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Monday, April 02, 2007
04-01-07 - Israeli Army Declares Za'tara Checkpoint in Nablus a Closed Military Zone The closure of Za?tara, key route for Palestinian residents, came as the Israel announced Sunday complete closure of the Palestinian territories ahead of the Jewish holidays of Passover.
04-01-07 - Israel seals off Palestinian territories for Passover holiday The Israeli army overnight sealed off the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip for the duration of the Jewish week-long Passover holiday, a military spokeswoman said on Sunday.
04-01-07 - Israeli defense minister orders to resume pinpoint strikes in Gaza Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Sunday evening ordered Israeli troops to resume pinpoint operations against terrorists in Gaza Strip, ending a months old cease-fire, Army Radio reported.
04-01-07 - Two brothers, two accidents, same injuries
04-01-07 - Fatah dismisses reports saying it preparing for new fighting against Hamas A spokesman for Fatah movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday dismissed Israeli reports saying his group was preparing for new round of fighting against rival movement Hamas.
04-01-07 - Israel PM denies plotting with US against Iran ** Prime Minister Ehud Olmert dismissed as baseless Sunday suggestions that Israel was working with the United States in drawing up contingency plans for conflict with Iran.
04-01-07 - IDF intelligence: Iran, Hizbullah preparing for possible US strike ** "Their preparation is defensive ahead of war ? They fear a war initiated by the Americans because they understand that there might be an attack against Iran over the summer, but not by Israel," Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin told the Cabinet.
04-01-07 - Palestinian FM in France for talks on resuming aid Palestinian foreign minister Ziad Abu Amr arrived in Paris Sunday on his first visit to a European capital since a unity cabinet was sworn in last month, brightening prospects for a resumption of aid.
04-01-07 - Gaza Strip Lives a Series of Internal Attacks Different parts of the Gaza Strip has lived internal unrest over the past 24 hours, including shootouts, abductions and thefts that led to the injury of one resident as well as damage to locals? properties.
04-01-07 - Palestinian minister urges Merkel not to limit contact to non-Hamas ministers Palestinian Minister of Economy Zeyad al-Zazza Sunday called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel not to limit her meetings to non-Hamas ministers of the Palestinian coalition
04-01-07 - Palestinian refugee flees Baghdad and dies of kidney failure after 16 days of torture
04-01-07 - Information Minister: If we have to bring the facts to every European city ourselves, then we will
04-01-07 - Media stars back ad for BBC man
04-01-07 - Olmert invites Arab leaders to talks on 'land for peace' While extending a general, if heavily qualified, welcome to the initiative Israel has also lost no time in stating its rejection of elements of the declaration. Mr Olmert indicated he would reject any compromise on Israel's refusal to accept any of the refugees who fled their homes in 1948.
04-01-07 - Iran forces Israeli rethink ** Uzi Arad, former director of intelligence at Israel's spy agency, Mossad, has made a lifetime's study of revolutionary Iran. If international sanctions and diplomatic arm-twisting fail to halt its suspect nuclear activities, he is clear what the west must do: bomb Tehran.
04-01-07 - U.S., Egypt press Israel toward Arab talks
04-01-07 - Palestinian medical institutions call for measures against Israel Medical Association
04-01-07 - Shekel soars over dollar . Israeli traders expect a further boost for the shekel given the dollar's overall weakness abroad and large-scale foreign investment in Israel
04-01-07 - Pardons reemerge as issue in Clinton run "It is a legitimate campaign issue," said Stephen Gillers, professor of legal ethics at New York University School of Law. He said that Hillary Clinton should answer questions about her brothers' and her own involvement in the pardons because "the stench of the Marc Rich pardon still stinks and it has never been adequately explained. " From Wiki: "On January 20, 2001, hours before leaving office, President Bill Clinton granted Rich a presidential pardon. Since Rich's former wife and mother of his three children, socialite Denise Rich, had made large donations to the Democratic Party and the Clinton Library during Clinton's time in office, Clinton's critics alleged that Rich's pardon had been bought. Clinton explained his decision by noting that similar situations were settled in civil, not criminal court, and cited the clemency pleas from Israeli government officials, including Prime Minister Ehud Barak."
