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Saturday, April 07, 2007
04-06-07 - Israel and Palestinians clash in Gaza Israeli helicopters fired into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing one Palestinian militant in what local residents said was the fiercest exchange between Israeli forces and militants since a November truce.
04-06-07 - Israeli helicopters fire into Gaza: residents
04-06-07 - Gunmen moderately wound a Fateh official in Gaza
04-06-07 - Hamas, Fatah militants clash in Gaza Strip Hamas and Fatah militants clashed in the Gaza Strip on Friday, wounding two fighters and a young boy
04-06-07 - Palestinian policeman shot and injured by unknown gunmen in Nablus
04-06-07 - West Bank rally for BBC reporter
04-06-07 - Gaza protest for missing reporter
04-06-07 - Israel still blacklisted for failure to protect patented drug development According to a U.S. Department of Commerce report Israel may remain on the list of patent infringing countries in 2007 if its pharmaceutical law is not amended.
04-06-07 - EU to monitor talks between Olmert and Abbas: report Der Spiegel said Israel had pledged to ease restrictions on Palestinians at its military control points on several occasions, but that these commitments had come to nothing.
04-06-07 - On Via Dolorosa, world's pilgrims gather by souvenir stalls the Israeli military declared a closure on the West Bank and Gaza, severely limiting the number of Palestinians allowed across checkpoints. Permits were issued for Palestinian Christians - according to a UN report around 8,000, although they were said to be scarce.
04-06-07 - Complicity when the dam breaks On July 31, 2006, the Palestinian Water Authority made a desperate plea to the international community and to the Israeli authorities to stop shelling the area and to allow critical electromechanical equipment into Gaza to help lower the level of the sewage lake. That plea was ignored......blame ultimately lies with those who would pen in too many people in too tight a spot. To this day, Israel besieges the territory in the name of security. The international community ignores the disaster that has encroached on all fronts in the Gaza Strip.
04-06-07 - Embargo Sees Girl Die As Dialysis Runs Out Qira villagers suffer from a disproportionately high percentage of kidney failure, likely due to the stagnant water that villagers are forced to purchase from Israel while nearby Ariel settlement enjoys disproportionate amounts of the region's fresh water. Olfat is just one of many kidney patients who've died since the embargo began.
04-06-07 - Human rights source: ongoing war crimes in Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem
04-06-07 - Knesset director searching for alternative building in case of attack ** Nuclear attack drills, testing anti-missile defense systems, joint US-Israeli war games, finding alternative buildings for government officials - all spaced within a month or so - expecting some big attack are we? Why's that?
04-06-07 - Mufti of Jerusalem: Israeli forces allow extremists to enter Al Aqsa Mosque under guise of tourism The Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, and Bishop Atallah Hanna, denounced the Jewish fundamentalists and their Israeli police escorts.
04-06-07 - Israeli Army Installs More Checkpoints Throughout West Bank A recent report issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed that the Israeli army- on the contrary of previous promises to ease movement restrictions- has installed 40 more mobile checkpoints in different parts of the West Bank over the period between March 28th and April 3rd.
04-06-07 - Banks balk at dealing with new Palestinian gov't Haniyeh accused the United States of putting pressure on the banks to block the flow of funds to the coalition government formed last month by Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction.
04-06-07 - Hamas chief vows no compromise Hamas's exiled leader Khaled Meshaal vowed Friday that his organisation would continue to resist Israel and would not compromise its claims to all of historical Palestine.
04-06-07 - Abbas confident Israeli soldier, BBC reporter will be freed 'soon' Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Friday he was confident Gaza militants would soon release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and an abducted BBC journalist, in a French television interview.
04-06-07 - Jerusalem Patriarch asks end to occupation of Palestine
04-06-07 - Israeli troops carried six invasions in Jenin on Friday
04-06-07 - Pope leads Good Friday procession in Rome's Colosseum He urged reflection on all women "who have been abused and raped, ostracised and submitted to shameful tribal practices," as well as "Jewish and Palestinian mothers, and those from all countries at war, widows and the elderly forgotten by their children".
04-06-07 - Israeli TV report: "Hamas reduced its prisoner-swap demands"
04-06-07 - Russia wants Palestinian blockade lifted as soon as possible - Saltanov
04-06-07 - County Official Resigns Over Israel Comments A Cherokee County official has resigned from her position on the planning board after criticism over comments she made on her Web site about Israel.
