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Saturday, May 26, 2007
05-25-07 - Air raid kills two Hamas members
05-25-07 - Palestinian patient dies after delay at Erez Crossing
05-25-07 - Undercover forces invade Nablus, kidnap at least eight residents
05-25-07 - Abbas begins talks for peace as slaughter in Gaza goes on
05-25-07 - Gaza militants signal softer terms, Israel hits again
05-25-07 - The Six-Day War: Forty years on civilian settlement of the administered territories contravenes the explicit provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention." The Convention prohibits deportation or transfer by the occupying power of its own civilian population into the territories it occupies. The official Red Cross commentary explains that this prohibition was "intended to prevent a practice adopted during the Second World War by certain Powers, which transferred portions of their own population to occupied territory for political and racial reasons or in order, as they claimed, to colonise those territories." political and racial reasons for colonization of occupied territory? It sounds awfully familiar.
05-25-07 - Secret memo shows Israel knew Six Day War was illegal Judge Meron's memorandum was obtained from the Israel State Archives. His subsequent defence of it amounts to a direct challenge to Israel's continuing contention that the Geneva Convention's provisions on settling people in occupied territory did not apply to the West Bank because its annexation by Jordan between 1949 and 1967 had been unilateral.
05-25-07 - Israeli army invades Hebron area, kidnapping three and injuring one
05-25-07 - Crucial Gaza border crossing reopens after 12-day closure
05-25-07 - Egypt asks Palestinians to talks on easing tension
05-25-07 - Photographer wounded by troops Palestinian Abbas Momani was wounded when Israeli soldiers fired rubber bullets towards a group of journalists covering a rally against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the village of Bilin.
05-25-07 - At-Tuwani Update 10-18 May 2007
05-25-07 - Top architects accuse Israelis of oppression Mr Alsop told Building Design magazine that they felt compelled to act. "This is not against Israel, it's for Palestine," he said. "I think the Palestinians are living in a prison. I'd like fellow colleagues in Israel to feel some responsibility about this shabby treatment. Architects are a fairly humanitarian lot and perhaps they could help."
05-25-07 - Dayton: more 'proactive' role for U.S. in Gaza? Dayton suggested. "We continue to evaluate the situation and consider ways in which we can take a more proactive role in affecting the dangerous conditions and support President Abbas in his efforts to bring the lawlessness in Gaza under control," he said.
05-25-07 - Jewish Reps target arms sales to Saudis U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) plan to introduce legislation blocking the sale of missile technology to Saudi Arabia. Remember now, it was only some weeks back that Israel registered its displeasure at the US selling arms to the Saudis - which is no doubt what prompted this move.
05-25-07 - Bush reappoints 10 to heritage commission The ten individuals re-named this week to terms ending in 2010 are: Andrew Klein, the chairman of the Jewish National Fund's mid-Atlantic zone; Robert Zarnegin a California developer who is prominent in the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces; Steven Some of New Jersey, a lobbyist and a member of the Republican Jewish Coalition,
05-25-07 - House to consider Jerusalem, Ahmadinejad resolutions The committee's chairman, Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), sponsored the resolution on Jerusalem, which "commends Israel for its administration of the undivided city of Jerusalem for the past 40 years, during which Israel has respected the rights of all religious groups" and calls on President Bush to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem.
05-25-07 - Guidebook encourages talk of occupation Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, distributed a guide encouraging rabbis to talk about Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. Good for them.
05-25-07 - House to consider nuclear bank The legislation, proposed first by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was referred by the committee to the full House on Wednesday. It is aimed at calling Iran's bluff Lantos is Israel's head agent on Capitol Hill.
05-25-07 - Congress passes lobbying restrictions Jewish leaders had initially lobbied against the rules, but dropped their opposition after receiving assurances that travel to Israel would be unaffected.
05-25-07 - LEBANON: Yousef Abu Radi, Lebanon "On the way to the hospital I realised that my mother had died" With up to 40,000 civilians living in the camp, questions are being raised as to whether the Lebanese army?s response to the militants has been in contravention of international humanitarian law.
05-25-07 - Obstacles to peace: Borders and settlements
05-25-07 - Prosecutors drop secret trial demand in AIPAC case
05-25-07 - US supplies Lebanese Army for fight against Fatah al-Islam
05-25-07 - FOX News Guest: We Must Stay in Iraq So Israel Can Bomb Iran ** FOX hosts never tell their viewers that these people have a hidden agenda that affects their attitudes towards the Middle East , i.e. in order for them to go to heaven, they believe that Israel must conquer its ancient biblical lands, now controlled by Muslims. As these end timers see their influence shrinking, they have gotten more and more desperate, creating hyperbolic threats and bending the truth. Why do these morons insist on taking the rest of us with them in their bonkers doomsday BS?
05-25-07 - NCC delegation meets refugees in Middle East Palestinian women also have experiences of homelessness, a situation clearly articulated to the delegation by Palestinian Christian women living in the West Bank. One YWCA representative spoke about facing discrimination as a woman and a Christian. She said she believes it is critical for women to not only care for and nurture their families, but also work for peace and justice.
