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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
04-24-07 - A series of internal incidents in Gaza leave one boy dead, seven others wounded
04-24-07 - IRAQ: Militants force Palestinians to leave Anbar
04-24-07 - Two children injured in an explosion near Jenin Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that two brothers aged 7 and 4 were moderately injured when an explosive object left behind by the Israeli army, detonated near them.
04-24-07 - Egypt denounces Israeli military operations against Palestinians He said he was "astonished" at the timing of the military operations as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are to meet regularly to bring viewpoints closer and discuss political horizons.
04-24-07 - Pope, Abbas hail moves to revive Mideast peace process
04-24-07 - Hamas government calls for resuming Gaza ceasefire
04-24-07 - Refugee reality: dreams of home
04-24-07 - Egyptian security officials plan to meet with Hamas to avoid escalation The officials are apparently trying to hold meetings with Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and Israeli leaders in an attempt to avoid further escalation.
04-24-07 - A miniature train surprises residents of downtown Nablus "Riding the train around Nablus while a children's song plays all the ride long is a wonderful form of entertainment for the children who have been trapped inside the city for the past five years, unable to leave because of the Israeli occupation", a local teacher commented.
04-24-07 - While Carrying his body, relatives of slain resident break into the legislative council in Gaza The Maan News Agency reported that the Legislative Council was holding a session when the residents broke into it chanting slogans slamming chaos and insecurity, and demanding the Palestinian government to unveil the incidents that lead to the death ofHhasan Abu Sharkh.
04-24-07 - Hamas denies reports of Egyptian travel restrictions on its officials
04-24-07 - Public Sector employees to go on strike demanding unpaid salaries
04-24-07 - Cracks in unity as Hamas ends ceasefire Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader and Palestinian prime minister, blamed Israel for stepping up the level of violence. "We made great efforts at keeping the truce and there was a positive Palestinian position, but unfortunately this position was met by expanding the aggression against the Palestinian people," he said.
04-24-07 - Israeli army opens fire at homes, Al Barghouthi warns of effects of Israeli attack on Gaza Israeli army tanks stationed east of Khan Younis city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip opened fire at nearby Palestinian civilian homes on Tuesday morning. The homes sustained damage, no injures were reported.
04-24-07 - Israel bars chief Islamic cleric from travelling to Jordan
04-24-07 - Abbas says Hamas truce violation will not be repeated
04-24-07 - Norway says Palestinian engagement slowly bearing fruit Norway said the month-long policy of international engagement with the Palestinian unity government, led by the Islamic group Hamas, was starting to bring results and helped avoid "civil war tendencies".
04-24-07 - US warns Palestinians not to abandon truce with Israel The United States warned Palestinians on Tuesday not to abandon a spotty ceasefire with Israel, saying the "pathway to Palestine" and an independent state lies through negotiations, not violence. Why not tell Israel to stop killing Palestinians, particularly Palestinian children, which is a violation of the ceasefire and the reason that Hamas is calling off the truce. Rocket science.
04-24-07 - Israeli army invades Nablus and nearby village
04-24-07 - BBC's Johnston 'in good health'
04-24-07 - Two soldiers hurt as activists march to Homesh The army had wavered on the question of authorizing the march, but ultimately decided that anyone attempting to reach the settlement would be breaking the law. Despite this, army sources said the Israel Defense Forces did not expect to fully stop the activists, who planned to spend Independence Day at Homesh.
04-24-07 - Israeli jet fighters buzz Hezbollah's new bases
04-24-07 - Attack by Hamas Casts Doubt on Future of Cease-Fire in Gaza Notice this propaganda by the NYT with the headline laying blame on Hamas for the breakdown of the ceasefire, when Israel killed 9 Palestinians in two days - 2 of whom were children, which this author conveniently omits from the article. Nah. No bias there.
04-24-07 - Students Abducted And Beaten
04-24-07 - It's foreign policy, stupid! Dems have a brand new bag Marc Winkelman of Austin, Texas, expressed relief that the candidates focused on foreign policy. He had feared that an isolationist wing would draw the party inward. "This was a big concern," Winkelman said. "A lot of people believe we have no right to stick our nose in other people's business."
04-24-07 - New Mexico buys $5 million in bonds
04-24-07 - U.S. lawmakers protest U.K. boycott U.S. Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, and Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) wrote Monday to Sir David Manning about the National Union of Journalists' decision to boycott Israel How is that part of their duties on Capitol Hill?
04-24-07 - Haneya to start Arab, Asian tour in early May
04-24-07 - Lawmaker urges accountability at Al-Hurrah U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.), head of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, said Al-Hurrah has violated U.S. policy by airing live interviews with terrorist leaders such as Hezbollah chief Sheik Hasan Nasrallah.
