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Monday, July 30, 2007
07-29-07 - PNA president has come to Moscow on 3-day working visit Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has come to Moscow on a three-day working visit.
07-29-07 - 100 of the 6,000 Palestinians stranded in Egypt allowed to cross back to Gaza Israeli forces, which have kept the Rafah border crossing closed since last year, have allowed a list of 100 Palestinians to return to their homes in Gaza through the Nitzana crossing.
07-29-07 - Israeli army jeep strikes and injures Palestinian child Local sources indicated that a number of military vehicles stormed the village shortly after midnight. Ala Abu Bakr, 13, was standing in front of his home when he was run over by an Israeli jeep. After soldiers hit the boy, they fled the scene and did not provide any medical assistance for the injured child.
07-29-07 - Fatah says members being arrested by Hamas in Gaza A senior official in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement accused Hamas on Sunday of a sweeping campaign to detain members of the group in the Gaza Strip.
07-29-07 - Palestinian militants rocket Israeli towns, crossings Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets at Israeli communities adjacent to the Gaza Strip Sunday, in what observers said may be an attempt to prevent Palestinians stranded outside the salient from entering the enclave via Israel.
07-29-07 - Hebron Reflection: Bringing in the Sheaves Not only is the Palestinian farmer prevented from working on his land, but he
has been shot at, his children physically assaulted, and he has been arrested on
erroneous charges and heavily fined.
07-29-07 - Poll: 68 per cent of Palestinians favour early elections
07-29-07 - Frustration mounts amongst the stranded at al-Arish
07-29-07 - Palestinian govt platform vows Islamic tolerance A new Palestinian government platform drawn up by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad pledges to prevent the use of violence in the name of Islam.
07-29-07 - Barghuothi: Israeli claims concerning the peace initiative are simply deceiving Dr. Mustafa Al-Barghuothi the general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative faction confirmed today that the Israeli allegations of the peace initiative are simply deceiving. Adding, it is just another way of by passing the final status of peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
07-29-07 - Machsom Watch wants to branch out to airport
07-29-07 - Abbas calls for co-ordination of efforts with Russia
07-29-07 - Abbas denies reports of talks on Palestinian state Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas denied reports he had held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on setting up a Palestinian state, Russian news agencies reported Sunday.
07-29-07 - Hamas left behind as Palestinians in Egypt return to Gaza
07-29-07 - Armageddon ? Bring It On ** According to the Jewish Blumenthal, the typical CUFI member apparently believes "God" wants Bush to do what Lieberman and the Likudniks are urging him to do ? nuke Tehran ? to trigger an all-out nuke war to bring on Armageddon ? the final climatic battle, waged here on the planet Earth, between God and Satan.
07-29-07 - Why my landlord is expecting the worst In a truly pitiful remark, the UN Secretary-General stated last month: "I regret to have to report that, despite a number of attempts by UN senior officials to obtain information regarding the firing data of cluster munitions utilised (sic) during last summer's conflict, Israel has yet to provide this critical data." To which my reaction is: why not ask Washington for the information? Surely a UN official could take the Amtrak out of New York and pick up the figures from the Pentagon?
07-29-07 - Leftist arrested for 'crossing line marked on floor' Dafna Banai, a Machsom Watch activist who witnessed the incident on Thursday, said, "For the past six months, despite remarks made by senior army officials, the soldiers systematically move us away from the checkpoints......The organization's activists are expected to arrive at the court hearing on Friday carrying protest signs reading, "What does the IDF have to hide at the checkpoints?".
07-29-07 - Israel says U.S. aid to Saudi military is understandable ** "We understand the need of the United States to support the Arab moderate states and there is a need for a united front between the U.S. and us regarding Iran," Olmert told a weekly Cabinet meeting. The rare agreement reflects shared U.S. and Israeli concern with the potential threat of an Iran with nuclear weapons. Israel doesn't dare complain. It knows that we are arming the Saudis and others for our upcoming attack on Iran.
07-29-07 - Coalition of Evangelicals Voices Support for Palestinian State The Rev. Joel C. Hunter, senior pastor of Northland Church in Longwood, Fla., said, ?There is a part of the evangelical family which is what I call Christian Zionists, who are just so staunchly pro-Israel that Israel and their side can do no wrong, and it?s almost anti-Biblical to criticize Israel for anything. But there are many more evangelicals who are really open and seek justice for both parties.? Excellent.
07-29-07 - Lebanese troops advance into camp The Lebanese army has said its troops have moved deeper into a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli to try to oust Islamist fighters remaining there.
07-29-07 - Bush to Urge Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia, Gulf States The military assistance agreements would provide $30 billion in new U.S. aid to Israel and $13 billion to Egypt over a decade, Goodrich-Hinton said.
07-29-07 - Palestinian prefers memories to 'rude' present without hope
07-29-07 - Soldier left behind in Gaza Over an hour after completing military operation in Strip, Golani troops realize one soldier missing, only to be found in Palestinian territory due to faulty headcount
07-29-07 - Arms deal to Arab nations opposed Reps. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., and Robert Wexler, D-Fla., said Saturday that they will introduce a joint resolution of disapproval to block the deals when Congress is formally notified. They have seven Democratic co-sponsors. Note to the minions of Israel on Capitol Hill: Israel gave its blessing for this deal. We had to pretty much buy it out of them.
07-29-07 - Hope in deportation fight? The Green Township woman, who is facing deportation to Jordan without her family, may move a step closer to a reprieve next week when U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood, introduces a ?private bill? on her behalf.
07-29-07 - Um Salamona: A Somber Day of Reflection and Resistance The soldier began to taunt and physically assault Jihad, and as the abuse grew, Jihad did what one does in that situation, he defended himself. These two young men, probably around the same age, began brawling. Four nearby Israeli soldiers saw this, jumped out of their jeep, and began beating Jihad with their batons and the butts of their rifles. He fell to the ground but the beating continued. Many more jeeps came as reinforcement. Jihad?s body was carried into a jeep to an unknown location. Hours later Red Crescent got a call to pick up a body, Jihad had been beaten to death.
07-29-07 - Siege camp militants kill Lebanese soldier
07-29-07 - Gaza surfers find freedom in the sea On some days, the Israeli navy fires warning shots toward the beach, cautioning fishermen and swimmers not to venture too far from the shore. But the patrols can't contain the surfers. They may be trapped in Gaza, but riding the waves seems like the great escape.
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