|
|
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
03-27-07 - Five killed after sewage floods village in Gaza Five people were killed in Gaza yesterday when overflowing sewage destroyed an earth embankment, flooding a village in the northern strip with mud and waste.
03-27-07 - Militants die in West Bank battle Two Palestinian militants have been killed in a fire fight with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, Israel's army and the militants' group said.
03-27-07 - Hamas' military urges cancelling Gaza ceasefire today, Abu Obaida, a spokesman for Hamas armed wing, urged other factions to respond to "the ugly crime that the Israeli army committed in Nablus."
03-27-07 - Gaza warned of further sewer collapses
03-27-07 - In pictures A sewage 'tsunami' hits a village in the northern Gaza Strip
03-27-07 - Israel to grab 80 Dunams to construct a Wall section in Qalqilia The Israeli Authorities decided on Tuesday to annex 80 Dunams of farmlands that belong to Qalqilia residents, in the northern part of the West Bank, for the construction of the Annexation Wall. The lands belong to residents of Azoun and Jayyous villages, near Qalqilia.
03-27-07 - Teenager severely beaten and then placed under house arrest That's evidently the recent beating that was caught on tape.
03-27-07 - Cheney: Iraq pullout would hurt Israel A U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq would be damaging to Israel, Dick Cheney said.
Staying there is damaging to the US. Which country do you serve, Dick?
03-27-07 - Summit must not give refugee concessions: Meshaal "he said that conceding legitimate rights such as the right of return and the Palestinian people's right to protection was unacceptable."
03-27-07 - US hawks see strikes on Iran as less likely now ** Mr. Rosbenberg says continued tough talk ? and the Democrat climbdown over the spending bill ? largely serve two functions: To hopefully soften up Iran in ongoing diplomatic negotiations over inspections of its nuclear facilities; and as a sop to hard-line groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which says it favors attacking Iran if diplomacy doesn't yield results soon, and whose lobbying was largely seen as leading Ms. Pelosi to take her action. I disagree with the author. It's coming, and that's why Rice is suddenly trying to make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians; to get support from those not on board for military action against Iran. All of this newfound talk of diplomacy and pragmatism is a ruse.
03-27-07 - Palestinian refugees in Lebanon pessimistic Refugees in places like the Burj al-Barajneh camp in the overcrowded shantytown on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut expect the gathering will result in major changes to the 2002 Saudi initiative, including the ?removal of the right of return?.
03-27-07 - Reach out to Israel, Arabs urged US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called on Arab nations to reach out to Israel. Why should they? Has Israel given up the Arab land that it has unlawfully occupied and colonized for nearly 40 years?
03-27-07 - Fate of refugees bedevils quest for Mideast peace Munir Jaber was seven years old when Jewish fighters assaulted the thinly defended village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem before dawn on April 9, 1948 and killed scores of men, women and children....."Thirty seven of my family were killed," Jaber said, telling how his brother's throat was slit and his cousin was shot. How much more do the Palestinians have to give up to Israel?
03-27-07 - Jordanian king highlights UN role in Mideast peace process The role played by the UN to bring Palestinians and Israelis back to the negotiating table and to alleviate the economic difficulties facing the Palestinians is highly appreciated, said Abdullah
03-27-07 - HEBRON UPDATE: 12 March to 17 March 2007
03-27-07 - British consul strip searched at Israeli PM's office
03-27-07 - Undercover Israeli Army Unit Sweeps into Khan Younis
03-27-07 - Arab plan best chance for peace: Abbas "If this initiative is destroyed, I do not believe that a better chance for peace will present itself in the near future," Abbas told AFP.
03-27-07 - Israelis destroying children's play area and seven homes near Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem Muslim and Christian dignitaries held an emergency meeting in Jerusalem last night. The subject was demolition in the Old City's Bab Hatta neighborhood that will leave seven families homeless and hundreds of children without a place to play.
03-27-07 - Israeli army invades several West Bank areas and abducts seven civilians Shikh Bilal Abu Safra, the vice director of the charity office in the Palestinian ministry of religious affairs and holy sites ( WAQF), was taken from his home in the city after troops suurounded the house and searched it, local sources reported.
03-27-07 - U.S. offers millions to strengthen Abbas's forces It is unclear whether the revised package will win U.S. congressional backing. Israel's agents on Capitol Hill will block this initiative as well, no doubt.
03-27-07 - Water rights expert: Israel must compensate for theft of Palestinian water Dr. Fadiyah Deibs is calling for the United Nations to put an end to the Israeli siege on Palestinian water sources. The Israelis control the Palestinian water supply and therefore the Palestinians have no rights in this regard, said the natural resources expert in the UN on Tuesday.
03-27-07 - Arabs head to Saudi summit to endorse Mideast peace
03-27-07 - Israel and Palestinian leaders agree to regular talks Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to hold confidence-building talks every two weeks that could eventually lead to discussions on a Palestinian state, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday.
03-27-07 - Lift economic blockade on Palestinians says world Lutheran body The main governing body of the Lutheran World Federation has called on the international community to end an economic blockade imposed on Palestinian territories to enable the restoration of infrastructure there.
03-27-07 - Iraq's break-up will lead to '100 Years War' The Jordanian prince warned that a possible break-up would play into the hands of Israeli "extremists," making Israel the dominant minority in a region of minorities. Divide and conquer.
