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Sunday, January 21, 2007


News for 01-20-07

01-20-07 - Palestinian construction worker killed by Israeli guard in Be?er Shiva As the workers arrived to the building, the guard demanded them to pay him a certain amount of money, and when they refused he pulled his gun out and fired at Mohammad Kamal Al Battat, and shot him dead


01-20-07 - Israeli gunfire wounds two Palestinian teens in Gaza


01-20-07 - Key Palestinian meeting postponed Planned talks between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the political head of rival Palestinian faction Hamas have been postponed.


01-20-07 - Haniyeh sets conditions for temporary truce


01-20-07 - Haniyya: "Hamas agrees to a Palestinian State within 1967 border"


01-20-07 - Carter defends controversial book "Not one of the critics of my book has contradicted any of the basic premises ... that is the horrible persecution and oppression of the Palestinian people and secondly that the formula for finding peace in the Middle East already exists," the 82-year-old Carter said. Amen.


01-20-07 - Israeli Holocaust trustee blasts Hebron settlers A senior official of Israel's central Holocaust memorial on Saturday assailed Jewish settlers who harass Palestinians in a tinderbox West Bank city, saying the abuse recalled the anti-Semitism of 1930s Europe.


01-20-07 - Cross provides assistance to farmers blocked from their land for four years The Director of the Red Cross Tulkarem office, Milani Tremblay, said that for four years farmers have been unable to access their lands freely due to Wall activity. The program's beneficiaries are being provided the necessary support through the provision of infrastructure for land cultivation to begin farming again.




01-20-07 - Egypt reports 11th bird flu death


01-20-07 - Britain deeply concerned at death of Palestinian girl


01-20-07 - Israel halts building of new settlement Israel has faced massive international criticism since Mr Peretz approved the construction of the Meskiot settlement in the northern Jordan Valley to house former settlers from the Gaza Strip.


01-20-07 - Abir Memorial Ceremony in Anata Tomorrow, Sunday January 20th, students of all 3 schools in Anata will hold a memorial ceremony for 10-year old Abir Aramin.


01-20-07 - Bartaa residents boycott obtaining Israeli permission to move


01-20-07 - International Peace Activists in Hebron Protest at the Wall


01-20-07 - Palestinian refugees in Lebanon hope for better life 'Of all the Palestinians living in the diaspora, the Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon have the worst living conditions. At least if you live in another Arab state, you can own or inherit a property. In Lebanon you are barred from doing that,'


01-20-07 - MacKay pledges new money for Gaza crossing The money will be spent on unspecified equipment to help goods and services move more freely in and out of Gaza.


01-20-07 - Despite frustration, southern Bethlehem farmers continue to resist land confiscation The Israeli government is building the Wall in southern Bethlehem through three West Bank villages. Approximately 1,700 dunams of their land will be isolated from the villages of Wadi Rahhal, Umm Salamuna and Al Ma'sara. The lands are planted with grapevines and olive and nut trees.



01-20-07 - Musharraf Seeks To Help Palestinians Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Saturday began a four-day Mideast tour aimed at devising a strategy to bring Palestinians together.


01-20-07 - For 6 years some Hebron residents forced to move via rooftop, now Israelis allowing them on street Six years ago Israeli forces occupying the southern West Bank denied the Palestinians of Hebron the right to walk on Shuhada Street. The Society for Citizens Rights conducted investigations in which it was apparent that Israeli forces were fundamentally violating the rights of thousands of people.


01-20-07 - On the day of Prophet Mohammad, call issued from Jenin: Palestine, our future, our freedom The National and Islamic Forces in Jenin held a Saturday evening meeting under the banner headline, ?Palestine, our future and our freedom ... Yes to national unity ... No to internal fights.? Political leaders, organizational representatives, members of civil society and the clergy, gathered with various national and Islamic forces in the Jenin Town Hall.


01-20-07 - PRO-CON: Is U.S. committed to Israeli-Palestinian peace? YES


01-20-07 - College aids Palestinian matchmaking


01-20-07 - Oly+Rafah Community Mural Projects Event: January 26 On Sunday, January 28th, there will be a follow-up organizing meeting with Susan Greene to introduce and discuss ideas for an Olympia-Rafah Sister City mural project and a proposed documentary about the project, Rachel Corrie, and the struggle for justice in Palestine.


01-20-07 - US homeland security market beckons Outsourcing our homeland security to a nation that routinely violates international and humanitarian law. ~Swell~.


01-20-07 - Senate bans lobbyist travel The Senate bill allows non-profit affiliates of lobbies to run tours for lawmakers, a provision that the pro-Israel lobby aggressively sought. That compromise preserves trips run by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has a non-profit spin-off, as well as those run by local Jewish federations that do not employ lobbyists.
AIPAC wins (America loses).


01-20-07 - From opposite sides, paths converge for peace Al Hamri spent 4 /2 years in jail after organizing what he says were nonviolent demonstrations against the Israeli occupation. "In those days, to write fliers or deliver fliers was considered violent in the eyes of the Israelis," said Al Hamri, 42. "I was in jail from the '80s until 1993."



01-20-07 - Entrepreneurs sell kafiyehs adorned with Stars of David "If it was not already locally felt that the Israelis were overtaking all aspects of Palestinian life in order to erase it, chances are that this offensive version of the kafiyeh would not raise more than an eyebrow. Instead, a great deal of offense is being taken," wrote the Palestinian National News service in a recent article on the Israeli kafiyeh.


01-20-07 - Reisterstown man pleads guilty to counterfeiting Mordechai Mizrahi admitted in court to importing $120,000 in counterfeit $100 bills from co-conspirators in Israel, prosecutors said.


01-20-07 - Jewish groups to visit UAE, discuss Iran "The UAE is a critically important place on the issue of terrorism, the fight against extremism and Iran," said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Presidents Conference, a 51-member umbrella organization that serves as the Jewish community's main collective voice on Middle East affairs. "We want to see improved relations with the U.S., of course, but also hope that this can foster relations with Israel."


01-20-07 - PRO-CON: Is U.S. committed to Israeli-Palestinian peace? NO

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