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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
10-16-06 - The Right To Return, a basic right still denied United Nations Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte, who was later assassinated by a Zionist terrorist hit squad, stated: "It would be an offence against the principles of elemental justice if these innocent victims of the conflict were denied the right to return to their homes, while Jewish immigrants flow into Palestine"
10-16-06 - Israel escalating military operation in Gaza: DM Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said on Monday that Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip was escalating.
10-16-06 - Palestinian court to examine petition to sack govt
10-16-06 - Fatah cancels Jordan talks citing "national security" The Fatah party of moderate Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas have abruptly cancelled a planned meeting of its central committee in Jordan, citing urgent "national security" concerns.
10-16-06 - Israeli Authorities do not allow MS Palestinian patient medical help The Israeli authorities did not allow Osama Al Adel, an MS patient from the West Bank city of Qalqilia to travel out of the country for medical treatment after claiming that he is a security threat to the state of Israel.
10-16-06 - Settlers annex 150 Dunams of Palestinian lands near Hebron
10-16-06 - Erekat calls for int'l protection to Palestinians amid Israel's invasion threats Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat Monday urged the international community to protect the Palestinian people from Israel's threatened invasion, the local radio Voice of Palestine reported
10-16-06 - Army air strikes Gaza
Monday night, Palestinian security sources reported that the Israeli air force shelled Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip causing damage, no injuries were reported.
10-16-06 - Hamas slams reports Abbas is forming new forces loyal to himself The governing Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Monday slammed reports that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was forming new forces to face Hamas militia.
10-16-06 - BBC will appeal FoI ruling on Balen report The BBC will appeal to the High Court to overturn an Information Tribunal ruling that the corporation should release a report into its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict under the Freedom of Information Act Contrary to what the JTA reports on the same topic, the BBC with regard to its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was found not be biased against Israel, but biased toward Israel. Here is an article detailing the such from May of this year by the Sunday Times of London. Given that, what exactly is the BBC trying to hide?
10-16-06 - Secret war testimony broadcast over PA system During the meeting, an embarrassing incident happed when part of the top-secret testimony given to the committee was heard over the loudspeaker system in the Tel Aviv Convention Center where the meeting took place.
10-16-06 - Steep drop in travel spending after congressional scandals behind the American Israel Education Foundation, which has emerged as the new top sponsor despite its close ties to the most powerful pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington.
The foundation spent $583,131, sponsoring 62 trips to Israel for lawmakers, their relatives and staff from July 2005 to July 2006.....while the organization is considered an independent entity, its affiliation with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee -- a lobby that is consistently ranked among the nation's most powerful interest groups -- blurs the lines between lobbies and nonprofit educational groups. Members of Congress are banned from accepting travel expenses from lobbyists...Founded in 1990, the education foundation shares its office space and phone number with AIPAC -- the lobbying group. In 2005, 17 of the foundation's directors were also vice presidents on the group's board, and one was the president.
And just why are these trips allowed in the wake of the lobbying scandal? The Israeli lobby, of course.
10-16-06 - Israel's internal security minister to dispense advice in the US He will also meet in Washington with Mueller, US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, National Security Adviser Steve Hadley, Drug Enforcement Agency administrator Karen Tandy and Frances Townsend, the homeland security adviser to US President George W. Bush. After Boston, Dichter, ministry director-general Ronny Falk and Israel Police's US representative, Cmdr. Mickey Levy, are expected to travel to the nation's capital to meet with government leaders from the White House and Congress as well as American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) heads The Israelization of the United States continues at full speed.
10-16-06 - Lebanon implicitly rejects Olmert peace talks offer "Real peace resides in Israel accepting the Arab peace initiative, promoted at the time by prince (now King) Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and agreed to at the Arab League summit held in Beirut," said a statement from Siniora's office.
10-16-06 - Olmert says he will meet with Bush in November Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced that he will meet with US President George W. Bush in November, to discuss arch-foe Iran's nuclear program.
10-16-06 - Israel wants Lebanon talks but not Syria
10-16-06 - U.N. force only protects Israel: top Shi'ite cleric "The widening of the scope of Israeli violations in the south and other areas in Lebanon and their repetition within the sight and hearing range of UNIFIL forces that don't interfere to stop these violations... affirm that these forces have come here to protect Israel not Lebanon,"
10-16-06 - Israeli bombs 'major threat' to Lebanese children: UNICEF The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said the Israeli army fired at least 1.2 million bomblets into Lebanon during the 34-day conflict.
10-16-06 - Dead Man Walking The power struggle has been intensifying for months now, fueled by frustration in Gaza over unpaid salaries and Israel's economic stranglehold. Add in an upsurge in crime, itself partly a byproduct of rampant unemployment, and the violence threatens to evolve into something altogether more amorphous It's what happens when Israel withholds custom duties - millions of dollars worth - for over six months depriving government employees (including doctors, teachers, and policemen) of their income. It is a policy that Israel involved the US in in the hopes of turning the Palestinians against their democratically elected government which includes members of Hamas.
10-16-06 - Abbas to deliver important speech by the weekend: official
10-16-06 - Moscow tells Israel it will tighten its export controls on weapons For all intensive purposes, the order is directed mainly against Syria, and intended to prevent the transfer of Russian arms to Hezbollah and other terror groups.
10-16-06 - US: Jury picked for alleged Hamas supporters trial
10-16-06 - Prison administration in Nafha bars visitations The families, travelling under difficult conditions for several hours, were turned back without seeing their detained family members.
10-16-06 - Golan Heights again center of land-for-peace deal On Monday, Olmert repeated his rejection in a speech before the Israeli parliament. U.S. officials also have rejected Assad's gesture.
10-16-06 - Peace Now spokesman threatened during reserve duty
10-16-06 - Food Distribution in the Palestinian Territories Food baskets have been delivered to 1000 Palestinian families in the cities of Hebron, Salfit, and Old Nablus.
10-16-06 - Fatah-linked radio studios attacked and destroyed
10-16-06 - Olmert sees Arab axis of peace to counter Iran
10-16-06 - Webcast: Syracuse University Broadcasts International Summit on World Peace
10-16-06 - Confronting the War Pushers.
10-16-06 - A Controversial Death Provokes a Controversial Play The first night of previews, they gave a free ticket to a man passing out pro-Israel fliers outside the theater. Other nights have drawn other protestors passing out leaflets. To formalize the debate, the producers also planned audience ?talk-backs? after some shows, with participants ranging from Rachel Corrie?s parents?who originally provided the show?s material?to playwrights David Hare and Tony Kushner. Passing out pro-Israeli flyers outside of a play? Afraid people might get a small glimpse of the truth?
10-16-06 - ZOA Condemns Sec'y Rice For Making Most Pro-Palestinian Speech In Memory By U.S. Administration Official The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice?s keynote speech last week to the American Task Force on Palestine as the most pro-Palestinian Arab, anti-Israel speech in memory by a major US Administration official Oh dear. Condi, you've got some 'splaining to do.
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