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Friday, March 16, 2007
03-15-07 - One killed, two injured near Rafah border Palestinian sources reported that one Palestinian man was killed and other two injured when an underground tunnel collapsed on them near the Palestinian Egyptian border in Rafah city in the southern Gaza strip.
03-15-07 - Palestinians unveil unity govt but Israel rejects contacts Israel immediately said it would not deal with the new coalition, which unites the radical Islamist Hamas movement with president Mahmud Abbas's secular Fatah party and was formed after weeks of wrangling over the lineup.
03-15-07 - An If Americans Knew Investigation: Humiliation and Child Abuse at Israeli Borders & Airports Sometimes mothers and children are strip-searched together, at other times little girls are taken from their parents and strip-searched alone The Israelis also strip searched a Holocaust survivor.
03-15-07 - One Fatah activist dies of wounds sustained in Gaza One said to be Fatah activist died on Thursday of wounds he sustained on Wednesday during infighting between Fatah and Hamas security forces, in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza strip.
03-15-07 - Palestinian PM unveils unity team The list will be submitted to parliament on Saturday for approval.
03-15-07 - BBC plea for Gaza correspondent The BBC has made a plea for information about the whereabouts of BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston.
03-15-07 - Palestinians hope unity deal restores economic aid A senior Israeli official reportedly called the establishment of the Palestinian unity government "a big step backward."
03-15-07 - 3G License Signed in Palestine "We are convinced of the growth potential of the telecommunications sector in Palestine and it is a proud moment for us to sign this new mobile license,"
03-15-07 - Snow falls as winter returns to Israel In the Jerusalem-area mountains, 5-10 centimeters of snow accumulated on the ground at altitudes of over 900 meters above sea level. However, in the city itself, where the snow was accompanied by rains, the ground remained clear, despite snow falling almost all day
03-15-07 - Fleeing from Iraq, Palestinians in fear of arrest in Cyprus Doros Polycarpou, President of KISA, Action for Equality, Support and Anti-Racism, described the Palestinian?s plight as, ?very serious?, adding that they are ?being denied the right to apply for asylum, which they are entitled to. The law is very clear: From the first moment that they arrived on the island, they should have been looked after, not had life made difficult for them.?
03-15-07 - Nonviolent demonstrations mark a year since leftist leader was abducted from PA jail
03-15-07 - Saudi plan is starting point, says Rice In support of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's stance on the matter, Rice said that Israel should not respond to the Arab league's offer at this point in time, since she said the Israelis had their own ideas for achieving peace, which should also be considered. Rice parrots Israel's position. What a surprise.
03-15-07 - Apocalypse Now: Iran Threat Dominates AIPAC Confab ** just under the surface, support was clear for a military attack if sanctions failed. Indeed, AIPAC supported a move to smooth the way for such an attack during the conference itself. House Democrats fashioning a supplemental appropriations bill for the Iraq war this week had hoped to include a provision requiring President Bush to get authorization from Congress for any attack on Iran. But late Monday, the provision was kept out of the bill, according to several Capitol Hill sources, due to vehement opposition from AIPAC and pro-Israel members of Congress, including Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-L.I./Queens) and Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.).
03-15-07 - Palestinian coalition platform calls for end of occupation
03-15-07 - Israel steps up anti-P.A. campaign Israeli officials said Thursday that, with the governing Palestinian Authority faction Hamas and the relatively moderate Fatah expected to announce their new unity Cabinet within days, Israel would try to prevent its acceptance abroad
03-15-07 - Israel arrests 25 Palestinians in the W. Bank Israeli forces arrested 25 Palestinians Thursday in Majdan and other villages of the West Bank, claiming they are wanted for security reasons.
03-15-07 - In pictures: Palestinians react to unity deal
03-15-07 - Israel risks isolation as Hamas-Fatah coalition takes office a senior British official was pessimistic, saying: "My impression at the moment is that the Americans are unwilling to work with the new government."
03-15-07 - Nablus Invasion Diary II: Human Shields and Medical Obstruction . According to his son, Ghareb was in the bathroom when tear gas began to fill his home. He gasped to his wife that he could not breathe, and went into cardiac arrest. The family immediately called for help, but soldiers prevented the ambulance from reaching Ghareb's home for over an hour. By that time Ghareb had stopped breathing and fallen into a deep coma. By the time he reached the hospital, he had no pulse, and it was too late.
03-15-07 - MARCH 16th, DAY OF REMEMBRANCE One month from today we will mark the fourth anniversary of Rachel Corrie?s death. Please join Rachel?s Words and the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation in making March 16th a day of remembrance.
