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Wednesday, February 14, 2007


News for 02-13-07

02-13-07 - Israeli forces kill 22 year old in northern Gaza Strip Early Tuesday 22 year old Mohammed Shaker Al Hosni of the Al Aqsa Brigades died in the northern Gaza Strip


02-13-07 - Israel denies Jerusalem holy site work halted, protests continue Israel has denied a report that archaeological excavations and building work near Jerusalem's most contested holy site had been abandoned, as angry Muslims continued to slam the project.


02-13-07 - Violent arrest campaign against demonstrators in Jerusalem Israeli forces launched a major arrest campaign in the Old City of Jerusalem and its environs Tuesday, targeting Palestinians who have participated in demonstrations against the destruction at Al Aqsa Mosque


02-13-07 - U.S. says all issues on table in Olmert-Abbas talks The Monday meeting with Rice was initially expected to explore the contours of a Palestinian state but some officials in Jerusalem said the focus would be on American and Israeli concerns about the unity government deal, negotiated by Hamas and Abbas' Fatah faction in Saudi Arabia last week.


02-13-07 - Qaeda urges Palestinians leave Fatah, embrace Islam The SITE Institute is a private U.S. organisation that tracks militant activities and often publishes militants' statements. It carried an English transcript of the Zawahri statement which it said appeared as a recording on the Internet. That explains a lot. Next we'll learn that it's run by a bunch of neocons (like MEMRI is).


02-13-07 - Kuwait calls on UNSC to immediately stop Israel from judiazing Al-Qods


02-13-07 - EU warns Palestinians over terror The EU will not recognize any changes to the 1967 borders except those approved by both sides, Matussek declared, referring to Israel's borders before the Six-day War during which the Jewish state captured the West Bank.


02-13-07 - More than a walkway If Israeli officials felt that the protest against work near Al-Aqsa mosque was a local problem that would soon go away, they were not watching Lebanese television.


02-13-07 - Attacks against Palestinian refugees in Iraq continues; three abducted on Tuesday


02-13-07 - Steinitz: US must stop Iran from arming ** "At this moment, Iran thinks that Israel is weak politically, so it would be better if the United States were to issue the threats," said Steinitz. Israel = the monkey on America's back. The same man was making the same calls in Sept. 2005. And then there's this from December.


02-13-07 - Hamas official accuses the U.S and Israel of planning to collapse unity government


02-13-07 - N.Y. Lawmaker Freezes $86M Meant for Abbas The original push for delaying the funding for security training came from Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, the ranking minority member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who first asked Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the Democratic chairman of the committee, to place a hold on the $86 million Ros-Lehtinen AGAIN.


02-13-07 - No one can prevent nuclear Iran, top defense official says ** Lubrani said the US "does not understand the threat and has not done enough," adding that the Americans and Europeans "must be shaken awake."


02-13-07 - MK asks El Al why it refused to fly body of Israeli Arab woman The deceased, Acre-born Lamis Jerrar, worked as a lecturer at Howard University in Washington D.C. and held dual Israeli and American citizenship. After she passed away, her family tried to bring her to burial in her hometown


02-13-07 - Islamic Jihad threatens US attacks if chief captured The 48-year-old married father of four has been on a US terrorist list since 1995 and was indicted on 53 charges by a US court in 2003 The response the Zions were hoping for.


02-13-07 - Israeli troops abduct 50 Palestinians in Jerusalem


02-13-07 - Israeli wall creates "island" villages in W. Bank


02-13-07 - Israeli soldiers abducts six Palestinian civilians from Jerusalem


02-13-07 - Israeli Pundit; Excavations Are to Convert Al Buraq Mosque Into a Synagogue


02-13-07 - Angry demonstrators in Syrian capital protest Israeli dig near Muslim holy site Hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched through Damascus' main thoroughfares on Tuesday in protest of the Israeli construction work near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the official SANA news agency said.



02-13-07 - Gas station explosion prompts Ministry of Labor in Bethlehem to launch safety & inspection campaign After last month's explosion at a Ramallah gas station, the Palestinian Ministry of Labor in Bethlehem is undertaking a widespread campaign to inspect gas stations.


