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Friday, February 16, 2007
02-15-07 - Officials: U.S. will boycott new Palestinian unity government a senior Palestinian official said: "The Americans have informed us that they will be boycotting the new government headed by Hamas. The Fatah and independent ministers will be treated the same way that Hamas ministers are treated."
02-15-07 - Palestinian unity deal under way Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya has resigned his post and has been asked by President Mahmoud Abbas to form a new national unity government.
02-15-07 - Palestinian Authority: New unity government must put civilian protection above politics
02-15-07 - Mosque works: Israel extends ban for Muslim leader A Jerusalem court has extended a ban prohibiting the head of Israel's Islamic Movement from approaching Jerusalem's Old City for two months, amid Muslim protests near the holy sites.
02-15-07 - Israel agrees to Turkish inspection of holy site repairs
02-15-07 - Palestinian unity deal runs into US hitch The US delegation told the moderate president that Washington would not recognise the incoming unity government, a Palestinian official said, in a blow to the Palestinians' hopes of ending a crippling Western aid freeze.
02-15-07 - Rice denies US refusing to deal with Palestinian unity government The top US diplomat rejected a report that a US official gave Abbas a letter indicating Washington would not recognize the new Palestinian government that includes the Islamist militant group Hamas as it did not meet key conditions.
02-15-07 - Olmert Urges Economic Sanctions for Iran "I believe that Turkey and many other countries will need to change their ties with Iran," he said in an interview with Turkey's Milliyet newspaper. Turkey buys natural gas from Iran.
02-15-07 - Jerusalem?s apartheid tramway This goes against the Fourth Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, ratified on several occasions since by the United Nations Security Council. Resolution 465 of 1 March 1980 stipulates: "All measures taken by Israel to alter the physical character, the demographic composition, the institutional structure or status of the Palestinian territories including Jerusalem, have no legal validity." That, by the way, applies to Israel's recent work at the Al Aqsa mosque compound.
02-15-07 - Israel's inflammatory dig That they chose to carry out their excavations on the same day as the first day of Palestinian factional talks in Makkah carries a strong message: We will take advantage of every opportunity and carry out our unilateral policies even if it is harmful to the peace talks or if it causes widespread protests.
02-15-07 - Congress mood shifts against Abbas At least one Jewish group, the Israel Policy Forum, expressed dismay about the hold, placed by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the foreign operations subcommittee.
02-15-07 - Settlers occupy a Palestinian house in Hebron The sources stated that a group of twenty armed settlers occupied the house and remained there while the army arrived to the area and provided them with protection instead of evacuating them
02-15-07 - Hopes are restrained for peace initiative Because Israel isn't prepared to immediately address the most complicated issues, some expect the talks to falter quickly.
02-15-07 - U.S. urges new Palestinian gov't to recognize Israel Which Israel?
02-15-07 - PCHR Weekly report on Israeli violations in the Palestinian territories
02-15-07 - Israeli Police in Jerusalem on high alert Friday Israeli Ynetnews reported on Thursday at night that Israeli Police Commissioner, Moshe Karadi, said during a security assessment that some 3,000 police and Border Police forces will be deployed ON Friday around the Al Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, and around several Arab towns near the city. The timing of this 'dig' at the Al Aqsa mosque is highly suspicious given that there are high-level peace talks in the very near future with Rice expected in the area this weekend. But far be it from Israel to provoke these people.
02-15-07 - Israel to film holy site digging They say live footage will be shown to reassure people that the mosque is not being damaged during the digging
02-15-07 - Adalah center issues report on Israel's treatment of Arab minority One of the report's claims is that Israel enacts laws and enters into agreements with institutions such as the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Fund (JNF) that exclusively allocate land to Jews.....The report also claims the people responsible for the deaths of 13 Arabs from Israel Police fire during the events of October 2000 were not put on trial.
02-15-07 - Israeli settlers put pictures in West Bank including of ethnic cleansing proponent Rabbi Meir Kahane
02-15-07 - South Africa: Lift Palestinian Sanctions I'm sure that it's a mere oversight on the part of Yahoo that this article appears over in the Finance section (and not where it usually puts these articles). Mm k.
02-15-07 - IOF target Hebron youth using photos from photographer-collaborator
02-15-07 - Israeli forces arrest five in northern West Bank, included father of the "wanted"
02-15-07 - Jordan MPs Say Israel "violated" Peace Pact, Urge Recall Of Envoy At least 25 Jordanian lawmakers have signed a petition urging the government to officially declare that Israel had "violated" the peace treaty concluded between the two countries in 1994 by going ahead with excavations near Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, parliamentary sources said Thursday.
02-15-07 - Six Hundred French Tourists Visit Bethlehem Upon arrival the groups met with Bethlehem city officials and the mayors of Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala, as well as some local tourism industry representatives. According to local sources the groups were originally invited by the Israeli tourism ministry to encourage Christian pilgrimage to Israel.
