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Monday, February 26, 2007
02-25-07 - Israeli ban hurting Gaza fishermen: rights group An Israeli human rights group slammed the country's military on Sunday for devastating the Gaza Strip's lucrative fishing industry by harassing, humiliating, and even shooting Palestinian fishermen.
02-25-07 - Israeli police find body
02-25-07 - Palestinian woman dies of wounds sustained two weeks ago in Al Aqsa Mosque The woman, Yosra Ahmad Al Rajabi, aged 60, from Beit Hanina neighborhood in Jerusalem, was seriously injured as she was attempting to bar the soldiers from abducting a Palestinian youth who was protesting against the excavations.
02-25-07 - Blue-ribbon panel heads for US to negotiate 'responsible' new aid package Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer will head a high-level Israeli delegation to Washington this week for talks on the future of American aid, with his presence aimed at sending a message of "fiscal responsibility," government officials said Sunday. The team left Sunday night and will discuss terms of a new multiyear US aid package that is expected - in addition to the annual military assistance - to also include loan guarantee requests for development of the Negev and Galilee.
02-25-07 - Israeli troops raid West Bank city Soldiers then moved from house to house in search of suspects. At one point, a small group forced a Palestinian youth to lead them into a home. Still using human shields, I see.
02-25-07 - Palestinian "executive force" member wounded in Khan Younis Palestinian medical sources said the militants opened fire on 23-year-old Hassan Saleem Sharrab, wounding him in both legs. The youth was taken to hospital for treatment.
02-25-07 - Islamic Jihad says willing to join PLO
02-25-07 - Abbas urges Haneya to accelerate formation of coalition A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement urged designated Prime Minister Ismail Haneya of Hamas on Sunday to accelerate formation of national unity government.
02-25-07 - Jihad denies reports on planned attacks against Israeli targets abroad
02-25-07 - Hamas lawmaker slams Jordanian king's remarks on recognizing Israel A senior Hamas lawmaker on Sunday slammed Jordan's King Abdullah II for asking forthcoming Palestinian national unity government to recognize Israel.
02-25-07 - In pictures - Israeli forces stage major incursion in West Bank town
02-25-07 - At-Tuwani Update: February 1-17, 2007
02-25-07 - Abbas arrives in Cairo for talks on Palestinian issue Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived here on Sunday for talks on forming a Palestinian national unity government, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
02-25-07 - Abdullah to address Congress Jordan?s King Abdullah II will speak to the U.S. Congress and appeal for an increased U.S. role in brokering Middle East peace.
02-25-07 - Report: 3 Gulf states agree to IAF overflights en route to Iran ** According to the report, a diplomat from one of the gulf states visiting Washington on Saturday said the three states, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, have told the United States that they would not object to Israel using their airspace, despite their fear of an Iranian response. Coincidentally, Cheney is in Oman today.
02-25-07 - Israeli companies suspected of funding Palestinian groups: report
02-25-07 - Meqdad; We Do Not Expect A Swift Unlock Of Aid Embargo Maher Meqdad, spokesperson of Fateh expected that the road will not be paved before the Palestinian unity government in the aftermath of the international stance, insisted to meet up Quartet's triple conditions.
02-25-07 - Rampaging settlers given immunity by Hebron Police on Sabbath The teenage settler girl and several young settler boys then proceeded to kick and punch the tourist, injuring him in the groin and legs. The tourist continued to appeal to the nearby soldiers for help, but the soldiers did not respond. Start making more videos of these incidents, upload them to You Tube. Seems the only way to draw any real international attention to matters such as these.
02-25-07 - Palestinian Antiquities Minister: UNESCO must be let in to assess damage at Al Aqsa The Palestinian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities says that the Israeli government has disregarded Palestinian, Islamic and international requests to stop the destruction of Muslim holy sites in occupied Jerusalem
02-25-07 - Egypt rejects conditions on Palestinian government
02-25-07 - Israel welcomes European demand that Palestinian government recognize Israel
02-25-07 - Palestinian GDP shrinks by over 11%
02-25-07 - INTERVIEW-EU dangles prospects of new aid to Palestinians The European Union's external relations commissioner will seek in a four-day trip to the Middle East to encourage the formation of an internationally acceptable Palestinian government with the prospect of new aid.
