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Friday, April 13, 2007
04-12-07 - Two civilians killed in southern Gaza strip Two Palestinian men were killed in Rafah city in the southern part of the Gaza strip due to armed clashes between rival families in the city on Thursday midday.
04-12-07 - Norway to resume direct aid to Palestinian government Norway, the only Western country to normalise ties with the new Palestinian government, said Thursday it was ready to resume direct aid to the Palestinian Authority.
04-12-07 - BBC chief visits Gaza to call for release of kidnapped journalist Mark Thompson, the BBC director general, met the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday night and was told there was "credible evidence" that Johnston is alive.
04-12-07 - Oxfam urges EU to lift aid boycott on Palestinians
04-12-07 - Father appeals for Johnston's release
04-12-07 - Oxfam calls for end to Palestinian blockade Oxfam reports that 46% of Palestinians now do not have enough food to meet their needs; that the number of people in deep poverty (defined as those living on less than 50 cents a day) nearly doubled in 2006 to over one million; and that incomes of PA workers had fallen to 40% of their normal levels. A November 2006 poll of government workers showed an increase in poverty from 35% to 71%.
04-12-07 - Army attacks PLC offices in Hebron
04-12-07 - Palestinian resistance groups shoot an Israeli soldier to the east of Gaza In a joint press release, the IMEMC received a copy of which, the Abu Ali Mustafa brigades of PLFP and the Shuhada Al-Aqsa brigades of Fatah, claimed responsibility for wounding an Israeli soldier to the east of central Gaza Strip
04-12-07 - Hamas denies receiving official Israeli response over prisoners' names
04-12-07 - AP Interview: Europe's general in trenches of Mideast conflict says all sides can do better When allowed to open, the terminal functions well, with stringent checks keeping out contraband, he said, adding that Europe might also deploy observers in the future at Gaza ports and cargo crossings. However, Rafah has been closed by Israel 45 percent of the time since November 2005......."We cannot abandon the Palestinian people."
04-12-07 - In praise of ... Alan Johnston
04-12-07 - Ivanov invites Palestinian FM to visit Russia Russian Secretary of National Security Igor Ivanov extended on Thursday an official invitation to the Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Ziad Abu Amr to visit Russia, as soon as possible
04-12-07 - UN chief urges release of BBC man In Gaza City, about 200 Palestinian journalists gathered at government and security offices to demand more action for the release of their colleague.
04-12-07 - 1989: Six killed in West Bank village raid At least six Palestinians have been killed in an early morning raid by Israeli soldiers on an Arab village on the West Bank.
04-12-07 - Egyptian delegation expects response next week
04-12-07 - Jewish settlers given 30 days to leave West Bank disputed building
04-12-07 - Salem military court treats elected members of government like criminals IMEMC was in the courtroom where 14 Palestinian MPs and Ministers had their sentences extended again, this time until 12 June, bringing their imprisonment to nearly a year
04-12-07 - PM keeps final status issues off agenda for talks with Abbas on Sunday
04-12-07 - Networks call for release of journalist "I have never been more ashamed as a Palestinian than what I feel now with the continued abduction of Johnston," Erekat said.
04-12-07 - No change in EU Palestine policy After listening to pleas for aid from the Palestinian finance minister, a European Union official said the EU's policy has not changed
04-12-07 - Israeli army abducts five Palestinian civilians from the West Bank
04-12-07 - Ayalon and Paz-Pines call on Labor to bolt gov't over Hebron Labor leadership candidates Ami Ayalon and Ophir Paz-Pines on Thursday called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz to remove the party from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition if the cabinet allows settlers to remain in a contentious Hebron house.
04-12-07 - Five years after Jenin: family members continue to search for bodies
04-12-07 - Panel urges help for undocumented Palestinians Over 5,000 Palestinian live in Lebanon without official paperwork, the committee said, adding that "they live in very hard conditions."
