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Friday, April 20, 2007
04-19-07 - UN urges Israel to ease Palestinian child detention policy "Practically every child I met (in the Palestinian territories) was in detention or had met somebody who has been in detention, or whose brother has been in detention," UN special representative for children and armed conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy told reporters.
04-19-07 - Israeli forces execute Palestinian after arresting him in Jenin
04-19-07 - Stranded Palestinian Refugees at Syrian-Iraqi Borders Expose to Sand-Storm Palestinian refugee camp at the Syrian-Iraqi borders was exposed on Thursday to sand storm resulting in uprooting and tearing tents.
04-19-07 - Sweden grants indirect aid to Palestinians Sweden on Thursday signed an agreement with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) to give 160 million kronor ($24 million) in indirect aid to the Palestinians
04-19-07 - Palestinians Harmed By Fishing Restrictions
04-19-07 - Mounting garbage and frustration in Gaza
04-19-07 - Barghouti urges BBC man's release A jailed leader of the Palestinian Fatah faction, Marwan Barghouti, has called for the immediate release of the BBC's Gaza reporter, Alan Johnston
04-19-07 - Several West Bank cities invaded by Israeli army, 24 civilians abducted
04-19-07 - IMEMC: IOF demolishes homes, uproot trees in S. Hebron. (2 Actions this Sat.) The Israeli military, in alliance with illegal Israeli settlers, has been trying to force the Palestinian residents of the south Hebron hills to leave their homes for years
04-19-07 - Israeli army invades villages near Hebron; demolishes homes and uproots trees In Qawawis village the Israeli army troops, along with several bulldozers, stormed the village and demolished six farmers' homes and one animal shed. Soldiers even handed out a demolition order to families that are still living in a tent since their home was demolished several months ago by the Israeli army.
04-19-07 - Unknown gunmen blow up a hair salon in northern Gaza
04-19-07 - Missing BBC correspondent 'alive'
04-19-07 - New calls for reporter's release
04-19-07 - PALESTINIAN CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL UNDER THE ISRAELI MILITARY COURT SYSTEM
04-19-07 - Palestinian minister sees moves to ease sanctions "We are making progress in receiving aid directly to an account that will be exempt from banking restrictions and would be able to manage our funds in a transparent way,"
04-19-07 - Two Israeli soldiers wounded in a shooting attack near Ramallah
04-19-07 - Jordan urges Israel to seize 'historic chance for peace'
04-19-07 - U.S. presses Lebanon on Red Cross "Israel allows visitation rights by the ICRC to people who are identified as Lebanese that are in Israeli captivity," David Welch, the top State Department envoy to the Middle East, testified Wednesday in Congress, referring to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Thus does the US government continue to do Israel's bidding.
04-19-07 - We can sell, but you can't As always, Israel wants both to limit the supply of American armaments to countries that endanger it and to have the freedom to sell Israeli weapons to countries that directly endanger the United States - and indirectly, Israel too.
04-19-07 - Syrian president meets Putin's envoy on Mideast issues On the Palestinian issue, Muallem called for a lift of the unfair siege on the Palestinian people and support to the Palestinian national unity government to enable the Palestinians to restore their rights and establish their independent state
04-19-07 - Dershowitz to teach in Israel
04-19-07 - Le Pen courts Jewish vote Le Pen also said there is no proof that Tehran intends to develop military nuclear capacity. "And even if this is Tehran's intention, one can not prohibit Iran what its neighbors, Pakistan, India, Israel and China already have." Asked about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's declarations that Israel should be destroyed, Le Pen answered, "He did not say how."
04-19-07 - Personal plea to Johnston's captors Kate Burton, a human rights activist, was kidnapped in Gaza in December 2005. She wrote this plea for the release of the BBC's reporter in Gaza Alan Johnston
04-19-07 - Former Mossad chief not against taking out Ahmadinejad According to Amit, Israel's nuclear plant in Dimona provides a deterrent against Ahmadinejad's intentions. "I think that this will be the reason they don't attack us," he said.
04-19-07 - Hariri trial a bellwether of Mideast clout Hizbullah charges that the tribunal no longer represents international justice, but has become a political club wielded by the US to threaten Washington's enemies in Syria and Lebanon. "The Americans are pushing the political conflict in Lebanon," says Nawaf Mussawi, Hizbullah's foreign affairs adviser. "The Americans and Israelis are dreaming of pushing Lebanon into a civil war to beat us."
04-19-07 - Livni dismayed by preconditions on talks Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa conditioned this on Israel "lifting the sanctions on the Palestinian people, halting the building of settlements and the building of the [West Bank security] wall."
Oh the horror of someone insisting that Israel stop thieving land.
04-19-07 - Guard's son to return Irgun fighter's Bible It is better to die with a weapon in hand than to live with hands raised," No sh#t?
