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Sunday, February 04, 2007
02-03-07 - Israel prepares for an extensive operation in Gaza Dr. Muawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported that gunmen opened fire at a security patrol parked near the southern gate of a Palestinian security post seriously injuring one member of the security forces identified as Eyad Abu Al Kheir. Abu Al Kheir died of his wounds at the Al Quds International hospital in Tal Al Hawa area, west of Gaza city
02-03-07 - Palestinians 'nearer' power deal
02-03-07 - Haniya urges respect for battered Gaza truce
02-03-07 - New firefights shatter Gaza ceasefire At least 10 people were wounded in gunbattles across the territory, and another 60 were kidnapped at makeshift checkpoints manned by militants from the rival factions.
02-03-07 - Seven points deal reached between Hamas and Fateh
02-03-07 - Hamas government slams Quartet decision on keeping embargo After Quartet meeting in Washington on Friday, the four world powers, namely the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia, have renewed support for international sanctions against the Hamas-led government.
02-03-07 - Calls for Al-Aqsa protest raise alert level at Temple Mount A Saudi-based body of Islamic scholars condemned Israel's construction plans on Saturday, saying it was a "blatant violation" of the shrine's sanctity.
02-03-07 - Arab League chief terms Palestinian infighting as "national tragedy "
02-03-07 - Hamas, Fatah scoff at reports of Iranian military experts in Gaza A top Hamas official in Gaza City challenged the PA to show pictures of the Iranians. "The next thing they will say is that they discovered a secret Iranian nuclear plant inside the university," he said sarcastically. One thing they agree on at this point.
02-03-07 - Mubarak expresses optimism on Palestinian unity government At a joint press conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mubarak said that the formation of a Palestinian national unity government is about to be finished unless there are any surprises.
02-03-07 - No Iranians arrested in Gaza, Tehran official says
02-03-07 - Egypt charges 4 with spying for Israel Israeli security sources in Jerusalem responded to the report of this affair, saying they knew nothing of the matter. Same stuff, different country.
02-03-07 - U.S. appoints trade facilitator to ease Palestinian imports since U.S. firms have complained of delays that last for months, the Commerce Department has decided to appoint, as of this month, a permanent trade facilitator in Israel, who will deal solely with these issues.
02-03-07 - Faith of Ibrahim Redeemed: Texas Family Released from Hutto Prison "It's the Declaration of Independence for the Palestinian people," said Isenberg in a giddy mood Friday night.
02-03-07 - West Bank - Living in exile in their own land
02-03-07 - Palestinian Woman, Four Children Released From Tx. Detention Center Hanan Ibrahim, 34, who is five months pregnant, has been incarcerated since then at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, near Austin. Four of her children, Hamzeh Ibrahim, 15; Rodaina, 14; Maryam, 8; and Faten, 5, also were detained at the same center.
02-03-07 - Human chain links around President's Offices and PLC building in protest of internal fighting Although Saturday is quieter in the Gaza Strip compared with the past two days in which more than 20 people were killed, it remains unacceptable to demonstrators that any Palestinians are fighting each other in the streets.
02-03-07 - Mubarak says Israeli-Palestinian peace dependent on release of captured Israeli solider, Palestinian unity
02-03-07 - Gaza Unrest Paralyzes Movement The United Nations Works and Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced it would keep all schools, administered by it, closed starting from February3 until a further notice, pending restore to calm.
02-03-07 - Israeli court approves plan to confiscate more West Bank land The Israelis are citing "security concerns" for the destruction in the eastern West Bank's Jordan Valley, a claim that Hamdan says is spurious at best. He explained that a number of farmers joined to try to stop the confiscation after years of fierce harassment. Hamdan said, "The pretext is fabricated and untrue. Homes are constructed on Palestinian lands and the occupation will not grant permits to build to prevent expansion in the Jordan Valley, despite the stress we suffer as our population has grown but our building capabilities have not." Israel wants 'piece' alright - another piece of Palestine.
02-03-07 - Chief Justice calls on all Palestinians to join in stopping destruction of Al Aqsa Mosque's wall the urgent call is dealing specifically with the wall on the Mosque's west side and Sunday's slated demolition of that and part of the Moroccan Gate area.
02-03-07 - Army invades Jenin district five times in less than 24 hours
02-03-07 - US to support troop boost US assistance has largely been limited until now to around 4,000 members of Abbas's presidential guard. But documents obtained by Reuters on Sunday showed that the US government's US$86.4 million security assistance programme could cover at least 13,500 troops loyal to Abbas
02-03-07 - Furore over Jewish critics' challenge to state of Israel
02-03-07 - UK Jews: Replace BBC Mideast editor "What is new in the last year, and will be one of the big stories in the coming 12 months, is the way that Palestinian society, which used to draw strength from resistance to the occupation, is now fragmenting," the e-mail read. "The reason is the death of hope, caused by a cocktail of Israel's military activities, land expropriation and settlement building - and the financial sanctions imposed on the Hamas-led government which are destroying Palestinian institutions that were anyway flawed and fragile.
Those statements aren't 'contentious', they're fact. Say I wonder, how did those Jewish groups get a hold of that 'leaked memo' in the first place?
02-03-07 - The Israel Factor: Ranking the Political Candidates They rank Hagel last. Hagel it is!
02-03-07 - Groups Fear Public Backlash Over Iran ** While Jewish communal leaders focus most of their current lobbying efforts on pressing the United States to take a tough line against Iran and its nuclear program, some are privately voicing fears that they will be accused of driving America into a war with the regime in Tehran That's exactly what they're doing. Hello? Note to self: don't engage in an activity that I don't want to be accused of later on. Rocket science. (The authors go on to exonerate pro-Israeli groups of their role in the runup to the Iraq war - total baloney). True patriots and lovers of America, speak up now (against the forthcoming war on Iran), or forever hold your peace : "Jewish organizational officials and pro-Israel lobbyists on Capitol Hill downplayed the possibility that Congress might play a significant role in limiting the administration's response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. "It is very premature," one lobbyist said. "The administration has no war plan and Congress has no plan to block such a war." 'they always get what they want'
02-03-07 - Israeli, Palestinian farmers replant 1,200 uprooted trees for Tu Bishvat Israeli and Palestinian farmers yesterday planted approximately 1,200 olive trees near the Palestinian village of Salem, near Nablus, to replace those allegedly uprooted or cut down by settlers.
02-03-07 - Iran plays big role in Lebanon, evoking both gratitude and complaints "The Zionist enemy destroys and Iran's Islamic Republic builds," reads a banner near bombed out buildings in a Shiite suburb of the capital Beirut. Similar banners are seen in southern Shiite villages devastated in the war.
02-03-07 - Israeli peace activists in Tel Aviv protest against the Wall Israeli peace activists, members of the ?Anarchists Against the Wall? movement, protested on Saturday in Tel Aviv and closed a Tel Aviv road using barbed wire taken from a fence soldiers installed in the occupied West Bank.
02-03-07 - Art exhibit at Nablus checkpost
02-03-07 - Main Anti-war Group Plans Rally Against Israeli Policies The event will include a mass rally, a ?teach-in? and lobbying. It will mark the 40th year since Israel?s capture of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in June 1967.
02-03-07 - Photo exhibition at Huwwara checkpoint
02-03-07 - Scandals tighten noose around Israel government
02-03-07 - St. Charles man was buying weapons for 'war,' FBI says
02-03-07 - Lebanon's Sunni clerics issue fatwa Fearing a slide into civil war, Lebanon's top Sunni Muslim clerics published a religious edict on Friday prohibiting Muslims from killing their fellow countrymen, particularly other Muslims.
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