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Monday, January 29, 2007


News for 01-28-07

01-28-07 - 25 killed in Gaza violence as factions abandon talks


01-28-07 - Saudis seek Palestinian dialogue Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has invited rival Palestinian leaders to a meeting in Mecca aimed at ending a recent wave of factional fighting.


01-28-07 - PCHR: Are We Proud of This?! The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights issued its findings from the Fateh - Hamas clashes. The full report follows: 19 Palestinians, Including Two Children, Killed and at Least 70 Others Wounded in Shameful Bloody Clashes between Hamas and Fatah Movements.


01-28-07 - Fatah accepts Egyptian initiative to end fighting with Hamas


01-28-07 - Religious leaders take to the streets of Ramallah and Gaza City in protest of internal fighting Religious leaders staged sit-ins Sunday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in protest of the Fateh ? Hamas fighting


01-28-07 - Gazans seek refuge from fierce Palestinian clashes Residents said some families were evacuating homes near the worst of the fighting. Others were keeping children inside and staying away from windows, fearing sniper fire.


01-28-07 - Iraq: UN Agency Raises Third Alarm in Week at ?Unrelenting Violence? Against Palestinians


01-28-07 - Islamic Jihad fires two rockets on Israeli locations


01-28-07 - Israel's Arab problem hits home I was even more disturbed when I brought it to the attention of some of my colleagues in the prime minister's office. One of my superiors simply shrugged it off, while another colleague had this to say: "Look, this is a Jewish state. And at least we let him into the paratroopers -- that's pretty good for an Arab!"


01-28-07 - Abdullah: Palestine comes first Israel must not conclude a deal with Syria at the Palestinians? expense, Jordan?s king said


01-28-07 - After 'hate-crime' melee, calm eludes Quaker school


01-28-07 - Palestinian families exert their clout amid factional fighting


01-28-07 - Nuclear plans in chaos as Iran leader flounders ** The detailed descriptions of Iran's problems in enriching more than a few grams of uranium using high-speed centrifuges - 50kg is required for two nuclear devices - comes in stark contrast to the apocalyptic picture being painted of Iran's imminent acquisition of a nuclear weapon with which to attack Israel.


01-28-07 - First Arab joins Israeli cabinet All Israeli cabinet ministers - except for the ultra-nationalist Minister of Strategic Affairs, Avigdor Lieberman - voted in favour of Mr Majadele's appointment.


01-28-07 - Brushing the dust off the Journalist Union after a long slumber After the three day media workshop in the eastern West Bank's Jericho, the question remains whether elections will be held in the Palestinian Journalists Union.


01-28-07 - Appeal from Israeli prison for mass popular action to stop internal conflict


01-28-07 - Jenin District raids: they screamed in my face 'you're a liar' Israeli forces conducted over 30 invasions of the Jenin District during the month of January. The towns of Yamoun, Kafr Dan and Tamoun were particularly hard hit, as were Jenin and Tubas cities. Families of the so-called wanted were threatened with the harshest penalties, while Israeli forces raided and searched homes at length, as was the case this morning.


01-28-07 - US attacks Israel's cluster bomb use A congressional investigation found Israel improperly used US-made cluster bombs during its 1982 invasion of Lebanon. President Ronald Reagan's administration imposed a six-year ban on sales of the weapons to Israel. However, the country also makes its own cluster munitions.


01-28-07 - German-Israeli movie invited to Tehran film festival Avital was very surprised by this, and said in an interview to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that "the movie is not pro-Palestinian, and it is clear that it was made by an Israeli. It?s a very balanced movie."


01-28-07 - Olmert: Israel won't let the world be indifferent to calls for Israel's destruction


01-28-07 - Anti-Semitic incidents up in Europe In Austria, incidents jumped 66 percent in the past year, in Germany 60 percent This is odd since they both have strict Holocaust denial laws and both have had in recent years high profile trials/sentences using these laws. Those laws were put in place to prevent incitement against Jews, evidently.


01-28-07 - Lebanon faces prospect of civil war


01-28-07 - US Mideast policies ?radicalise? moderates


01-28-07 - Kerry Blasts Foreign Policy, Says U.S. Has Become 'International Pariah' That's because we've taken up the policies and orders from that OTHER international pariah (strange that nobody else has).


01-28-07 - Faith leaders meet Condoleezza Rice to urge greater support for Middle East peace A delegation of Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders is meeting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the State Department today to support increased US engagement in achieving peace in the Middle East.


01-28-07 - Silencing the Criticism Israeli government spokesman Nachman Shai outlined Israel's media strategy with 30 to 60 U.S. Jewish leaders, focusing concern on CNN, and especially two Palestinian reporters. "We are putting real pressure on the heads of CNN to have them replaced with more objective pro-Israel reporters that are willing to tell our side of the story."



01-28-07 - What home means in Cyprus and Palestine


01-28-07 - Jewish organizations sponsor anti-IDF tours in US This is a phenomenon that must not be ignored," the report said. The report urged for action to be taken against the refuseniks and their organizations, saying "their negative effect on Israel's image must by stopped."


01-28-07 - US official cautions of ME states'' acquiring nuclear weapons Allowing certain countries in the Middle East to acquire nuclear weapons will throw the region into a spiraling arms race, Deputy Chairman of US Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Gary Seymour said Sunday. No kidding?


01-28-07 - Palestine sends one-athlete delegation to Winter Asiad for friendship Mohammed Elbatta, an amateur giant slalom skier, is the sole athlete representing Palestine in the sixth Winter Asiad, which attracts all 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia for the first time.


01-28-07 - Abbas, Fatah Would Win New Palestinian Ballots Read the accompanying article, then scroll down bottom to see which outfit commissioned this poll. Now do the same for this one.


01-28-07 - Hezbollah leader condemns Bush attack "What we did wrong is that we do not succumb to the United States of America, what we did wrong is that we stand and still stand by the Palestinian people ...That is what we did wrong,"


01-28-07 - UN Changes Mission of Korean Troops in Lebanon

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