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Thursday, June 21, 2007
06-20-07 - Israeli troops kill six Palestinian militants An Israeli soldier was moderately wounded by Palestinian fire after troops moved several hundred metres (yards) into Gaza, west of the Kissufim border crossing, an army spokeswoman said.
06-20-07 - Israeli planes, tanks hit Gaza That didn't take long.
06-20-07 - Over 5,000 Palestinians stranded in northern Sinai A security source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that only 178 Palestinians, who were transferred based on court orders, were allowed to enter Gaza via the crossing.
06-20-07 - Netanyahu departs for U.S. in bid to increase pressure on Iran Opposition leader and Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday will embark for the U.S. on a visit aimed at increasing financial sanctions against Iran to get it to drop its nuclear program.
06-20-07 - Hamas ready for dialogue with Fatah A senior Hamas leader in Gaza said today the movement wants to hold talks with the rival Fatah faction to heal the widening divisions between the Palestinian territories.
06-20-07 - Roundup: Egypt concerned about Palestinian national unity
06-20-07 - 3 Israelis injured in Qassam rocket attack
06-20-07 - U.N.: Food assistance delivered to Gaza
06-20-07 - Israel transfers 100 Palestinians to Egypt
06-20-07 - Recent violence in Gaza leaves many young people shaken "Last week, life wasn't going that well," recalled Julie, 17, one of several Palestinian youths who spoke to UNICEF Radio about their ordeal. "They were continuously shooting for five days," she continued. "The situation was really bad. Nobody was able to get out of the house, not even able to get near a window."
06-20-07 - 600 Gazans trapped at Israeli crossing Up to six hundred Palestinian refugees trying to flee Gaza have spent another night trapped in a tunnel at the Israeli border.
06-20-07 - The new Israeli roadblock in Al Thahriya near Hebron is a site of humiliation for laborers Palestinian laborers are exposed to humiliation on the new Israeli roadblock, located south of Al Thahriya near Hebron, on the borders of the West Bank and the 1948 lands.
06-20-07 - High Court approves State position on Gaza refugees The High Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday afternoon that it would neither throw out nor get behind the petition filed by the "Physicians for Human Rights" organization on Tuesday night.
06-20-07 - Bush to send top diplomat to Israel for military aid talks "I am strongly committed to Israel's security and viability as a Jewish state, and to the maintenance of its qualitative military edge," Bush said in a statement after White House talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "During our meeting today, I told prime minister Olmert that I am committed to reaching a new 10-year agreement that will give Israel the increased assistance it requires to meet the new threats and challenges it faces," he said
06-20-07 - Middle East Quartet envoys set to meet soon
06-20-07 - EU will pay Palestinian Authority arrears The European Union will pay millions of euros of arrears amassed by the Palestinian Authority as part of moves to step up aid, a top EU official said on Wednesday.
06-20-07 - BBC man's captors again threaten to kill him The captors of BBC journalist Alan Johnston balked on Wednesday at demands by Hamas to release him and repeated their threats to kill him if Britain failed to free an Islamist prisoner, the SITE Intelligence Group reported.
06-20-07 - U.N. envoy urges action to stop Palestinian split Williams urged Israel to make good on commitments to release Palestinian tax and customs receipts, evacuate settlement outposts, remove roadblocks and checkpoints and release prisoners. The Palestinian Authority, for its part, should thoroughly reform itself, he added.
06-20-07 - Abbas accuses 'foreign elements' over Gaza crisis He did not specify what foreign elements he was alluding to.
06-20-07 - After Iraq, Palestinian refugees find peace amid Indian squalor "Our parents were uprooted from Palestine in 1948 and settled in Baghdad thinking we would have a better future there,"
06-20-07 - Split Looming On Israel Pressure "Iran has been the No. 1 issue, but it was pushed down to No. 2 or 3 by the Gaza issue," said Foxman. "That has a significant cost for Israel.".....Instead of negotiating and pumping money into Fatah coffers, she said Washington and Jerusalem should work with Jordan to "rescue the Palestinian people, and to find ways of bringing about quiet on the West Bank until we figure what we are going to do long term."......Klein admitted that the deck is stacked against Jewish opponents of aid for Abbas forces ? in large measure because the major pro-Israel groups can?t be seen as opposing policy of the Israeli government.
