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Thursday, July 05, 2007
07-04-07 - Tom Paine's 4th of July Advice for Congress Our ragtag army beat the best military force in the world. In today's world, our men would've been called 'terrorists', 'insurgents' - and I'm sure they would be alleged to 'hide among the civilian population'. But when freedom is your cause - particularly freedom from a hostile foreign military presence on your soil - it can be a very powerful force to be reckoned with. So the British discovered some 200 years back. Happy Fourth, Limeys! Oh I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, Yankee Doodle do or die..
07-04-07 - Israeli forces kill two Hamas gunmen in Gaza raid Israeli troops and armor crossed into the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing two Hamas gunmen in clashes, Palestinian witnesses and hospital officials said.
07-04-07 - Johnston: I'm going to stay out of trouble
07-04-07 - 'Israel ruining economy in Gaza Strip' Israel has erased from its computers the customs code used to identify goods entering Gaza and issued orders not to release them until further notice. This policy has cost Palestinian importers $1.5 million in the first two weeks of the closure, including fines paid for the use of rented containers, breach of contracts and damage to goods stored in warehouses for extended periods of time, the organization said.
07-04-07 - Handcuffs, hoods and the menace of 16 weeks in hell He was especially cheered and astounded to hear that Palestinian journalists persistently demonstrating for his release had in week five of his incarceration clashed with police as they tried to storm the Gaza parliament building.
07-04-07 - PCHR warns of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe: The suffering of Palestinians stuck at Rafah international crossing point further deteriorates
07-04-07 - Border crossing to remain closed Despite reports on Tuesday of an agreement between the Israeli and Egyptian governments that would allow thousands of stranded Palestinians to enter the Gaza Strip, officials announced that the crossing would not reopen today and did not declare any future opening date.
07-04-07 - In pictures: Alan Johnston release
07-04-07 - Israel to construct Wall section that would annex thousands of Dunams in Bethlehem Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers bulldozed and uprooted hundreds of Olive trees which were planted more than 100 years ago.
07-04-07 - Palestinian employees get wages "This is the first time I received my complete salary in more than a year," said Jasser Sbai, 51, who works in the agriculture ministry in the West Bank political capital of Ramallah. Withholding the tax customs (and thus the salaries of ordinary people) as a means of collective punishment because of who they voted for is a travesty of justice.
07-04-07 - France urges Israel to move up gestures to PA Israel's foreign minister said Wednesday that 250 Palestinian prisoners would be released soon, as promised, as France pressed the Jewish state to take the initiative in bolstering Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
07-04-07 - Haniya calls for deal over Shalit Hamas leader Ismail Haniya has said he would like to bring to an end the continuing captivity of the Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.
07-04-07 - Israeli army invades the Old City of Nablus for the second consecutive day For the second consecutive day, a massive Israeli force invaded the old City of Nablus in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
07-04-07 - Israel troops in northern Gaza wound two militants Israeli ground forces operating in the northern Gaza Strip moderately wounded two Palestinian militants attempting to fire rockets towards Israel on Wednesday, medical sources and the army said.
07-04-07 - Israel says Saudi peace plan on hold In remarks to Reuters in Riyadh, Saudi political commentator Adel al-Harbi, an editor at the semi-official al-Riyadh daily, disputed Israel's assessment of the peace plan's status.
07-04-07 - Hamas claims credit after securing Johnston's freedom Mr Haniyeh said Hamas's role "confirms it is serious in imposing security and stability and maintaining law and order in this very dear part of our homeland".
07-04-07 - A time for joy and reflection by Khalid Mish'al The Palestinian people have been struggling for their freedom for almost a century. In our own land we have been denied basic human rights by an occupier that has enjoyed, under various spurious guises, international support. As Alan Johnston returns home, we hope that the British, and people the world over, reflect on the fact that more than 12,000 Palestinians are languishing in Israeli jails, unjustly denied their freedom.
07-04-07 - Recuperation and reunion, then a new job in London
07-04-07 - After 114 days in captivity, BBC man celebrates freedom ... with a haircut
07-04-07 - Terror mastermind receives 11 life sentences
07-04-07 - High emotions at BBC in Jerusalem
07-04-07 - Investigate army shooting of Palestinian demonstrators The Lebanese government should launch an impartial investigation into a violent attack last week on Palestinian demonstrators by army forces and Lebanese civilians that left two Palestinians dead and at least 28 injured, Human Rights Watch said today
07-04-07 - Rescue role welcomed but isolation set to remain Another positive sign is that Hamas has been drafting former members of Fatah who used to man Gaza's border crossings into Israel. Policing the streets and rescuing hostages is one thing: meeting the daily needs of 1.4 million impoverished people, including the desperate need to be able to work in Israel, quite another. It cannot do that unless it mends fences with Fatah.
07-04-07 - Vanunu should be a free man
07-04-07 - Sheikh criticises world response to Johnston kidnap "The Israelis arrest people left, right and centre, using the excuse of terrorism. When one westerner seems to be under threat the whole world stops and pays attention," he said in the interview due to be broadcast later today.
