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Monday, March 05, 2007


News for 03-04-07

03-04-07 - Fatah ready to submit names of candidates: spokesman Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement is ready to present names of its candidates the group proposed as ministers in an upcoming national unity government, a spokesman said on Sunday.


03-04-07 - Abbas, Hamas forces expanding A Western diplomat working with the presidential guard said the hold on U.S. funds could make it harder for Abbas's forces to attract recruits and provide them with the equipment they need. Hamas gets money from Iran and other Islamist allies, and provides its fighters with weapons and training.


03-04-07 - Maria doesn't know she'll never walk The London Times reported on Sunday that it had collected almost $10,000 in readers' donations for Maria Aman, a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was seriously wounded in a targeted killing in Gaza some ten months ago. Aman's mother, grandmother, brother and uncle were all killed in the attack while she was left paralyzed from the neck down and will have to be ventilated for the rest of her life.


03-04-07 - Abbas, Haneya end meeting without announcement of unity gov't Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister-designate Ismail Haneya ended their meeting midnight yesterday without announcement of the expected national unity government.


03-04-07 - Palestinians in Gaza are Deprived of a Vital Food Source Gaza fishing is a source of living for thirty thousand people, but since last June, the Israeli naval forces have harassed Palestinian fishing boats that dare leave the dock.


03-04-07 - Arab peace initiative not negotiable: Mussa "Any twisting of the Arab initiative will cause great harm to the Palestinian cause and can affect any movement towards a just peace," he said.


03-04-07 - Olmert aides to rally US support for continuing Hamas ban Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has dispatched two senior aides to Washington to convince its top ally to keep up its boycott of the Palestinian ruling Hamas movement, an official said Sunday.


03-04-07 - Abdullah wants more U.S. involvement Abdullah, whose pro-Western country is considered an important regional broker, suggested that Israel was not displaying sincerity in its efforts to restart peace talks with the Palestinians.


03-04-07 - Abbas arrives in Gaza for talks with Haneya Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Gaza Sunday afternoon for talks with Prime Minister- designate Ismail Haneya of Hamas on forming a national unity government.


03-04-07 - Hamas urges Arab FMs to help lift siege on Palestinians Ghazi Hamad, spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Sunday urged Arab foreign ministers to take practical actions to help lift the West's siege on the Palestinian people.


03-04-07 - Israeli, U.S. officials to meet In addition to Livni, Levey will meet with senior officials in the Mossad secret service agency, the National Security Council and the Atomic Energy Commission, Haaretz and Israel Radio said....Levey will detail for the Israelis the U.S. efforts to get international businesses to stop working with Iran, Haaretz said US foreign policy - crafted in Tel Aviv.


03-04-07 - Israel closes West Bank for four days The closure means that Palestinians are not being allowed to travel to Jerusalem or Israel for any reason. Travel within the West Bank is also very restricted. At the same time the Israelis living in the illegal settlements in the West Bank are being allowed to travel as they please.


03-04-07 - Kuwaiti MPs seek preemptive ban on dealing with Israel Five Kuwaiti lawmakers on Saturday submitted draft legislation that calls for a total ban on dealing with Israel and proposing hefty penalties for violators.


03-04-07 - Arab FMs call for UN observers in Palestine Arab foreign ministers meeting in here on Sunday called on the UN security council to bear the responsibility and send observers for the protection of the Palestinian people and to condemn the Israeli digging works underneath the muslim holy mosque of al Aqsa.


03-04-07 - Held without charge or trial: Sheikh stripped, beaten and isolated for reference to battle Palestinians being held under Administrative Detention, meaning renewable sentences imposed without charge or trial, are demanding to be put in the same area so that they can collectively bargain. They are also demanding weekly family visits and the ability to accept clothing and blankets.


03-04-07 - FEATURE - Palestinian village torn from Jerusalem neighbours


03-04-07 - Egypt says deeply worried over Israeli operations in Nablus


03-04-07 - Palestinian Odyssey On Syrian Soil As a result of the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948, many displaced Palestinians landed in Syria, which was only about 75 km from the Syrian border towards the south-west, and many more arrived in 1967 when Israel occupied the strategic water-rich Golan Heights.


03-04-07 - Israel to complain to U.N. about mines Israel will file a complaint with the United Nations forces in Syria after six mines thrown from Syria were found in the southern Golan Heights, the Israeli army said Sunday. The Golan Heights - another Israeli-OCCUPIED territory.


03-04-07 - Jordan's Arab Bank denies funding Mideast violence The Jordan-based Arab Bank, one of the largest in the Middle East, on Sunday dismissed US press allegations that it was involved in funding Palestinian groups that finance suicide bombers.


03-04-07 - Iran sanctions, Palestinian government to top EU agenda European Union foreign ministers will meet Monday to take stock of Iran's continued failure to halt uranium enrichment and how close the Palestinians are to forming a long-awaited unity government.


03-04-07 - South Lebanon villagers slam French troops, policy


03-04-07 - How Barack Obama learned to love Israel He co-sponsored an amendment to the Illinois Pension Code allowing the state of Illinois to lend money to the Israeli government.


03-04-07 - MK Orlev presents updated list of mortal enemies of Israel


03-04-07 - Jewish Australians call for debate on Israeli policy More than 120 Australian Jews say they share their British counterparts' view that the Jewish establishment does not reflect the range of opinions about the Middle East. They believe that unquestioning allegiance to Israeli Government policy does not necessarily serve Israel's best interests.



03-04-07 - Giffords is 1st female Jew elected from Ariz. Giffords made her second trip to Israel last month for a brief visit along with Republican Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl as part of the U.S. Congress-Israeli Knesset Interparliamentary Commission On National Security. She hopes to return this summer.


03-04-07 - Palestinian musical tour to support conservatory Thirty-five young Palestinian musicians are bringing their musical talents to the UAE next week, with the money raised by the performances going towards their West Bank-based conservatory.


03-04-07 - Israeli producers stopped by NYPD


03-04-07 - Murder suspect extradited In the video, which police viewed before charges were brought, the robber looks as if he's about to make a purchase when he pulls a gun and shoots Abdel Hamid, who was a member of Wilmington's small Palestinian community.


03-04-07 - AL foreign ministers meeting reflects unified Arab stance on regional issues The Middle East resolution called on all states in the Middle East to join the NPT and put their nuclear facilities under the inspection.


03-04-07 - In Israel, believers focus on day-to-day When Job was a boy, he said, his family was forced from their home during the first Arab-Israeli war.
"The Israelis took my land and my house," he said, pausing for a long while. "I have nothing against the Jews. But I want, at last, my children to live with means, like others. There should be agreements to stop bombing on both sides."



03-04-07 - Hawke lashes Bush on Iraq war Mr Hawke told the dinner that whatever else was done to address terrorism would be in vain unless the Palestinian issue was resolved.


03-04-07 - American-Arabs look to future Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., was the evening's keynote speaker. Chafee is one of a handful of senators who opposed the Iraq war from the outset and has called for renewed peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.


03-04-07 - War of words over school 'pro-Palestinian' meeting ANGRY campaigners have called on a top private school to reconsider plans to hold a "pro-Palestinian" meeting tonight.


03-04-07 - Gambling with death in south Lebanon fields The United Nations has asked Israel for months -- in vain -- to tell it where the Jewish state's aircraft unleashed their deadly cargoes. "If the Israeli government had provided us with this information it would have greatly helped our work,"


03-04-07 - Minister denies war-crimes allegations An Israeli Cabinet minister denied Egyptian accusations that he was involved in the killing of Egyptian prisoners of war.

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