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Friday, November 24, 2006


News for 11-23-06

11-23-06 - Israel kills 7 in Gaza, woman attempts suicide attack Hospital officials said a 20-year-old civilian man was shot dead by Israeli troops east of the town of Beit Lahiya. The army said it was checking the report.

Residents said troops backed by tanks earlier thrust into Beit Lahiya. Tanks firing machineguns stormed a housing project, killing a 19-year-old man, hospital officials said.



11-23-06 - Two killed in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, several residents injured Earlier on Thursday morning, Israeli army helicopters fired a missile at a group of residents and killed one. Eight school boys were shot and injured east of Beit Lahia, in the norther part of the Gaza Strip.


11-23-06 - Several homes destroyed in northwestern West Bank citing building without Israeli permission The Israeli administration continues to target the houses of Qalqilia District citizens where early this morning Israeli forces demolished several homes 18 kilometers east of the city, and just days ago destroyed others in the south.


11-23-06 - Woman, 64, blows herself up in attack on Israeli troops Her oldest daughter, Fatheya, said she decided to become a bomber because her grandson had been killed.


11-23-06 - Palestinians offer Israel limited truce


11-23-06 - Beit Hanoun: what happened? Channel 4 News has been to Beit Hanoun, where the operation took place, to piece together what happened this month. What we found challenges the Israeli version of events and raises questions about the protection of civilians during conflict.



11-23-06 - Hamas official shot by West Bank gunmen


11-23-06 - Gunmen clash with Lebanese-Palestinian security forces in refugee camp, 3 wounded


11-23-06 - The Next Act: Will the Republicans? Mid-Term Loss Hurt Chances of a War on Iran? ** What's happening right now and the reason some of the people talked to me about the new Israeli intelligence, is that there's a great debate inside the community about how good it is, whether it's for -- you know, there is human intelligence about a warhead being manufactured, but nobody in the CIA knows much about it, who the source is, knows ? are there drawings, any evidence, any technical evidence? Those questions aren?t being asked and answered because the White House likes it. The Israelis are supplying us with intelligence on a Middle Eastern country's alleged WMD program - again.


11-23-06 - Olmert: I did not use classified information Wednesday morning, Yedioth Aharonoth reported that the prime minister used top secret intelligence information in order to censure Peretz for and, by doing so, exposed a number of Israeli intelligence capabilities, including the capability to listen to Abbas' conversations.


11-23-06 - Israeli MP dreams up new Mideast peace plan


11-23-06 - Families of Oct. 2000 riot victims nix payout over wording of deal Eight families of Israeli Arabs killed in the October 2000 riots said Wednesday that they have rejected the settlement agreed on with the state because of a specific clause in the agreement that declares that "both sides feel remorse for the civilian deaths and injuries that security forces sustained."


11-23-06 - Hebrew Univ. to review application process deemed discriminatory


11-23-06 - Israel permit 'too short' for PhD Israeli human rights group Gisha described the six-month permit as "cynical" because a doctoral thesis usually takes at least four years.


11-23-06 - France okays firing at IAF over Lebanon French soldiers in Lebanon who feel threatened by aggressive Israeli overflights are permitted to shoot at IAF fighter jets, a high-ranking French military officer told The Jerusalem Post.


11-23-06 - Civilians in Israel, Palestine bear brunt of abuses, UN rights chief says


11-23-06 - Louise Arbour: Israel may be more to blame than Hizbullah "I left Gaza with a sense that the right of its people to their physical integrity - their right to life - was particularly imperiled," Arbour said.


11-23-06 - Israel, Palestinians agree to continue preparations for Abbas- Olmert summit


11-23-06 - The Massacre at Beit Hanoun - How Can We Allow This to Go On? What can one say to them? That they should stop firing Qassams? But the vast majority of them are not involved in this at all


11-23-06 - Mideast diplomacy / Bush to visit Jordan, won't meet PM, Abbas We can assume that Bush informed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of his intentions to limit the American presence in Iraq during their meeting last week. That would explain Olmert's controversial statements regarding a rushed American pullout from Iraq that would "undermine stability" in the region. From Israel's point of view, there is tremendous significance to the thinning American presence in the Middle East, at a time when Iran is getting stronger and is seeking to form a regional alliance against America and its allies.



11-23-06 - EU says must speak with one voice on Middle East


11-23-06 - Bereaved Gaza family struggles to recover


11-23-06 - Palestinian Contingent Stranded Due To Curfew In Gaza


11-23-06 - Israeli lawyers: Rescind Palestinian travel ban human rights activists said the order is part of a wider Israeli scheme to create separate road systems for Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank and to keep Palestinians from 20 percent of the territory.


11-23-06 - Shin Bet opposes assassination of Palestinian leaders


11-23-06 - Palestinian sources: Saudis have severed ties with Hamas


11-23-06 - UN official: Apology insufficient when you kill 19 civilians Frankly I don't think it's sufficient for the armed forces, after 19 innocent civilians are killed in their house, in their bed, two days later to say 'well, this was an accident'. It's not enough; it does not persuade the victims that this is the truth. I don't think it persuades the community at large and it certainly doesn't give any guarantee that it won't happen again.


11-23-06 - What the U.S. Has Failed to Learn in Lebanon a key reason for the U.S.'s setbacks in the Middle East is it's chronic refusal to wholeheartedly address the root causes of conflict, such as the lack of a negotiated end to Israel's occupation of Arab lands, the failure to establish a Palestinian state and Western support for repressive Arab regimes.


11-23-06 - War on terror is WWIII: Israeli Lt Gen The West should confront the threat through diplomatic and even military action if necessary, and Iran and Syria must be held responsible for their support of militants in Iraq, Lt Gen Yaalon said.


11-23-06 - Ex-council leader jailed for contacting Iranian agents


11-23-06 - Flemish Palestine Committee marks Israeli fruit


11-23-06 - Poll: More than half of Israelis support Syria talks More than half of Israelis would like to see Israel engage in negotiations with Syria, but are unprepared to withdraw from the Golan Heights as a price for peace


11-23-06 - Israel's Rumsfeld Takes Heat In my opinion were Israel to attack Iran, and if Iran takes revenge the world's oil market will be in a mess.


11-23-06 - Enter the historians, finally


11-23-06 - Jewish & Arab women unite in the spirit of entrepreneurship


11-23-06 - AWU meeting closes with Palestinian writer's winning laurel


11-23-06 - Damascus awaits a renewed political backlash Syria now expects its enemies to use the killing to blacken its image and dash its hopes of a thaw in ties with the West. This particular killing is reminiscent of the Lavon Affair. Who did it and why?


11-23-06 - Daniel Barenboim Receives Award From Berlin's Jewish Museum

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