07-04-07 - 'What you fear most is a bungled rescue attempt' Alan Johnston knew the dangers he faced working in the Gaza Strip - he had, after all, been reporting from there for three years
07-04-07 - UPDATE: Hebron 8th June-16th June, 2007
07-04-07 - Parents greeted with ovation as 'nightmare' ends Mr Johnston's parents had travelled from their home in Scotland on a pre-planned visit to attend an Amnesty International awards ceremony on behalf of their son.
07-04-07 - Palestinian farmer: Settlers prevented me from entering my land Earlier Wednesday, Mukbal's said that Israeli security forces may have been involved in the uprooting of his trees
07-04-07 - S Korean soldiers set to leave for Lebanon About 60 South Korean combat soldiers will leave for Lebanon later Wednesday to prepare for the deployment of a peacekeeping force, defence officials said.
07-04-07 - Jordanian suspects 'gifted students' who fell in love Both are of Palestinian descent, their families hailing from the West Bank City of Hebron......"I saw him in the summer of 2006 on a visit to Jordan. He seemed really influenced by Islamist ideologies in Britain, even physically he looked different with a long beard, looking like an Islamist extremist," The irony.
07-04-07 - Israel army stages Golan war games The Israeli army on Wednesday concluded week-long war games in the Golan Heights amid heightened tensions with Syria which claims the occupied territory as part of any future peace agreement.
07-04-07 - Three Islamists killed as Lebanon army repulses attack Three Islamist fighters were killed as the Lebanese army repulsed an attack inside a Palestinian camp in northern Lebanon, security sources said on Wednesday.
07-04-07 - Israel and Morocco hold rare talks
07-04-07 - Palestinians in Lebanon siege camp running out of supplies
07-04-07 - Robocop comes to the Gaza border According to DefenseNews.com, the "See-Shoot" system developed by Israel's Rafael defense contractor will use a series of sensors, aircraft and remote controlled weapons along the border. The technology could prove to be fairly contentious, as there have been a number of incidents along the border in which innocent children have been killed by Israeli soldiers.
07-04-07 - Blue Streak: Message Sent by Bush's Commutation of Libby's Prison Sentence In Cleveland, the widely respected leader of the Muslim mosque, active for years in interfaith cooperation, was convicted of a single count of making a false statement on his immigration papers, sentenced to prison and then deported. The Appeals Court affirmed, in United States v. Damrah, and last time I checked, the cleric who had rabbis testifying in his defense was being held in a Palestinian prison. The same tactic is being used against other Muslims across the country who have never provided aid to terrorists, never supported terrorist organizations and have even less reason than Mr. Libby, a lawyer with the best counsel money can buy, to know that the way to avoid prosecution is by simply not answering a question.
Hard to believe that this appears on Fox.
07-04-07 - New al-Qaida calls for jihad Al-Qaida's No. 2 has issued a new video calling on Muslims to unite in jihad, or holy war, and support the Islamist movement in Iraq, a U.S.-based intelligence monitoring group said Wednesday......He cautioned the Saudis against backing the "Zionist Crusade led by America" in the Middle East.
07-04-07 - How Gaza created the conditions for freedom when it became apparent Hamas would show no mercy to Army of Islam members if Johnston were hurt, the group decided to release the journalist.
07-04-07 - Rightist appointed mayor of Arab town Former prison head Shlomo Tweezer, who was active in the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu-National Union alliance in 2003, is poised to take charge of the largely Arab town of Taibeh, replacing deposed mayor Abd el-Hakim Haj Yihia.
07-04-07 - Palestinian Child Art Center slams Israeli troops killing of a Palestinian child
07-04-07 - Give Hamas a chance The hysterical calls are blinding us from seeing the positive sides of the Hamas takeover. Following years of idleness on the part of Mahmoud Abbas and his cabinet, Hamas has begun restoring an organized rule in the Strip.
07-04-07 - Israel, France to meet annually to mull common strategic issues Sarkozy was interested to learn Israel's views on furthering the peace process
07-04-07 - Legal aid group to Knesset: Release Jewish terrorists aswell The organization, Honenu, has submitted to dozens of Knesset members a list of 38 Jewish prisoners it wants pardoned should a deal be reached. Most of the people on the list carried out attacks on Arabs. These include Jews from the Bat Ayin group, which planned to set off a bomb in the Jerusalem village of A-Tur to avenge the murder of five-year-old Daniel Shefi in the West Bank settlement Adora.
07-04-07 - Palestinians For, Israelis Against U.S. Security Plan Residents of the Palestinian territories and Israel are divided on whether a security plan proposed by the United States should be implemented
07-04-07 - How U.S. policy missteps led to a nasty downfall in Gaza
07-04-07 - CJC reaffirms decision to exclude Jewish group The Canadian Jewish Congress has reaffirmed its refusal to grant membership to a group that opposes Israeli occupation of land seized in the 1967 Middle East war.
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