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Sunday, June 17, 2007


News for 06-16-07

06-16-07 - Gunmen kill a youth in Nablus


06-16-07 - Israeli settler kills Palestinian civilian near Nablus The resident was identified as Bassam Amirah, 46.


06-16-07 - Iran voices its readiness to help resolve Palestinian differences


06-16-07 - Israel praises Hamas-free cabinet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says prospects for peace could be boosted by the creation of a new Palestinian government without the Hamas party


06-16-07 - Palestinian police chief bans working with Hamas


06-16-07 - Hundreds flee Gaza as Hamas tightens grip


06-16-07 - Syrian-based Palestinian group criticizes Hamas, Fatah


06-16-07 - Hamas offices ransacked in West Bank Fighters loosely linked to the Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas ransacked dozens of offices linked to the rival Hamas movement in the West Bank on Saturday, in apparent revenge attacks after the Islamists seized power in the Gaza Strip.


06-16-07 - Those who denied poll result were the real coup plotters


06-16-07 - Arafat's former Gaza home looted A crowd looted the home of long-time Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat today destroying one of the strongest symbols of the Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip, witnesses and Fatah officials said.


06-16-07 - Palestinian Security Forces arrests 14 Hamas members in Bethlehem


06-16-07 - Fatah in West Bank offers amnesty to Hamas activists


06-16-07 - Israeli settlers attack a civilian near Hebron Suleiman Abu Si'efan, 32 sustained moderate wounds due to the attack, Palestinian sources reported


06-16-07 - Seven bodies of Hamas members found in Gaza security compound Seven bodies of Hamas members were found at the basement of a pro-Fatah security headquarter in Gaza city, Hamas' military wing said on Saturday.


06-16-07 - Norway's FM: continued support for Palestinian people


06-16-07 - Palestinian police chief blocks Hamas plan to deploy police in Gaza


06-16-07 - US to continue training Abbas' guard


06-16-07 - New Palestinian cabinet set to be sworn in


06-16-07 - Hundreds of Palestinians looting the Erez crossing into Israel: witnesses Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday looted Palestinian police positions at the Erez crossing into Israel, drawing Israeli warning fire, witnesses said.


06-16-07 - 50 senior Fatah activists and security officers from Gaza have reached West Bank: Fatah


06-16-07 - Abbas rejects request by Arab league chief to meet with Hamas leader Mashaal: aides


06-16-07 - In first Gaza order, Hamas bans masks for gunmen


06-16-07 - How Hamas turned on Palestine's 'traitors'


06-16-07 - Rafah crossing calm - Arish serves as refuge as Palestinians flee


06-16-07 - Hamas in talks for Johnston release


06-16-07 - Panic buying as Gazans fear increased isolation United Nations aid officials say there are several weeks worth of food supplies in the Gaza Strip, where much of the population depends on aid.


06-16-07 - Hamas acts against looting as Gaza tension eases


06-16-07 - UN urges Israel to re-open Gaza crossings "The borders need to be open, we cannot collectively punish 1.5 million people in the Gaza Strip. They are already living in miserable conditions," John Ging, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), told AFP.


06-16-07 - Spokesman denies Palestinian deputy speaker kidnapped


06-16-07 - Quartet supports Abbas but is silent on aid ban The "quartet" of Middle East peace mediators voiced support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and concern about humanitarian conditions in Gaza on Saturday but did not say whether it will ease its ban on direct aid to the Palestinian Authority.


06-16-07 - New report warns against linking Gaza to West Bank Linking the Gaza Strip and the West Bank with a transportation system for goods and people would be dangerous and unnecessary, according to a new study by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.


06-16-07 - Robert Fisk: Welcome to 'Palestine' I recall years ago being summoned to the home of a PA official whose walls had just been punctured by an Israeli tank shell. All true. But what struck me were the gold-plated taps in his bathroom. Those taps - or variations of them - were what cost Fatah its election. Palestinians wanted an end to corruption - the cancer of the Arab world - and so they voted for Hamas and thus we, the all-wise, all-good West, decided to sanction them and starve them and bully them for exercising their free vote.


06-16-07 - BBC sorry for calling Jerusalem capital of Israel The BBC apologized this week for referring to Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and promised not to repeat "the mistake," following a complaint by four British organizations.


06-16-07 - US, Israel reach smart bomb deal Barring the implementation of these restrictions, Israeli officials have expressed interest in acquiring the F-22 stealth bomber - a plane that can avoid radar detection and is the world's most advanced fighter jet. The US has not yet agreed to sell this plane to any foreign country. Looks like they may have done just that.


06-16-07 - 'Hizbullah not rearming in S. Lebanon' Dismissing claims that Hizbullah has returned to its former strength in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL commander Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive interview on Thursday that the guerrilla group was practically non-existent south of the Litani River and that if the peacekeeping mission continued, the threat of war would be completely removed within three years.


06-16-07 - Syria condemns killing of Lebanese lawmaker "Syria strongly denounces this crime and condemns the campaign of lies by some Lebanese used to accuse Syria after any killing and before an investigation even starts," a statement by the Foreign Ministry said.


06-16-07 - In pictures: Ramallah residents concerned


06-16-07 - 40 years Later, Veterans of the USS Liberty Refuse to Give Up the Ship


06-16-07 - Brown in Middle East peace pledge Speaking at the final Labour leadership hustings in London, the Chancellor promised new investment for the Palestinian territories.


06-16-07 - Spain expresses support for Abbas's decisions


06-16-07 - Meet the new Godfather Belly ? a Palestinian born in the West Bank city of Jenin ? already has the endorsement of a few veteran hip hop artists south of the border, such as Scarface and Korrupt, who both appear on The Revolution.


06-16-07 - Dysfunctional Debate, Dysfunctional Policies The fact that his warnings hproved to be prescient will not earn Carter any forgiveness from his critics. Even the urgency of the moment is unlikely to bring much improvement in the quality of the debate within the U.S. about the Bush administration's failed Middle East policies. Carter tried, and he was ridiculed, smeared and dismissed for doing so -- not merely by sincere if misguided supporters of the Israeli right but by a media that polices rather than encourages meaningful dialogue regarding complex foreign-policy issues.


06-16-07 - Protesters take Rubber Bullets to Head and Stomach A 29 year old American journalist was hit in the stomach, while two Palestinians from Bil?in took rubber bullets to the head and stomach respectively.


06-16-07 - Police ban Hamas-organized east J'lem gathering The conference, which was slated to take place Saturday night in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Tsur Bahir, was banned on the order of Israel police chief David Cohen, Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said.


06-16-07 - Charity blasts Britain's Hamas boycott the charity was swiftly rounded on by Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, who denied that British policy towards the Palestinians had helped to fuel the violence beseiging the Gaza Strip.


06-16-07 - U.S., Israel map Palestinian approach Hamas' bloody takeover of the Gaza Strip will dominate talks in Washington between President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, with the two leaders coordinating a strategy to freeze out Hamas in Gaza and strengthen Fatah in the West Bank. Get Israel out of our government, and watch how fast peace descends upon the land.


06-16-07 - Lebanese army pounds Islamist positions as toll rises


06-16-07 - Jerusalem Church Leaders Issue Appeal for End to Palestinian Fighting

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