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Saturday, December 30, 2006


News for 12-29-06

Happy Eid Al-Adha to my Muslim friends

12-29-06 - Flooding cuts Gaza in two The bridges spanning the riverbed, which runs from Israeli territory into the Mediterranean Sea, were bombed by Israeli jets in June after Hamas-linked militants captured an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid, sparking fierce fighting. Makeshift tracks used by Palestinians drivers instead were rendered impassable by the water, which rushed down the riverbed after heavy rains swept Israel and the Palestinian territories on Wednesday and Thursday.




12-29-06 - The Rafah border crossing to open nine hours on Saturday


12-29-06 - Despite promises to ease passage, Israeli military increases restrictions on travel in the West Bank


12-29-06 - Hamas: ?We will not remain idle as Israel constructs a new settlement in the Jordan Valley? Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, warned on Thursday that it cannot stand idle as Israel continues its settlement activities in the West Bank and Jerusalem, adding that the new approval of a settlement construction in the Jordan Valley aims at creating realities imposed by Israel.


12-29-06 - No plans for immediate Palestinian prisoner release: Israel Israel is not planning to release Palestinian prisoners ahead of the Muslim feast of Eid Al-Adha, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office has told AFP.


12-29-06 - Turkish Delegation To Travel To Palestine To Deliver Humanitarian Aid


12-29-06 - Local anti-Wall organizers shot with rubber-coated bullets and beaten in Bil'in protest


12-29-06 - Army denies Israeli settlement report Israeli settlers have set up 200 mobile homes in the West Bank without official approval during the past six months, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday, citing military documents. But both the army and a settlement watchdog group disputed the report.


12-29-06 - Israel controls water resources in Gaza, West Bank -- report Moreover, it said despite limited water resources in the Palestinians territories, Israel took over more that 80 percent of them, noting that large Israeli water projects counted on drawing water from Arab sources.


12-29-06 - How a spy was caught and why he still stands to profit From his prison cell, an unrepentant Pollard still claims a double-cross by U.S. prosecutors who had promised not to seek a life sentence. Mr. Olive dashes this protest: The government did not recommend the term. It was meted by U.S. District Judge Aubrey E. Robinson Jr., after reading a still-secret memo from Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger detailing the grave damage Pollard caused to national security


12-29-06 - Minister of Planning: "I have no problem in meeting with my Israeli counterpart"


12-29-06 - Message from US Consul General Jerusalem on Occasion of Eid al Adha


12-29-06 - World Responds to Palestinian Family's Jailing Despite Media Blackout There is an America that Ibrahim loves. In the New Year we resolve to live there with him.


12-29-06 - 140 residents transferred to Egypt for treatment The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that 140 residents suffering from heart problems and cancer were allowed through the Rafah border crossing on their way to Egyptian hospitals for treatment.


12-29-06 - Gazans fear influential radios will lead them to civil war


12-29-06 - Rabbi calls Carter an anti-Semite What a surprise.


12-29-06 - Will Israel honor its peace agreement?


12-29-06 - Finding resolution in Iraq


12-29-06 - Israeli journalist reveals the secrets of the assassination of Arafat by Ariel Sharon


12-29-06 - Hezbollah involved in Lebanon assassinations: Jumblatt


12-29-06 - Slime Throwing as "Debate"


12-29-06 - Greens, settlers work together to fight West Bank fence route Environmental activists and settlers in the Hebron region have set up a joint operation to stop the construction of a section of the separation fence in the Judean Desert.


12-29-06 - Who's afraid of a Christmas tree? The explanation provided on behalf of the public authority - published in the press - was based on the fact that more than 80 percent of the housing project's immigrant residents are Jewish. Complaints showed that the bearded character of Santa Claus, dressed in a red coat and carrying a bundle of toys for the youngsters, is offensive to religious residents. Very offensive.


12-29-06 - Belgian troops wounded in Lebanon Two Belgian soldiers on a mine-clearing operation in south Lebanon have been wounded after stepping on a cluster bomb, a UN spokesman has said.


12-29-06 - A New Roadblock to Mideast Peace (6 Letters)


12-29-06 - Israelis Disagree with Olmert on PA Gestures 49 per cent of respondents oppose the gestures that Ehud Olmert granted to Mahmoud Abbas in their meeting. Then they will be pleased to learn that Israel hasn't implemented any of them.


12-29-06 - Probe 'finds Israeli army deficient in summer war' There is no probe into Israel's conduct of the war that included the wholesale bombing of civilians (including those in the process of fleeing), and the firing of thousands of cluster bombs into civilian areas.

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