04-24-07 - Obama: 'Tough' talk needed on Mideast "We have to be very hardheaded and clear-eyed about the dangers that exist throughout the Middle East in those who seek to perpetrate terror against the United States as well as Israel," Obama (D-Ill.) said Tuesday at the National Jewish Democratic Council's Washington conference, where he appeared with every other Democratic candidate for the presidency.
04-24-07 - Israel's 'modesty buses' draw fire
04-24-07 - Khalidi: Constraints on Palestine fueled conflict In breaking apart the colonial imperial structure, the international community promised to grant Palestine self-determination, he said. But it did not follow through on its pledge, he added, focusing instead on creating a Jewish state.
04-24-07 - Twenty-Four Injured at Demonstration Marking End of Bil'in Conference At an awards ceremony,
CPT along with other international accompaniment organizations received a
certificate of appreciation from the Palestinian National Authority for its work
in the region. The conference ended with a peaceful demonstration on Friday
afternoon. Similar demonstrations in the village of Bil'in have taken place
every Friday for the last two years protesting the building of the
separation/apartheid wall through village land.
04-24-07 - 'Bedouins only good in uniform' "A good Bedouin soldier is one in uniform, not one that has finished his service and goes back to being just another Arab",
04-24-07 - 21 Home demolition orders, activists to maintain presence in Izbat at-Tabib
04-24-07 - Obama tries to reassure Jewish voters Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) on Tuesday tried to reassure Jewish voters concerned about his Muslim ties, arguing that his commitment to Israel's security is unwavering.
04-24-07 - Lieberman: Patience With Iran Wearing Thin ** "We have begun to work with reformers within Iran,? he said in remarks reported by the Montreal Gazette.
04-24-07 - War With Iran Could Force the ?Silent To Act' ** The Israeli minister of housing, Meir Shetreet, downplayed the prospects of an Israeli attack on Iran. "I don't think Israel should be the one to take on Iran," he said. "This is a threat against the Western world." Right.
04-24-07 - Bush, Olmert discuss Mideast peace efforts
04-24-07 - Jailing of Syrian a 'sad commentary' on freedom under Assad: US Israel just shot an Irish Nobel peace prize winner, jailed a famous Puerto Rican peace activist, and we all know what israel did to RAchel Corrie. BUt Syrians are da bad guys. Israel good, Arabs bad.
04-24-07 - Azzun Al Atma: gate in the Wall controlled by soldiers who photograph girls Abed Ayub said that soldiers at the gate to the Wall which surrounds the town seven kilometers south of Qalqilia stopped a private car and photographed the girls inside.
04-24-07 - United Church Delegation Calls for an End to Palestinian Embargo In a letter sent this week to Prime Minister
Stephen Harper, the Moderator of The United Church of Canada is urging the
Canadian government to "urgently and immediately resume financial support to
the Palestinian Unity Government so that the Palestinian people can live the
life of dignity to which they are entitled."
04-24-07 - Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) to Host Briefing on the Growing Phenomenon of Holocaust Denial, May 1 The event, sponsored by Rep. Steven Rothman (D-NJ), will be timed to accompany Holocaust Remembrance Day......During the presentation, exclusive footage will be shown for the first time in the West.
The footage includes translated segments of statements by the most infamous Western Holocaust deniers appearing in Middle East media, as well as statements by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
04-24-07 - Christian Zionists raise hackles over fundraiser "Christian support for Israel is a good thing," Morrison said. "I have no idea what their politics are because we didn't discuss it."
04-24-07 - Bishara: Israel?s democracy is meant for select few
04-24-07 - The Legend of the Removed Checkpoints
04-24-07 - Homesh Return March Exceeds Expectations IDF soldiers at checkpoints along the way are making no attempt, as of Tuesday evening, to stop the marchers, saying they are there to secure the area, protect the marchers from Arabs from local villages, and to prevent activists from using side trails off the main road.
04-24-07 - Higher Follow-up Committee calls for continued resistance, end of chaos The Higher Follow-up Committee for National and Islamic Factions held an urgent meeting on Tuesday to discuss the recent escalation in Israeli military attacks and assassinations of Palestinians
04-24-07 - Army chief: We shall not back down if war is forced on us "We are not an army that seeks war, but a defensive army. Which was why last year's war with Lebanon was in the works months before Hezbollah abducted the soldiers? Mmm k.
04-24-07 - Norwegian officials to meet US Secretary of State Rice Thursday Rice will no doubt attempt to get Norway to join the boycott of the Palestinian government. This she will do acting in her capacity as- like so many others in our govt - a servant of the state of Israel.
04-24-07 - NYU sees growing dialogue on Middle East issues
04-24-07 - Women's Division addresses Middle East, immigrants The division also called for an end to "uncritical" U.S. support of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights. It asked both the U.S. and Israeli governments to support cleanup of unexploded cluster bombs in southern Lebanon
04-24-07 - Controversial film stirs heated debate Religion and politics collided at an event hosted by the College Republicans titled "Islamofascism Awareness Day." The organization publicly screened the award-winning 60-minute documentary, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West,"
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