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Friday, March 09, 2007
03-08-07 - Palestinian dies as thousands storm Gaza crossing Omar Qazaa, a 61-year-old Palestinian who had been waiting at the crossing since Wednesday night, suffered a heart attack as the crowd surged forward. Medical workers said he died later in hospital.
03-08-07 - Reporters hurt as Israeli security forces break up Palestinian demonstrations Associated Press Television cameraman Eyad Moghrabi was hit on the leg by a flying piece of metal. TV footage showed a stun grenade exploding among the reporters, who were several meters (yards) away from the demonstrators. The pictures show the reporters scattering, with one clutching her leg
03-08-07 - Gaza security members protest for unpaid salaries Hundreds of Palestinian security members on Thursday sealed off several main roads in Gaza city in protest to the Hamas-led caretaker government after it failed to pay their salaries as promised.
03-08-07 - Israel imposes restrictions on foreigners entering Palestine Israel has control over all entrances and exits to and from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which enables Israel to control visitors who plan to meet Palestinians.
03-08-07 - On the occasion of International Women's Day
03-08-07 - Israeli soldiers use two Palestinian minors as human shields Testimonies taken by B'Tselem reveal that during the army's operation in Nablus in late February, soldiers used two Palestinian children, a fifteen-year-old boy and a eleven-year-old girl, and a twenty-four-year old man as human shields
03-08-07 - B'Tselem: IDF used Palestinian girl as human shield in Nablus Israel Defense Forces soldiers used an 11-year-old Palestinian girl as a "human shield" during an operation against militants in the West Bank town of Nablus last week, an Israeli human rights group said on Thursday.
03-08-07 - With bulldozers and soldiers at the door, Jerusalem home owner buys time After three more demolitions in A-Tur on Monday, the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality postponed the destruction of Mohammad Silva's two-story house yesterday. The resident of the Mount of Olives neighborhood paid thousands of shekels in order to keep his home just a bit longer.
03-08-07 - Muslim and Christian leaders: excavation at Al Aqsa is an assault on all Palestinians The words came from the two prominent religious leaders during a conference held in Bethlehem's Peace Center on Wednesday evening under the title, ?No to war, yes to real national unity,? and in honor of the eighth annual International Women's Day.
03-08-07 - Fatah urges Hamas speed up unity government formation
03-08-07 - Hamas condemns arrest of 13 Palestinians in Nablus Hamas strongly condemned on Thursday Israel's storming of Palestinian homes in the city of Nablus last night and its arrest of 13 people in the process.
03-08-07 - Nasser Saladin Brigades claim responsibility for Ashkelon attack Al-Nasser Saladin Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility for launching a "Nasser 4" rocket at southern Israel Thursday morning.
03-08-07 - Palestinian policewomen make inroads in Gaza
03-08-07 - Israeli army abducts 19 Palestinian civilians from the West Bank Israeli forces abducted at least 19 Palestinian civilians during invasions of several parts of the West Bank on Thursday morning.
03-08-07 - UN agency debates Israel's nuclear programme Iran and Arab states complain that it is unfair to scrutinize Tehran for allegedly developing nuclear weapons when Israel has them and is not under IAEA monitoring, as it has not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
03-08-07 - Israel, Hamas reach deal on release of kidnapped soldier: report
03-08-07 - Prisoner Society issues appeal on behalf of 60 year old man Sixty year old Naim Abu Hamdieh from Hebron in the southern West Bank is serving 25 years in Israeli Nafha Prison. The Palestinian Prisoner Society is calling on international and domestic human rights organizations for prompt intervention in saving his life.
03-08-07 - Letter urges Rice to hold fast on P.A. "We urge you to continue to hold firm and insist that these very basic principles not change," says the letter to the U.S. secretary of state initiated by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) "No direct aid and no contacts with a Palestinian Authority that does not explicitly and unequivocally recognize Israel's right to exist, renounce terror and accept previous agreements."
03-08-07 - AIPAC is for Israel, plain and simple It is precisely because groups like AIPAC maintain their pressure that Israel can count on the bulwark of American support Note the source. Also, this is more proof that AIPAC should register as a FOREIGN AGENT. Its proponents and some of its members admit that this is a lobby for ISRAEL.
03-08-07 - Future generations depend on our efforts Suha is a student at the Rafah Preparatory Girls' "A" school, one of the UNRWA schools participating in the pilot phase of the Schools of Excellence initiative, launched by UNRWA's Gaza Field Office.
03-08-07 - Palestinian and Lebanese women stand together in calling for rights "This day is very important because the women are having a revolt for their rights and they will now ask for more rights,"
03-08-07 - EU's Solana says Palestinians must give clear recognition of Israel "There are many ways whereby you can express the recognition of Israel," Solana told The Associated Press. "I am not going to define what is the manner that would be the most appropriate, that's for them to decide, but in any case it has to be sufficiently clear that statement can be read and not only imagined." Which Israel?
03-08-07 - Former president stands firm on apartheid accusation against Israel On the West Bank, Carter said, Palestinians were victims of oppression, their homes and land confiscated to make way for subsidized Israeli settlers. "The life of Palestinians is almost intolerable," he said. And even though Israel agreed to give up Gaza and remove Jewish settlers from the territory, "there is no freedom for the people of Gaza" and "no access to the outside world." "They have no real freedom of all," Carter said.
