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Tuesday, February 06, 2007


News for 02-05-07

02-05-07 - Hamas official shot, another kidnapped


02-05-07 - Three Palestinian men die of wounds they received last Friday Dr. Mu'awiah Hassanein, director of the emergency and ambulance department in the Ministry of Health in the Gaza strip told IMEMC that Mohammed Hassanein, 21, and Na'el Abu Hamidah, 23, were wounded last Friday when members from the Executive Force of the Ministry of Interior, and operatives of Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas attacked a training site of the Fattah affiliated Presidential Guards in Beit Lahiya town northern Gaza Strip.


02-05-07 - Fatah and Hamas meet in 'last chance' for peace


02-05-07 - Qatar blames Israel for worsening Palestinian living conditions A senior Qatari official said on Monday in Doha that Israel's reluctance to pay its dues is responsible for the worsening living conditions of Palestinians, the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.


02-05-07 - Israeli lock-down cripples Nablus economy Israeli moves to control movement in and out of the city of Nablus are thwarting humanitarian aid efforts and damaging the local economy, according to aid agencies and local residents.


02-05-07 - Bethlehem: Arsonists attack Hamas-linked buildings On Sunday night anonymous arsonist set fire to a shop and library in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.


02-05-07 - Awana bus driver killed in Palestinian fighting in Gaza "He's a Muslim man, but he drives the bus for the Awana Club programs at the Gaza Baptist Church. And, he was just walking along the street a few yards behind his father when some fighting broke out and he was killed instantly by a stray bullet. It's really hit the church hard."


02-05-07 - Israeli official urges prisoner release


02-05-07 - Seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people opens in Doha - Secretary-General appeals to donors to increase emergency, other forms of assistance Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his message to the opening session of the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, said Israeli restrictions, ongoing settlement activities and barrier construction continued to have a devastating effect on the precarious state of the Palestinian economy and the serious humanitarian emergency in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.


02-05-07 - Kidnap plot foiled 'Palestinians bad. Settlers good.'.


02-05-07 - Eitam: Four years for Iran diplomacy** Eitam was in Washington meeting privately with lawmakers and think-tank officials to outline Israeli military reforms in the wake of last summer?s war with Hezbollah.



02-05-07 - Egypt asks Interpol to arrest alleged Israeli spies


02-05-07 - Solution to Palestinian humanitarian problems, lasting security for Israel will come only through political settlement, says Secretary-General to Doha meeting


02-05-07 - City of David tunnel excavation proceeds without proper permit no steps are being taken against the two IAA archaeologists who violated their license; instead, they are being allowed to dig in an area extending another 100 meters, to "explore" the site.


02-05-07 - British Embassy funded study of separation barrier The British Embassy issued the following response: "We recognize Israel's need and right to defend itself, but we believe the route of the separation fence should follow the Green Line. [Our] funding of the research was intended to examine the implications of the current route of the fence on the Palestinian population."



02-05-07 - War Enters the Classrooms "The children hide under their desks when they hear the shooting," she said, adding that bed-wetting has been a consequence of the constant fear and violence that is an unavoidable part of childhood in the Gaza Strip.


02-05-07 - Israeli forces abduct one Palestinian man from Obaiyat village near Bethlehem


02-05-07 - UN opens Syria no-man's land school for Iraq Palestinians The United Nations has opened a tented school for some 90 Palestinian refugee children in the no-man's land between Iraq and Syria.


02-05-07 - Israeli forces invade Jenin district, abduct nine Palestinians


02-05-07 - Israeli troops abduct a Palestinian woman from a village near Jenin Maha Al Ardah, 26, was taken from her house in village after troops attacked and searched her house along with some other nearby houses. She was taken to an unknown detention camp, local sources reported


02-05-07 - Silencing critics not way to Middle East peace Organizations claiming to represent American Jews engage in a systematic campaign of defamation, censorship and hate-mongering to silence criticism of Israeli policies.


02-05-07 - Israelis 'find bombs on border' The Israeli military says it has found four explosive devices near the border with Lebanon which it suspects were planted by Hezbollah militants.


02-05-07 - Czechs stress Israel support The representatives also agreed to help raise the profile on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's repeated calls for the destruction of Israel, which may violate the U.N. convention against genocide, Hoenlein said. From a different article: "America's proposed missile defence sites in Poland and the Czech Republic are designed to counter the potential missile threat from Iran and will not affect Russian security, a senior US defence official said." The lobby is in Czech to gather support for action on Iran.


02-05-07 - Seamless Signs S-XGen Distribution Agreement With Dr. Sound International Ltd. Covering Israel, Palestinian Authority and Jordan


02-05-07 - The pioneers of Palestinian Rap


02-05-07 - No Mideast peace with current US, Israel policies, says Iran Both sides had discussed the 7 billion-dollar-pipeline project with Pakistan and India, which is making slow progress, owing to hostilities between the two countries and US opposition


02-05-07 - Commission To Meet On Guilford College Incident The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission is responding to the Guilford College assault investigation.


02-05-07 - A time to speak out We are a group of Jews in Britain from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.


02-05-07 - Press watchdog criticizes Mideast states In Israel and the Palestinian territories, the committee reported Palestinian journalists' claims of being "targeted" by Israeli forces on several occasions, but it did not give specifics. Reporters also complained of intimidation and harassment by Palestinian authorities, political factions and militia, the report said.



02-05-07 - Rice ripped for avoiding terrorist label on Hamas US secretary of state used 'resistance movement'; Jewish group wants apology, amends to victims Speaketh, o horse's ass (not Rice).


02-05-07 - Proposed Left-Wing Jewish Lobby Worries Some Israeli Analysts Reports of plans to set up a new, left-wing Jewish group seeking to lobby the U.S. government on Mideast policy have worried some in Israel, who fear it could undermine the existing pro-Israel lobby in Washington and harm Israeli security. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the key pro-Israel lobby in the U.S., says its role for more than 50 years has been "to help make Israel more secure by ensuring that American support remains strong."
The existing pro-Israeli lobby should register as a foreign agent.


02-05-07 - Carter to collect honorary Oxford degree Nobel laureate and former US president Jimmy Carter is one of nine figures set to receive an honorary degree from the University of Oxford this year.


02-05-07 - Church rally supports Israel The keynote speaker, Walid Shoebat, a Palestinian native of Jericho Shoebat is the 'former terrorist' that the AIPAC'ers trot around the country because he does their bidding (Hasbara, or PR). Strange that other 'former terrorists' of the Palestinian kind are unceremoniously deported from this country - poste haste.


02-05-07 - TrĂ³caire welcomes Irish government aid to Palestinian refugees We are working to ensure that both Israel and Palestine follow international humanitarian law so the humanitarian crisis facing people, particularly Palestinians, can be dealt with.


02-05-07 - Anti-Semitism monitor gets top radio post A scholar known for his work monitoring anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli activity in Europe was named president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Jeffrey Gedmin starts in March, according to a statement released last Friday by the congressionally funded pro-American radio network.....Its previous president was Tom Dine, formerly an executive director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
In other words, 'Radio Free Europe' funded by the US Congress, is pro-Israel propaganda.

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