Geez, I thought the Israel lobby wasn't acting on behalf of a foreign nation, lest they have to register as such? Really now. And who knew that the US Israel lobby gets to decide "what we are going to do long term"? Another very interesting article that details who pulls the strings with regard to US foreign policy in the Middle East. Note the source.
06-20-07 - Your move, U.S./Israel Our stated aim when we won the election was to effect reform, end corruption and bring economic prosperity to our people. Our sole focus is Palestinian rights and good governance. We now hope to create a climate of peace and tranquillity within our community that will pave the way for an end to internal strife and bring about the release of the British journalist Alan Johnston, whose kidnapping in March by non-Hamas members is a stain on the reputation of the Palestinian people.
06-20-07 - U.S.-born settler jailed Seth, a resident of the settlement of Tapuach, hinted in a media interview given after he was charged that he might have used the weapons in retaliation for Palestinian terrorism. It was not immediately clear if Seth would appeal the sentence.
06-20-07 - Olmert, Bush discuss Pollard "The Pollard issue came up," was all the Israeli prime minister would tell JTA after his meeting Tuesday with Bush.
06-20-07 - Gaza offers tough lessons for Mideast proxy wars While Hamas capitalised on Iranian funding and an extensive weapons smuggling and manufacturing network, Fatah was dependent on U.S. aid that was often fatally slow in coming.
Several arms shipments and cash transfers were held up by Israel and its U.S. lobbyists, who cited concern the weapons and know-how could be used against Israelis.
"held up by Israel and its U.S. lobbyists"
06-20-07 - British union passes anti-Israel motion Britain's biggest public services union called for international sanctions against Israel. The motion adopted by UNISON Wednesday at its annual conference wants the sanctions on Israel until it withdraws from all territories captured in 1967, removes the security barrier and establishes a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem.
06-20-07 - Houses urges charges against Ahmadinejad ** "I am unequivocal in my support for the security and survival of Israel, and I do have serious concerns with the remarks made by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran," said Kucinich, a long-shot candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. "But I object to resolutions that lay the groundwork for an offensive, unprovoked war." ...Kucinich and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a long-shot contender for the Republican presidential nomination, were the only votes against.
06-20-07 - Palestinian mediators bring hope of ceasefire to Lebanon
06-20-07 - As FBI fights terrorism, other prosecutions drop The drop in prosecutions has also caught Congress's attention. At a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs in May, Sen. Joseph Biden (D) of Delaware said that since 9/11, the number of violent-crime investigations by the FBI has dropped 60 percent ? even though cities across the country are seeing an increase in murders and other violent crime, after a decade of steady declines. THe FBI is too busy chasing Israel's enemies (and that includes emigrants from the Palestinian territories) in the US who fall under the umbrella of the 'war on terror' to take care of OUR criminals.
06-20-07 - Palestinian refugees determined to rebuild Nahr al-Bared lives As ever in such a conflict, it is the civilians who suffer most. Of the camp's estimated 31,000 inhabitants before the conflict erupted on May 20, only about 2,000 have stayed put. Their fate remains unknown. Western (that includes Israel) policies have made millions of people in the Middle East refugees.
06-20-07 - Women soldiers in their underwear: Israel's image boost Women MPs in Israel's Knesset have criticised the foreign ministry for resorting to "pornography" to promote Israel abroad after a feature appeared in the men's magazine Maxim featuring four former soldiers photographed in their underwear. Americans don't have to go to Israel to find hot women - there are plenty of them right here. The Israelis have reached the bottom of the barrel in terms of PR (Hasbara).
06-20-07 - Blair could take up role as Middle East peace envoy
06-20-07 - Australian council denies funding Hamas The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies charged that Bethlehem's council was controlled by Hamas, whose fighters violently seized the Palestinian territory of Gaza last week.
06-20-07 - Sarkozy will invite Hezbollah to France
06-20-07 - Jews meet top Senate Dems Groups in the meeting included the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, NCSJ: Advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States and Eurasia, Agudath Israel of America, National Jewish Democratic Council, American Jewish Congress, Americans for Peace Now, B'nai B'rith International, Chabad-Lubavitch, Orthodox Union, Union of Reform Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the Anti-Defamation League, United Jewish Communities and Hillel.
