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Sunday, June 10, 2007
06-08-07 - Why did Israel attack USS Liberty?
06-08-07 - Israel's Attack on the USS Liberty, Revisited As the Liberty listed in the choppy seas, its deck aflame, crew members dropped life rafts into the water and prepared to scuttle the ship. Given the number of wounded, this was going to be a dangerous operation. But it soon proved impossible, as the Israeli attack boats strafed the rafts with machine gun fire. No body was going to get out alive that way.
06-08-07 - Former midshipmen honored in 1967 Israeli attack on spy ship Two years ago , the veterans association filed a war crimes report with the secretary of the Army against Israel for shooting the ship's life boats. The U.S. military declined to investigate further.
06-08-07 - Remembering the USS Liberty: Four Decades Later One Liberty veteran, who asked me not to use his name in my story, told me he was below deck on the day of the mass killings by the Israelis. He said: ?When it was announced [on the intercom] to ?stand ready to receive a torpedo,? I chalked myself off. My whole life quickly passed before me. I thought for sure I was going to die. When the torpedo did hit, I thought it was going to sink the ship, it listed so badly.? He added, after pausing, ?I loved that ship!?
06-08-07 - Time for the truth about the Liberty By Ward Boston Jr. I am certain the Israeli pilots and commanders who had ordered the attack knew the ship was American. I saw the bullet-riddled American flag that had been raised by the crew after their first flag had been shot down completely. I heard testimony that made it clear the Israelis intended there be no survivors. Not only did they attack with napalm, gunfire and missiles, Israeli torpedo boats machine-gunned at close range three life rafts that had been launched in an attempt to save the most seriously wounded.
06-08-07 - Scars feel fresh, after 40 years As Weaver was treated below deck, a ferocious battle ensued for more than two hours. Israeli jets made more than eight strafing runs at the ship, shooting guns and dropping napalm on the Liberty. Israeli torpedo boats headed toward the ship and launched an attack, hitting the Liberty with a torpedo on its port side. The Israeli boats also strafed lifeboats deployed in the water with machine gun fire. The assault remains the only successful torpedo attack on an American ship since World War II.
06-08-07 - Honoring those of 'Liberty' "The attack was deliberate, and we could prove it if we ever had our chance," Gallo said. And that's precisely why Israel and its lobby in America will see to it that they won't get one.
06-08-07 - Liberty survivors mark 40 years today Ironically, Liberty became the most decorated ship and crew in Navy history. Its skipper, Cmdr. William McGonagle, received the Medal of Honor even though his citation lengthily describes his heroism and wounding without once mentioning that the attack was by Israelis.
06-08-07 - Israeli troops kill Palestinian hunter Israeli and Palestinian sources say Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian out hunting in the occupied West Bank, and wounded another
06-08-07 - Fatah man shot dead in Gaza clash
06-08-07 - Troops shot and injured a child in Jabalia, a deaf resident in Beit Hanoun Dr. Al Akhras stated that soldiers shot the child, bared Palestinian ambulances from reaching him, and kidnapped him. The child was playing along with several other children in the area.
06-08-07 - Gaza fishermen?s livelihoods in jeopardy Almost a year after Israel imposed harsh restrictions on fishing off the Gaza coast, the industry is in sharp decline and fishermen?s livelihoods are in jeopardy.
06-08-07 - Palestinians face more restrictions than ever While it only concerns a single stretch of road, the petition from the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (Acri) in several respects goes to the heart of the heavy restrictions on Palestinian movement and access in much of the West Bank. This is graphically illustrated in a UN map showing road closures and territory - about 40 per cent of the West Bank- which are either barred or heavily restricted for Palestinians, severing the sectors of the West Bank from each other, and from Jerusalem.
06-08-07 - Israeli security forces admit to 245 kidnappings in Gaza over the past year
06-08-07 - Muslim graveyard vandalized The worshippers broke some tombstones, and wrote ?Death to Arabs? on others. Noaf, a resident of a nearby village, said that the worshippers arrived at the cemetery escorted by soldiers. Again? This just happened some months back too. Disgraceful.
06-08-07 - PNN launches a campaign for the release of Alan Johnston
06-08-07 - Israeli army resumes razing trees in Bethlehem
06-08-07 - Detained Palestinian Judge continues his hunger strike
06-08-07 - IDF curbs Palestinian travel to Jordan Valley despite directive
06-08-07 - Non-violent protestors attacked at Ertas village
06-08-07 - PM urges calm as Gaza factions clash again
06-08-07 - U.S. starts wrapping up war games off Iran's coast The U.S. show of strength began last month with a dramatic daytime crossing of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a major channel for oil shipments from the Gulf, raising pressure on the Islamic Republic and pushing up world oil prices.
