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Tuesday, May 22, 2007


News for 05-21-07

05-21-07 - Israeli woman killed by rocket fired from Gaza by militants An Israeli woman civilian was killed by a Qassam rocket last night after Israeli air strikes killed five Palestinians - including all four members of an Islamic Jihad rocket launching cell.


05-21-07 - Israeli Military fire on Palestinian and International journalists


05-21-07 - Norway to give Palestinians direct aid "I urge others to follow," Stoere said. "We need to demonstrate that we are ready to engage, politically and financially" with the Palestinian government.


05-21-07 - Separation fence guards shoot at journalists Photos taken by AFP photographer Moussa al-Shaer clearly show one of the guards using an Uzi submachine gun to fire at the demonstrators.


05-21-07 - EU extends Gaza-Egypt border mission for 12 months EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana visits Israel and the Palestinian territories this week as part of a Middle East tour aimed at kickstarting peace efforts, starting his trip just as Israel stepped up air attacks in the Gaza strip on Monday.


05-21-07 - U.S. House seeks tighter U.S.-Israeli ballistic missile defenses ** The United States House of Representatives has adopted a measure aimed at weaving closer U.S. and Israeli defenses against ballistic missiles of the type that could be fired by Iran. Part of a $504 billion defense spending bill passed Thursday, the measure would redirect $205 million in Defense Department funds toward projects already underway in Israel. The humble American taxpayer is a servant to the state of Israel. Billions of our taxpayer dollars, both directly and indirectly go toward the security of a foreign nation - in contravention of our OWN interests.


05-21-07 - BBC vigils for missing reporter


05-21-07 - Army invades southern cities in the West Bank and kidnaps four civilians Witnesses reported that a massive Israeli force invaded the downtown area of Bethlehem city and ransacked a number of homes there, kidnapping Murad Salhab, 33, and Issa Jawarish, 32. The two captives were taken an undisclosed location.



05-21-07 - Army invades Jenin and clashes with local resistance


05-21-07 - Fatah slams Israeli attacks and warns of consequences The Fatah organization has slammed the latest round of Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, stating that the Israeli administration had reinstated a policy of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians by carrying out organized crimes and shelling civilian areas.


05-21-07 - Army shells Beit Hanoun, elderly man injured


05-21-07 - Israeli minister issues death threat to Hamas leaders All Hamas leaders should be killed to end rocket attacks from Gaza, a senior Israeli cabinet official said today, as Israeli planes carried out new air strikes in the territory.


05-21-07 - Israeli army attack Palestinian media outlets in Nablus Palestinian sources stated that a large Israeli force stormed the city of Nablus and attacked the buildings, confiscating archive tapes, informational materials, documents and broadcast transmitters. Several media outlets were forced to go off the air in the attack.


05-21-07 - Saudi Arabia puts Jerusalem on new currency notes a move officials said reflects the kingdom's concern for the Palestinian issue.


05-21-07 - Kucinich backs P.A. funding "As a result of the suspension of international aid, the number of Palestinians living in deep poverty, defined as those living on less than 50 cents a day, nearly doubled to more than 1 million people, according to the United Nations Relief Works Agency," he said in a statement this weekend. "The suspension of aid to the Palestinian Authority may have also helped trigger the factional violence. Nearly 80,000 Palestinian security forces have been denied their salaries for nearly a year. Many of them have resorted to violence to demand their salaries. Additionally, the fact that Western donors concerned with the humanitarian crisis have channeled aid to Fatah-led institutions may have increased Fatah-Hamas tensions."


05-21-07 - Israel Should Give Up 'Not One Inch' of Land, GOP Presidential Candidate Says Addressing a Christian Zionist meeting in Alexandria, Va., Sunday evening


05-21-07 - How a bomblet took a teen's leg - and is slowly killing her father The munitions, 4 million of which were spread across South Lebanon by Israeli forces - including about 1 million that failed to detonate - have caused 30 deaths and 180 injuries among civilians since the end of the war, according to the United Nations Mine Action Center.



05-21-07 - Shin Bet: Wiretaps can be used to guard state's Jewish nature The Shin Bet considers itself authorized to use surveillance techniques that violate privacy, such as wiretaps, when activity that "sabotages the state's Jewish character" is carried out, even if this activity is not illegal. Fascism to ensure the supremacism.


05-21-07 - Robert Fisk: A front-row seat for this Lebanese tragedy We are back at another of those tragic Lebanese stage shows: the siege of Palestinians.


05-21-07 - Fighting rages in Lebanese camp At least nine civilians died during clashes at the Nahr al-Bared camp, home to some 40,000 Palestinian refugees


05-21-07 - Large blast hits Lebanese capital The explosion happened in a car park near the Russian Cultural Centre, in a Muslim area of the city.


