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Sunday, June 24, 2007


News for 06-23-07

06-23-07 - Army kidnaps three civilians from Hebron The Israeli army attacked several areas of the southern West Bank city of Hebron and kidnapped 3 Palestinian civilians on Saturday morning.



06-23-07 - Five injured at Bil'in demonstration


06-23-07 - Sheikh Salih Arori arrested by Israeli troops Occupying Israeli forces have arrested Sheikh Salih Arori, one of the most prominent Hamas leaders on Saturday at dawn, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.


06-23-07 - Russian FM calls for dialogue in Palestinian crisis settlement A dialogue between the legitimate president and the legitimate parliament is necessary for settling the Palestinian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on TV on Friday.


06-23-07 - Abbas to meet with Jordan's Abdullah ahead of summit


06-23-07 - Jerusalem Bishop appeals for emergency aid The Rt. Rev. Suheil Dawani, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, has issued an emergency appeal for humanitarian aid to Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, still reeling from fallout of recent violence and shortages of medical supplies.


06-23-07 - One Palestinian women injured by army fire in Jenin One Palestinian woman was shot and injured during an Israeli army invasion targeting Jenin refugee camp located in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday.


06-23-07 - Hamas calls on Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing


06-23-07 - Hamas war chief reveals his plans for Gaza peace 'We all understand that we need to wait until provoked. Maybe one week, maybe one month, but they will come and provoke us. But for now, we need to fix the economy, provide the security for the people of Gaza and the foreigners who want to come here, and fix the problems with the families. We can't do anything before we do that.'



06-23-07 - Few Gazans turn in weapons as Hamas deadline for arms collection expires


06-23-07 - A Hamas legislator: "If brought to Gaza International forces will be dealt with as occupation"


06-23-07 - Abbas plans to appoint Rajoub as internal security head in the West Bank Palestinian sources close to President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Saturday morning that the president plans to appoint Lieutenant JIbril Rajoub, member of the Fateh revolutionary council, as the head of the Internal Security department in the West Bank.


06-23-07 - With nightly invasions and kidnappings, Israeli military occupation makes its presence known


06-23-07 - Israeli soldiers arrest two at Umm Salamoneh Around 50 residents of the village of Umm Salamoneh, located to the south of Bethlehem in the West Bank, joined by international and Israeli peace activists, marched on Friday against confiscation of land by Israel for the purposes of the construction of the illegal wall.


06-23-07 - Interior Min. increasingly revoking E. J'lem Arabs' residency permits


06-23-07 - Egypt says Hamas takeover of Gaza was a coup The bloody takeover of Gaza by Hamas was a "coup against legitimacy," Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Saturday, two days before he hosts a regional summit seen as an attempt to isolate the Islamist group.


06-23-07 - Serving America's 'Muslim army'


06-23-07 - Symbols to fear in Gaza


06-23-07 - Troops die in Lebanon camp clash Four Lebanese soldiers have been killed in fighting with Islamist militants in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon


06-23-07 - Freedom suffers in backlash to Bush agenda Summer 2005 was a high point in the Bush administration?s ?freedom agenda?, as stirrings of democracy appeared across the Arab world. Three examples were held up as models: Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian ­territories.


06-23-07 - IAF, USAF greatly upgrade cooperation ** The Israel Air Force has significantly upgraded the level of its cooperation with the United States Air Force and now receives regular updates on American procurement decisions, The Jerusalem Post has learned.


06-23-07 - Police uncover weapons lab in home of West Bank settler Police have uncovered a weapons lab in the home of a West Bank settler that they believe was used to illegally fix decommissioned guns, according to information made public Thursday.



06-23-07 - USA Today and the USS Liberty While AP did have a story on the Liberty on June 8th, the report, oddly, was filed from Israel and was sent out only internationally; US editors never saw it. Where the US media did produce stories, almost all (like the above AP story) gave the Israeli invention --that "investigations" showed it was accidental. Glad someone else picked up on this.


06-23-07 - U.S.-led move to back Abbas gov't blocked in Security Council UN sources in New York said that these countries' governments object to the anti-Hamas policy and to American and European efforts to isolate the group as a terror organization. They said that Russia and South Africa have questioned the legitimacy of the Palestinian emergency government and argued that a Palestinian unity government is not only still possible, but would be preferable to the emergency government headed by Fayad, which has authority in the West Bank only.


06-23-07 - Detainees in the Negev on Hunger Strike


06-23-07 - Hebron: Update 1st June - 7th June, 2007


06-23-07 - Report: Rice quashed Pollard release proposal "Pollard's release is out of the question," Maariv quoted her as telling Ayalon. "Danny, I'd advise you not to pursue this any further. Pollard betrayed his country and that issue is taboo in Washington."


06-23-07 - U.S., Egypt at odds on Gaza border curbs "The truth of the matter is that the problem is not nearly as large as the [U.S.] allegations imply, and we're doing quite a bit already," Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's ambassador to the United States, said in an interview.


06-23-07 - Syria closes Lebanon border post because of camp siege The closure decided by the interior ministry will stay in place "until calm has returned to northern Lebanon", it said late Wednesday. It was designed "to protect Syrian and Lebanese citizens".


06-23-07 - Israel discovers compassion When it comes to the good old suffering Israel has been bringing to Gaza residents for dozens of years now, we can continue remaining indifferent as we have done for many years.


06-23-07 - Abbas appoints panel of inquiry into failure of his security forces in Gaza, his office says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday appointed a panel of inquiry into the failure of his security forces to halt Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza, Abbas' office said.


06-23-07 - Lieberman slams planned Abbas aid Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman opposes Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plan to transfer an assistance package to the Palestinians, Army Radio reported Friday.


06-23-07 - El-Farra: Palestinians must have hope to move forward We, too, have the right to be free. But we must first free ourselves from fighting over the scraps of power.


06-23-07 - King stresses necessity of international community to intensify efforts for supporting Palestinian people His Majesty King Abdullah II and British Prime Minister Tony Blair discussed during a telephone call on Saturday the latest political developments in the Middle East, especially the situation in the Palestinian territories.


06-23-07 - Olmert aides: Sharm summit is just start of process Officials in Olmert's office in Jerusalem said the goal of the Sharm e-Sheik summit Monday was to lay the groundwork for diplomatic negotiations with the Fatah government, rather than reach any final conclusions.


06-23-07 - 'Times' slammed over op-eds by Hamas official Several Jewish organizations expressed outrage following the publication of opinion pieces authored by a Hamas figure in two of the US's most prestigious newspapers on Wednesday.


06-23-07 - Sarkozy pressured to help free Schalit The Franco-Israeli community will open a public campaign on Sunday to get French President Nicholas Sarkozy to help bring about the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit.


06-23-07 - Olmert shelves Rice's shelf agreement Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected, during his visit to the United States last week, a proposal by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Israel negotiate a permanent settlement with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.



06-23-07 - Baraka: Gaza incidents are shameful, but Israel is ultimately to blame


06-23-07 - Thousands cycle for kidnapped soldiers


06-23-07 - Toby Keith's New Album Debuts at Number 1; Prince to Perform in London's New O2 Arena Three other albums debut in the Top 10 this week. Rapper Fabolous enters at Number 2 with "From Nothin' To Somethin'." Miami-based Palestinian-American-born DJ/producer DJ Khaled lands on the list at Number 8 with "We The Best."

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