03-27-07 - Christians plan 'Jerusalem Assembly' " Celebrating the nearly forty years since the reunification of Jerusalem, Covenant Alliances will bring a delegation of more than two hundred Christian Zionist leaders for the US., Canada, England Africa and Israel who will highlight their love and dedication to the State of Israel,"
03-27-07 - BBC fights to suppress internal report into allegations of bias against Israel
03-27-07 - Secretary Rice prods Mideast players to table When George Bush entered the White House in 2001 amid the early days of the Palestinian uprising, and after President Clinton's administration failed peace summits, the administration disengaged from the nuts and bolts of peacemaking. The only times the US seeks peace initiatives between these two groups is when the neocon-driven Bush admin seeks to gain support for an attack on a Middle Eastern nation.
03-27-07 - Now is the time to call the bluff of the land of missed opportunities
03-27-07 - Israel gives in on 'road map' to grease wheels of peace push Israeli analysts conclude that unlike the neo-cons, she believes that such movement is possible and that it could strengthen the axis of moderate Arab states around U.S. leadership in the critical standoff with Iran. Bingo.
03-27-07 - The Occupation of Hebron : Call for Papers All academic submissions related to these themes are welcome. This includes as well papers on the territories occupied by Israel, and in particular related to the jurisprudence of the Israeli High Court.
03-27-07 - Rashid Khalidi on Elliot Abrams' 'Hard Coup' Against Hamas
03-27-07 - Muslims share experiences with racism
03-27-07 - Disputed Play on Gaza Activist Debuts in Seattle outside the theatre, volunteers, like Lisa Connick are handing out leaflets with a similar message. There are a few tense moments.
03-27-07 - Police prepare for Homesh evacuation The police are preparing for the evacuation of hundreds of settlers who reoccupied the settlement of Homesh which was evacuated and destroyed in the summer of 2005 under Israel's disengagement plan.
03-27-07 - Contemporary Arab Cinema showcased in five major film events
03-27-07 - Photo exhibit continues in Ramallah: At the Checkpoint
03-27-07 - Poll: Half of Israeli Jews think state should encourage Arab emigration A poll commissioned by the Center for the Campaign Against Racism found that half of Jewish Israelis believe the state should encourage its Arab citizens to emigrate.
03-27-07 - Israeli prison administration attempts to break nonviolent resistance
03-27-07 - Defense: Feds eyeballed AIPAC until it cut off Rosen, Weissman The U.S. Attorney in eastern Virginia at the time, Paul McNulty, "would like to end it with minimal damage to AIPAC," the document quotes Lewin as telling Lowell. "He is fighting with the FBI to limit the investigation to Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman and to avoid expanding it." WTF for? Read on: "When McNulty brought the indictment six months later, in August 2005, he emphasized that AIPAC was not under investigation. McNulty is now the deputy U.S. attorney general." No kidding? More: "On March 15, 2005, government officials meet with Lewin, the AIPAC lawyer, and disclose secretly obtained evidence; on March 18, McNulty's office allegedly tells Lewin that "AIPAC needed to fire Rosen and Weissman;" and on March 21, they're fired"
03-27-07 - ?Marriage to an Arab is national treason? Over half of the Jewish population in Israel believes the marriage of a Jewish woman to an Arab man is equal to national treason, according to a recent survey by the Geocartography Institute.
03-27-07 - Rally to be held to commemorate Palestinian holiday
03-27-07 - Arab peace initiative expected to be centerpiece in Riyadh summit Olmert lacks the political capital to come to a final agreement with the Palestinians. Any agreement would entail giving Palestinian land back and the implementation of the right of return - 2 no nos. The fact that Likud would lead in any new Israeli elections signifies that there's even less of a chance for any peace agreement.
03-27-07 - Accept peace plan or face war, Israel told Prince Saud dismissed any further diplomatic overtures towards Israel. "It has never been proven that reaching out to Israel achieves anything," he said. "Other Arab countries have recognised Israel and what has that achieved?
03-27-07 - Israel's apologists distort the truth This method of attacking the messenger is clearly on display in Brumer's article as well as in the flurry of protest against the play "My Name is Rachel Corrie" at the Seattle Repertory Theatre Great piece. Read the entire thing.
03-27-07 - Joy trumps woe in West Bank I am a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology and I just returned from volunteering for three months in the West Bank, in part working with impoverished Palestinian children in the House of Hope in Bethlehem, a school for about 30 disabled children
03-27-07 - University apologizes to its Hillel Pace Hillel President Michael Abdurakhmanov told The New York Times in January that following complaints by a Muslim student group, a dean told him not to show "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West."? If the film were shown, the dean allegedly said, police could be called in and Hillel members could be considered suspects in recent Islamophobic acts.
Hillel is a pro-Israel outfit.
03-27-07 - Danes cleared of financing terror Two members of a Danish Palestinian foundation who sponsored a group associated with Hamas were cleared of funding terrorism
03-27-07 - New Rep offers its first summer show "We're offering probably the most controversial play in America, one with a pro-Palestinian perspective, and we're pairing it with another play with a pro-Israeli perspective,"
posted by Somebody @ 7:23 PM Permanent Link
 
0 Comments:
<< Home
|
| |
