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Saturday, March 17, 2007
03-16-07 - One Palestinian Security Officer Killed, another Wounded in Central Gaza Palestinian security sources said that Hussain Alselhi, 31 and Mousa Rjelat, 28, of the intelligence service, were driving past the town?s cemetery when another car, loaded with masked gunmen, intercepted them and forced them out, then sprayed them with several bullets.
03-16-07 - Rachel Corrie's Voice
03-16-07 - Israel: Stop Forcing Civilians to Assist Military Operations The Israeli army should immediately cease deliberately endangering Palestinian civilians by forcing them to assist military operations, Human Rights Watch said today. During recent military operations in the Old City of Nablus, Israeli soldiers forced at least three Palestinians at gun point, two of them children, to assist in searching apartments for suspects. International humanitarian law prohibits a party to a conflict from using the civilian population or individual civilians in order to attempt to shield military operations......Human Rights Watch and Israeli and Palestinian organizations documented numerous cases of Israeli forces using Palestinian civilians as human shields during the early years of the current intifada IDF hide behind children and then they have the chutzpah to claim that others hide behind civilians.
03-16-07 - IDF troops conduct takeover drills in Palestinian village For the third time within a month, despite a complaint filed with the Military Advocate General, Brigadier General Avihai Mandelblit, the IDF conducted a takeover exercise at Beit Lid, a village near Tul Karm. Ask yourself, for how long would Americans put up with something like this if an army of a foreign nation were to conduct such activity (among others) in their cities and towns?
03-16-07 - UN man escapes Gaza kidnap bid Three masked gunmen pulled up in front of John Ging, head of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza, who was travelling with a driver and a security official in a marked UN vehicle that had just crossed into the Gaza Strip from Israel. Eleven bullets hit the car and the gunmen tried to force open the car door but failed. The UN vehicle drove off as the gunfire continued.
03-16-07 - Girls in Rafah remember Rachel Corrie The two girls emphasized in their poems that the children of Rafah in particular and all children of Palestine will never forget Rachel and she will be in their memories as long as they live. The children then hung placards with slogans that commemorate Corrie and wishing that she was with them, among the signs: ?Rachel we will not forget you," and "Rachel we need you."
03-16-07 - Eight wounded in demos against West Bank barrier Five demonstrators and three police officers were wounded on Friday during weekly protests against the West Bank barrier, army radio reported.
03-16-07 - Palestinians welcome new unity government "We are so happy about the unity government because we don't want more fighting between Hamas and Fatah,"
03-16-07 - Britain to talk with non-Hamas ministers: diplomats Britain, in a break with Israel, will allow diplomatic contacts with non-Hamas ministers in a new Palestinian unity government but will continue to shun members of the Islamist group, European diplomats said Friday.
03-16-07 - Palestinian unity moves welcomed Arab League spokesman Alaa Rushdi told the BBC that the move would help the work of the Arab summit to be held in Saudi Arabia later this month
03-16-07 - UNHCR condemns deadly Iraqi raid on Palestinians in Baghdad The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday it was deeply disturbed by a raid conducted by the Iraqi security forces earlier this week in a Palestinian area of Baghdad that left at least one person dead.
03-16-07 - U.S. declines comments on new Palestinian government
03-16-07 - Feature: Palestinians hope new gov't to gain recognition and help restore normal life
03-16-07 - Israel critic may get permanent U.N. post "Israel is clearly in military occupation of the occupied Palestinian territories," Dugard said in a report on the territories earlier this year. "At the same time elements of the occupation constitute forms of colonialism and of apartheid, which are contrary to international law."
03-16-07 - News Analysis: Lifting embargo, restoring security two main challenges facing new Palestinian unity gov't One of the main challenging issues after the new government is born "is the improvement of the internal Palestinian security,"
03-16-07 - Bush talks with Saudi, Egyptian leaders on Mideast "The president made clear once again his commitment to a Palestinian state that can live side by side in peace with Israel," Snow said.