02-15-07 - Islamic authority in Austria slams on Israeli excavation of Aqsa Mosque
02-15-07 - 'Outposts,' stepchildren of Israel's settlement drive, are thriving in the West Bank With the international community focusing its disapproval mainly on the traditional settlements, Israel has managed to quietly plant a slew of the outposts across the West Bank, say Palestinians, Israeli critics and even the settlers themselves.
02-15-07 - Army invades Nablus, attacks houses and abducts five Palestinian men
02-15-07 - Diss a 'gay'? Go to jail! As much as I loathe WND, this article gives more information on that hate speech bill for which pro-Israeli organizations (like the ADL) are fiercely lobbying.
02-15-07 - From 2002: The Bushes and the Jews - Explaining the president's philo-Semitism. The source of the alleged Baker comment was Ed Koch - a staunch Israel-supporter.
02-15-07 - Are critics of Israel muzzled?
02-15-07 - Jewish group to investigate alleged anti-Semitic incidents at UC Irvine Muslim Student Union spokeswoman Marya Bangee said the latest investigation "is an intimidation tactic to try to stop us from exercising our right to criticize Israel."
And they are probably right.
02-15-07 - Senators introduce bill to restrict use of cluster munitions
02-15-07 - Tracing Abraham's path to Mideast peace
02-15-07 - Settlers call on US Jews to buy West Bank homes Following the US visit, the Amana organization set out to participate in a housing fair in New Jersey, where they will try to market homes in settlements. All of the settlements built on occupied Palestinian territory are illegal under international law (article 49).
02-15-07 - Hillel director apologizes for attack there has been speculation in the past over whether Neuwirth called Seidler-Feller a "capo" before or after the confrontation. Neuwirth writes for neocon rags like FrontPageMag, among others.
02-15-07 - In pictures: Views from Beirut's southern suburbs Residents from the southern suburbs of Beirut give their views on the Lebanese government a day after the mass rally that marked the second anniversary of the killing of ex-PM Rafik Hariri
02-15-07 - Olmert: Israel wants peace with Syria Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told reporters here Thursday that he is "happy" to make peace with Syria, but Damascus must stop supporting what he called "terrorism".
02-15-07 - Saudi prince eyes Tel Aviv A Saudi prince reportedly is interested in building a Tel Aviv beachfront hotel.
02-15-07 - Emory professors protest Carter visit Along with Lipstadt and Konner, the letter, which will run in "The Emory Wheel," was signed by Alan Abramowitz, Alben W. Barkley professor of political science; David R. Blumenthal, Jay and Leslie Cohen professor of Judaic studies; Sander Gilman, distinguished professor of the arts and sciences; Harvey Klehr, Andrew W. Mellon professor of politics and history; Andre J. Nahmias, Richard W. Blumberg emeritus professor of pediatrics; Raymond F. Schinazi, professor of pediatrics and chemistry, director of the laboratory of biochemical pharmacology; and Donald G. Stein, Asa G. Candler professor of psychology, emergency medicine and neurology
02-15-07 - Hagel's insights inform government class Speaking to a false perception that there exists a religious basis for terrorism, Hagel said, "There is very little difference between a Palestinian Muslim family, an Israeli Jewish family and an American Christian family. We have more in common than we have in difference."...."A world that is peaceful, secure, stable and tolerant-If I had that kind of world, I'd take it," Hagel said. He cautioned, however, that he would "fight like hell" against attempts to take away civil liberties in the name of security. "History suggests that once you take them away, you don't get them back," he said.
Chuck Hagel for President.
02-15-07 - The Road Map to Despotism Over the six-month trial a parade of 80 witnesses, including 21 from Israel, attempted to brand the Florida professor as a terrorist.....The 94 charges against Al-Arian and his co-defendants resulted in no convictions. Hmm. Another failed trial that featured testimony by Israel agents.
02-15-07 - Syria lashes out at Lebanese leaders Syrian state media has accused leaders of Lebanon's anti-Damascus parliament majority of being involved in a deadly bus bombing in a Christian village in which three people were killed.
02-15-07 - US anti-Iran documents on Iraq forged - Zarif Rose: I mean what is your own judgment? Does Tehran think the US is preparing for an attack against Iran? Unfortunately, I was only able to catch the last two minutes of that program.
02-15-07 - Great Issues didn't bring hate speech to campus The truth is 'hate speech' to those who seek to cover it up.
02-15-07 - HELP: Palestine Mural Under Threat
02-15-07 - Shutting Jewish Mouths Back then, at the height of the first intifada, the Jewish establishment charged that Jews who spoke out publicly against the "Iron Fist" policies of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin were aiding the enemies of Israel.
02-15-07 - Govt unlikely to recover Lebanese evacuation expenses The Federal Government spent more than $30 million evacuating Australians from Lebanon during the conflict with Israel last year, but says it is unlikely to get much of the money back
02-15-07 - MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY RECEIVES FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP TO HOST ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN SCHOLARS
02-15-07 - Neo-Nazi rally was organized by FBI informant An interesting story coming from a credible news outfit. What else do they do, mm? (Pay particular attention to what outfit applauded this action).
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