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Saturday, October 28, 2006


News for 10-27-06

10-27-06 - Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians


10-27-06 - Israeli army injures 16 protesters demanding to be able to harvest their olives in Bil'in Hundreds of Palestinian residents of Bil'in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and dozens of Israeli and international peace activists held their weekly protest in Bil'in Friday, pleading with the assembled Israeli military force to allow them to harvest their olives. Israeli soldiers used excessive violence against the protesters and injured 16.



10-27-06 - Palestinian rivals agree to ease tension


10-27-06 - Abbas to announce decision on new govt in days: EU officials


10-27-06 - UN appeals for end to Mideast stalemate amid Palestinian suffering


10-27-06 - UN lays out function of office for Palestinians to claim damages from Israeli barrier


10-27-06 - PA security officials: Israeli Arab man kidnapped in Gaza Strip


10-27-06 - Israel may bomb along border with Egypt: paper


10-27-06 - Shin Bet to upgrade security in LA Airport Los Angeles International Airport invites team of security experts from Shin Bet, Ben Gurion Airport to examine airport's security arrangements. Say what? We allow the secret intelligence unit of a FOREIGN country offer up security advice to one of our major airports? How moronic is that?


10-27-06 - Israel and U.S. to expand civil air defense cooperation It's outrageous that our security systems continue to be outsourced to Israel.


10-27-06 - A Jewish Hitler? - The rise of Avigdor Lieberman As hard-right ideologues embark on a campaign of aggression aimed at creating a "Greater Israel," will U.S. tax dollars continue to fuel the Israeli war machine? Why wouldn't they? All of the despicable acts Israel has committed over the years has not stopped the flow of US cash. Israel kills Americans, and our government doesn't do a damn thing about it. The taxpayer aid runneth over.


10-27-06 - Report: FBI In Expanded Aipac Probe the allegations - along with the upcoming trial of Rosen and Weissman, and the recent book deal signed by two of the pro-Israel lobby's most prominent and vocal critics, scholars Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer - are likely to trigger increased media and public scrutiny of the pro-Israel lobby's efforts to influence the decision-making process in Washington.
Oh dear.


10-27-06 - Israeli minister to visit Qatar Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has accepted an invitation to a conference in the Gulf state of Qatar.


10-27-06 - Israel denies German ship clash This is a denial of the first incident.


10-27-06 - Chris Bellamy: An enigma that only the Israelis can fully explain The initial tests on samples taken from the site of the Israeli strike on Khiam present an enigma which will only be solved when the people who produced and deployed the weapon explain themselves.


10-27-06 - Hebron Reflection: Strangers in my home


10-27-06 - Rice?s Counselor Gives Advice Others May Not Want to Hear , in choosing Mr. Zelikow as her counselor, she eschewed Elliott L. Abrams, a darling of neoconservatives and the pro-Israel lobby.



10-27-06 - Christian Zionism: An Egregious Threat to US-Mideast Understanding Christian Zionists have pushed the militarist policies of both Israel and the U.S. in an effort to secure the Holy Land in preparation for the coming of the "promised land." As part of this strategy, the U.S. occupation of Iraq is deemed absolutely necessary.


10-27-06 - UN peacekeepers unlikely to disarm Hezbollah: Russia Ivanov said that concern over this aspect of the peacekeepers' mission was one of the reasons Moscow decided to send a peacekeeping contingent to Lebanon under an accord reached separately with the Lebanese government, instead of under the UN mandate


10-27-06 - Germany says Israel fired shots over unarmed ship The incident, which Israel has so far denied, was one of two involving the Israeli military and German forces in the region this week, defence spokesman Thomas Raabe told reporters Friday. "There have been two incidents, one involving a helicopter and another the Alster" a German electronic surveillance and reconnaissance ship.
A second incident.


10-27-06 - Israeli PM accuses world of doing 'nothing' over Iran


10-27-06 - Bush: World must 'double' effort on Iran nuclear program Israel says "Jump!", the US says "How high?".


10-27-06 - Olmert compares Iran with Nazi Germany Look in the mirror. The Palestinians : have been forcibly expelled from their properties, had their properties seized, have been ghettoized and walled in, are deemed inferior by Zionists both past and present, are deemed a 'demographic problem' by Zionists both past and present, are collectively punished for the sins of a few, are impoverished and starving as most of the 'civilized world' turns a blind eye, are severely dehumanized in the Western media (at the behest of pro-Israeli media 'watchdogs'), are in need of a homeland.


