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Friday, March 02, 2007
03-01-07 - Bedouin girl shot in head; IDF suspected The girl, who had been herding sheep, was brought to an IDF base by a Bedouin man who said the girl had been shot by IDF soldiers after wandering into a firing zone.
03-01-07 - Israel ends raid against militants in Nablus One Palestinian civilian was killed during the raid. Israeli troops shot him and wounded several people on Monday as they watched from their roofs while soldiers searched buildings for gunmen Israel has said were involved in planning anti-Israeli attacks.
03-01-07 - Israelis in fresh West Bank raids Palestinian Prime Minister-designate Ismail Haniya has said Israel is trying to undermine a recent unity agreement between Palestinian factions.
03-01-07 - Hamas says progress achieved in prisoners swap
03-01-07 - Names of minister candidates to be delivered to Haneya before Friday: official
03-01-07 - Guilford College Players Apologize to Palestinian Students
03-01-07 - Pollution adding to Gaza's woes
03-01-07 - Israeli troops invade a village near Salfit and abduct four civilians On Thursday, Israeli forces invaded the village of Qarawit Bani Hassan, west of Salfit city in the northern part of the West Bank and abducted four Palestinian civilians.
03-01-07 - Hamas lawmakers to remain in Israeli custody Five senior Hamas lawmakers detained in Israel will remain in prison after the Supreme Court of Justice rejected their appeal on Thursday.
03-01-07 - Interview: Palestine after the Mecca agreement
03-01-07 - PPS: Israeli prisons use beatings and sleep deprivation to coerce confessions Four young men from the Bethlehem District reported similar abuse to Palestinian Prisoner Society lawyers this week.
03-01-07 - Israel pushing to improve Saudi peace initiative ahead of Riyadh summit Israel is expecting the Arab League to adopt an improved version of the Saudi peace plan at a summit meeting called for the end of this month in Riyadh, senior government sources told Haaretz on Thursday. "We understand that the intention is to improve the initiative and come up with a better offer," said one.
03-01-07 - Israeli soldiers attack and beat up six Palestinian civilians A group of Israeli soldiers attacked and beat up six Palestinian farmers who were working in their lands near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning.
03-01-07 - They have the right to protest, we have the right to support Israel "They have the right to protest, we have the right to support Israel. That?s America."
You're not supporting Israel. The West Bank - where those settlements are built - does not belong to Israel. It's Israeli-OCCUPIED territory. Building settlements therein is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention (article49). Inviting Americans to buy this housing may not be illegal, but it should be. Violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention may be considered war crimes.
03-01-07 - Israel closes W. Bank, Gaza during Jewish Purim holiday Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz yesterday ordered the security establishment to impose a full closure on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, an army spokesperson told Xinhua.
03-01-07 - Hebron Update: 18-24 February 2007
03-01-07 - Muslim and Jew unite in al-Aqsa protests
03-01-07 - UNESCO should supervise Israeli construction work near al-Aqsa Mosque: Egypt The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities on Thursday said that the UNESCO should supervise Israel's construction work near the holy al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
03-01-07 - Israel tightens grip on Jerusalem The new settlement would strengthen Israeli control over the north of the city where Palestinian neighborhoods and a refugee camp stretch in a finger of development towards the nearby West Bank city of Ramallah.
03-01-07 - Film of Israeli raid raises questions In interviews with the AP, the Palestinian man, Sameh Amira, 24, said he was awakened at about 5 a.m. by soldiers and ordered to go with his family to a neighboring home. About an hour later, he said he was forced to lead troops into three apartments, including his own. He said he was not allowed to put on warmer clothes. "They asked me to walk in front of them against my will," he said, adding that he was occasionally prodded along at gunpoint.
03-01-07 - Israeli forces abduct two Palestinians from Tulkarem
03-01-07 - US, Israel begin talks on new 10-year aid plan
03-01-07 - EU will 'never' abandon Palestinians: Ferrero-Waldner The European Union will never halt aid to the Palestinian people even if a new Hamas-led unity government Hamas fails to meet international conditions, its external relations commissioner said Thursday.