04-12-07 - Gaza: daily violence and failing public services
04-12-07 - Israeli army storms a Palestinian society building in Tulkarem
04-12-07 - UN envoy on children says Israel broke international law in 2006 war in Lebanon A UN envoy for children in conflict said Thursday she had been horrified by the destruction of a Lebanese village besieged by Israeli troops last year, and that many of Israel's actions during the war against Hezbollah had violated international law.
04-12-07 - Is It Possible To Have A Frank Debate About Israel? Just because Israel is a democracy, has religious liberties and is usually sympathetic to our interests does not mean that her wars are America's wars. Yes it is true that Iran poses a vital threat to Israel, as does Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and scores of other radical Islamic groups. But those are her enemies, not ours. I stumbled upon this article because I saw a neocon whining about it. And anytime a neocon attacks a commentator or politician, you know that the truth got out somewhere.
04-12-07 - Arab youths denied entry to Western Wall Security guards at Western Wall refuse to permit Arab high school students, visiting Jerusalem with delegation of Israeli and German youth, to enter site
04-12-07 - Jordanian king calls on Israel to accept peace plan "This opportunity may not be available in the future,"
04-12-07 - Dismay as Israeli settlers take over Hebron home Yediot Ahronot, one of Israel's mass circulation dailies and a paper that usually takes a center-right stance, said in an editorial Thursday that Olmert has "capitulated" to Hebron settlers by taking their side against Defense Minister Peretz, "damaging Israeli security, morality and society."
04-12-07 - The Israel lobby (AIPAC): a danger to the world THis is an incredibly well-made and put together video clip which really really makes me wonder why someone felt the need to insert an anti-Semitic diatribe by the Malaysian guy there, and then insert the text about 'the Jews rule the world by proxy'. Very odd, uncalled for, and unwelcome. And may even have been an attempt to lump criticism of this lobby in with genuine anti-Semitism; my guess. You see, having that BS at the beginning would appear to be geared toward having people do one of two things: a) not watching the rest of the clip. b) watching the rest of the clip but because of the anti-Semitic crap in the beginning, the subsequent genuine criticism of the Israeli lobby in the clip is thereby discredited. I wonder: did the person that put this film together really include the anti-Semitic stuff, or did someone else insert it after the fact? I strongly believe the latter.
04-12-07 - U.S. defense chief to visit Israel Jerusalem hopes the trip will help put to rest a 2005 dispute caused by Israel's sale of advanced weaponry to China.
04-12-07 - Bush extends PLO office waiver Recent congressional action has sought to limit Bush's ability to waive laws dating back to the 1980s that ban such a presence.
04-12-07 - Palestinian Right of Return: EI co-founder in Doha Debates on BBC The Palestinian right of return was overwhelming supported at the latest Doha Debate on March 28. The debate will be broadcast on BBC World on April 14 and 15. The issue is seen by many as the most intractable barrier to a Middle East peace settlement.
04-12-07 - AMCHA files to join AIPAC case A Jewish organization has for the first time formally joined in a motion friendly to the defense of two former AIPAC staffers facing classified information leak charges.
04-12-07 - Beirut offer poses dilemma for Israel Aluf Benn of the newspaper Ha'aretz put it plainly about a year ago: "Israel could always do business with Arab dictators; (they were) a barrier protecting it from the rage of the 'Arab street.' That was the basis of the peace agreements with Egypt and Jordan (and with) Yasser Arafat and his heirs ? but those days are over. Henceforth Israel will have to factor into its foreign policy something it has always ignored - Arab public opinion."
04-12-07 - A troubled corner of a troubled world Palestinians in Gaza often complain they are forced to live in a prison and it is easy to sympathise with this description when you visit for the first time through Israel's high security terminal building at Erez.
04-12-07 - Unofficial mediator calls on Israel to begin peace talks with Syria Syrian-American businessman Ibrahim Soliman met with the Knesset (Parliament)'s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee members on Thursday, and made an impassioned appeal for the two countries to restart peace talks, according to local Israeli daily Ha'aretz.