10-27-06 - All must play their roles As long as the Israelis, irrespective of their policies and ideological positions, are accorded preferential treatment by western governments or international bodies it is doubtful that any peacemaking will succeed.


10-27-06 - High radiation levels said to be found after Israel's Lebanon bombing


10-27-06 - A 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team soldier hugs a young Iraqi boy in central Baghdad's Karradah district There's the difference between US soldiers and those of Israel.


10-27-06 - US to rebuild Mideast's highest bridge, damaged by Israel The United States will pay to rebuild the Mdairej bridge in Lebanon, the highest in the Middle East, which was damaged by Israeli bombs during the war this summer, a senior US official said. Deduct it from the billions in aid we give Israel. American taxpayers shouldn't have to pay any extra (to clean up after Israel) than they already do now.


10-27-06 - 50 Years After Suez, US Hegemony Ebbing Fast the Bush administration's failure to exercise any demonstrable pressure on Israel to seriously engage the Palestinians in a peace process, its transparent support for Israel's military offensive and bombing campaign in Lebanon last summer's war with Hezbollah, and its rejection to date of renewed Arab efforts to promote the 2002 Saudi peace plan in the wake of the Lebanon conflict have effectively destroyed the image of Washington as an honest broker. Thus far in his Presidency, Bush Jr. has refused to stand up to Israel like his old man did.


10-27-06 - Palestinian village inside Israel goes on strike in protest of the Israel's government continued confiscation of land belonging to the village.


10-27-06 - US Affairs: Is there an ally in the House? Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), the only Holocaust survivor in Congress, is in line to become chairman of the House International Relations Committee if the Democrats win. But some rumblings suggest other lawmakers - namely Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) - may bypass him because of Lantos' support for the Iraq war. Privately, congressional aides say Lantos has been reassured by Pelosi that he will get the chairmanship; both men are considered strong backers of the Jewish state...... the new foreign operations subcommittee chair would be Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), a strong, proactive Israel backer. Lantos is an Israel-firster.


10-27-06 - Mediterranean leaders to push for relaunch of peace process


10-27-06 - Palestinian banks walk economic tightrope Adding to the headaches, Israeli troops have raided banks three times since the uprising began six years ago, taking millions of dollars from accounts they suspected were connected to militant groups, the Monetary Authority said.


10-27-06 - French twist on border France?s foreign minister now thinks Israel?s West Bank security barrier is a good idea.


10-27-06 - Injured and sick detainees appeal for medical treatment


10-27-06 - From 2002: Lieberman and Cheney March In the Footsteps of Joe McCarthy Among the agencies engaged in this coordinated witch-hunt are: View the article to check out the list of offenders, the usual (pro-Israeli) suspects. He forgot to include WND and FrontPage mag.


10-27-06 - Palestinian 'humiliation'? Another Israel-defender does damage control regarding Condi's comments about Palestine.


10-27-06 - 1993 interrogation described Nadav also testified that in 1993 Judith Miller, then a New York Times reporter, visited the detention facility where Salah was being held.
Nadav said he asked Salah questions at Miller's direction. Strange.


10-27-06 - Breaking the Silence: Fmr. Israeli Soldier Tours U.S. to Expose Abuse of Palestinians by Israeli Military


10-27-06 - Feed Palestine, or Breed War Israel gains by reducing Palestinians to starving 'savages'. It's great PR, or Hasbara for Israel.


10-27-06 - Why Is No One Talking About The 400-600 Israeli Nukes ?


10-27-06 - Analysis: Aid could impact Muslim opinion And here's the key to winning hearts and minds: deeper American assistance directly to the people, following their expressed priorities."
A better idea: end the unconditional support of Israel's policies vis a vis the Palestinians. That would be the single greatest boost for America in not just the ME, but the world.


10-27-06 - Former militia chief does not foresee civil war


10-27-06 - Vatican urged to halt beatification Israel has urged the Vatican to halt procedures putting Pius XII, the controversial wartime Pope, on the path to sainthood.


10-27-06 - Republican staffer threatened TAU funds

A Republican congressman reprimanded a staffer for threatening to cut U.S. funds to Tel Aviv University unless a donor agreed to stop backing his opponent.



10-27-06 - Jewish groups condemn U.N. official


10-27-06 - Dovish groups balk at Lieberman Two dovish U.S. groups expressed reservations about Avigdor Lieberman?s new role in the Israeli Cabinet.



10-27-06 - Democracy in Name Only


10-27-06 - Fans ask Philharmonic to denounce occupation A petition is circulating among fans of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra asking the institution to denounce Israel?s West Bank presence on the eve of a U.S. tour.

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