03-01-07 - Poverty follows Palestinians' sanctions
03-01-07 - Ahmadinejad blames U.S., Israel for wars Iran's president blamed the United States and Israel for the world's problems Thursday in a lecture to Sudanese officials and intellectuals during his visit to Sudan.
03-01-07 - Israeli army invades a Palestinian refugee camp near Tubas; four civilians injured, two abducted
03-01-07 - INTERVIEW-After Arafat, Hamas: Palestinian FinMin soldiers on
03-01-07 - Senior Palestinian official: Drop demands for Israel recognition
03-01-07 - US representatives approve cooperation with Israel Sources in Israel and AIPAC worked for two years to advance this bill
03-01-07 - Israel's liaison to its neighbors: Saudi Prince Bandar There are many indications that the prince, who served 22 years as Saudi ambassador to Washington, is behind the quiet slide his country is making toward Israel since the end of the second Lebanon war.
03-01-07 - Bolton Says U.S. Should Seek 'Regime Change' in Iran Here are a few paragraphs from an article from Feb. 2003: "In a meeting with U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton yesterday, Sharon said that Israel was concerned about the security threat posed by Iran, and stressed that it was important to deal with Iran even while American attention was focused on Iraq. Bolton said in meetings with Israeli officials that he had no doubt America would attack Iraq, and that it would be necessary thereafter to deal with threats from Syria, Iran and North Korea." From the Israeli Haaretz.
03-01-07 - JCPA Delegates Spurn Israel Demands Delegates to this week?s Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) plenum in Washington defied the Israeli government when they refused to adopt a last-minute resolution calling for tougher action against Iran and for its leaders to be indicted for inciting genocide....Israeli diplomats from the embassy in Washington, in a rare show of active involvement in the internal deliberations of an American Jewish group, actively worked the floor, lobbying delegates in favor of the resolution and, in some cases, calling top organization leaders......Israel's big slice of U.S. aid, which once provided pro-Israel lobbyists with an annual challenge in Congress, has become so routine that the debate over the money is all but inaudible.
03-01-07 - Syrian Envoy Rips U.S. and Israel for Rejecting Overtures From Damascus
03-01-07 - Obama to offer pro-Israel views at Chicago gathering AIPAC, whose sole interest is U.S.-Israel relations, is one of the most influential lobbying groups in the nation. Its annual policy conference starts March 11 in Washington. The gathering provides fertile territory for Obama to schmooze with well-connected backers and donors. Though no 2008 presidential candidates are on the program, Obama is hosting a reception for AIPAC members -- as is archrival Hillary Rodham Clinton.
03-01-07 - U.S., Israel meet on assistance Haven't we done enough?
03-01-07 - Itzik stresses captives to Rice The speaker of the Knesset met Condoleezza Rice and stressed the centrality of captive soldiers in any of Israel's dealings with the Arabs
03-01-07 - Bili'in, 23 February 2007, the second anniversary of weekly demonstrations against the barrier.
03-01-07 - The rhetorical war against Iran As much as we believe our media to be fair and balanced, we only get one side of the news on issues such as Iran, which dangerously provides us with false and misleading information. It has only been four years since Americans were misled into a war in Iraq, and we should not allow ourselves to be misled again.
03-01-07 - We can deal with Iran, boasts Israeli minister Then stop bugging the hell out of my country to take care of them.
03-01-07 - Israel exports fruit to Iran: face the music How can ?Zionist? mandarins be allowed into one of the spokes of the Axis of Evil? Bazaris (merchants) explain the situation easily: the produce comes from Occupied Palestinian Territories.
However, Israel does not allow Palestinians to directly export (or import) goods.
03-01-07 - Local peace activist to give report on work in Middle East Art Gish, just back from Iraq and Palestine, will speak about his human-rights work with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) there on Tuesday, March 6, 7:30 p.m., in the sanctuary of Christ Lutheran Church.