03-08-07 - Two Border Policemen get prison terms for robbing Palestinians The two said that on occasion they stopped Palestinian taxi drivers while they were off duty, searched their vehicles and stole any money that they found. Their license plates were covered up during the robberies, in order to allow them to escape without being identified.
03-08-07 - A Great Success: The Third Annual Israeli Apartheid Week
03-08-07 - Rachel Corrie Remembrance Events Rachel Corrie grew up in Olympia and died in Rafah, Palestine while protecting a Palestinian home from demolition by an Israeli army weaponized Caterpillar bulldozer. On this day we remember the valor, commitment and spirit she demonstrated. We also remember the Palestinians who survive under the occupation and the Israelis and Internationals who continue resisting....and dancing!
03-08-07 - Defense for Aipac Duo Says Groups Refuse To Testify The defense would like to call several high-profile witnesses, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and senior officials from the State Department, the National Security Council and the Pentagon. The goal would be to prove that the government routinely passed information to Aipac and that the practice was seen by all sides as legitimate
03-08-07 - Arab students will no longer be tested on Zionism, Arab heritage
03-08-07 - German bishops cause uproar with criticism of Israel
03-08-07 - In D.C. speech, king of Jordan honors 2 LI families who lost sons on 9/11, calls on U.S. to guide peace process Ackerman, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he was disappointed by Abdullah's address. "Israel becomes the scapegoat of first and last resort - it's just not the case," he said.
03-08-07 - New mosque at West Bank hospital
03-08-07 - The Haram al-Sharif Compound and Jerusalem's Old City For almost 40 years, Israel has embarked on two simultaneous projects in East Jerusalem. The first is an aggressive settlement and roads network that would forever link the eastern sector of the city to the western part and to Israel. The second is an attempt to limit Palestinian natural growth by revoking Palestinian residencies, demolition of Palestinian homes, confiscation of Palestinian land and issuing a very limited number of building permits to Palestinians.
03-08-07 - In Plea for Peace, Abdullah Asks for Jewish Leaders' Aid "The wellspring of regional division, the source of resentment and frustration far beyond is the denial of justice and peace in Palestine," the king said. The reaction from Congress was muted. The House majority leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer, a Democrat of Maryland, said he was "disappointed" with the speech, according to Fox News. The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Tom Lantos, a Democrat of California, called the speech "profoundly disappointing.".......On Tuesday, more than 5,500 members of Aipac will lobby Congress, in part to urge the Bush administration to continue to put pressure on the Palestinian Authority to acknowledge the right of Israel to exist and renounce terrorism
03-08-07 - Carter controversy One student, who describes herself as perhaps "the biggest Jimmy Carter fan on campus," said that the situation has been blown far out of proportion.
"Anyone who has read it (Carter's book) knows that he is not the extremist, that some seem to think he is. Carter's conclusion, that both Israel and Palestinians have past transgressions and that concessions are needed on both sides for peace, is a fairly mainstream conclusion,"
03-08-07 - Jamaican PM honored by IOC Palestinian Naila Shatara-Kharroub won for Asia
03-08-07 - Alternative Holy Land travel guide launched The tours listed bear witness to life under occupation in the Palestinian territories: the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, the checkpoints, settlements, the Barrier Wall, refugee camps, and the demolition of homes. Some involve home stays or volunteer work.
03-08-07 - Israelis Want US Aid to Come Without 'Political Strings' The results of a new public opinion poll suggest that Israelis will resist further pressure from the Bush administration for Israel to pursue "land-for-peace," notwithstanding the United States' generous backing of the Jewish state......"It should be added that these strings exist, not just for outright aid, but also for the whole gamut of relations with the U.S., including export-import trade relations, access to technology, U.S. tax exemption for charities raising funds for Israeli causes and NGOs, etc."
It's ridiculous the notion that Israel abides by the wishes of the US and not the other way around.
03-08-07 - Lantos: Congress is not "potted plant" He accused the administration of supplying US assistance to Al-Quds University in Gaza, which he termed a "terrorist" institution. Lantos, one of Israel's main agents in Congress, parrots the propaganda mentioned in yesterday's news post.
03-08-07 - ICRC president visits United Kingdom The talks are expected to focus on the humanitarian situation in some of the ICRC?s main areas of operations such as Israel and the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan's Darfur region, where the ICRC provides aid to more than half a million villagers and nomads and where Mr Kellenberger recently conducted a week-long visit
03-08-07 - Inside the Beltway "They sold out by the end of the business day," Adela de la Torre, spokeswoman for George Washington University, told us in advance of former President Jimmy Carter's appearance tomorrow in Foggy Bottom.
03-08-07 - AIPAC: Isolate Iran, P.A. AIPAC?s draft action agenda for this year includes as priorities the isolation of Iran and the Palestinian Authority.
03-08-07 - Australian Jewry's Israel question Five million Jews in Israel cannot live in an indefinite state of war with several hundred million Arabs. Peace for Israel means finding a way to remove the deep sense of injustice among the Palestinians, and recognising that military force breeds more, not less, extremism and violence.
03-08-07 - A better way to help Israel: Don?t subsidize settlements
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