05-25-07 - Hezbollah head warns against raid "The Nahr el-Bared camp and Palestinian civilians are a red line," Sheikh Nasrallah said.
05-25-07 - Israel extended invitation to join OECD The OECD extended the invitation Wednesday after years of lobbying by the U.S. government and Congress and more recently, by Turkey
05-25-07 - US students set up 'checkpoint' on campus
05-25-07 - What the Finkelstein Tenure Fight Tells Us About the State of Academia If Norman Finkelstein is denied tenure by DePaul, it won't be because he was irresponsible but because he took his responsibility too seriously. If he is denied tenure, the loss will be not only Finkelstein's and DePaul's but also the larger project of real academic freedom and responsibility.
05-25-07 - One taken prisoner in Nonviolent action in Bethlehem
05-25-07 - It's the Inner-West Bank Residents and Jewish groups yesterday accused the council of wasting resources on "partisan" international politics it had no business concerning itself with.
05-25-07 - Israel must stop attacks on Palestinians, says Kasrils
05-25-07 - Women business leaders meet The owner of a travel agency in Ramallah, Palestine, Al-Shyoukhi has to endure raids on her offices, daily curfews and constant checkpoints that keep her customers from traveling freely.
05-25-07 - US envoy's foolish words If Israel was a well administered country, US Ambassador Richard Jones would have been invited to the Foreign Ministry in order to explain his odd declarations that spy Jonathan Pollard would never be released from prison. What part of treason do these folks just not comprehend? Were this an individual that had committed such a traitorous act against ISRAEL, I'm sure that they would be singing a very different tune.
05-25-07 - Hebron Governor meets the Head of Italian Municipalities league
05-25-07 - Regardless of whether it is a Hebrew or Arabic tale
05-25-07 - Pakistan Deplores Israeli Aggression against Palestinians: FO
05-25-07 - Ros-Lehtinen, Wexler join Fla. Delegation to Israel Said Ros-Lehtinen, "This visit offers us an opportunity to learn more about the economic and security challenges confronting our two great countries in a region vital to our own national interests." Move Washington to Tel Aviv and be done with it.
05-25-07 - European council warns of racism Foreign migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are the most affected by the rise in intolerance and racism, Smith-Asmussen noted.
05-25-07 - Qaeda vows "seas of blood" over Lebanon Palestinians A group calling itself al Qaeda's wing in the Levant vowed to carry out bombings in Lebanon and attacks on Christians unless Beirut pulled its army away from Palestinian refugee camps.
05-25-07 - Refugees again in Lebanon, the Khatibs find sleep comes hard
05-25-07 - Negotiations on Shalit suspended Egyptian foreign minister tells reporters talks on kidnapped Israeli soldier put on hold due to violence in Gaza
05-25-07 - U.S. resupplies Lebanon army, battle for camp looms
05-25-07 - US lawmakers propose special Iran rights envoy Two US senators proposed Friday appointing a special State Department envoy to improve human rights and democracy in Iran, citing Tehran's "flagrant disregard" for civil liberties. However, they do not do so for Israel's flagrant disregard for civil liberties, which is well-documented by major human rights organizations the world over.
05-25-07 - ATFL, ATFP CONDEMN FATAH AL-ISLAM ASSAULT ON LEBANESE SOVEREIGNTY, ENDANGERING OF REFUGEES
05-25-07 - The only weapon available In these desperate circumstances it is not surprising that South African leaders, from Ronnie Kasrils, the Jewish ex-head of the armed wing of the ANC to Bishop Desmond Tutu, declare that the sufferings of the Palestinians are worse than those of black South Africans under Apartheid. Those who know apartheid at first hand are well able to recognise a racist state. And all the blustering by the Israel lobby cannot wash this away.
05-25-07 - Government Will Collapse, Say Palestinians
05-25-07 - ECAJ calls on government: 'support Israel in Gaza' AS Middle East tensions between Israel and the Palestinians continue to mount, Australia?s roof Jewish body has called on the Federal Government and the international community to support Israel?s latest moves in the Gaza Strip.
05-25-07 - Krakow complains about Israelis Krakow municipal leaders have recently asked the mayor and police to check whether the Israeli bodyguards violated the rights of Poles by stopping Polish citizens and checking their identities, searching them and even handcuffing them. These activities should only be carried out by Polish police, the municipal leaders noted. 'We're not in Israel(Kansas) anymore, Schlomo (Toto)'
05-25-07 - Crossing Cultures Reading Adam LeBor?s ?City of Oranges,? I once again met Fakhri Geday, along with much displacement. LeBor writes Jaffa?s past as a sprawling family saga. At its center are a half-dozen or so clans, Jewish and Arab, whose lives intertwine from the 19th century till today, as the Mediterranean port flowers and then is torn apart by conflict.
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