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Thursday, March 15, 2007
03-14-07 - Israel should stop contested excavation: UNESCO The chief of the UN culture agency said Wednesday he supported a report calling on Israel to end excavation work near Al-Aqsa mosque which has sparked protests across the Muslim world.
03-14-07 - Six Palestinians, including three children, injured in internal clashes in Gaza Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday at night that six Palestinian residents, including three children, were injured in renewed violent clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
03-14-07 - PLO Condemns Killing of Palestinian Refugees in Iraq The PLO Refugees' Affairs Department condemned Wednesday the Killing of eight Palestinian refugees in Baghdad by the armed militias.
03-14-07 - RELEASE: Tom Fox memorial
03-14-07 - Jerusalem home demolitions: by 2020, 240,000 Palestinians will be 40,000
03-14-07 - Emotions flare at Mideast talks in Japan "I wish Israel all the luck," Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat said in comments laden with sarcasm during a panel discussion.
"Such prosperity and such advancement and such economic power," he said. "Sure you don't need that much of my water? You don't need my land in the Jordan Valley?"
03-14-07 - YNet: "Court convicts Hebron settler for stoning Palestinian homes"
03-14-07 - Lawyers Urge Israeli Rights At home in Israel, El-Sana has represented the Bedouins in front of the Israeli Supreme Court and has petitioned the government to improve facilities for Bedouins
03-14-07 - Palestinian factions agree cabinet deal
03-14-07 - Palestinian refugees in Iraq were attacked 31 times in February, eight killed
03-14-07 - At-Tuwani Update: February 20 - March 10, 2007 Mueller, O'Neill and a Dove accompanied a Palestinian shepherd near Havat Ma'on.
Settlers came down from the outpost and the Palestinian moved to the other
side of the valley. The settler children threw stones at the Palestinians
and internationals. One settler grazed his goats on land belonging to a man
from At-Tuwani. Internationals called the police, but the police said they
would not come to investigate.
03-14-07 - Hebron Update 25 February - 3 March 2007 A group of ten settler children, aged between 8 and 13
years, approached the CPTers and called them Nazis. The soldier said something
to the children. The children began to spit at Benvie and one kicked her. The
children then began to throw stones and one stone hit Arbour on the side of his
head, causing his ear to bleed profusely. Throughout, the soldier did nothing
but watch
03-14-07 - Rachel Corrie's parents ask you to take action On the third anniversary of Rachel's killing in Gaza, here are three things that we urge you to consider doing today, or as soon as possible:
03-14-07 - Israel not 'enthusiastic' about strike on Iran: Olmert Israeli officials are making a concerted effort to backpedal away from previous strong language about Iran so as not to be seen as the instigators of an attack on Iran.
03-14-07 - Army probes mosque vandalism According to Rabbis for Human Rights, the soldiers vandalized the mosque, and threatened to demolish it, in response to stone-throwing attacks by Palestinian youths against cars from nearby Israeli settlements.
03-14-07 - Top UN official sees potential for progress in Middle East peace efforts
03-14-07 - Hamas?s Executive Force Attacks Electricians in Northern Gaza Palestinian media sources reported that on Wednesday morning, members of the Hamas-formed executive force of the interior ministry attacked electricians working for the Palestinian electricity company who were mending power cables in Beit Hanoun city, north of Gaza Strip
03-14-07 - Israeli army destroys Palestinian homes in Jerusalem
03-14-07 - Israeli troops attack one Palestinian civilian and abduct another in Hebron
03-14-07 - Rachel Corrie stirs idealism, controversy A resolution sponsored by U.S. Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., calling for a U.S. investigation into Corrie?s death never advanced out of committee, and Baird acknowledged there?s little chance of its being successfully resurrected given the U.S. government?s ardent support for Israel.
03-14-07 - Nablus: unknown group fires on settler car, Israeli forces close checkpoint and raid towns
03-14-07 - Conference for peace of Middle East held in Tokyo A Conference for Confidence-Building between Israelis and Palestinians was held here on Wednesday to discuss ways for an attempt building a cooperative bilateral relationship between the two sides.
03-14-07 - Palestinian security officer''s house under fire Masked militants fired at the home of a top Palestinian security officer early Wednesday morning, Palestinian sources said.
