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Monday, February 19, 2007
02-18-07 - Israeli Army Wounds a Palestinian Resident in Gaza Israeli army wounded a Palestinian resident in northern Gaza, as the Israeli naval boats opened fire at fishermen.
02-18-07 - Old Israeli find fuels Muslim ire at Jerusalem dig Antiquities Authority archaeologist Yuval Baruch described in an undated article now posted on the Authority's Web site how a snowstorm eroded a ramp leading to two major mosques in Jerusalem's Old City in 2004, exposing a "domed vestibule" that could be from an ancient Muslim school..... In his article Baruch outlined the history of Israeli digs at the site but did not say what became of the vestibule.
02-18-07 - Israeli Army Invades Jenin City Meanwhile, the Israeli settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron, attacked today morning a Palestinian resident from the Kherbat Sewaisa neighborhood, east of the city. Eyewitnesses said that a group of gunmen settlers from a nearby Israeli settler outpost, beaten resident Khalil Alnawaj?a,55, severely, in front of the Israeli soldiers.
02-18-07 - Jerusalem site may contain prayer room Activists for Palestinian rights in Jerusalem said the delayed publication of the archaeological find proved the Antiquities Authority has not been truthful. "This coincides with the way they act," said Amos Gil of Ir Amim, an Israeli group that promotes coexistence in Jerusalem. "They don't want to find all the ruins, just the Jewish ones."
02-18-07 - Italian FM says Europeans acknowledge new Palestinian goverment
02-18-07 - Turkish FM in Saudi to discuss Mideast peace efforts
02-18-07 - Israeli Settlers Stone Human Rights Workers in Hebron
02-18-07 - Rice: World response to Iran not the same as Nazi appeasement Rice detailed the steps that Washington has taken to contain Iran
02-18-07 - Merchants in Old City able to reach shops, Jordan to spare no effort to stop Israeli excavations Merchants within the Old City and those outside its walls in East Jerusalem expressed gratitude to a Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset today. Sheikh Abbas Zcor intervened and pressured Israeli authorities to lift some of the latest restrictions on Palestinian movement
02-18-07 - Israeli Rightist Warns That Bush's Iraq Policy Could Hurt Effort To Combat Iran ** Despite tepid public support in America for another military venture in the Middle East, Eitam asserted that he sensed strong bipartisan support in Washington for using all available means to stop Iran?s nuclear program. Eitam noted that while American intelligence disagreed a year ago with Israel?s assessment that Iran was three to four years away from reaching a critical point, Washington now endorses Jerusalem?s estimates.....Eitam said that even if Israel were to carry out strikes on its own, it would need American support for refueling, as well as authorization to fly over Iraq and intelligence cooperation. "This is why I tell the Americans that they will be seen as being part of it anyway, which is why they should prepare accordingly,"
02-18-07 - Sheikh Ra'ed Salah among demonstrators who reached Al Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli aggression several Zionist groups say they have the consent of Israeli police to conduct a sit-in this evening in support of the destruction and excavation at the Muslim holy site, claiming the existence of a temple that has never been found. Among them are Jewish members of the Israeli Knesset.
02-18-07 - The Unwanted Refugees Of The Iraq War "I think the scale of the violence and the attacks on the Palestinian community make it absolutely unacceptable for them to return," sayd UNHCR's representative in Jordan, Robert Breen. No other Arab country has offered to take them in.
02-18-07 - Israeli gunboats shell a Palestinian fishing boat Eyewitnesses reported that the Navy gunboats and navy vessels fired several shells and opened machine gunfire at Palestinian fishing boats at the Tal Al Sultan Beach, west of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
02-18-07 - Rice to host Olmert-Abbas talks
02-18-07 - Palestinians bemoan bilking at Karni Palestinian shippers claim they often have to pay up to 10 times more to transport goods through the Karni crossing than do Israeli shippers with "connections" who take advantage of the poor functioning of the crossing.
02-18-07 - Hebron colonists occupy Palestinian hilltop home
02-18-07 - More than 100 young people arrested in East Jerusalem since beginning of Moroccans Gate protests
02-18-07 - Detainees sign affidavits that they were tortured
02-18-07 - UN anti-racism panel to examine Israel Israel expects the UN's top anti-racism committee in Geneva to take it to task this week for denying residency rights to Palestinians married to Israelis, and for failing to indict those responsible for the deaths of 13 Israeli Arabs in the October 2000 riots.
02-18-07 - University attacks reveal divisions "The most prominent achievement of the Palestinian people in the last 40 years has been the establishment of universities in Gaza and the West Bank," Shaath said. "In fact, they are the cornerstone for the whole society, and to have someone attack this university - or any university - I think it is shooting his own heart. The heart of Palestinian society."
02-18-07 - Family says inmate's hunger strike not near end A former University of South Florida computer engineering professor, al-Arian wants to be released so he can leave the United States, his wife said in a telephone interview Friday.
02-18-07 - Israel's chief of police resigns He is also said to have ignored links between senior officers and leading figures within criminal circles.
02-18-07 - From April 2006: America must take action against Iran: Israeli official
02-18-07 - American senators to visit Israel "We think that it is important that the members of the delegation feel the connection and understand Israel better. They are mostly non-Jewish and we want them to feel some obligation to the country," Obligation to the country? Which country were they elected to serve? is the question that should be asked here.
02-18-07 - Following US Win, Terror Victim Seeks to Set Precedent in Israel The Sapersteins say that the real battle is for a verdict in Israel?s courts that would then open the door for all of Israel?s thousands of terror victims? families to sue terrorist groups. Israel also has the ability to retain customs taxes collected for the PA in order to pay the authority?s debts to its victims.
02-18-07 - FEATURE-Clan law rules in anarchic Palestinian town
02-18-07 - Worrying About Anti-Semitism in America The pressure brought on Congress to support one-sided policies promoted by lobbyists is causing great anger on the Hill (including among those who yield to the pressure) and, I believe, in the country as well. I don't worry about the legislators but I do worry about public opinion in the heartland.
02-18-07 - Reporter captures fabric of Middle East in novel The first of a planned seven books, "The Collaborator of Bethlehem," has just been published in the United States, portraying the grim and depressing life of a Palestinian refugee camp teacher-turned-detective named Omar Yussef.
02-18-07 - Middle Eastern Reality Show Explores America
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