06-08-07 - Coverup theory alive at USS Liberty reunion The USA Today covers the story, but they might as well be the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
06-08-07 - Top Israeli negotiator: Give Iran until December to back down ** Mofaz and Meridor each stressed, however, that all options should remain available. Meridor was pleased that virtually every major presidential candidate, Republican and Democrat, agreed. "I hope they listen to the debates in America," Meridor said of Iran's rulers, "because they will hear a message."
06-08-07 - A Palestinian youth injured in crossfire in the course of being used as a human shield by IDF soldiers, May 2007
06-08-07 - Condemn Israel's 'apartheid' policies Gen Moshe Dayan sais that "many of the firefights with the Syrians were deliberately provoked by Israel". He said the kibbutz residents who pressed the government to take the Golan Heights "did so less for the security than for the farmland".
06-08-07 - EU weighs expanded aid plan for Palestinians One proposal under EU consideration calls for expanding the existing Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) to pay a portion of the Palestinian Authority's arrears to private Palestinian contractors, diplomats said.
06-08-07 - The Israeli army attacks homes in Hebron and turns two into military posts
06-08-07 - Explain Palestinian travel ban on West Bank road the state is told
06-08-07 - Gunmen abduct a Fateh member in Gaza City
06-08-07 - Officer suspended after hurling grenade at Palestinian house Soldiers hurl grenade into house in village near Ramallah; mother and three children hurt after inhaling gas. IDF suspends force's commander, apologizes to family
06-08-07 - Lebanese Islamists seek surrender of camp militants Lebanese Islamists sought the surrender of Al Qaeda-inspired militants locked in deadly battles with troops at a Palestinian refugee camp, but the group said it would not give itself up.
06-08-07 - RJD to world leaders: Lift sanctions on Palestinian govt-Rest of World-World-The Times of India
06-08-07 - Burg: Defining Israel as a Jewish state is the key to its end Avraham Burg, former Knesset speaker and former head of the Jewish Agency says "to define the State of Israel as a Jewish state is the key to its end. A Jewish state is explosive. It's dynamite." In an interview in Haaretz Weekend Magazine, he said that he is in favor of abrogating the Law of Return and calls on everyone who can to obtain a foreign passport.
06-08-07 - Many thanks Just a quick note to thank The Sun and Mr. Shapiro for taking note of the fact that prominent U.S. citizens use slanderous statements to attempt to silence any of their fellow citizens who dare question the worth to America of the current U.S.-Israel relationship Scheuer's response to that article in the NY Sun.
06-08-07 - CNAC Distances Itself From Ex-CIA Official Over Israel Remark The taxpayer-funded Center for Naval Analyses is distancing itself from remarks made by a former CIA official, Michael Scheuer, in which Mr. Scheuer criticized "the U.S. citizen Israel-firsters who dominate the American governing elite." Scheuer is 100 % correct and should be commended for having the courage to speak the truth when so many others are cowed into silence.
06-08-07 - The Victory that Wrecked Israel
06-08-07 - Unexploded ordnance hampering aid deliveries to refugees
06-08-07 - Children Still Caught in Crossfire at Refugee Camp in Lebanon
06-08-07 - theater festival under fire for 'rachel corrie' One of CATF's board members resigned in protest, revoking a $100,000 pledge, Herendeen said. He would not reveal the name of that person, and other board members either could not confirm the identity or did not respond to inquiries Oh grow up already. If you're using your donations to color the politics of the theater, then you're engaging in bribery.
06-08-07 - Gaza by boat - an activist project
06-08-07 - France condemns the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements
06-08-07 - A day at the Gaza seaside
06-08-07 - Ban products with a criminal flavour
06-08-07 - Six Day War: Land Ownership Disputes Arise NPR conveniently omits what international law dictates with regard to building civilian settlements on occupied land; it's illegal.
06-08-07 - Heavy shelling of Lebanese camp Troops backed by helicopters have resumed heavy shelling of a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon.
06-08-07 - Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation in nonviolent action in Bethlehem The nonviolent action supporters and members of the international press
accompanied the farmers as they walked across the construction site of the
future wall that will cut off their land entirely. Then they continued up a
rocky slope to the orchard.
