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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
03-06-07 - Palestinian employees union calls for strike against Hamas-led gov' t An umbrella union of Palestinian governmental employees called on Tuesday for a one-day general strike against the government's violation of an agreement to pay overdue salaries.
03-06-07 - Children injured in Jabalia explosion, missiles target Israel
03-06-07 - Israeli army prevents Palestinian patients from crossing to Israel for treatment Dr. Hasanain said that among those patients were two children that had all the papers needed including a security clearance. However, soldiers detained the ambulances they were traveling in for at least 3 hours, and then forced them to go back to the Gaza strip
03-06-07 - Unknown gunmen kill a Palestinian writer in Baghdad A group of unknown gunmen shot and killed Ahmed Alriyahie, a Palestinian writer living in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
03-06-07 - Palestinians see growing food shortages The problem is most acute in Gaza, where Israeli security clampdowns at commercial and civilian crossings have pushed unemployment to 39 percent and exposed 54 percent of 1.4 million Gazans to food insecurity, according to the WFP.
03-06-07 - Crossing the Line: Violation of the Rights of Palestinians in Israel without a Permit Over the years, B'Tselem has issued numerous reports on the abusive conduct of police officers and soldiers against Palestinians who violate the closure to seek work. While the Israeli authorities condemn the acts of abuse that are reported in the media, claiming they are lamentable exceptions, the report shows that these cases are not exceptions at all. In fact, they are the tip of the iceberg, under which is concealed a harsh routine of violence and abuse, including the use of illegal force, illegal damage to property, use of illegal force to extract information and recruit collaborators, and unlawful use of firearms. The report also documents how these forbidden acts occur upon the express instructions of commanding officers, and that the authorities, which officially condemn the actions, transmit a contradictory message to the soldiers and police officers by turning a blind eye and giving tacit consent.
03-06-07 - Abbas accuses EU of discriminating against PA, being pro-Israel Husseini noted in his letter to Steinmeier - current president of the European Council - the reports of Israel's intention to build a new Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and the construction of a new Jerusalem District police headquarters beyond the Green line.
03-06-07 - International aid agency: 80 percent of Gazans now rely on food aid Eighty percent of Gazans receive food aid from the World Food Program or from UNRWA, WFP spokesperson Kirstie Campbell says, "and without it they are liable to starve."
03-06-07 - Bishops equate Israel's actions to Holocaust While crossing one of the checkpoints into East Jerusalem the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, told reporters: "This is something that is done to animals, not people." Meisner, a resident of eastern Germany, said that the fence reminded him of the Berlin Wall and that in his lifetime he did not believe he would see such a thing again. As the Berlin Wall was brought down so will this wall be brought down, he said, adding that the fence served no purpose...."Israel has, of course, the right to exist, but this right cannot be realized in such a brutal manner,"
03-06-07 - Hardest-hit Gazans look to new government for hope "We have no place to work. We are unable to feed our children. From this government, I hope to be able to earn a living," Wafi said as his wife pounded on a piece of concrete to extract a sliver of metal on a Gaza beach.
03-06-07 - U.N. official urges West not to isolate Palestinians
03-06-07 - Livni presses E.U. on Iran, Hamas "The E.U. must stick to its demands, keep up the pressure on terrorists and extremists while working with moderates," Livni said. "These demands are not obstacles but rather crucial elements in the way to peace. Compromise will not help the peace process and will not end the conflict.? Meanwhile, the Palestinians slip ever deeper into poverty and hunger. It is precisely this type of collective punishment that the Nazis inflicted upon the Jews.
03-06-07 - Frictions rise at point where faiths collide in Jerusalem
03-06-07 - Boeing Expands Philanthropy Plans in the Middle East with grant to AMIDEAST Palestine The Boeing Company announced today that it will partner with AMIDEAST West Bank and Gaza in the Palestinian territory to help develop a one-year pilot program for Palestinian school teachers designed to significantly improve the quality of English instruction at the primary level.