03-15-07 - Egypt says peace first with Israel, normalisation later "The logic of the Arab initiative is that Israel first withdraws from territory, reaches an accord with the Palestinians and that a Palestinian state is established,"
03-15-07 - Postal services resume between Jordan, Palestinian territories
03-15-07 - Army opens investigation into charges soldiers misused Palestinians in raid 'misused'? The IDF were caught redhanded using Palestinians as human shields.
03-15-07 - Rice to meet Abbas twice during regional visit
03-15-07 - Settlers take private land And the Israeli army seized the rest of the land those settlements (among other things) are built on - at first, under the pretext of 'security'. Years later, outposts are constructed which grow into full-fledged settlements. Deporting or transfering parts of a nation's own civilian population into the territory it occupies is a violation of article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
03-15-07 - Military tribunal drops charges linking Barghouti's son to shooting attacks The IDF resumed practicing takeover operations in built-up areas in the Palestinian village of Beit Lid, near Tul Karm, in spite of complaints filed with the Military Advocate General for two similar incidents earlier this month. A battalion of reservists carried out an exercise, simulating the takeover of the village. Lawyers representing the village residents complained that the training endangered the lives of the residents. This was the third battalion of the same brigade to have taken part in exercises in the village. The training started at 10 P.M. and lasted until the morning hours of the next day. (Amos Harel)
03-15-07 - PCHR weekly report on Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied territories
03-15-07 - Pro-Palestinian French group appeals to stop Jerusalem tram According to the prosecutors, the tram is meant to "turn the settlements that are located close to Jerusalem into Jewish neighborhoods of the city, facilitating transport to and from these settlements and encouraging more people to live there."
03-15-07 - Israel: Further information on Fear for Safety These latest attacks are just some of many perpetrated by Israeli settlers
against international human rights defenders in recent months and years,
seemingly in an attempt to discourage and eliminate the presence of
international witnesses, thereby depriving the local Palestinian population of
this limited form of protection.
03-15-07 - The Danish Government helps Palestine refugees in Lebanon recover from the summer war
03-15-07 - More Jerusalem Home Demolitions The wintry weather did not prevent the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality bulldozers from traveling to the Hummos Valley in the village of Sur Baher. They demolished two of the homes in southeastern Jerusalem under the pretext of not being licensed......In the meantime, Israeli forces imposed a closed military zone on the Hummos Valley while distributing demolition orders to approximately 50 families under the pretext of licensing. The demolitions are slated for June, although the Israelis generally accept large sums of money to postpone.
03-15-07 - Egypt: Palestinian who planned to attack Israelis nabbed
03-15-07 - Palestinian children capture their camp life on film There are some 367,000 Palestinian refugees living in 12 camps across Lebanon. All of them are denied social rights, and they are only allowed to do cheap manual labour regardless of their education or skills.
03-15-07 - Iraqi Interior Ministry says raid on Palestinians compound was targeting stolen car ring, not refugees The Interior Ministry on Thursday defended a raid on a Palestinian compound earlier this week in eastern Baghdad, saying it was targeting a stolen car ring ? not the refugees.
03-15-07 - Turkish experts to inspect construction work near Jerusalem holy site
03-15-07 - Israel seeking name for Lebanon war Operation Bomb Fleeing Refugees? Operation Cluster Bomb Civilian Areas? Operation Level Lebanon?
03-15-07 - Anti-Zionist Rabbi Beaten by Jews in Poland for Attending Holocaust Denial Conference in Iran "With every blow I felt like I was speaking in the name of the Jewish people,"
03-15-07 - U.N.'s al-Hariri inquiry finds out more about bomber
03-15-07 - Liberian refugees in Israel face deportation In recent years Israel has sought to deport illegal foreign workers, many of whom Christians, saying it wants to reduce unemployment. Human rights groups say the policy also aims to maintain the Jewish population's majority in Israel.
03-15-07 - Hebron museum to preserve four-legged chicken
03-15-07 - Miaow! George's claws come out He expressed his outrage at the plight of the Palestinian people, who have "no nation, no state, no rights, are hounded from pillar to post and live in their hundreds and thousands in rancid, rat-infested refugee camps". But worst of all, he said, "the victims are called the terrorists".
03-15-07 - Rachel Corrie and Palestine The bulldozer killing of Rachel Corrie was not the only case of such a death in Palestine, but it was the first time a US citizen had become the target of Israel's military. Not true.
