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Friday, June 15, 2007
06-14-07 - Flag symbolizes freedom That large rip on my right side is also bothering. That's where one of the rockets from Israeli jets ripped through me as I flew from the stern of the USS Liberty on a clear and sunny day. The attack was called a mistake; yet it is no mistake to say that planes coming to our aid from a nearby carrier were twice recalled. I, and those brave sailors, still await a congressional investigation.
06-14-07 - School honors graduate killed at sea Smith and 33 other U.S. seamen were killed when Israeli forces attacked the Liberty in the eastern Mediterranean Sea with torpedoes and rocket fire during the Six-Day War between Israel and the Arab nations. Israel claimed the attack was a mistake ? Israeli forces mistook the U.S. vessel for an Arab ship. The U.S. Navy has not made official comments on the incident, and no investigation was ever mandated by Congress.
06-14-07 - Gaza blast kills 4, Israel denies tank fire report Four young Palestinians died in an explosion in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, hospital officials said, and the Israeli army denied reports from residents that they were killed by an Israeli tank shell.
06-14-07 - Israeli troops kill Palestinian gunman in West Bank
06-14-07 - Hamas seizes Gaza, Abbas declares emergency Medics said at least 30 people were killed during the day, taking the death toll since Saturday to more than 110 in a conflict that has driven a wedge between Gaza and the West Bank and leaves an aggressive Islamist entity on Israel's borders.
06-14-07 - China urges restraint, promises support to Palestinians Chinese leaders urged Palestinians to exercise restraint as fighting escalated in Gaza Thursday but promised to continue their support for the "just cause of the Palestinian people.".....In Tokyo on Wednesday, Abu Amr urged Japanese and Western leaders to end the economic and political siege of the Palestinian people in order to help resolve the ongoing clashes in Gaza.
06-14-07 - Gaza-Westbank ? ICRC Bulletin No. 22 / 2007 Since the afternoon of 14 June, ICRC medical teams started visiting the hospitals to ascertain needs and discuss how further assistance can be provided. Contact with the hospitals and emergency medical services had been maintained throughout the week.
06-14-07 - Supplying water to the West Bank In June, the ICRC completed work on a new municipal reservoir and a seven kilometre distribution network for the village of Ar-Rehiyia, located south-west of Hebron.
06-14-07 - Continuing isolation of Gaza results in more violence Israel has closed Gaza?s borders, preventing the wounded from reaching medical care in Israel and the passage of aid supplies into Gaza. PHR says that Israel must provide direct aid to civilians trapped in Gaza, ?as part of its ongoing responsibility as the occupying power still legally in control of the Gaza Strip?.
06-14-07 - B'Tselem demands an investigation into beating of the organisation's field worker by a police officer B'Tselem has written to the director of the department for police investigations in the Israeli Ministry of Justice (DPI), to demand that it open a criminal investigation into allegations of unlawful use of force by a police officer who beat B'Tselem field researcher in East Jerusalem , Kareem Jubran
06-14-07 - 'EU Placing Palestinians in Debt' Oxfam alleges that the EU decision has indirectly provided political support for Israel's refusal to block transfer of the customs and tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. Israel has withheld 700 million dollars in such revenues from the Palestinians, a decision which Bailey called "arguably illegal".
06-14-07 - Tension in Gaza disrupts life at SOS Children's Village Dr Kamil Al-Shami, co-worker at SOS Children's Village Rafah, said that most SOS co-workers have been unable to leave their homes since the conflict started at the beginning of the week and some are stranded in areas of heavy fighting. Al-Shami said that the gates of SOS Children's Village Rafah have been shut to prevent anyone entering without authorisation.
06-14-07 - OFID approves US$15 million in fresh funds to Palestine During its 28th Annual Session, the Ministerial Council of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) today approved US$15 million to buttress its Special Grant Account for Palestine
06-14-07 - Joint Statement of United Nations organisations on the situation in Gaza United Nations organisations working in the occupied Palestinian territory, are gravely concerned about the spiralling violence in the Gaza Strip, which has claimed 59 lives and caused 273 injuries since 9 June.
06-14-07 - Israel to stay on sidelines as Palestinian civil war rages in Gaza This internecine warfare would not have happened had Israel (and then consequently the US) stayed out of Palestinian affairs in the first place.
06-14-07 - Russia Looking Into Detention Of Its Citizen By Israeli Forces In Gaza Russian diplomats are looking into the detention of a Russian citizen by Israeli forces in the Gaza strip, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
06-14-07 - Hamas attacks major Fatah security compound
06-14-07 - Police to restrict Muslims at Temple Mount Friday All Arab men under the age of 45 and women under the age of 35 will be barred from Friday midday prayers at the Jerusalem holy site due to security concerns, police said.