03-14-07 - Israelis, Palestinians Applaud Econ Plan Under the plan, the agroindustrial park will be built near the town of Jericho and process agricultural products from the Palestinian territories like oranges and tomatoes, according to a Foreign Ministry official who briefed reporters later Wednesday on customary condition of anonymity.
03-14-07 - Rachel Corrie?s memory carries on at Evergreen
03-14-07 - Israeli forces arrest 7 in West Bank: Nablus residents forced into the cold midnight streets At dawn Wednesday Israeli forces launched its daily campaign of arrests throughout the West Bank. The suburbs of Nablus, Ramallah and Bethlehem were hit particularly hard with a large military contingent plowing through the sleeping streets to arrest seven people
03-14-07 - Stop Funding for Attack on Iran! Last night, Rep. Pelosi and the democratic leadership decided to pull language from the Supplemental Appropriations bill which stated that no funds may be authorized for military operations in or related to Iran unless specifically authorized by the Congress.
03-14-07 - AIPAC meet offers rejoinder to charges of 'Israel Lobby' pundits Israeli-American historian Michael Oren outlined a history of the United States that made the founding of the republic seem as much about moving Jews to the Holy Land as it was about dumping tea into the harbor I nearly just vomited at this newest propaganda inflicted upon America by the Hasbara artists.
03-14-07 - Play lets Rachel Corrie speak "The Anti-Defamation League and several other groups have sponsored some ads in the program that call into question the validity of the play," said director Braden Abraham of Seattle. "It's unprecedented for a group to take out ads in our program condemning our material. That is unique.
03-14-07 - AIPAC backed removal of Iran war provision AIPAC lobbying helped remove a provision from a bill that would have required President Bush to seek congressional approval for war against Iran. No kidding?
03-14-07 - The AIPAC Caucus Hawkish "pro-Israel" organizations, on the Jewish and Christian right, have been leading advocates of a more confrontational Iran policy. Thousands of supporters are in town for AIPAC's star-studded convention, which as usual drew half of the Senate and a third of the House, including members of both parties' leadership.
03-14-07 - Syria denies link to group accused of Lebanon bombs Syria denied on Wednesday Lebanese allegations that it had links to a group accused of bombing two buses near Beirut last month and said it was hunting the group down for ties to al Qaeda.
03-14-07 - Poor Obama! Can't Fake Hating Arabs +++BONUS MJ's Kid's Video for the far right in the pro-Israel community, it is more important that a candidate hate Arabs than love Israel. It's true. At AIPAC, professions of love for Israel are politely applauded but only Arab bashing (and Palestinian bashing in particular) brings the crowd to its feet.
03-14-07 - Civil rights under siege in Israel Israel is confronting a civil rights movement within its 1967 borders, and a national liberation struggle in the West Bank and Gaza. Both challenge the fundamental tenets and structures of Zionism, which elevate Jewish blood, privilege and religion over democracy, equality and the rule of law.
03-14-07 - Comment: Israel's policy keeps Mideast conflict alive Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who opened the sold-out conference via video, eloquently set forth the analogy between the Palestinian struggle for justice and his experience with the South African apartheid. Then speaker after speaker, Jewish, Muslim and Christian, electrified the participants by telling them about the Palestinians' grave and inhumane suffering under Israel's 40 years of colonial occupation. You have to look at the source of the original page in which this article appears in order to see it. There was some kind of error on the page that prevented the article from being loaded.
03-14-07 - Media coalition intervenes in lobbyist case The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 12 other groups, including The Associated Press and the Washington Post, asked Wednesday to enter the case for the limited purpose of challenging the government's apparent request to close the upcoming trial in this matter.
03-14-07 - AIPAC's Gabfest: Israel Lobby Shows Off Its Power What I?m sure won?t be discussed at this Pro-Israel love feast was the fate of the 34 U.S. servicemen, who were maliciously slaughtered on the USS Liberty by the Israelis on July 8, 1967; the late Rachel Corrie, a peace and justice activist, who was killed by a 9 ton Israeli bulldozer, at Rafah, on March 16, 2003
03-14-07 - Ban concerned over arms smuggling in Lebanon, Israeli overflights The UN secretary general noted that Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora had expressed his country's "frustration with continuing Israeli overflights, the rising civilian toll caused by Israeli cluster bombs and slow progress on the issue of the (disputed) Shebaa Farms."