03-06-07 - Olmert calls special cabinet session over Iranian nuclear threat Stuart Levey, U.S. undersecretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, who is coordinating the drive for an economic boycott on Iran, visited Jerusalem on Sunday. Levey spoke to Olmert and Livni on the difficulties his initiative is encountering in European states that trade with Iran.
Levey should stay there, and start getting his paycheck from Israel. What's the diff?
03-06-07 - Israeli & Palestinian Activists to Rebuild Demolished Homes Near Hebron A coalition of Israeli organizations announced a joint, Israeli-Palestinian activity, to rebuild homes that were demolished by the military in the South hills of Hebron, during the weekend of March 9-10.
03-06-07 - Israeli Army Sweeps into Northern Gaza The sources said that an Israeli infantry force, backed by warplanes, has swept into the eastern part of Beit Hanoun and taken over two houses in the area. No further details were reported.
03-06-07 - Apartheid Comes to New Jersey When a journalist mentions to him that these are colonies for Jews only, he says that he prays hard for peace, and looks forward to the day when Jews and Arabs can live together, but for now this is hard because of the "security situation." It doesn't occur to him that this "security situation" may itself be the result of these exclusive colonies being built on stolen Palestinian land.
03-06-07 - Fighters detonate two explosives near the Wall, military patrol in Tulkarem
03-06-07 - Israeli ambassador blasts German bishop for Warsaw ghetto remark The bishops' conference later dismissed the criticism in a statement, saying that the tour had been marked by "great sensitivity" for Israelis and Palestinians and that Lehmann had expressly underscored Israel's right to exist.
03-06-07 - AIPAC meeting a chance to stake ground on Iran, Mideast The agenda for the policy conference reads like a wish list for what the pro-Israel powerhouse expects from the candidates --- and members of the U.S. Congress.
03-06-07 - Four decades of confiscation leave a fraction of the former "bread basket" Despite having completed building the Wall in the Jenin District, Israeli forces continue intensifying settlement activities to overtake more of the northern West Bank.
03-06-07 - Iran says West may have seized ex-defense official "A man with nuclear information would be a valuable asset for the CIA and Mossad," said Alon Ben-David, Israel analyst for Jane's Defense Weekly, referring to U.S. and Israeli foreign spy services. "He could be worth kidnapping, despite the risks."
03-06-07 - Iran urges Hamas to keep up Israel resistance Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday urged visiting Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal to keep up resistance against Israel and end political infighting in the Palestinian territories.
03-06-07 - Arabs protest Israeli nuclear hint Arab nations have protested over Israel's first hint of a nuclear arsenal to the U.N. atomic watchdog, saying this flouts international commitments to a nuclear arms-free zone in the Middle East, diplomats said.
03-06-07 - Olmert to meet with Abbas within days: officials
03-06-07 - Israeli police enter Area A and target cars in southern Nablus At Huwara Checkpoint in southern Nablus the Israeli police held hundreds of cars waiting to pass during Tuesday morning's commute. Although there is an Israeli military checkpoint occupying what is known as ?Area A? under Oslo, the Israeli police do not normally enter because of that status
03-06-07 - Israeli army invades several parts of the West Bank and abducts 12 civilians
03-06-07 - NEF Collaboration with World Food Program Makes Leap in West Bank This six month pilot project will feed 10,000 Palestinian children in over 130 kindergartens in poor districts of Jenin, Tubas, and Nablus in the West Bank.
03-06-07 - Turks want Arabs in Jerusalem inquiry Turkey is trying to form a committee comprising Turkish, Jordanian and Palestinian experts to check an Israeli dig near the Mosque of al-Aksa in Jerusalem.
03-06-07 - Israel allows four-day opening of Gaza int'l terminal: Palestinian official A key Gaza crossing point was opened Tuesday and scheduled to operate until Friday, the longest period Rafah terminal will work since a main closure last year by Israel, Palestinian official said.
03-06-07 - Israeli forces seriously abused Palestinian detainees, US report says ?The educational systems for Arab and Jewish students remained unequal. Trafficking in and abuse of women and foreign workers remained a problem in some areas and industries although the government passed new anti-trafficking legislation,? the report said. Odd that there's no mention of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians under Israeli occupation.