02-13-07 - Military bulldozers destroy farm land in Hebron On Tuesday Israeli army bulldozers started to destroy farmlands that are privately owned by Palestinian farmers from the village of Beit Omer near Hebron in the southern West Bank. The purpose of this attack is to make way for a new 'Jewish settler only' road.


02-13-07 - Palestinians ethnically cleansed from the road In recent months Occupation authorities have escalated their policy of issuing fines to Palestinian drivers at certain checkpoints without reason.


02-13-07 - Pro-Israel PACs Not Invincible in U.S. Mid-Term Elections; Complications Ensue Emanuel is a noted Israel-firster whose father was a member of the terrorist Irgun, and who himself flew to help defend Israel during the first Gulf war.


02-13-07 - Members of Congress, Knesset to Address Iranian Threat, Incitement By Palestinian Media U.S. Reps. Dave Weldon,
M.D. (R-FL) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) will host a joint press conference with
members of the Israeli Knesset following a meeting to, among other things,
address the growing regional threat posed by Iran's pursuit of nuclear
weapons and extremists' use of Palestinian media to incite violence against
Israelis and Americans.
Our legislators evidently have nothing better to do than all of this work on behalf of a foreign nation.


02-13-07 - Fragile Lebanon needs urgent remedy


02-13-07 - Tension high for Hariri protest The opposition, including Hezbollah supporters, are to stage more protests aimed at bringing down the government.


02-13-07 - Bombs tear through Lebanon buses The casualties were travelling on two buses near Bikfaya, a mainly Christian town in the hills north of Beirut. Somebody wants to split the Christians (who have come together with some other noted Lebanese groups for these protests in a rare show of unity) from the rest of the protest movement. Or so it would seem.


02-13-07 - 'Twelve killed' in Lebanon explosions Former president Amin Gemayel, a Christian, told the same radio station that "alien hands," were behind the explosions on being the explosions. "Lebanese do not kill Lebanese."


02-13-07 - What is Left? What is Right? Does it Matter?


02-13-07 - 'Israel slander corrupts human rights' ISRAEL corrupts human rights - ask any number of mainstream human rights organizations. This is yet another attempt by an Israel-defender to conflate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.


02-13-07 - From Feb. 2006: THE HOUR: Knowing What We Don't Know "Israeli intelligence played a hidden role in convincing Wolfowitz that he couldn't trust the CIA... Israeli intelligence officials frequently traveled to Washington to brief top American officials, but CIA analysts were often skeptical of Israeli intelligence reports, knowing that Mossad had very strong - even transparent - biases about the Arab world." Wolfowitz, who "had begun meeting personally with top Israeli intelligence officials," preferred the Mossad's analysis to the CIA's.


02-13-07 - From June 2005: Mossad Chief: U.S. to Be Mired in Middle East in Perpetuity Israelis who are trying to promote a role for NATO in the region, in one form or another, are actually promoting a generation-long American presence


02-13-07 - Putin takes Mideast peace offensive to Jordan Putin also took a new swipe at the United States, accusing it of stirring up Russia as a "threat" in Congress to secure funds for its military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, five days after a blistering attack on US foreign policy


02-13-07 - Israeli town has Kahane Street


02-13-07 - Fishing for Freedom: The Anglers of Gaza?s Internet Cafés To the youth of Palestine, Scandinavian countries represent justice and gentle tranquility in a world often seen as gone mad and bent on conflict. The United States, with its Israel-centric foreign policy, seems increasingly hostile.



02-13-07 - Breaking the Silence in DC Shaul went on to describe the actions he and his fellow soldiers took while serving in Hebron?actions that now make him look back in shame.


02-13-07 - PCRF Provides Medical Care to Maimed Palestinian and Other Arab Children SINCE IT WAS founded in 1991, the Palestine Children?s Relief Fund has provided medical treatment to 4,000 seriously ill and wounded children in the Middle East and has brought 700 youngsters to the U.S. for surgery


02-13-07 - From July 2005: Jewish extremists put ancient death curse on Sharon Strange that one hour ambulance ride to the hospital was..