06-08-07 - How would you grapple with Iran's nuclear drive? Our candidates must answer to Israel in order to succeed in any US presidential election. Fact.
06-08-07 - Olmert calls for peace with Syria as rumours grow of secret talks
06-08-07 - UN condemns Ahmadinejad comments UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said he was "shocked and dismayed" at recent comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about Israel.
06-08-07 - Palestinian bombers appeal fails An appeal by two Palestinians convicted of conspiring to bomb the Israeli embassy in London has been dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights.
06-08-07 - Bomb kills one in Lebanese town A bomb has hit a Christian industrial area to the north of the Lebanese capital Beirut, killing one person and injuring several others, police say.
06-08-07 - It's not just the occupation
06-08-07 - Bureau of Palestinian Rights Committee issues statement to mark 40 years of by Israel of Palestinian Territory
06-08-07 - House considers anti-boycott resolution The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a resolution condemning Britain's University and College Union for their boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Saw that one coming from a mile away.
06-08-07 - My Turn: Clock ticking on Palestine Palestinians are the occupied, not the occupiers, yet they are being punished. It is their land that is being confiscated for Israeli settlements and an intricate system of roads for settlers only (all contrary to Geneva Conventions).
06-08-07 - Targeted killing won't bring peace
06-08-07 - Amnesty Ireland marks 40 years of Israeli occupation
06-08-07 - "Stop the bleeding of Bethlehem" campaign launched in Bethlehem
06-08-07 - Boycott will destroy British academia, warns US professor Mr Dershowitz, the prominent lawyer and Harvard law professor who is well known for the ferocity of his attacks on those he perceives as enemies of Israel, told the Guardian that if the boycott call is endorsed by the UCU branches there would be retribution, and that he had enlisted 100 lawyers to break the boycott.
06-08-07 - 'Israel dissolution rally' planned for Washington Pro-Israel group scrambling to organize last-minute counter-demonstration in Washington DC Lots of scrambling going on by the Israeli lobby these days. GOOD. Look at this statement from the article : ""This counter-rally truly is the product of a few citizens who are deeply outraged that Israel's opponents might have demonstrated in our nation's capitol without any patriotic opposing voices who will tell truth to counter these lies," . Patriotic? For which country, America? NOT.
06-08-07 - Palestinian man held in jail for nearly 4 years released on federal judge's order
06-08-07 - Syrians 'hate' Israel, not Jews "Israel is one thing, and Jews are something else,? Mahmoud Sharif, an English-speaking tour guide, told JTA in Aleppo. "We respect the Jewish religion and consider it one of God's religions, but we don't accept Israel."
06-08-07 - Jewish history crowds out Jerusalem Arabs "In the state of Israel today we have Jews and Arabs living side by side, and also in City of David are Jews and Arabs living side by side," said Doron Spielman, the project's international director of development. "However, we believe City of David -- biblical Jerusalem, this little 14 acres of land -- should be a project which is uniquely Jewish," he said. "The roots go back to King David."
06-08-07 - The Six Day War | Survivor bears the wounds of conflict and occupation Despite 40 years of media coverage about the Israeli occupation, many Americans seem not to know the story of the Palestinians or what the occupation means. Because misinformation about the humanity of others often fuels war, one of the ways we can heal is to share stories about our experiences. Here is my story:
06-08-07 - Conference-goers urged to pressure officials Conference speakers urged audience members to lobby their members of Congress on behalf of Israel and to work for withdrawal of U.S. investments in Iran, which is regarded by Israelis as an imminent threat to their security.Brigitte Gabriel, a Lebanese-American woman who founded the American Congress for Truth to educate Americans about the threat of radical Islam, suggested that citizens monitor the lectures of university professors and report the names of mosque owners to the FBI. The conference, organized by state Sen. Joe Zarelli of Ridgefield and his wife, Tani Zarelli, brought right-wing Israeli politicians to Vancouver to bolster local support among conservative Christians and Jews in the fight against global terrorism
06-08-07 - Hamas PM to address UK protest Protesters are to gather in London's Trafalgar Square for a demonstration against 40 years of Israeli control of the Occupied Territories.
06-08-07 - War's end marked beginning of a cruel occupation To divide and conquer, soldiers used to question our religious background. If we were Christians, we were allowed to pass; if not, they detained people for as long as they wanted. In my immediate family and neighborhood, my father was beaten, our 10-year-old neighbor Tony had his skull crushed, my cousin Musa was burned to death with his coworker. Our Catholic School was invaded several times.
