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Wednesday, May 09, 2007
05-08-07 - World Bank scolds Israel for impeding travel in West Bank "The practical effect of this shattered economic space is that on any given day the ability to reach work, school, shopping, healthcare facilities and agricultural land is highly uncertain and subject to arbitrary restriction and delay. In economic terms, the restrictions have created a level of uncertainty and inefficiency which has made the normal conduct of business extremely difficult and therefore has stymied the growth and investment which is necessary to fuel economic revival,"
05-08-07 - Israel launches crackdown on Hamas members in West Bank The total of Palestinians seized in the overnight raids were 28, some 15 of them are Hamas members caught in the W. Bank town of Tulkarem, Israel Radio reported.
05-08-07 - Defense officials oppose U.S. plan for Gaza-W. Bank travel In in-house meetings this week, defense officials said that allowing freedom of movement between the two territories may create a dangerous security situation
05-08-07 - Japanese donation to reconstruct 271 shelters in the Gaza Strip Speaking from Gaza, Mr Ging said "I thank the Government of Japan for its generous donation at a time when Palestine refugees are in such great need."
05-08-07 - Hamas denies intentions to kill captured Israeli soldier
05-08-07 - Palestinian interior minister drops resignation after getting more power: spokesman
05-08-07 - Eight Palestinian civilians kidnapped as Israeli forces attack homes in Hebron
05-08-07 - West Bank health services deteriorate as Palestinian medical sector strikes
05-08-07 - Israeli army demolishes a Palestinian disabled children?s society in Jerusalem (IMEMC) Israeli army bulldozers demolished a Palestinian owned building that host disabled children?s society located in Wadi Al Joze neighborhood in east Jerusalem on Tuesday morning
05-08-07 - Army withdraws from Al Doha leaving behind three children injured and a destroyed house
05-08-07 - West Bank split into isolated enclaves - World Bank the World Bank said Israel's West Bank barrier and system of road and zoning restrictions were aimed at "protecting and enhancing the free movement of settlers and the physical and economic expansion of the settlements at the expense of the Palestinian population".
05-08-07 - BBC checks 'Alan Johnston tape'
05-08-07 - Palestinian cabinet will not survive aid embargo: minister Music to Israel's ears.
05-08-07 - Palestinian factions reject new truce with Israel "Any halt in the fighting must reciprocated completely. The firing of rockets from Gaza can only be halted along with Israeli aggression in the West Bank,"
05-08-07 - Israeli jailed for helping bomber An Israeli has been sentenced to seven years in jail for helping a Palestinian suicide bomber .....The judge said Badir had known his passenger was planning an attack, but had "shut his eyes and done nothing".
Contrast that to this sentence from yesterday's news: "Milner, who drove Tichman to the scene, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted on four counts of attempted murder and nine counts of deliberately causing damage. However, a panel of three judges reduced Milner's sentence to only three years on Monday after deciding that he had only aided in the crime " Man acquitted of trying to kill Arabs . Drive someone to kill ARABS? Get a lighter sentence by an Israeli court.
05-08-07 - Exodus from Iraq historic, U.N. says U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has described the uprooting of 4 million Iraqis as "the most significant displacement in the Middle East" since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
05-08-07 - UK envoy in Gaza Johnston talks
05-08-07 - On pre dawn invasion; Israeli army kidnaps four civilians from a village near Jenin
05-08-07 - Hammad: ?lack of balance in the Israeli government dangerously affects the Palestinian area?.
05-08-07 - Israel Lands Administration accused of discriminating against Arabs the Jewish National Fund in forbidden from leasing its lands to non-Jews, as stipulated in its treaty cosigned by the state. See this from the other day. Excerpt: '"We are writing to express our strong support for the application by the Jewish National Fund-United States (JNF-US) for consultative status at the U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)," said the letter initiated by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.); Robert Wexler (D-Fla.); and Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.). '
05-08-07 - NCC women's Mideast delegation focus is women and children
05-08-07 - Ackerman: Bush 'right of return' letter unwise "Attempting to force Palestinians to give up their dreams in a vacuum would not only be ineffectual but counterproductive," said Ackerman, who has close ties to the pro-Israel lobby.........Much of the hearing focused on the Jewish refugees Naturally.