02-13-07 - Three's a Crowd: Israel, Iran, and the Bush Administration Israel's power after 1947 was based on its military supremacy over its weaker neighbors. It is in the process of losing it ? if it has not already. Lesser problems, mainly demographic, will only be aggravated if tension persists


02-13-07 - Iranian students demand Nestle boycott "Boycott Nestle, save our Al-Aqsa," read the placards carried by the university students, angered by Israeli building work near the east Jerusalem mosque compound, which was the focus of violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians.


02-13-07 - Obama on Israel on 60 Minutes At this stage, in this interview, Obama says some key things that friends of Israel will appreciate


02-13-07 - Our Opinion: Just Jimmy The University's good relations with Carter should trump the desire to hear the same counter-arguments rehashed for the second or 10th or 50th time. A controversial subject does not require a rebuttal when that rebuttal has already been heard. Former President Carter is one of Emory's greatest resources, and as such, he deserves to have the final say on the controversy. Amen.


02-13-07 - 3. PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID, by Jimmy Carter Number 3!


02-13-07 - Guilford students charge administration with cover-up


02-13-07 - Robert Fisk's February Talk at Ithaca College is Rescheduled for March 1


02-13-07 - UN says Israel and Lebanon violated cease-fire The incident took place at the same location where the IDF had shot at and destroyed four improvised explosive devices on the Lebanese side of the Blue Line two days earlier.


02-13-07 - An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas canister at Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Hebron


02-13-07 - Commentary: U.S. financial aid to Israel supports apartheid, threatens world peace Total U.S. aid to Israel equals approximately one-third of our foreign aid budget, yet Israel compromises .001 percent of the world's population and has one of the world's higher per capita incomes.


02-13-07 - Lebanese, Palestinian Baptists ask for prayer amid continuing strife Open Doors, a United States-based group that tracks persecution of Christians around the globe, reported Feb. 13 that Palestinian Authority police officers had relinquished control of the six-story Gaza Baptist Church building, which they had seized Feb. 2.


02-13-07 - Mandela: Israeli Authorities Exile a Female Palestinian Prisoner


02-13-07 - Survey results could presage test for Germany's special ties to Israel While about 80 percent of Israelis and almost 75 percent of American Jews would consider a military strike against Iran justifiable if Iran gets the bomb, 61 percent of Germans would oppose such a move.


02-13-07 - Israelis urged to shun Iraq The advisory appeared to be in response to reports that a growing number of Israelis are traveling to Iraq, usually on foreign passports, for business purposes. Israeli security experts are said to be in especially high demand in the relatively stable Kurdish areas of northern Iraq.



02-13-07 - Israeli Arabs: 'Who are we and what do we want?'


02-13-07 - U.S. marks Islamic Jihad leader The State Department offered a separate bounty for Mohammed Ali Hamadei, a Lebanese Hezbollah member suspected of involvement in the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 that resulted in the murder of a U.S. sailor.
But the wholesale murder of THESE US sailors goes unpunished by this same government. An outrage.


02-13-07 - Keeping talks kosher The Bush-Sharon understanding meant that the United States endorsed not just "one or two settlements, but several vast settlement blocs, including in particular those that choke off East Jerusalem from its West Bank hinterland," which would reduce the remaining Palestinian territory to a "patch work of open-air prison camps," according to Khalidi.


02-13-07 - 'Times' Is Behind the Times With Keffiyeh Trend


02-13-07 - HARIRI ANNIVERSARY: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES ESCHEW LEBANON'S INTERNAL CRISIS


02-13-07 - Speech Sparks Discourse Between Religious Groups Walid Shoebat?s controversial lecture last Wednesday continues to have a ripple effect on campus, including positive dialogue between Jewish and Muslim student groups aimed at developing unity. Shoebat, the 'former Palestinian terrorist', is trotted around the country by the Israeli lobby to do the 'Hasbara'.


02-13-07 - Reporter creates fictional detective to tell Palestinian story


02-13-07 - Mahathir's war crimes tribunal under fire Mahathir last week launched a war crimes tribunal which he said will focus on victims of abuse in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, saying the existing International Criminal Court in The Hague was biased.

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