04-06-07 - Hopeless in Gaza
04-06-07 - Abdullah Housing Project to Benefit Palestinian Widows Palestinian women, including widows, will receive 100 housing units under the King Abdullah Charitable Housing Project, which was launched in the West Bank town of Hebron on Thursday.
04-06-07 - UN AGENCIES TEAM UP WITH ISRAEL, JORDAN, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO FIGHT FRUIT FLIES
04-06-07 - Concern over continuing detention of Irving immigrant family The Hazahzas came to America in 2001 seeking asylum from violence in Palestine.
04-06-07 - Conservative Bluster Only Leads to War
04-06-07 - Report: Schalit gets glasses from his parents
04-06-07 - Hebron settlers to be evicted within 12 days Israeli police should evict Jewish settlers from a house in the West Bank town of Hebron within the next 12 days, deputy defence minister Ephraim Sneh said on Friday.
04-06-07 - Robert Fisk: The true story of free speech in America
04-06-07 - Hamas urged to renounce terrorism
04-06-07 - Hezbollah offers first hint captured Israeli soldiers alive: report
04-06-07 - A viable Mideast peace plan; Religion and identity - Jimmy Carter, Atlanta
04-06-07 - The Pro-Israel Bias of NPR
04-06-07 - In symbolism of Good Friday, anti-wall protestors near Bethlehem reenact Jesus' crucifixion A member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, known as Muhammad Brijia, tied himself to the cross to represent the suffering of the Palestinian people.
04-06-07 - 14 Member Brighton Delegation Arrives in Palestine Fourteen volunteers from Brighton Tubas Friendship Group arrived in the Israeli Occupied Palestinian Territories on April 5th for a 10 day cultural exchange and fact finding tour.
04-06-07 - An Israeli Refusenik's Good Fight
04-06-07 - Mrs. Al-Assad, Abu Zayed Open Department of Small Financing
04-06-07 - Awards Ceremony Offers Carter Prize, Platform for His Opinions "History has shown that progress is possible only if the United States of America assumes its historic role as honest broker between Israel and Palestine," he said. "We cannot be peacemakers if American government leaders are seen as knee-jerk supporters of every action or policy of whatever Israeli government happens to be in power at the time."
04-06-07 - Palestinian Rapper Belly Incites "The Revolution" With New Album
04-06-07 - Israeli army injures 14 Palestinians, 1 Israeli arrested at Bil?in demo
04-06-07 - Assad to secure Israeli soldiers' release? Syria's president could secure the release of three kidnapped Israeli soldiers if he wants to do so, a former director of Israel's military intelligence said.
04-06-07 - Sister-city project gets boost from Brits at Ramallah conference
04-06-07 - Jerusalem families sit-in at Red Cross Families of Palestinians in Israeli prisons staged a sit-in on Thursday in front of the East Jerusalem offices of the Red Cross. As with similar nonviolent demonstrations held on a weekly basis in other West Bank cities and throughout the Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem families were protesting the treatment of their loved ones.
04-06-07 - Why is Hezbollah on the Terrorism List? As of April 2007, a plurality (39%) of the organizations on the US Terrorism list represent Muslim groups recommended for inclusion by, among others, AIPAC and their friends in Congress. According to former AIPAC Director of Congressional Relations, Steve Rosen, soon to start his trial for passing classified information to Israel, "AIPAC owns the 'T' list!" The Israeli army qualifies according to the State Dept's definition of terrorism provided by this article. And Israel's tactics (witnessed in Palestine and Lebanon) are not a new phenomenon. Some more, and here too, and more. Don't forget about Qibya or Deir Yassin or Count Folke Bernadotte. Well then there's the Lavon Affair, the USS Liberty, Qana, and we could go on and on.
04-06-07 - A Rhino in the Dining Room
04-06-07 - This Phil Collins uses video to capture musical moments "The ways in which we usually engage with the Palestinians in the news media is almost solely connected to violence and terrorism," according to Collins. "So putting together Palestinians and disco seemed like a ridiculous or absurd idea. But, of course, if you spend time there, people do know who Beyonce is."
04-06-07 - Idealistic Israelis, Palestinians Work Together For Peace
04-06-07 - Israel Policy of Imprisoning Refugees Being Challenged
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