06-08-07 - APN Applauds Feinstein/Lugar Middle East Peace Resolution The resolution, cosponsored by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Max Baucus (D-MT), Robert Byrd (D-WV), John Sununu (R-NH), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), reaffirms the Senate's commitment to a "true and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on the establishment of 2 states, the State of Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security, with recognized borders."
06-08-07 - PFLP meets with Egypt Intelligence Chief, calls for forming unified leadership
06-08-07 - WCC UPDATE: Week of church witness for peace in the Middle East Among events still to come are a candlelight march at a Bethelehem refugee camp and a Palestinian bishop addressing a rally organized by trade unions and Muslim, Jewish and Christian organizations in London, both on June 9.
06-08-07 - Lebanon army pounds Islamists as PM fingers Syria Lebanese tanks and artillery again pounded Islamists holed up inside a refugee camp on Friday, as Prime Minister Fuad Siniora accused neighbouring Syria of links to the militants.
06-08-07 - Blair sees 'not unhelpful' signs from Hamas
06-08-07 - MK: We must prevent Burg's burial in J'lem national cemetery MK Otniel Schneller (Kadima) said Thursday that former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg, after his comments about Israel and Zionism must be prevented through legislation if necessary from being buried in the section in the Jerusalem cemetery on Mount Herzl reserved for national leaders.
06-08-07 - Peace Now in Hebron: Expel settlers from city
06-08-07 - Palestinians say fed up with gunmen
06-08-07 - Legendary Israel PM's grandson is barrier protester A grandson of Israel's legendary right-wing prime minister Menachem Begin is a regular protester against the country's controversial West Bank separation barrier, media reported on Thursday.
06-08-07 - Syria ceded part of Golan to Israel in peace talks: Netanyahu Wow.
06-08-07 - Learning centres help restore hope for Palestinian adolescents
06-08-07 - Rapper Belly releases ?Revolution? Palestinian-Canadian rapper addresses issues of war, racial tensions, poverty, hypocrisy in politics
06-08-07 - Sri Lanka Expresses Support for Palestinian Statehood
06-08-07 - Rammell on trip to dampen boycott concerns
06-08-07 - On spy hill, old enemies could be looking at a new peace
06-08-07 - Viewers get whitewashed version of history "When I saw this destruction, there was a part of me that felt tremendous dread, that a whole new problem was going to be created,'' says Schleifer. He says this in the PBS version as well, but the horrifying context is stripped away for American sensibilities. "PBS is really not a liberal left-wing broadcaster," says Fichman. "It's subscription and sponsor-based, with members of the Jewish community among its supporters."
Do pro-Israel donors of PBS demand the politics thereof be colored in their favor?
06-08-07 - Diana lawyer vows to fight Israeli academic boycott Prof Dershowitz has threatened sanctions to "devastate and bankrupt" those acting against Israeli universities.
06-08-07 - Middle East inspires painting of peace sign "The idea came from speeches by two members of Combatants for Peace, one Israeli and one Palestinian, who used to be advocates for violence and are now advocates for peace," said Barrett, a student of Middle East history. "They both spoke at a synagogue in Orange in January.
06-08-07 - Israeli "sources" Express Concern Over Expected Bush Speech On Mideast Israeli sources in Washington and American Jewish leaders are concerned that President Bush may criticize Israel in the speech in order to placate the Arab world and prove that the US Administration maintains a balanced policy The horror.
06-08-07 - Pressure Mounts For Boycott Retaliation Many Israelis are accusing the British professional associations behind the strike of anti-Semitism A real shocker!
06-08-07 - Iran series depicts Holocaust truths "According to historical documents through the period of the birth of fascism in Europe and the Nazi policy of destroying lives of Jewish people, Iranian people have played an important role in saving the lives of hundreds of Jews from this Nazi hell," Fathi told Daily Variety.
06-08-07 - John Howard: Champion for Israel More importantly, the relatively small Jewish community in Australia - about 110,000 people, dominated by Shoah survivors - has succeeded in creating unique relationships with successive governments. Their lobbying efforts and unqualified support for Israel have been highly effective. Wait a minute now, I thought all of this talk about powerful Israel lobbies were just conspiracy theories?....
06-08-07 - Plans for Progressive Jewish Counter-AIPAC Lobby Proceed
06-08-07 - Fake Vancouver Sun distributed at transit hubs An organization describing itself as the Palestine Media Collective says it distributed 12,000 fake editions of The Vancouver Sun on Thursday to protest what it described as the paper's "anti-Palestinian bias".
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