06-20-07 - MediaCentral combats bias about Israel ?It?s not enough to complain about inaccurate reporting about Israel,? Green said emphatically. ?We want to help reporters get the stories right in the first place.? .......Green said he believes the more journalists get to know Israel, the easier it will be for them to change their language and outlook on the state. In other words, this isn't about 'bias about Israel'. It's about getting those in the Canadian media to be more biased TOWARD Israel in their reporting (just like their American counterparts here in the US).
06-20-07 - Israel moves 100 Palestinians to Egypt The Palestinians were picked up from Erez Crossing, taken on buses to Kerem Shalom Crossing, and then dispatched to Egypt.
06-20-07 - U.N. Chief Shows Readiness To Side With Washington On Middle East less than a year into office, the former foreign minister of South Korea has raised more than a few eyebrows at the world body by exhibiting a notable sympathy toward Israeli interests. You don't say? Note the source. Also from the article: "De Soto has been replaced by Michael Williams, a British diplomat who previously worked in the U.N.?s department of political affairs and is perceived as being sympathetic to Israel." Also, see the last paragraph.
06-20-07 - Palestinian Christians Appeal for Long-Term Israel-Palestine Peace Efforts
06-20-07 - ADRA Observes World Refugee Day According to the UNHCR, in 2006 there were more than 14 million refugees, including those Palestinian refugees registered and assisted by the United Nations Refugee and Works Agency (UNRWA).
06-20-07 - Some uneasy with Palestinian aid policy President Bush's decision to resume U.S. aid to the Palestinian government has left some lawmakers uneasy, including at least one Republican who wants to pass a law that would reverse it.
06-20-07 - Hundreds of tons of fruit grown for Gaza destroyed as crossings shut The head of the Israel Fruit Growers association, Ilan Eshel, said the closure of Gaza to Israeli fruit has led to a severe drop in prices within Israel. Growers have suffered NIS 20 million in direct damages so far, said Eshel, and this amount is growing daily by millions.
06-20-07 - British gas deal seen delayed This is because of the uncertainty in the Palestinian Authority after the Hamas seizure of power in the Gaza Strip
06-20-07 - Religious leaders to fight extremism, violence Rabbi Menachem Fruman, who initiated the move, explained at the opening of the meeting that rabbis and Muslim clerics could play a vital role in promoting peace and reconciliation between Jews and Arabs.
06-20-07 - MK Taha: Lieberman threatened my life "Lieberman threatened my life in a clear and direct manner," Arab MK Wasil Taha of Balad wrote in a request to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz demanding he examine whether Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman held criminal liability for his comments.
06-20-07 - MK Slomiansky: Gaza refugees a potential threat Among those being evacuated are "yesterday's supporters of terror and potential terrorists of tomorrow," said Slomiansky.
06-20-07 - Letter blindly blames the Palestinians Too, as far as the letter's reference to the feelings of hatred most Palestinian children seem to possess vis-a-vis the occupier, it may be well to stress that it is chiefly a self-taught emotion that is deeply engrained in their formative minds by observing and experiencing the daily mental and physical humiliation -- better yet, dehumanizing debasement -- of their parents and other elders alike in the hands of the brutally uncompromising forces of occupation.
06-20-07 - U.N.'s Ban faults rights council over Israel Ban should fault Israel and its atrocious human rights record, NOT the rights council that calls them on it. See related article from the Forward in this news batch that spells out Ban's noted bias towards Israel.
06-20-07 - Lebanese army pounds Islamists after seizing key posts An AFP photographer said the Palestinian Red Crescent delivered a truckload of medicine and supplies to the southern sector on Wednesday.
06-20-07 - Palestine talk Saturday at Hoover House She will share pictures of her trip and sell Palestinian products that she purchased for resale specifically to aid Palestinians who make crafts in their homes. There will also be olive oil which is being distributed in this area by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) out of Des Moines.
06-20-07 - Jimmy Carter?s book a ?disgrace,? says Dershowitz Alan Dershowitz urged Canadian Jews to devote just one hour each week to ?do something in defence of Israel? at a time when anti-Semitic and bigoted ?fringe? groups have become ?mainstream? and Jews and Israel are continually demonized and delegitimized. ......?What we are saying by this is: ?We are also Israelis,?? Dershowitz said as the audience applauded. Never would've guessed that.
06-20-07 - Boycott of Israeli universities upsets Canadian academics
06-20-07 - ADL Calls On World Labor Leaders To Reject British Union's Anti-Israel Boycott
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