04-19-07 - Is a Very Public Love Affair Headed for the Rocks? Olmert sang Bush's praises during a recent televised address to American pro-Israel activists, echoing the tune of his predecessor, Ariel Sharon. Both admired Bush most for his hands-off approach; they were satisfied that the administration was all talk and no action when it came to the Palestinian cause.
04-19-07 - 'Miscalculation' could lead to Israel-Syria war: Olmert
04-19-07 - Jew Da and Boikutt: divided in life, united by rap in Mideast "Rap is an art form, but also a means of resistance," he said. "I rap about what I see every day -- the separation wall, the roadblocks, the house demolitions, the occupation. It is a part of my life."
04-19-07 - Is Americans? support of Israel unshakeable?
04-19-07 - The Legend of the Removed Checkpoints
04-19-07 - Palestinian farmers plant in protest of occupation
04-19-07 - INTERVIEW-Israel urges tough diplomacy this year on Iran ** There is still time this year to deal with Iran diplomatically to halt its nuclear program, but a military option may await if such pressure fails, Israel's envoy to the United States said on Wednesday.
04-19-07 - Carter outlines peace plan Carter, speaking in a packed Carver-Hawkeye Arena, described such conditions in Palestinian territories as government-subsidized Israeli land settlements and the roads connecting them to Israel that can only be used by that country's citizens."This makes the lives of Palestinians almost intolerable," he said.
04-19-07 - America and Israel are asking the impossible of Arab diplomacy the United States voiced its disappointment with the Arab decision to limit the circle of exploratory talks until Israel makes a few concessions of its own and shows a modicum of good will. This criticism is especially ironic coming from the United States, which has adamantly refused to have any contact with Iran and Syria until they meet various conditions that Washington says are needed to regain the confidence of the international community.
04-19-07 - A lawmaker vanishes Yousef Jabareen, a lawyer and lecturer at Haifa University, identifies over 30 discriminatory laws, ranging from the explicit?like the ?Law of Return?, which grants any Jew in the world the right to automatic Israeli citizenship?to the implicit, like laws that make it harder in practice for Arabs to acquire land or practically impossible for Arabs from abroad to get Israeli citizenship by marriage
04-19-07 - Should anti-Israel play be staged? A controversial one-woman play about an American killed in Gaza will be staged this summer during the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in Shepherdstown, W.Va., and some longtime ticket holders are objecting........One of CATF's board members resigned in protest, revoking a $100,000 pledge, Herendeen said. Guess who wants to decide what you will and will not see? Is this not America?
04-19-07 - Shot student?s words inspire mum?s tribute Two years ago, the Hurndalls made legal history when they brought the Israeli defence force to account for its killing of an unarmed civilian.
04-19-07 - Human rights activist says threatened by IDF A Palestinian human rights activist saiid Thursday that IDF soldiers were threatening him in a bid to convince him to halt his activities.
04-19-07 - Local women's caucus endorses Clinton's presidential bid . Ruskin spoke of the rising prominence of Jewish Republicans, whose strong voice within the current administration compensates for the relatively small percentage of Los Angeles' -- and the nation's -- Jewish vote.....She said she fears that as appealing as Illinois Sen. Barack Obama may appear, "people know his name is Barack Hussein Obama. Fair or not, those things matter when you get people in the booth."....As for national support, Ziman had been to the recent American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference and noted that many "believed she's the best for Israel."
That's strange, because I thought Clinton was campaigning to serve the AMERICAN people?
04-19-07 - Iran nuclear threat: What to do? ** As the wild ride known as the Bush Administration careens toward its end, the only question remaining is whether the president will order an attack on Iran.....Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) has been attacking the Bush administration for being too easy on Iran. Other Jewish members of Congress, and Israel's supporters, have been highly critical of the Iranian regime. There is clearly a Jewish constituency for a tough line with Iran, and the Bush administration knows that the Israel card is a powerful motivator. The neoconservatives, some of whom are Jewish hawks, seem hopeful that they can salvage their Iraq disaster with an Iran success.
04-19-07 - Elliott Abrams' Repeat Performance just as he worked with Reagan hardliners to undermine the Arias plan 20 years ago, so too he appears to be doing what he can to undermine recent efforts by Saudi King Abdullah to initiate an Arab-Israeli peace process and, for that matter, by Republican realists, and even Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to push it forward.
04-19-07 - Israel river pollution brings call for 'new kind of Zionism'
04-19-07 - The victory won't be American A Shi'ite victory will also affect Israel's security. And we all know what that spells out for America, and the American military presence in Iraq.
04-19-07 - American seminarian to run for peace in the Holy Land
04-19-07 - Neither balanced nor fair One really has to wonder whether there have been some recent editorial changes at the Guardian UK in light of its noticeable slant towards Israel within the past few months.
04-19-07 - AIPAC heads to Greece
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