03-06-07 - US report: Israel generally respects human rights BS.
03-06-07 - EU to condemn Iran for not heeding UN nuclear resolution Meanwhile, the IAEA circulated to the board Tuesday a letter Oman had sent last month to IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei on behalf of the Arab League expressing "deep concern and great disquiet" over Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's comments in December that seemed to confirm that Israel has the bomb.
03-06-07 - Israel claims that Hamas is sending fighters to train in Iran Therefore, we must attack Iran, right?
03-06-07 - King Abdullah''s role in creation of Palestine National Unity govt hailed India Tuesday reiterated its support for the Palestinian cause and hailed the contribution of King Abdullah bin Abdelaziz of Saudi Arabia in facilitating formation of a Palestinian Government of National Unity.
03-06-07 - WAR -- Conflict footage, taken to the streets
03-06-07 - War-torn town link talks The mayor of Ramallah, Janet Michael, was today meeting the mayor of Walsall, Councillor Barbara McCracken, to discuss setting up a friendship link between the two places and the twinning of schools.
03-06-07 - Mecca deal paralyzing PA government, Peretz says ISRAEL is paralyzing the PA government.
03-06-07 - Hil & Bam gear up for battle over Jewish vote The leaders for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 plan dueling receptions Monday when an influential pro-Israeli lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, holds its major Washington policy conference.
03-06-07 - OP-ED: Pro-Israel problems Carter's modest allotment of a 15 minute speech, followed by 45 minutes of questions, was still too much for some. A mere half-hour after Carter left the premises, Dershowitz was ushered into the same space. In this center of open inquiry, no residue of Carter's views was allowed to linger unrebutted in the minds of students and faculty
03-06-07 - Syria agreed to cut off Iran -- negotiator "They understood they cannot get the Golan Heights as long as they are allies of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas," Alon Liel said Tuesday in a conference call organized by the Israel Policy Forum, a U.S. Jewish group.
03-06-07 - Israel Project launches Iran campaign The Israel Project is launching a campaign to educate Americans on the dangers of Iran's nuclear program. In a statement the group said the campaign will include mass mailings, television advertisements and a Web page titled the Iran Press Kit. Why Americans? What are they trying to accomplish here?
03-06-07 - Mofaz addresses Iranians on nukes An Israeli Cabinet minister denounced Iran's nuclear program in a Farsi-language radio address.
03-06-07 - Scholar gets silent treatment Pipes' views are considered controversial by some people because he is a strong and vocal critic of Muslim extremism. He told the audience of about 150 on Monday that Palestinians should acknowledge that they have lost their battle against Israel.
03-06-07 - No Room for Civility at the Checkpoint If the Israelis consider every Palestinian, from a child to an old woman, to be a terrorist, then the Israelis have a problem that's not going to be solved by walls and security checks.
03-06-07 - OneVoice speakers promote Middle East peace OneVoice?s international program manager, Miriam Asnes, explained how the organization is working with the Palestinian and Israeli peoples
03-06-07 - Finkelstein, Pipes to visit next month
03-06-07 - ELCA Presiding Bishop Announces Evangelism Grants to Synods "We need you to continue to do your piece of this," Hanson said to the bishops. He urged them to get to know local Muslim and Jewish leaders, and discuss the issues. Hanson also urged the bishops to continue to pray for and support Palestinian Lutherans and other Christians.
03-06-07 - University of Maryland endowing Israel chair "There's a major trend on U.S. campuses to expand Israel studies and to create endowed chairs in the field, and we're in the forefront -- but we're going about it differently here,"
03-06-07 - MP says: 'vote for the BNP' Originally the couple wrote asking Mr Pelling to sign a motion which urged the Government not to upgrade Israeli relations with the EU.
03-06-07 - Former Lebanese president calls for int'l actions to end Lebanese crisis
03-06-07 - AIPAC can't stand the Light of Day
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