04-12-07 - Deputies support imprisoned Palestinian deputies with their signatures A petition campaign launched by the Humanitarian Aid Association (İHH) to gather 1 million signatures for Palestinian deputies being held in Israeli prisons has ended, with 180 Turkish deputies among the 1 million signatories.
04-12-07 - Israeli court sentences three Israelis to 13 years for driving a suicide bomber
04-12-07 - Glasgow signs twinning agreement with Bethlehem The two cities had signed a friendship agreement in 1990 which reflected circumstances in Palestinian areas at that time. Now, the council have voted to formalise its current links into a full town twinning.
04-12-07 - An optimism too far for Palestine-Israel? what is more challenging is the necessary theological reckoning with Zionism that this vision would require of Christians, a reckoning that would lead to a confrontation with the question of whether the creation of a state which denies Palestinian refugees the right to return to their homes and insists on maintaining a "Jewish demographic majority" is a theological, let alone moral or legal, good.
04-12-07 - Lebanon won't use children in conflict The U.N. envoy had earlier met with several NGOs working with Palestinian families and children in Lebanon, who apparently complained to her that restricted adult access to employment and poor educational and health facilities in the camps have trapped the Palestinian children in an environment where violence and abuse were more likely to occur.
04-12-07 - Sestak delivers his speech as promised Congressman Joe Sestak (D - 7th) did not disappoint on his promise to speak Saturday night to the Philadelphia chapter of the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA).
04-12-07 - AJCommittee, Swiss federation sign deal AJCommittee in Europe is involved in strengthening relations between Jews and other religious groups, combating anti-Semitism and fostering an understanding of Israel's security needs
04-12-07 - Israel Seen as Fighting Peace
04-12-07 - Palestinians Exhibit Photos of Camps ?In the U.S., the Palestinian experience is invisible. And when it is present, it is portrayed as destructive. The greatest thing about [Picture Balata] is that it affirms the Palestinian reality in a creative, positive way.?
04-12-07 - How different would a Hagelian foreign policy be? And so we must, the consensus continues, all be Tommy Franks: we must be ready to use force to defend not only Israel but also its occupation of Arab territories Like hell.
04-12-07 - Remembering the Deir Yassin Massacre
04-12-07 - A week's worth of activities for Bethlehem prisoners
04-12-07 - Americans, Israelis eye joint satellite project American and Israeli defense firms hope to team up in designing tactical military satellites. Israel wants us so intertwined and clusterf#$%ed with them that it would be impossible for us to ever extricate ourselves - which is the point.
04-12-07 - Sun-rise in New York Stoll had been reading a Harvard University working paper by professors Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, of Harvard and the University of Chicago, respectively, titled "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy." The barrage began with a piece by reporter Eli Lake, who contacted David Duke and then produced a page-one story announcing that the Walt-Mearsheimer paper was "winning praise from white supremacist David Duke." (That story was headlined "David Duke Claims to be Vindicated by a Harvard Dean.") A few days later another Sun story insisted, with no evidence, that the two professors had "culled sections of the paper from neo-Nazi and other anti-Israel hate Web sites."
04-12-07 - Chomsky ignites ire in Newton Chomsky?s pro-Palestinian stance and criticism of Israel was the main draw.
04-12-07 - Vatican envoy to shun Holocaust ceremony over pope picture The Vatican's ambassador to Israel said on Thursday that he would not attend an annual Holocaust memorial next week at the Yad Vashem memorial because of its negative portrayal of the wartime pope
04-12-07 - Anti-Semitism in Israel? Problem persists for youth In recent years sporadic acts of anti-Semitism have hit Israel, most of them carried out by disaffected immigrant youths from the former Soviet Union. Although the youths came to Israel under the Law of Return, they are among those who identify not as Jews but as ethnic Russians......Gilichinsky claims Israel is embarrassed by the issue, which he said stems from too many non-Jews being allowed into Israel under the Law of Return. More than one irony here.
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