03-01-07 - Honest Broker - Jimmy Carter?s book stirs a critical debate.
03-01-07 - West Bank Open House Seen As A Success The campaign aims to sell houses in 12 settlements beyond the separation fence, ranging from $93,000-$160,000, and then rent the houses to young Israeli couples. The houses, yet to be built, will be within the perimeters of existing West Bank settlements, including Kiryat Arba, Shilo, Karnei Shomron and Sussia. Herbst said that Binyanei Bar Amana is capable of building up to 1,000 new houses a year if there proves to be a market for them.......Also appearing at B?nai Yeshurun to endorse the effort was New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn), who said that he and his wife Shani intend to purchase a house in one of the settlements.
We all know by now which nation Hikind really serves. And Spitzer's take on all of this, mewonders?...
03-01-07 - Factor notes: Why Clinton trumps Edwards The Israel Factor panel ranks the two senior Democratic and Republican representatives from New York at the top of the list. Rudi Giuliani is the preferred candidate from among the Republicans, as is Hilary Clinton among the Democrats. This is no coincidence. The constant interest in, and the open sympathy for, Israeli affairs that is required of all important elected officials in the most Jewish of states in the U.S. has had its effect on them both. Note the source.
03-01-07 - West Bank homes offered at boro meet An Israeli real estate company offering property in the occupied West Bank made its first stop in New York at a Jewish center in Hillcrest, drawing about a dozen potential buyers as well as a pair of Flushing peace activists who oppose the controversial transaction........"In Iraq could you sell land that was evacuated? That is against international law," he said. "Did they get a license?"
03-01-07 - Jimmy Carter to speak on Middle East, controversial book at Lisner Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will speak at Lisner Auditorium next Thursday to discuss Middle Eastern affairs and his controversial book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
03-01-07 - Scholars Debate Israel to Boos Throughout the event it appeared that a pro-Palestinian sentiment was much stronger than pro-Israeli views.
03-01-07 - The New Republic's odd new owner The bad news for TNR staffers is that CanWest's recent history is littered with lawsuits, gag orders, and byline strikes, buffered by a steady stream of columnists, reporters, and editors who complain CanWest actively censors its employees who stray from the company's conservative, pro-war, pro-Israel blueprint...."The Asper family of Winnipeg is violating Canada's cherished tradition of a free media," wrote Haroon Siddiqui, a columnist for the Toronto Star, in 2002. "CanWest has spawned a culture of fear and self-censorship among journalists." Join the club, Canadians. Same lobby behind that racket too. Read on.
03-01-07 - Obama looking for Jewish support Since he was voted into the Senate, Obama has backed the Palestinian anti-terrorism bill, voted to defend Israel during the war and supported the foreign-aid bill. Despite these pro-Israel deeds, Jews in the US are concerned about his standpoint on Israel. Among his democratic supporters are left-wing
bloggers who tend to criticize Israel.
03-01-07 - Israeli Firm Tapped To Provide U.S. Marines With New Armored Vehicles
03-01-07 - Blogging About Pro-Israel Journalist Puts Writer in Court A UC Berkeley student who maintains a blog critical of a local freelance journalist was brought to small claims court yesterday, as the journalist said the student has interfered with his business opportunities.
03-01-07 - The Persecution of Sami Al-Arian Pro-Israel hawks had resented this computer professor at the University of South Florida long before Atta and the hijackers flew their planes into the Trade Towers because they saw Al-Arian, a Palestinian born in Kuwait of parents kicked out of their homeland in 1948, as an effective agitator here for the Palestinian cause
03-01-07 - MKs Out For Blood Over Prof?s 'Libel' Book Toaff, a Bar-Ilan University medieval history professor, never thought his book "Pasque di Sangue" ("Passover of Blood"), which has so far been published only in Italian, would lead to calls for his dismissal from the university, or that Israeli legislators would be seeking his indictment.
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