06-14-07 - Turkey expresses concern over violence in Palestinian territories
06-14-07 - U.S. backs Palestinian leader's state of emergency
06-14-07 - Arab League urges immediate Gaza ceasefire Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa called on Thursday for an immediate halt to deadly infighting in the Gaza Strip, warning of the danger it poses to the Palestinian cause.
06-14-07 - An Interview with Hedy Epstein I made a commitment to the Palestinians that I met, all of whom asked me "When you go back to the United States, please, tell the American people what you have seen and what you have experienced" Because the American people don't know. I made that commitment, so I take every opportunity to speak about what I have seen and what I have experienced. And, yes, there are people within the Jewish mainstream community who want to shut me up. But that is not going to happen. They may threaten me but I am going to honour my commitment to the Palestinians. Hedy Epstein is one of the most courageous people on the planet, IMO.
06-14-07 - June 10, 2007: People around the world participated in a global Day of Action -- "The World Says No to Israeli Occupation"
06-14-07 - It's All About Israel ** The United States should apply the same standards to Israel as it does to Iran. If the Iranians must disarm, then so must the Israelis. If nukes in the hands of the mullahs are threatening, then they are no less so when wielded by ultra-nationalistic Zionists of the Likudnik persuasion.
06-14-07 - Olmert has little progress to show ahead of his meeting with Bush The Bush administration has made it clear to Israeli officials that it needs progress on the Palestinian front if it is to progress in its efforts to isolate Iran. Bingo. Whole thing is a charade to get Europe/Arabs on board for Iran.
06-14-07 - Palestinian Conflict Could Hit Home -- From Oil Prices to War on Terror Naturally, ABC interviewed only Israel-defenders for this piece.
06-14-07 - We oppose Unison action against Israel In Britain, a boycott-Israel movement would, inexorably, become an anti-Jewish movement A weak attempt to again imply that boycotting Israel is anti-Semitic. It is not.
06-14-07 - Papers focus on violence in Gaza
06-14-07 - Voices of protest The most well-known speaker at the rally was comedian Roseanne Barr, who, via taped video, called for "the end of American taxpayer support of Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands" and a "new policy based on equal rights for all." I always liked Roseanne. Not only is she funny, but she's smart to boot. And has grande cojones.
06-14-07 - Palestinian Journalist speaks on conditions in West Bank
06-14-07 - Egypt hits back at US for withholding military aid Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday hit back at the United States for tying millions of dollars in military aid to Egypt's human rights record. Israel has one of the most atrocious human rights records of all times. Yet, our military aid to them has actually INCREASED last year.
06-14-07 - Support resolution?s call for two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, bishop urges U.S. senators In a letter to the Senate, Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando, Fla., chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops? Committee on International Policy, urged congressional members to co-sponsor Senate Resolution 224 , which seeks to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
06-14-07 - Boycotters are 'bunch of loons' Conservative Party leader David Cameron this week branded those who describe Israel as a ?pariah state? as a ?bunch of loons.? Speaking at the Conservative Friends of Israel?s Annual Business Lunch at the Savoy Hotel on Tuesday, he said that boycotts of Israel are damaging and stated his support for the country.
06-14-07 - Laboratory for a Fortressed World Israel now sends $1.2 billion in "defense" products to the United States--up dramatically from $270 million in 1999. In 2006 Israel exported $3.4 billion in defense products--well over a billion more than it received in US military aid. That makes Israel the fourth-largest arms dealer in the world, overtaking Britain. Much of this growth has been in the so-called "homeland security" sector. Before 9/11 homeland security barely existed as an industry. By the end of this year, Israeli exports in the sector will reach $1.2 billion--an increase of 20 percent Cui bono - who benefits?
06-14-07 - Anti-Syrians bury slain Lebanese MP, blame Damascus Divide and conquer all.
06-14-07 - CHRISTIAN CHURCHES MAKE APPEAL TO HAMAS AND FATAH
06-14-07 - Coping with the Gaza fighting
06-14-07 - As Gaza unravels, Palestinians flee
06-14-07 - IPA Leadership Mission to Washington Among Republican leaders, Chief Deputy Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) praised the OU for its work in Washington as a moral compass to policymakers; Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) urged the OU to continue to work in partnership with her in support of the recognition of Jerusalem's unification, confronting Iran and denying a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority any U.S. support; Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) spoke of his deep commitment to Israel Read entire thing.
06-14-07 - Holy Land's Franciscans plead for peace The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land has made an appeal for prayers for peace and unity in the Holy Land.
06-14-07 - Gunfire resumes after quiet night at Lebanon siege camp
06-14-07 - A post-Howard era in Australia could mean shift in Israel ties "In terms of unconditional support for Israel, Howard will probably go down in history as Israel's greatest friend,"
06-14-07 - Pictures from StWC Palestine Demo A belatedly filed picture report from last Saturday's Stop The War Palestine Demonstration in Central London.
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