - Six-hundred people attend landmark conference in Toronto


10-10-06 - Israeli barrier displayed in S. Africa A replica of Israel?s security fence was displayed at a South African university.


10-10-06 - Looking for a cheaper way to marry

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