03-16-07 - Pelosi's Disastrous Misstep on Iran Under pressure from some conservative members of her caucus, and from lobbyists associated with neoconservative groupings that want war with Iran and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC), Pelosi agreed on Monday to strip the Iran provision from the spending bill that has become the House leadership's primary vehicle for challenging the administration's policies in the region.
03-16-07 - Senators change P.A. letter AIPAC strongly backs the letters, while APN says it has "concerns" about them because it favors contacts with P.A. Cabinet ministers from Abbas' Fatah Party, which is less extreme than Hamas.
03-16-07 - France: Resume aid to Palestinians "We must resume direct assistance to the Palestinian national unity government as soon as it is inaugurated," Dominique de Villepin said in remarks prepared for a speech Friday at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
03-16-07 - Hamad: "President and PM received assurances from EU countries to deal with unity government" Palestinian government spokesperson, Dr. Ghazi Hamad, stated on Friday that President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, received assurances from several European countries that they will be willing to recognize the government and deal with it.
03-16-07 - 'I try to forget - but i can't' She was the 12-year-old girl filmed crying alongside her father and siblings as they lay dying - victims of an explosion at a family picnic. But what happened to Huda Ghalia next? Rory McCarthy meets the shy, teased girl who became a symbol of Palestinian despair
03-16-07 - Palestinian coalition to be formed, West watches A U.S. official said on Friday that Washington would leave the door open to unofficial contacts with Palestinian Finance Minister-designate Salam Fayyad, a political independent.
03-16-07 - Mosque demolition orders in Negev, six destroyed in just a few years The Israeli government is in the process of "developing the Negev" which translates into expelling its native population. Israeli forces have destroyed six mosques in the area in recent years.
03-16-07 - Impoverished Palestinians sell wedding gold
03-16-07 - PMO to Balad: We will thwart anti-Israel activity even if legal "The Shin Bet security service will thwart the activity of any group or individual seeking to harm the Jewish and democratic character of the State of Israel, even if such activity is sanctioned by the law,"
03-16-07 - Severing ties with Abbas a mistake, PM aides say
03-16-07 - Abbas: Protect Palestinians in Iraq Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appealed to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to intervene to protect the Palestinians in Iraq.
03-16-07 - Palestinian refugees in Iraq stuck in "Catch 22" "They're in a Catch-22. They're targeted, they have death threats, they have these raids, but they can't flee and when they flee they either have to do it illegally or they are stuck at the border,"
03-16-07 - Education Employees to be paid, EU considers resuming PA funding The Acting Palestinian Minister of Finance, Dr. Samir Abu Eisheh said that the ministry will pay one month's salary to the education sector employees.
03-16-07 - U.S. official: Israeli investors should pump money into Iraq
03-16-07 - Israeli university's age restrictions discriminates against Arab students
03-16-07 - Egypt protest over 'POW deaths'
03-16-07 - U.S. failed to give Israel all drafts of UN Resolution 1701 The United States usually represents Israel's positions in the Security Council, and did so during the war as well No kidding? Well I never would've guessed that.
03-16-07 - AIPAC judge calls hearing on secret evidence The judge in the classified information case against two former AIPAC staffers ordered hearings on whether to keep evidence secret at trial.
03-16-07 - Olmert defiant as calls grow for resignation ahead of war report Mr Olmert is in an uncomfortable position. His popularity ratings have sunk, with an Israeli public disillusioned by what is widely perceived as a failed war against Hizbullah last July and by corruption allegations against Mr Olmert and several other scandals involving members of his government.
03-16-07 - AIPAC rejects Pollard motion AIPAC officials spoke against the motion, arguing that involving the organization in efforts on behalf of Pollard, currently serving a life sentence for spying for Israel, would complicate the lobby's mission to promote a close U.S.-Israel relationship.
03-16-07 - No divestment for Howard University ?Without qualification, Howard University and I oppose any action calling for a divestiture of university funds from certain U.S.-based companies doing business with Israel,? university president H. Patrick Swygert wrote to Thomas Kahn, president of the AJCommittee?s Washington chapter.
