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Saturday, March 24, 2007


News for 03-23-07

03-23-07 - Preventive security member killed in internal clashes in Gaza The sources stated that resident Arafa Nofal, a member of the Preventive Security Force, was shot and killed during armed clashes between Hamas and Fateh gunmen.


03-23-07 - Border Guard policemen admit they abused Palestinian teen According to Qawarik, the policemen detained him and his friends after they were leaving school, and then "two of the policemen started hitting me in the legs with a rifle, punching me, slamming my head against the door of a nearby container, pushing me to the floor and hitting me in the head."


03-23-07 - 'All efforts' in hunt for BBC man Every possible effort is being made to secure the release of BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston, a Palestinian presidential aide has said.


03-23-07 - Friday prayers on Bethlehem lands threatened with confiscation Hundreds of Palestinians marched in the weekly nonviolent demonstration against land confiscation in southern Bethlehem.


03-23-07 - Palestinians cope with water scarcity in Gaza Most Palestinian children live with far less than the recommended daily minimum amount of 20 litres of clean water. In Gaza, it is hard to obtain because salinity and sewage have seeped into the coastal aquifer


03-23-07 - Report: no deal reached on release of Israeli soldier


03-23-07 - UAE reiterates support for Palestinians' right to self- determination


03-23-07 - Nonviolent Palestinian resistance to occupation: there is no peace with checkpoints or settlements As a bastion of Palestinian nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation, western Ramallah's Bil'in Village hosted a conference for all regions of the West Bank.


03-23-07 - Fateh condemns southern West Bank arrests and assassination attempts Al Zarir added, ?Israel is doing this every day in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Jenin, Ramallah and Bethlehem, and all the areas of the West Bank.


03-23-07 - Kuwait says holds Israel responsible for violations against Palestinians


03-23-07 - Voter list update highlights Palestinian suspicions An official on the Elections Commission, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Hamas government refused to cooperate in the effort because "they are scared that what's going on are preparations for new elections."


03-23-07 - PCHR: Weekly report: 2 Palestinians killed, 13 injured including 7 children


03-23-07 - Rice visits Mideast amid doubts about U.S. commitment


03-23-07 - Judge Palestinian cabinet by actions: Belgian FM


03-23-07 - Israel suggests reciprocal truce: Abbas


03-23-07 - Israel seeks friends through MySpace page Officials hope that running a MySpace page dedicated to Israel will help improve relations with people from other countries, and increase awareness and communication with those under 35. Yesterday it was announced that Israel will resort to some soft porn via Maxim to promote its image, now they are trawling My Space for 'friends'. I've an idea: why not cease crapping all over the Palestinians, stealing their land and that of their neighbors, and flipping off the entire world in the process, including America? Rocket science.


03-23-07 - B'nai B'rith calls for U.N. official's ouster B'nai B'rith International called for the ouster of a U.N. special rapporteur on Palestinian rights.


03-23-07 - Court affirms former professor's contempt citation Sami al-Arian also ended his two-month hunger strike in a North Carolina federal prison. He says a plea agreement exempts him from testifying before the grand jury.


03-23-07 - Bikes vs. Bombs There were many nationalities represented. Hundreds of Palestinians, thirty or so Israelis, Danish, American, Spanish, Canadian, all coming together in the intellectual center of Palestine to bike in solidarity against Israel?s current system of Apartheid.


03-23-07 - Robert D. Novak: W ducks dinner with press Behind Clintonites harping on this incident is the political danger risked by any Democrat displaying sympathy for the Palestinian cause, as Hillary Clinton did when she was first lady.


03-23-07 - 'Peace in the Middle East:' Malley's Solutions For Conflict The 2000 Camp David was unsuccessful because of the people who sat on the committee was unaware of any culture familiarity. He mentioned that people in the United States understand the position of the Israelis but do not completely understand that of the Palestinians


03-23-07 - EU should not wait for US nod By definition, democracy is a choice made by a sovereign people and it should therefore not depend on the approbation of foreign countries, and certainly not of a country which militarily occupies another one.