05-21-07 - US Ambassador Jones: 'Be Happy We Didn't Execute Pollard' Speaking at a conference at Bar Ilan University on Israeli-American relations, Jones said, "Pollard took money and sold out his country... The fact that he wasn't executed shows that he was treated mercifully." Right on.


05-21-07 - UN draft on court prompts praise, anger Hizbullah labeled the UN resolution "foreign interference in Lebanon's affairs" and called on Russia for help


05-21-07 - IDF: Iran will have bomb only in 2010 OUR intel says 2015.


05-21-07 - Israeli youths reach out over 'Net Israeli youths have created a Web site designed to help them argue their country's case to counterparts abroad. Hasbara.


05-21-07 - Lebanon refugee camps breeding ground for extremism Lebanon's camps also have the region's "highest percentage of Palestine refugees who are living in abject poverty."


05-21-07 - Syria deny Lebanon militants link Syria's UN Ambassador said that militants fighting Lebanese troops had been jailed in Damascus a few years ago for links to al-Qaeda, and would be rearrested if they returned.


05-21-07 - Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream absolute levels of support for Islamic extremism among Muslim Americans are quite low, especially when compared with Muslims around the world.



05-21-07 - (VIDEO) New England Commemorates the Nakba


05-21-07 - JNF barred access to key UN council Leading up to the vote, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York) joined a bipartisan effort led by Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) to urge the UN to grant the JNF-US the same rights of access enjoyed by the other NGOs. The supremacism of the JNF is described in paragraph 8 in this article.


05-21-07 - Palestine Awareness Week kicks off today ?A lot of people aren?t offered the opportunity to understand what?s going on and hear the perspectives of the Palestinian people. We want to offer that voice to the Palestinian people and give people the perspective that?s been lacking in the (United States),?


05-21-07 - Palestinian refugee groups call for peace in Lebanon Leaders from the various Palestinian factions in Lebanon, excluding Fatah al-Islam held a joint press conference just hours ago condemning the group's actions and distancing themselves from it.


05-21-07 - Clinton leads in fund raising, but Jews are backing all Dems Major Jewish donors also are backing former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina and the "second tier" of candidates, including Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, because of their loyalty to Israel and Jewish issues over the years........Clinton has spent her six years in the U.S. Senate reaching out to Jewish groups on nearly every domestic and foreign issue that the community embraces. She was a leader in getting homeland security funds to Jewish institutions and has taken the lead in demanding changes in Palestinian textbooks that would reflect the reality of Israel's existence.


05-21-07 - Army offers Lebanon cease-fire The Lebanese army says is ready for a cease-fire with Islamist militants in the north of the country if they agree to halt their attacks.


05-21-07 - GOP hopeful's slur recalled "By far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government," Ron Paul wrote in a 1992 newsletter to constituents and quoted in a 1996 article in the Houston Chronicle. Paul also said Zionists stifle criticism, the Chronicle reported.
"slur"? LOL. Paul is SPOT ON. Read the last paragraph. The Israel shills have now ramped up their campaign to SLUR Paul in light of the recent successful performances he has given at the debates.


05-21-07 - House OKs closer U.S.-Israel missile defense Another amendment, initiated by Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), requires the Pentagon to integrate the Israeli and U.S. ballistic missile defense systems to better protect Israel against possible attacks by Iran. Thus does the clusterf$ck get ever tighter.


05-21-07 - Mixed reaction to compromise immigration reform The Anti-Defamation League welcomed the package, saying it provides an opportunity to advance the vital cause of keeping our nation both welcoming and secure by seeking to address the problems that have led many to circumvent U.S. immigration law. Huh? These illegal immigrants are BREAKING THE LAW. You don't reward them for doing so. The arm of Israel (the ADL) has no qualms about ISRAEL'S supremacist "law of return" that is for JEWS only (despite UN resolution 194). Hypocrisy.


05-21-07 - Cheney alone as foreign -policy heavy In Cairo last Sunday, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned Cheney against any military confrontation with Iran because it would have "grave repercussions on the region," his spokesman Suleiman Awaad said. Mubarak also told Cheney solving the Palestinian conflict was the key to resolving the rest of the region's crises, Awaad said.


05-21-07 - U.S. firm fined for abiding by Arab boycott The U.S. Department of Commerce fined a toolmaker for illegally complying with an Arab boycott of Israel. No other country is afforded this luxury. In other words, the only country that it is illegal to boycott IN THIS COUNTRY is Israel. It was a result of the Arab oil embargo of the early 70s - the real reason for which is unknown to most Americans.


05-21-07 - In the belly of the wailing ?democracy? called Israel


05-21-07 - Arab youth revel in pop revolution


05-21-07 - History of failed peace talks In the 40 years since the Middle East war of June 1967, there have been many peace plans and many negotiations.

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