03-14-07 - Israeli couple held with live cartridges in Goa
03-14-07 - Globe cleared after hearing Robertson said that when the editorial writer was asked to identify the source of the video, he said it was Palestine Media Watch, an Israeli organization that Robertson said "is known for promoting one-sided, hateful views of Palestinians." That explains a lot. We've got mainstream media relying on heavily biased outfits such as PMW and also MEMRI for their facts/news/translations. Incredible. Why not just pull them straight out of your ass? Same difference.
03-14-07 - Palestine: Israeli press expects PRTV to join soon Eurovision contest
03-14-07 - India must review ties with Israel: Karat
03-14-07 - WA Rachel Corrie The play "My Name is Rachel Corrie" opens tomorrow at the Repertory Theater in Seattle.
03-14-07 - A Clash Looms on Secrecy in Aipac Spy Case
03-14-07 - From 2002: Selective Memri Its work is subsidised by US taxpayers because as an "independent, non-partisan, non-profit" organisation, it has tax-deductible status under American law. .....The second thing that makes me uneasy is that the stories selected by Memri for translation follow a familiar pattern: either they reflect badly on the character of Arabs or they in some way further the political agenda of Israel......Evidence from Memri's website also casts doubt on its non-partisan status.....Retrieving another now-deleted page from the archives of Memri's website also throws up a list of its staff. Of the six people named, three - including Col Carmon - are described as having worked for Israeli intelligence.
03-14-07 - Bloggers vs. the Lobby On New Year's Day, Israeli superhawk Benjamin Netanyahu called for an "intense international public relations front" to persuade Americans of the need for military confrontation with Iran. See yesterday's news batch for Netty's change of tack. It is clear that Israel, the neocons and the Bush admin are all seemingly pursuing the path to negotiations and are giving the appearance that they've relaxed their sphincters a bit. Won't last long.
03-14-07 - The Goy Who Cried Wolf If Hagee is willing to mobilize hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of conservative Christians to the cause, then they're willing to overlook his eagerness for the Second Coming (when we'll all become Christians), because it's just a silly fantasy that won't come to pass, anyway.
03-14-07 - Love across the Israel-Palestine divide I was surprised to see that the Palestinians accepted me as one of their own. Then I saw the occupation from the other side of the wall, and it's not what we see on television and it's not what we've been told on the Israeli side of the wall.
03-14-07 - Charges Dropped in NC College Fight
03-14-07 - U.S.-Israel energy act introduced The American Jewish Congress applauded the introduction of the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act to the U.S. Senate.
03-14-07 - Solana backs Syria on Golan "We would like to work as much as possible to see your country, Syria, recuperate the territory taken in 1967,"
03-14-07 - Levins teach peace to the Middle East She works with the Peace Education Mission, Bethlehem Model, to teach Palestinian children and teachers how to find non-violent solutions.
03-14-07 - 'Israel will never return Golan Heights' Land grabbers say 'Return stolen loot? No way!'.
03-14-07 - Lieberman invokes Czechoslovakia "There are elements in Europe that are willing to sacrifice Israel in exchange for their security, for their trade interests," Lieberman told Israel Radio
03-14-07 - Organizers call off Mideast visit The planned trip to the Palestinian territories this summer has been cancelled because of the failure to raise the necessary funds and campus support, one of the group's organizers said. Former President Jimmy Carter first encouraged students to visit the territories and observe living conditions there during his Jan. 23 visit, after which students quickly formed a group to accept the former President's challenge.
03-14-07 - Right-Wing Academic Values FrontPageMagazine.com features regular denunciations of academic sinners by Horowitz, appearing side-by-side with frothing rants against various other enemies, domestic and foreign. Alan Dershowitz and Daniel Pipes publish there, along with Christopher Hitchens and a lesser constellation of would-be freedom fighters, terrorism experts and expatriate authors based in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.
03-14-07 - Liberal Zionists denounce AIPAC "The new approach aligns AIPAC more closely with neoconservatives, placing it in sharp opposition both to the Bush administration and the Israeli government." The positions of AIPAC, neocons, and the Bush admin are virtually identical - and have been for some time (to the detriment of Americans).
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