03-23-07 - Israel to brand Arabs as peace spoilers Israel is gearing up for a diplomatic campaign that will paint the Arab world as the recalcitrant party if it does not drop the article in the Arab peace initiative that calls for the "right of return" for Palestinian refugees, The Jerusalem Post has learned. And it will succeed (at least in Canada, America and Australia) thanks to Israel's many cohorts in the media.


03-23-07 - Rice to Palestinians: End incitement against Israel This brouhaha about the purported incitement in Palestinian textbooks was started by PMW - a(nother) pro-Israeli media 'watchdog' with an agenda like that of MEMRI.


03-23-07 - Congress considers funding Holocaust education Both houses of Congress are considering bipartisan legislation to offer federal funds for Holocaust studies in schools


03-23-07 - Illegal West Bank settlers demand compensation for evacuating outpost


03-23-07 - No country, no pool, but Palestinians take the plunge The swimmers made it clear they were here to swim, but also to make a splash. "I'm proud to be here and represent my country," said Nassar. "It's the best thing anyone can do."


03-23-07 - UN chief in Egypt in push for Mideast peace


03-23-07 - Israel United: Can football heal a divided nation? Playing Beitar at Jerusalem's Teddy Kollek Stadium, Suan has been confronted with banners saying "Death to Arabs" and "Abbas Suan: you don't represent us." ...This month's game between Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem was a case in point. Thousands of fans joined in a newer and ugly chant: "Abbas Suan has cancer." But one is to believe that it's the Arabs that are the racists (anti-Semites), a notion routinely put forth by the MSM in America. This kind of talk, like this, will never make the news here.


03-23-07 - Israeli Soldiers Stand Firm, but Duty Wears on the Soul the man said that he, too, had served in the West Bank, "and I'm proud of what I did there to defend Israelis."
It is crucial to intimidate people at checkpoints to keep them cowed, he said, his voice shaking a little, "because we are so few there, and they are so many."




03-23-07 - Israel, Palestine continued focus of responsible investment committee MRTI's efforts are the result of a decision of the 216th General Assembly (GA) in 2004 to "initiate the process of phased, selective divestment" from companies the PC(USA) believes are profiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and from construction of Israel's security barrier


03-23-07 - 'Careful vetting'? Read between the lines of this article. Our Congress jumps at the whims of staunch Zionist 'watchdogs' such as PMW. Frankly though, this is nothing new. The veracity of their 'findings', given their obvious bias, is not in question either, evidently.


03-23-07 - "Damned Proud" of Dead Arab Women and Children


03-23-07 - Six hours in Bethlehem


03-23-07 - A Holy Land connection with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Led by Father Rob Waller, St. Andrew/St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish laid the foundation for the program that brings Palestinian Christian children to the United States.


03-23-07 - Fatah leader's son out from Israeli jail Israel released the son of a Fatah leader who had spent three years in prison and have put him under house arrest in the West Bank.


03-23-07 - Global contest seeks a "just, peaceful" Jerusalem


03-23-07 - Peace activist Jeff Halper to speak at U of M Hibbing-raised Halper, an anthropologist, is the coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) a leading organization of the Israeli peace movement.


03-23-07 - "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" | Play brings words of Olympia woman, activist to life


03-23-07 - Just Whom Does Congress Represent? What did Pelosi say that so enraged the AIPAC audience? Here is Pelosi in here own words: "Any U.S. military engagement must be judged on three counts - whether it makes our country safer, our military stronger, or the region more stable. The war in Iraq fails on all three scores."


03-23-07 - Israel's football frenzy Generally, Israel is aware that it has a PR problem, and the visit of the English is an opportunity for the country to present a side to itself beyond the controversies of conflict in the region


03-23-07 - Letter: Girl's death highlights Palestinians' plight

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