02-25-07 - Arab League refutes Israeli reports on using Arab airspace against Iran **
02-25-07 - BADIL Center: "Israel is practicing ethnic cleansing" Joseph Schechla, coordinator of the Habitat International Coalition's Housing and Land Rights Network, characterized Israel?s Basic Laws and parastatal institutions such as the World Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency, and the Jewish National Fund as "principal agents in carrying out Israel's material discrimination against non-Jewish citizens and long-expelled refugees who inhabited the country before the creation of the state of Israel."
02-25-07 - HEBRON REFLECTION: "I'm Ok" After being shot with a grenade by Israeli forces, I am grateful that I am ok. I
limped home from the demonstration on my own two feet, unlike the four others I
watched carried away on stretchers.
02-25-07 - Jordan queen urges Muslims to reject extremism Jordan's Queen Rania on Sunday said Muslims must recognise that much of the terror in recent years has been committed in the name of Islam if they want to be taken seriously by the West.
02-25-07 - Edwards: Israel not a threat to world peace Columnist Peter Bart reports that Edwards told a Hollywood fundraiser last month that the possibility that Israel would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities is perhaps the greatest short-term threat to world peace.
02-25-07 - JCPA, Hillel plenum draws 800 Delegates will close the session on Tuesday with lobbying on Capitol Hill. Among the policies they will advocate are sanctions against Iran and Sudan
02-25-07 - Shorbagi to be sentenced The charge came from donations Shorbagi made to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), an Islamic charity shut down by federal authorities in 2001.
02-25-07 - Transcripts lack key quotes in terrorism case In recent court filings, defense lawyers disclosed striking discrepancies between an official summary and the verbatim transcripts of an FBI wiretapped conversation in 1996 involving Holy Land officials.
02-25-07 - Film?s View of Islam Stirs Anger on Campuses When a Middle East discussion group organized a showing at New York University recently, it found that the distributors of ?Obsession? were requiring those in attendance to register at IsraelActivism.com, and that digital pictures of the events be sent to Hasbara Fellowships, a group set up to counter anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses.
02-25-07 - ?West Skirting Israeli Nuke Issue? ?The Middle East should be free of all weapons of mass destruction. There is unwillingness on the part of America and its European allies to discuss Israel?s weapons. As you have seen just now Gen. Clark and others will go first to Iran, then other countries, and then to Israel,?
02-25-07 - Hezbollah construction firm -- charity or terror group? "Is it terrorism to help people rebuild their homes, destroyed by American-made Israeli bombs in the course of a war sponsored by the United States?"
02-25-07 - The European path for Israel?
02-25-07 - Israeli government pressured UNRWA into forcing resignation of director of West Bank operations Fange's criticism of the Israeli occupation and his support of Palestinian refugees led to his forced resignation two years before his five year term was completed, say the UNRWA sources.
02-25-07 - Man without a country is stuck in prison His birthplace, Saudi Arabia, won't recognize him as a citizen because of his Palestinian ancestry; other countries, including Jordan, won't take him either.
02-25-07 - Israel and Turkey Have a Plan Turkey and Israel are acknowledging that that are once again discussing the possibility of constructing underwater pipelines from the Turkish port of Ceyhan to the Israeli port of Ashkelon.
02-25-07 - Lenten Message from Patriarch of Jerusalem
02-25-07 - PBS and students to discuss Islamic and American relations The meeting will coincide with a six-part PBS film series produced by WETA ?TV, the PBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. The series is titled, ?America at a Crossroads,? and explores the American experience in the War on Terror in Iraq. One of the film clips which will be shown at the meeting is called, ?The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom? and will discuss the reasons and objectives of an aggressive foreign policy in Iraq. Perle is featured extensively in this segment.
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