04-01-07 - Pelosi conveying Israel message to Syria "Americans have many political differences, but we stand united with Israel now and always," she said.
04-01-07 - Merkel: E.U. committed to Israel The European Union is committed to fighting anti-Semitism and ensuring Israel is secure, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Jerusalem.
04-01-07 - Study: 10 percent of Swiss anti-Semitic the majority of respondents, 54 percent, said Israel is governed by religious fanatics and 50 percent believed Israel is carrying out a "war of extermination" in the territories.
04-01-07 - Shimon Tzabar Shimon was a trailblazer in the struggle against the occupation and Zionist colonisation of the Palestinian territories after the June 1967 war. He was viciously attacked not only by the Israeli-Zionist establishment, but also by others who would later follow in his footsteps, albeit at some distance.
04-01-07 - Pelosi in Israel stresses security through strength and diplomacy Showcasing her pro-Israel credentials, Pelosi spoke of her family's longtstanding support for the Jewish state - Pelosi's father was a congressman from Maryland and mayor of Baltimore who was supportive of Israel - and told of how she keeps dog tags from Israel's MIAs in her congressional office......In an interview, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) told JTA that the delegation was visiting Damascus to confront President Bashar Assad directly on such issues as Syria's support for terrorists, Hezbollah and Iran, as well as to press for the release of Israel's missing soldiers in Lebanon.
04-01-07 - McNulty, what were you thinking? Paul McNulty made time in his busy schedule for a major case against Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman, two senior AIPAC staffers.....And within months, McNulty is named deputy attorney general. Did the author of this piece forget this excerpt that he penned just last week?: "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." ". McNulty did damage control for AIPAC and THEN was promoted. Was he rewarded for going after Rosen and Weissman, or was he rewarded for letting AIPAC off the hook? Methinks the latter.
04-01-07 - What's Happening Around Iran ** I still see Israeli security concerns as the most significant driver of likely military action. A series of Israeli war drills last week, including simulated missile attacks on Israeli urban centers and on the main Tel Aviv power station, are particularly noteworthy.
04-01-07 - Olmert reminds Rice: Bush is still her boss The message was unmistakable: What Rice had to say barely mattered. Olmert had it all worked out with the president. Rice did not like it, but proceeded according to plan in convening the triple summit in Jerusalem with Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The summit came and went with no real effect. .....At their meeting, Olmert rejected her offer to engage in negotiations on a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians, which were designed to present them with "a political horizon."
04-01-07 - Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods - A Spearheading New Initiative
04-01-07 - Tough Week for Bush Middle East Strategy Abdullah -- as well as his fellow monarch, Abdullah II of Jordan (who cancelled his scheduled visit to Washington next month) -- is also reportedly increasingly frustrated with Bush's failure to put serious pressure on Israel to respond positively both to the new Palestinian unity government, which the king himself successfully midwifed, and to the five-year-old Arab League proposal, re-iterated this week at the Summit
04-01-07 - A father and son from Gaza stranded in Egypt, waiting for the Rafah Crossing to open.
04-01-07 - Palestinian nonviolent demonstrators against the Wall: Israel's quest is for forced migration
04-01-07 - Bil'in residents build on farmland to stop settlement expansion Bil'in residents are trying to use Israeli law against the Israeli military. It is expected, however, that a case will be brought to the Israeli Supreme Court because the Palestinians did not obtain Israeli licenses before building on the Palestinian land. Israeli
04-01-07 - Israeli policies don?t allow Palestinians to become civilized
04-01-07 - Winning hearts and minds? Because of the strong U.S. support of Israel, the U.S. and Israel are viewed as one entity by people in the Middle East. Are you surprised the U.S. is not popular there?
04-01-07 - ISF claims evidence that links Fatah al-Islam to bus bombings Officials from other Palestinian factions in Lebanon have recently distanced themselves from Fatah al-Islam.
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