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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
04-10-07 - Israelis Torturing Palestinian Children Under Israeli military orders in force inside the occupied West Bank and Gaza, any Palestinian over the age of 16 is considered an adult, while inside Israel the age of an adult is 18 ? even though Israel is a signatory to the International Convention of the Rights of the Child, which defines all children as under 18 years old. Moreover, Palestinian children over 14 years old are tried as adults in an Israeli military court, and are often put into prisons with adults. These are also direct violations of international law.
04-10-07 - US Congress approves Abbas funds "This has also been done with Israeli agreement and understanding," the State Department official was quoted by Reuters as saying.
04-10-07 - Minister of Health Calls for Saving Life of PLC Speaker in Israeli Prison
04-10-07 - Palestinian coalition seeks full contacts with EU Palestinian deputy Prime Minister Azzam al-Ahmad said on Tuesday the Hamas-led coalition government was still trying to persuade the European Union (EU) to deal with all of its cabinet ministers.
04-10-07 - Israeli army impedes movement between Nablus and Jenin in northern West Bank
04-10-07 - Foiled attack raises Israeli concerns The attempted attack is now likely expected to strengthen the hand of legislators who want to extend a temporary ban on entry permits to Palestinians and residents of enemy countries who marry Israelis. Well isn't that convenient?
04-10-07 - Israeli gunboats heavily fire Palestinian fishing boats in northern Gaza
04-10-07 - President Abbas looking for commitment to calm before he meets with Israeli PM
04-10-07 - Israeli forces attack Palestinian man at military checkpoint near Tubas
04-10-07 - Internal clashes return to Nablus
04-10-07 - One man dies of wounds sustained on Monday
04-10-07 - Israeli source: ?One settler moderately injured near Nablus?
04-10-07 - Hamas-website publishes list of senior Palestinian prisoners
04-10-07 - Israel to amend list of detainees Palestinian wants to see freed The sources stated that Israel will amend the list and send it to the Egyptian mediator between Israel and the fighters holding Shalit captive since June 2006.
04-10-07 - HEBRON UPDATE: 25-31 March 2007
04-10-07 - Bush gets green light to help fund Palestinian security forces Another official said 43 million dollars of the funds would go to train and equip the Palestinian Presidential Guard, which answers directly to Abbas, and another 16 would be spent to improve security and infrastructure at the main cargo crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
04-10-07 - Ball in Israel's camp over prisoner exchange: Hamas
04-10-07 - Palestinian finance minister seeks funds abroad
04-10-07 - Hizbullah accuses US of secret war and arming opponents The accusation follows reports in the US and British media that the CIA has been authorised to take covert action against the militant Shia group, which receives substantial military backing from Iran, as part of wider strategy by the Bush administration to prevent the spread of Iranian influence in the region.
04-10-07 - Jews and Muslims chuckle alike
04-10-07 - How Syria Helped US in "War on Terror" Bush and his people have been so anxious to please Israel that what might be good for America is no longer the basis for American actions in the Middle East.
04-10-07 - Israel, Palestinians and apartheid
04-10-07 - Media seeks public access in upcoming AIPAC lobbyists? trial News organizations filed documents in federal court Monday opposing a government request to close portions of an upcoming trial of two former pro-Israel lobbyists accused of violating the Espionage Act.
04-10-07 - Olmert interviewed in graft probe
04-10-07 - "No Matter How Hard We Try, America Blocks Our Efforts"
04-10-07 - Arab FMs to discuss Israel peace plan April 18 Twelve Arab foreign ministers will gather in Cairo on April 18 to discuss a Saudi-drafted plan for peace with Israel, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa said on Tuesday.
04-10-07 - President Recieves Representatives of Churches in Bethlehem
04-10-07 - Commentary: Bearing responsibility for the refugees I strongly believe that the pre-state armed Zionist groups were responsible for the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. In my personal experience, my father George Kuttab and his brother Qostandi fled their neighborhood of Musrara - now West Jerusalem - after their sister Hoda's husband Elias was killed in front of her and her children.
04-10-07 - 'Their own agony': Photography project hands camera to children A group of professional photographers has launched a project to help young residents of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon release stress and learn communication through the art of photography.
04-10-07 - 'Come Together & Celebrate National Library Week' at the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library Sami Adwan, Ph.D., a Palestinian educator at Bethlehem University, and Saliba Sarsar, Ph.D., a native of Israel, and associate vice president for academic program initiatives and professor of political science at Monmouth University, will discuss the ongoing peace process between Israel and Palestine on Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. in the Catherine Evans McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library
04-10-07 - Arab, Western women pedal for regional peace When she was two months old, Arafat's parents were killed in the 1982 massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps outside Beirut. She was later adopted by the late Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat.
04-10-07 - Israel Urged to Seize Chance for Talks With Syria The International Crisis Group (ICG) says that Israel should respond "positively" to Syria's unconditional offer to resume peace negotiations and that it should "halt efforts to augment [Israeli] settler presence" in the Golan Heights, in order to revive peace efforts with Syria and pursue enduring normalisation with the Arab world.
04-10-07 - Head of Russian NSC to meet with Livni Igor Ivanov, the head of Russia's National Security Council and one of the Kremlin's leading figures in regard to the Iranian nuclear issue, arrived in Israel Tuesday for talks expected to focus on Teheran.
04-10-07 - Pelosi, Lantos may be interested in diplomatic trip to Iran Pelosi said that throughout the congressional delegation's recent Middle East trip, "every place we went we had a constant message: the safety and security of Israel, fighting terrorism.'' Huh? What about the safety and security of AMERICA? Isn't that (allegedly) why we are over there in the first place?
04-10-07 - Hezbollah, Israel take grudge to courtroom "I don't think that anybody (in Israel) disputes the fact that the two Israeli soldiers are prisoners of war. This is why the government must give (Hezbollah militants) this same status,"
04-10-07 - Internet politics slowly coming to life, say experts Meanwhile, Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu has used his own personal blog to tell Israelis of his campaign overseas to isolate Iran. "During my recent visits to Britain, France , and the US, I continued in my efforts to draw international and American attention to the danger posed by Iran's nuclear arms program," Netanyahu wrote. "I found an attentive ear among both Republican and Democratic leaders, who recognize the real threat of an Iran armed with nuclear weapons,"
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