03-16-07 - Israel struggles with Sudanese refugees The treatment of the refugees, particularly those who have made harrowing escapes from Darfur, has brought protests in Israel.
03-16-07 - Former Egyptian prisoner of war says he saw Ben-Eliezer killing two Egyptian soldiers
03-16-07 - Better red than dead? A plan to save the Dead Sea looks environmentally and economically dubious
03-16-07 - 'Paradise Now': Sympathy for the devil? Abu-Assad also says the movie is not pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel, or more to the point, propaganda. "The movie is beyond pro or anti. The movie is about characters in a very difficult situation and they try to make a human decision. I really didn't want to make a movie that will reduce itself to pro or anti or propaganda. I believe I made a human tragedy. In tragedies, you shift the theme to a better level from just being pro or anti."
03-16-07 - Inside America's powerful Israel lobby Many rank-and-file members of AIPAC seemed to be spoiling for military action against Iran -- "We have to do to them what we did to Saddam," one delegate told me........."Our commitment to Israel defines us as a nation," said Republican Norm Coleman of Minnesota, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, adding that the AIPAC lobbyists "help make sure that we don't forget." ........."I don't sit behind my desk and come up with this stuff," Coleman said, stressing that he often consulted AIPAC executive director Howard Kohr for policy advice. Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland, said that she, too, often spoke to Kohr and others in the AIPAC leadership. "They're like daily phone calls," she said, as other Democratic and Republican members of Congress onstage nodded in agreement. Read the entire article.
03-16-07 - Wexler introduces visa waiver bill A Jewish congressman introduced legislation that would allow Israelis to travel to the United States without visas.
03-16-07 - World Jewish Congress on verge of split Hermesh said that in the conference call Bronfman also accused the Israel branch of financial irregularities and threatened to directly intervene in the appointment of a new director for the branch. An independent audit of the Israeli operations, meanwhile, has been ordered, the WJC said from group headquarters in New York.
03-16-07 - Obama Was Right: Senator's Remarks In Muscatine Supported by Nearly 20 Years of Iowa Democratic Platforms
03-16-07 - As Health Deteriorates, Jailed Palestinian Professor Sami Al-Arian Enters 54th Day of Hunger Strike to Protest Indefinite Imprisonment
03-16-07 - Strategic Affairs Minister Lieberman Visits Israeli-Arab Village
03-16-07 - Interfaith: Self-righteous gentiles Ambassador to Germany Shimon Stein said that anyone who made such comparisons had "either forgotten everything, learned nothing or failed morally." I'd say that they clearly didn't forget anything, and that these bishops have excellent morals to call the situation exactly as it is. It took a lot of guts to do so. Israel expects everyone to look the other way and shut their mouth. By not doing so, I'd say that these German bishops HAVE learned the lessons of the past.
03-16-07 - An Orthodox rabbi questions attitudes toward non-Jews ?Now that Israel is surrounded by a government committed to its destruction, what do you say to Israeli children about what their attitude should be toward their Palestinian neighbors? Should it be tolerance, justice, and friendship? Or the opposite??
03-16-07 - Yes, Barack, But How Much Do You Hate the Palestinians? AIPAC is a right-wing body, even on the Jewish-American political spectrum ? in Israeli terms, its orientation is strongly Likudnik, aligning it with the right-wing fringe in Israel, too. Close to 80% of American Jews, according to surveys see the Iraq war as a mistake. (As opposed to the AIPAC crowd and Israeli government, which continues to support it.)
03-16-07 - U.S. complicity in war The United States must end complicity in Israel?s war on Palestinians
03-16-07 - AIPAC-Christian Zionist Right-Wing Alliance, When Will Democrats Catch On?
03-16-07 - Methodist bishops pledge cooperative work - but not merger A committee was appointed to draft a statement calling for an end to the war in Iraq, and another group was named to write a letter on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, emphasizing injustices shown to Palestinians. Both letters will be circulated among the bishops for their signatures before being forwarded to U.S. government bodies.
03-16-07 - Finkelstein?s Lecture Featured No ?Fringe Views?
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