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Friday, April 06, 2007
04-05-07 - IDF troops kill unarmed Palestinian near Jericho The slain man was identified as Aziz Hamed Matur, 30, a taxi driver who was on his way to Jericho from Bethlehem at the time of the shooting. He was not armed.
04-05-07 - Israeli army invades Tulkarem after ordering all Palestinian security forces off the streets Earlier on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian security force stopped a civilian Mercedes Benz minibus near the Iktaba road junction in east Tulkarem and was shocked to discover six Israeli Special Forces members in the vehicle.
04-05-07 - British diplomat in kidnap talks with Hamas leader Mr Abbas said he would work to free the BBC reporter. "We will not spare any effort to bring back the journalist, the friend, the human being, to his family," he said. Around 300 Palestinian journalists marched to Mr Abbas's office in Gaza to protest about the kidnapping, carrying banners that read Freedom for Johnston.
04-05-07 - Report: Israeli concerns stall Saudi arms deal "Israel has expressed concern that this proposal could affect" its qualitative military edge over its antagonists, a Defense Department official was quoted as saying. "We don't want to go to Congress until we've got everybody on board."
04-05-07 - Efforts underway to reopen Rafah airport The Palestinian Authority has attempted on numerous occasions to reopen the Yasser Arafat International Airport in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces destroyed the runways and much of the central facility early in the Intifada and have prevented the completion of repairs or reopening since.
04-05-07 - Plan to severely restrict Gaza-Israel trade passage pending The plan will still not allow exports from the Gaza Strip, leaving the Gazans in much the same position they have been in for the past year- under international economic blockade, with a failing economy, and borders completely sealed by the occupying Israeli military.
04-05-07 - Israeli Army Shells Northern Gaza, while Girl Dies of old Wounds Abueljidyan was shot in the head during a large-scale Israeli invasion of the northern parts of the Gaza Strip in 2004.
04-05-07 - Army abducts eight civilians from Hebron
04-05-07 - Israeli Army abducts at least 20 civilians from several parts of the West Bank
04-05-07 - Democrats Earn Their Stripes in the War Party ** by Philip Giraldi The apparent shift in course should be greeted with relief by all those who want to avoid yet another preemptive conflict, but assurances from neoconservatives that war is no longer the preferred option for dealing with Iran should be viewed cautiously and even as disinformation intended to defuse opposition......Our Iran policy is heavily influenced by the Israel lobby, and the Democrats have long been closely linked to Israel for a number of reasons The Israeli lobby decides who our #1 enemies are.
04-05-07 - Israeli settlers set a Palestinian civilian car on fire in Hebron Abu Heikal added that Israeli soldiers stationed at an army post in front of her house did not stop the settlers burning the car. Troops also detained and stopped the Palestinian fire fighting brigade from putting out the fire until the car was completly burnt
04-05-07 - Abbas, Haneya agree on plan to free BBC reporter
04-05-07 - Palestinian coalition to discuss new security plan on Saturday Barghouti, also the spokesman of the coalition government, told reporters that the Interior Ministry had presented a draft security plan aiming at ending the state of lawlessness and security chaos that has been dominating the Palestinian territories for the past few months.
04-05-07 - U.N.: U.S. offers refuge to Palestinians Karen Koning AbuZayd, commissioner general of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, said Thursday no specific country has offered to receive Palestinian refugees in Iraq, "but I know the United States confirmed it can take 7,000 of them."
04-05-07 - Gaza children looking forward to better future on Palestinian Child Day Imran's family, as many families in the Palestinian territories, has no sources of income due to the deteriorated economic conditions the Palestinians have been facing over the past few years.
04-05-07 - Israeli Authorities detain six Palestinian Officials en route to Qatar Israeli border authorities detained on Wednesday six Palestinian officials as they were passing through the Allenby Bridge terminal, and prevented them from leaving the country.
04-05-07 - Al-Quds Brigades claim responsibility for attacking an army unit in Gaza
04-05-07 - Top Palestinian Negotiator Presses for Operating Rafah Crossing Regularly ?The closure by Israel of the Rafah crossing terminal for almost 80% of its working days is part of the collective punishment Israel has been practicing against our people?,
04-05-07 - Israeli Gunboats Wound Two Palestinian Fishermen on Rafah Shore
04-05-07 - On UNICEF-backed Palestinian Child?s Day, youth take a stand against violence
04-05-07 - Agriculture Ministry smuggling unit abusing authority The unit, according to a ministry report from December 2005, was responsible for illegal destruction of produce from the territories, purchase of firearms against regulations, deviation from the unit's defined fields of activity and a long list of other concerns
04-05-07 - Syria, Hizbullah, Iran prepare in case of war ** The prospect of an attack by the United States against Iran has triggered a flurry of military activity around the Middle East as Tehran mobilizes its allies to prepare a defense. In a region where suspicion dominates and trust is rare, politicians and analysts warn, mounting tensions between the US and Iran could spark a war by accident.
You've got the Israelis saying that they want a second round with Hezbollah, and that might just be the necessary spark to engulf the entire region as the neocons have wanted all along.
04-05-07 - Ban meets with AJCommittee U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with American Jewish Committee leaders. The US Israeli lobby is working hard on Ban Ki-Moon, the new UN Secretary General. They'll do anything to see to it that no legal body criticizes Israel.