03-15-07 - "Palestine Times" to be distributed in Israel
03-15-07 - Group lauds call to free journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, 41, could face execution if he is convicted of sedition, blasphemy and treason for calling for diplomatic ties between Israel and Bangladesh......The House resolution, drafted by Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), was overwhelmingly adopted. It is the latest initiative in an international campaign, led in part by AJCommittee, to secure freedom for the Bangladeshi journalist.
03-15-07 - Jewish organizations allege troubling ties among Muslim groups Referring to "the other side of the coin," Khalid said, "We have never heard condemnation of killing of innocent people by the Israeli army. We never ask. We never demanded you should denounce. We've been on the ropes always."
03-15-07 - Cheney urges Hill to OK funds for surge While none of the 2008 White House hopefuls spoke at the AIPAC conference, several hosted receptions last night to schmooze with Jewish voters -- and potential donors -- following a gala dinner. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, held a dessert event and Sen. Barack Obama, Illinois Democrat, planned a soiree for the same hour
03-15-07 - Saying ?yes, but? to Evangelicals for Israel American Jews need to connect very seriously with the rest of the Christian world. It is the Catholic Church, the mainline Protestant churches, and to a somewhat lesser degree the black Baptist churches that need to be engaged. This is the challenge for the Jewish community as it tries to sell Israel and Israeli policy to the non-Jewish world. Why does it have to be 'sold' at all, one might ask? Do the Danes have to sell their policy? How about the Japanese? Why not?
03-15-07 - Working for peace A Christian, a Jew and two Muslims went on a trip to the Holy Land.
03-15-07 - Obama remark draws fire from Jews "The next time Obama says something on the Mideast, people are going to listen a lot closer, and the next time he says something about it, he's going to be a lot more aware of that," said Stein, who writes about the politics of Mideast policy. "Part of it is the learning curve for the candidate."
03-15-07 - Finally in the Jewish state, some Falash Mura are turning to Jesus "This phenomenon exists in various sectors of the Israeli population," Molla said. "I don't think it's connected to the Falash Mura. Unfortunately, missionaries succeed in penetrating the Ethiopian community. They operate on the periphery. They are not loved. They are not supported."
03-15-07 - After visiting Israel, fire chiefs wonder about U.S. preparedness Harmes was among 14 chiefs from 13 states who toured Israel in February on a mission co-sponsored by the American Israel Education Foundation through AIPAC and the International Association of Fire Chiefs. They visited Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other locations......The trip was intended to encourage relations between the U.S. and Israeli homeland security and first-responder communities.
03-15-07 - Finkelstein featured speaker for peace MEMRI's website features news stories translated from various sources in the Arab world. The group has been previously accused of re-contextualizing stories from Arab media outlets to serve their own agenda.
MEMRI was discussed in a news post from earlier this week.
03-15-07 - Taming Leviathan The lobbyists had every reason to feel proud of their work. Congress has more Jewish members than ever before: 30 in the House and a remarkable 13 in the Senate. (There are now more Jews in Congress than Episcopalians.) Both parties are competing with each other to be the ?soundest? on Israel. About two-thirds of Americans hold a favourable view of the place.
03-15-07 - Coffee-klatch campaigningCandidates court Jewish voters at AIPAC fete Earlier in the evening, Biden stood on a chair ? instead of using a podium like Clinton and Obama ? and ripped those who have questioned the close ties between the United States and the Jewish state.
03-15-07 - Israel's right to be racist
03-15-07 - Audio Download: "Palestine" from rapper Patriarch's debut album As an Arab-American rap artist living in a post 9-11 world, Patriarch speaks to the masses about the stereotypes, fear and anger towards the Arab world. He flawlessly delivers his message of political activism to relatively untouched US market of over four million Arab-Americans.
03-15-07 - Danish company charged for T-shirt sales supporting FARC, Palestinian group The company, Fighters and Lovers, said on its Web site that it would donate 37 kroner (?5; US$7) to the groups for each 175 kroner (?24; US$31) T-shirt sold. However, no money has been transferred to either group, and it was not immediately clear if any shirts were sold.
03-15-07 - Reality TV show follows Arabs in America During filming of the 10-week road trip, the show's quartet ? an Egyptian, Ali Amr; a Saudi, Sanad Al Kubaissi; a Lebanese, Mohamed Abou Ghazal; and a Palestinian, Lara Abou Saifan ? met with politicians, blues musicians and church leaders as well as ordinary Americans while riding horses in Yellowstone National Park, playing softball in Chicago and touring Universal Studies in Los Angeles.
03-15-07 - If You Love America, Say No To Obama Perhaps most dangerously of all, however, is Obama?s abhorrent lack of passion towards Israel.
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