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Friday, October 20, 2006
10-19-06 - Two youth injured in Jenin invasion
10-19-06 - Israel may have used experimental weapon in Gaza The US weapon, which is still in the testing phase, is believed by experts to be "highly carcinogenic and harmful to the environment."
10-19-06 - Palestinian FM dismisses proposal to form government of technocrats
10-19-06 - Hardship goes on for Palestinians on Iraq-Syria border Some 353 Iraqi Palestinians have been stranded on the Iraqi-Syrian border for almost six months now and no solution to their suffering seems at hand as the Syrian authorities are reluctant to admit them, fearing an exodus from war-torn Iraq.
10-19-06 - Three youth injured in Hebron
10-19-06 - Army plans to level ten homes in a Tulkarem village Under the pretext of ?illegal constructions?, the Israeli army plans to level ten Palestinian homes in Faroun village, near Tulkarem, in the norther part of the West Bank. The residents were handed military orders and were given three days to appeal against the decision.
10-19-06 - Israeli soldiers attack and injure 18 year old girl in Hebron
10-19-06 - Army continues to deny patients from Gaza access to medical treatment
10-19-06 - Striking doctors send sick Palestinians scrambling
10-19-06 - Furor Over Carter?s South Africa Analogy several Jewish leaders have complained that the ads, by criticizing the entire Democratic Party for the hostile statements of a few members, are undercutting the broad pro-Israel coalition that has dominated American politics for decades. - "the broad pro-Israel coalition that has dominated American politics for decades." But if Walt and Measheimer say that they're anti-Semites. K.
10-19-06 - Hezbollah denies cluster bomb use HRW said Hezbollah made two strikes with Chinese-made Type-81 rockets - their first recorded use. But Hezbollah MP Hassan Hoballah told the BBC: "We did not use these bombs. We don't have them." ....HRW says until now Israel prevented publication of the details for security reasons.
: "HRW says until now Israel prevented publication of the details for security reasons. " Mm k.
10-19-06 - Hamas "shocked" by global opposition to its power
10-19-06 - Heated debate over use of torture The Israeli figure is interesting since it conceals a stark difference in attitude between the country's Jewish majority and its minority of Arab citizens.
This in turn is a reflection of their obvious differences in attitude towards the prevailing security climate.
And that would likely be because its the ARAB citizens that are most likely to get tortured (and have been). It's where the term 'Palestinian hanging' came from - an Israeli technique.
10-19-06 - U.S. to Israel: Ease up on Arab-Americans During her recent trip to Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the issue with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, and U.S. diplomats have also recently complained to the Israeli Embassy in Washington, officials said. "They are being treated as Arabs and not Americans," one senior official said. "They basically treat them as second-class citizens."
10-19-06 - Lebanon denies arms smuggling from Syria
10-19-06 - Abbas Outranks Haniyeh in Palestinian Authority
10-19-06 - Israeli aims in Gaza fall short despite siege -UN
10-19-06 - Olmert in Moscow / Sowing the seeds of a preemptive strike the prime minister has sown the seeds of the possibility that Israel may be forced to carry out a preemptive strike against Iran if the international community does not succeed in its diplomatic efforts, and if no international force is used against Iran.
10-19-06 - Turkey provides humanitarian aid to Palestinians Turkey has sent humanitarian aid worth of one million U.S. dollars to the Palestinians, Turkish Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Thursday.
10-19-06 - Poll: Forty percent of American voters believe the Israel Lobby has been a key factor in going to war in Iraq and now confronting Iran A new poll commissioned by the Council for the National Interest Foundation shows that a significant number of Americans are wary of the power of the Israel lobby, and believe it is behind the invasion of Iraq and the current belligerent tone of the White House and Congress toward Iran. Those that don't agree may need to read this, for starters.
10-19-06 - Dichter to White House: Egypt must do more Dichter also met with his U.S. counterpart, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. We've been given our orders.
10-19-06 - Iran seen stopping Shalit release Iran reportedly bribed the top Hamas leader to prevent the release of an Israeli soldier being held in the Gaza Strip. Mm k.
10-19-06 - Jordanian court convicts 8 militants of plotting to kill Americans, Israelis
10-19-06 - Arab youths surprised to recieve recruitment orders Will have to watch and see where this goes.
10-19-06 - Hamas denies Iran's role in prisoner swap deal with Israel
10-19-06 - Sheetrit: Israel must negotiate peace with Arab states on the basis on the Saudi initiative
10-19-06 - Bush tells Mubarak Syria still active in Lebanon
10-19-06 - Bishop of Jerusalem, Christians Rally in Support of Palestine
10-19-06 - Israel Lobby Congressional Junkets ? as Usual PoliticalMoneyLine, a watchdog group that follows money in politics, reported on its website that while congressional travel spending has significantly dropped this election year from levels attained in 2003, the American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) continues to spend freely on congressional junkets it runs to Israel. The junkets are underwritten by the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), which is the 501(c)(3) wing of AIPAC.
10-19-06 - Lebanon: Israel greater nuclear threat than N. Korea
10-19-06 - Lebanese army dismantles Israeli pipes The Lebanese army said in a statement on Wednesday that "A tall sand barrier was built as a shield in response to the (Israel's) violation in order to prevent the diversion of rainwater into Lebanon and causing damages to the properties of Lebanese citizens. "
10-19-06 - Israel Must Not Ignore A Devalued American Dollar Israel must not ignore such facts while perilously relying on one superpower, no matter how trustworthy, as an implied guarantor of its prosperity and perhaps viable existence..... It would be propitious, in the long run, for the Israeli shekel to grow in value based solely on the merits of Israel?s economy, implicitly suggesting that Israel not rely on the fortunes of its staunchest ally. .....Cut the cord now Israel, your brainpower needs no external help Ungrateful @$%@!~!@ers.