04-05-07 - Foxman: Ki-moon understands Israel's plight At Thursday's meeting, which came on the heels of the U.N. Secretary-General?s visit to the Middle East, Ban discussed with ADL National Director Abraham Foxman his understanding of Israel?s situation
04-05-07 - Cheney accuses Pelosi of "bad behavior" in Syria Cheney, pointing to the Israeli reaction, said it was obvious Olmert had not authorized the message Pelosi delivered.
04-05-07 - Israel denies sending message to Syria Ehud Olmert's office denied that Israel relayed a message to Syria via Nancy Pelosi accepting Syrian calls to renew peace negotiations.
04-05-07 - World Bank invites bids for Red Sea-Dead Sea canal study
04-05-07 - Israel stalls US arms sales to Saudis: report Israel decides to whom our government will or won't sell arms.
04-05-07 - Carter says Palestine book yielded productive debate Carter urged Bush and Congress to "have the courage to face the facts and do what is necessary to return America to its honored position as a peacemaker."
04-05-07 - Aipac Prosecutor Caught Up in Justice Department Scandal The deputy attorney general is no longer the lead prosecutor in the case. But if McNulty were to leave under a cloud, it could lend ammunition to efforts by the defense team and some officials at other Jewish organizations to paint the prosecution as a politically biased effort.
04-05-07 - Israelis want rematch in Lebanon ** The difference this time around? The IDF will go into Gaza, too -- and it is all part of a plan to neutralize Iranian proxies on Israel's borders, one element of a strategic effort to prevent Iran getting nuclear weapons and overthrow the mullahs in Tehran. The plan was laid out in Washington last month by Effie Eitam, a hawkish former general and darling of the orthodox hard right who now leads a small religious splinter group in the Knesset....Eitam said that a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq 'before defeating the Iranian regime ... (would have) enormous strategic consequences.'
04-05-07 - Aipac Prosecution: Limited Access Is Constitutional: Claim Defense Attempting Graymail Prosecutors contend that the defense's objections amount to "graymail," a practice by which defendants try to undercut the prosecution by threatening the disclosure of highly classified information.
04-05-07 - Don't be afraid of 'Rachel Corrie'
04-05-07 - International women peace campaigners arrive in Syria for start of 'Women for Peace' cycle ride Ladies from as far afield as the United States, Great Britain, Italy, Turkey, Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, the UAE and Syria will take part in the peace awareness ride.
04-05-07 - When an anti-semite is not an anti-semite What do Einstein, Mahatma Ghandi, Ehud Olmert and myself all have in common? We could each be censured for racism according to the European Union Monitoring Centre's "working definition of anti-semitism" which was last week adopted by the National Union of Students as official policy......the new definition was largely drafted by a pro-Israel advocate who gives talks on how to elide the distinction between anti-Zionism and hatred of Jews
04-05-07 - 'You get your film and go home' Who was it said that the true test of a democracy is how its minorities are treated? Israel treats its tiny minority of Orthodox Jewish settlers in Hebron with enormous understanding and indulgence, regardless of how often they break the law or attack Palestinian kids going to school. Must be a good democracy, then.
04-05-07 - Palestinian charity performance to raise awareness of medical crisis The Abu Dhabi chapter of the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) is hosting a charity performance tomorrow evening, featuring a popular Palestinian dance troupe.
04-05-07 - The Play That Is Not Coming to a Theater Near You It is hard not to see this as self-censorship by a board swayed by a vocal minority The pro-Israelis decide what you will and will not see.
04-05-07 - No hope for Israel-Palestinian peace deal under Bush BY ROBERT NOVAK American presidential candidates of both parties do not want to take risks on this issue. A mere statement of sympathy for the Palestinians by Sen. Barack Obama brought massive criticism.
04-05-07 - First They Came for the Spies The title of Dorothy Rabinowitz's Wall Street Journal screed defending two accused spies, "First They Came for the Jews," telegraphs the strategy apologists for Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman will be using when the two AIPAC officials' trial on charges of espionage, scheduled for June 4, finally begins. It is also a smear so outrageous it almost defies belief. As we inch ever closer to the trial date, we can expect such hysteria from the usual corners. It harkens back to that piece in the Washington Post that smeared Patrick Fitzgerald just prior to the Libby trial. It's the shrill cry/whine of the lobby when its balls are pinned to the wall after having been called out on its criminal behavior. That this whining is once again given prominent placement in our mainstream media is more evidence of the power of this lobby.
04-05-07 - Powerful, unchecked clan surges in Gaza Members of the new Palestinian Authority recognize the threat. But they're reluctant to challenge the family's power, which often trumps all other Palestinian loyalties. If these guys are more powerful than PA security, then the Israelis may be 'working with them'.
04-05-07 - 6,500 sign petition calling for BBC reporter's release
04-05-07 - PLO calls for holding international peace conference The PLO had accused Israel "for wasting time in order to create new facts on the ground and keep cutting the West Bank into narrower slices and cantons."
04-05-07 - New legislation targeting Palestinians in the works in an alert to colleagues, Ros-Lehtinenâ??s staff made the goals of the expected bill explicit: â??To counter attempts by [Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the State Department] to deal with unity [government] and send assistance to non-Hamas members of unity government,â?? according to a memo by a top aid to the lawmaker. The Israeli lobby decides with whom our government officials will and will not meet.
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