05-08-07 - King Herod's ancient tomb 'found' Told of Jesus' birth, Herod ordered all children under two in Bethlehem to be killed, the Gospel of Matthew said.
05-08-07 - Ban wants closer U.N.-Israel ties The U.N. secretary-general said he wants to improve the world body's relationship with Israel and increase Israeli involvement in U.N. activities
05-08-07 - Children in the street: The Palestinian case
05-08-07 - Israeli may join Sarkozy's cabinet Arno Klarsfeld, the son of renowned Nazi-hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, is rumored to be the top candidate to become minister of immigration and national identity when French President-elect Nicholas Sarkozy chooses his cabinet in the coming weeks. That move is about as swift as when McGreevey put that Israeli in charge of the NJ Dept of Homeland Security.
05-08-07 - Sarkozy pledges Israel support Sarkozy "thanked Prime Minister Olmert and said: 'I am a friend of Israel and Israel can always rely on my friendship.' "
05-08-07 - FEATURE-New book shows peacemaker Peres's nuclear role Israel and France once made a secret deal to produce a nuclear bomb together, according to a new biography of Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres.
05-08-07 - Judge lauded for rebuke in AIPAC case The American Jewish Committee praised the judge in the case against two former AIPAC staffers for rebuking the government
05-08-07 - AIPAC on Trial FBI gave Franklin enough rope to hang himself, and then moved in, showing up at his door and confronting him with his treachery. A search of his home and office turned up a veritable lending library of classified documents dating back years, all of which had doubtless been made available to the Israelis
05-08-07 - Israeli airport security methods studied Foreigners almost automatically receive closer scrutiny, and racial or other types of profiling can trigger extensive questioning and searching.
The Israelis believe this is one of the keys to their success, and the airport officials from the U.S. could only speculate about how it would affect their work.
05-08-07 - Israeli archaeologist says Herod's tomb found in West Bank discovered in the occupied West Bank "discovered in the occupied West Bank"
05-08-07 - Palestinian legislators urge IPU to secure release of MPs from Israeli jails
05-08-07 - Critics of the Tampa Tribune's Sami Al-Arian stories said the writer had ties to his new boss. "We always had suspicions that Fechter was virtually an agent for Emerson, "
05-08-07 - True to form, the Associated Press picks up PMW propaganda Was a matter of when, not if. The Israeli Lobby's hold on the media at work.
05-08-07 - Archbishop of Jerusalem addresses seminar on Christians in Middle East
05-08-07 - Cruel and Usual: Torture of Palestinians Revealed
05-08-07 - Handalah: The cartoon who symbolizes his people
05-08-07 - 'Right of return' urged for Palestinians
05-08-07 - 'War is peace' It is one thing to read George Orwell and Franz Kafka, it is quite another to live their texts. For us - Palestinians - Orwell and Kafka are not works of fiction but concrete reality.
05-08-07 - Immigration Issues, Global Anti-Semitism And Israel Top Agenda of ADL National Meeting in Washington, DC Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff discussed the need to balance the interests of protecting the homeland and the imperative of providing a path for legal immigration. Secretary Chertoff also discussed his department's partnership with ADL's Advanced Training School, which provides specialized training and expertise to agency personnel on extremism, hate groups, terrorism and civil liberties.
05-08-07 - Boston Palestine Film Festival Call for Entries
05-08-07 - Briton first in line for UN Middle East role Michael Williams, a former BBC correspondent and adviser to two British foreign secretaries, is the leading candidate to become the new UN special co-ordinator for the Middle East, operating out of Government House......UN insiders suggest the appointment of Mr Williams would signal a pro-Israeli shift in traditionally Palestinian-leaning UN policy under Mr Ban, with greater emphasis on Israeli security.
05-08-07 - Italy's parliament speaker to address Palestinian lawmakers
05-08-07 - Tikkun to skip occupation protests A liberal Jewish group is opting out of 40th anniversary protests against Israel's occupation of disputed territory because it fears its partners deny Israel's existence.
05-08-07 - An Israeli Apologist (1)
05-08-07 - Strangers in Zion? Four in five immigrants to Israel feel alienated from their adopted homeland, a study showed
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