10-19-06 - Organizations in Kafr Qasim demand Israeli government acknowledge massacre
10-19-06 - Russia and Israel to deepen military ties
10-19-06 - Collaborator's sons attack Jews
10-19-06 - Iran must be intimidated, says Israeli leader
10-19-06 - Lebanon mines 'continue to kill' Landmines and cluster munitions are continuing to kill and injure between three and four civilians in Lebanon each day, a campaign group has said. The bad press from the almost daily reports about civilian casualties of the cluster bomblets Israel fired into Lebanon are enough to warrant a handy dandy new report from HRW about the 'cluster munitions' Hezbollah allegedly fired into Israel. They must do the Hasbara. It means more to them than the moral high ground, quite obviously.
10-19-06 - Israel cannot survive: Ahmadinejad
10-19-06 - Unifil head hints at use of force The commander of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon (Unifil) has suggested the use of force to stop continuing Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace. ....Gen Pellegrini also said Unifil had seen no evidence of illegal arms being smuggled in from Syria.
10-19-06 - Hizbullah 'used cluster bombs' Again, keep in mind HRW's sudden turn towards Israel of late. And again : "A leading human rights group called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to end its one-sided approach to the Middle East.
In a release Monday, Human Rights Watch said the recently formed council has passed three resolutions against Israel, but has ignored the actions of Hezbollah and armed Palestinian groups". Since when does a human rights organization lobby on behalf of Israel?
10-19-06 - Hebron Reflection: War is Not Healthy A few days ago three Israeli settler boys attacked another CPTer and me as we
walked past an Israeli settlement enclave. They threw stones at us, hit us and
kicked us. Nothing surprising in this day and age, you may think. Perhaps not,
but what amazed me was the total lack of response from the many adult settlers
witnessing this attack
10-19-06 - Israeli siege is undermining peace
10-19-06 - Britain 'is blocking' cluster bomb ban The move coincides with the release of research suggesting that up to one million potentially lethal unexploded bomblets remain in Lebanon in the aftermath of the Israeli attacks on Hizbollah.
10-19-06 - Analysis: Rice offers Hamas olive branch the dream of a viable Palestinian state Secretary Rice mentioned is not about to materialize anytime soon, at least not until all parties concerned can come to terms with the fact that you can coexist alongside your neighbor, even if you choose not to ask him over to dinner. When one side has their boot on the throat of the other, it's kind of tough to take that simplistic perspective there, Claude.
10-19-06 - Annan presses Lebanon on disarming Hezbollah
10-19-06 - French TV station wins 'fake film' case
10-19-06 - Nobel Nominee To Speak At Area Colleges Elias Chacour, a Christian-Palestinian-Israeli ambassador for peace, will make a visit to Eastern Mennonite University and James Madison University in late October, sponsored by EMU?s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP).
10-19-06 - Former enemies unite for peace
10-19-06 - Israel, U.S. sow misery in Mideast The American friendship with Israel should have resulted in a strengthening of Israel's inclination for peace, compromise and respect for human rights. Instead, we have supported a failed political and military strategy.
10-19-06 - My Name Is Rachel Corrie Extends Off-Broadway Through 12/30
10-19-06 - Orthodox rabbis urge yes vote on Somerville human rights questions?"an awakening" "Jews were not massacred, but lived side by side for hundreds of years with Muslims and Christians in Palestine and in every Muslim country," giving refuge for those fleeing the Inquisition and the Crusades. But that coexistence began to change around 100 years ago with the introduction of Zionism, which sought "the transformation of Judaism from a religion, serving God? to a political movement," aimed at acquiring territory.
10-19-06 - Palestinian Puzzle - A Business Professor in Springfield Goes on Trial Today On U.S. Charges of Supporting Hamas. He Strongly Denies It.
10-19-06 - Academics against ?post-Zionist? professors
10-19-06 - 'Jerusalem women,' touring as Partners for Peace, fault Israeli policies Khamis, who said she was part of a Christian community that has been present in Israel since the very beginning of the Christian era, showed pictures of her family's olive trees, marked for destruction by red slashes of paint, and then uprooted by the Israelis, she said, to make way for a new security wall "to protect settlers from all over the world."
10-19-06 - UNSC monthly Mideast debate turns into finger-pointing among participants
10-19-06 - Only dialogue can bring peace to Middle East: top UN envoy
10-19-06 - Mideast conflict plays out in terrorism funding trial What's really interesting about the prosecution of Hamas-supporters in this country is that Israel itself helped Hamas along in its infancy (Israel "aided Hamas directly -- the Israelis wanted to use it as a counterbalance to the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization)," said Tony Cordesman, Middle East analyst for the Center for Strategic Studies.
") because it was seen as a counter to the secular PLO. Yet we aren't to focus on that little nugget of information.
10-19-06 - U.S. lawyer turns Israeli soldier A 37-year-old New York lawyer, inspired by the Lebanon war, joined the Israeli army.
Something wrong with joining the US army?
10-19-06 - America impedes peace in Mideast America does not call the shots in this relationship, that much is clear.
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