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Sunday, August 12, 2007


News for 08-11-07

08-11-07 - Hamas accuses Fatah, Israel of targeting West Bank supporters The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) accused on Saturday Palestinian security services, loyal to rival Fatah faction, of pursuing its members in West Bank in cooperation with the Israeli army.


08-11-07 - Israeli Web site causes N.Y. to up counterterrorism precautions


08-11-07 - Web report sparks NY alert Citing an "unverified" terrorist threat, the NYPD on Friday set up checkpoints in lower Manhattan and stepped up the deployment of radiological sensors on cars, boats and helicopters.


08-11-07 - Hamas navy ready to kick off: spokesman The 150 troops will run the marine police headquarters in Gaza. Their tasks would be fighting drug smuggling through the sea and securing the Palestinian fishermen properties, the spokesman added.


08-11-07 - Senior Fatah official slams Hamas, urging resumption of dialogue A senior Fatah movement official Saturday criticized Hamas for its policies in the Gaza Strip while saying that the only way out of the current crisis is resumption of national dialogue.


08-11-07 - Arafat's doctor: His blood had HIV, but poison killed him Jordanian news site Amman quoted al-Kurdi - a former Jordanian health ministry official - as saying that the virus had been injected into Arafat's bloodstream close to his death, and that the real cause of the chairman's death was poison.


08-11-07 - Palestinian police fight with a Palestinian civilian in Nablus The fight took place during a police campaign to enforce law and order in the city, Palestinian sources reported.


08-11-07 - Hamas detains Fatah men in Gaza Television footage showed Hamas militiamen raiding a wedding party


08-11-07 - A helping hand for the Holy Land As a volunteer with the Holy Land Christian Solidarity Cooperative, Ghanem contacts churches in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia to display the handmade nativity scenes, crosses, candles and other religious items, and Christmas ornaments. Proceeds from the fundraisers help enable Christian families to stay in their homeland....."Some of the Christian families in Bethlehem became Christians with Jesus 2,000 years ago. They are indigenous of the Holy Land and they feel forgotten."


08-11-07 - Palestinian negotiator says Israel promised Abbas to remove major West Bank roadblocks Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to release in coming days a list of major West Bank roadblocks that will be removed, a Palestinian negotiator said Saturday.


08-11-07 - Hamas member admits collaborating with Israeli army - Update According to the tape, Ouda joined Hamas in 2001. Two years later, the Israeli intelligence recruited him as a spy after arresting him and implicating him in a sexual scandal.


08-11-07 - Al Sa'di: postponing the internal negotiations leads to more division among Palestinians Bassam Al Sa'di one of the Islamic Jihad movement leaders, called upon Fatah and Hamas leaders and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to immediately start internal deluge that includes all the Palestinian factions to being unity in order to stand to the changes that the Palestinian cause in facing.


08-11-07 - Prisoner's interrogation aired Palestine TV on Saturday broadcast footage of the interrogation of a prisoner who Hamas claimed had been tortured to death by rival security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas. The prisoner seemed to have suffered no visible injuries.......it was unclear whether he was speaking under threat.



08-11-07 - J'lem shooter: Israeli Arab from Galilee According to the acquaintances, the incident was made up by the two security guards in order to avoid murder charges.


08-11-07 - Thousands attend West Bank rally of global Islamic movement A global Islamic movement that wants bring Muslims back to the roots of their religion drew a crowd of more than 10,000 at a rally Saturday and denounced the moderate Palestinian leadership in the West Bank as infidels.


08-11-07 - Leftists, Palestinians damage separation fence The activists managed to cut 30 meters of the barbed wire and electric fence before security forces arrived at the scene. The activists ceased their activity, and no arrests were carried out.


08-11-07 - Yemen urges Palestinian rivals to heed peace plan "The initiative is before the Palestinian brethren so that they shoulder their responsibilities in healing the rift"


08-11-07 - War of words over alleged Hamas spy for Israel Amid conflicting reports about his death in a Palestinian prison, Mu'aied Bani Ouda, a Hamas commander in the West Bank, admitted in a telecast Saturday by Palestinian state television to helping Israel kill five militants.


08-11-07 - Palestinian security forces detain a Cameraman and release his after several hours


08-11-07 - Left-wing activists, Palestinians cut hole in separation fence Left-wing activists and Palestinians cut a 30-meter hole in the security fence south of Mount Hebron on Saturday in a demonstration against its construction and route, which they said deviates from the Green Line.


08-11-07 - Report: Israelis fighting guerillas in Colombia While denying this report, Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos did admit that a group of Israeli advisors was working alongside local defense officials in the last year......The paper described the Israeli aides as "mercenaries," but stressed that the Israeli government was aware of their actions.


08-11-07 - U.S. promotes free elections, only to see allies lose The paradox of American policy in the Middle East - promoting democracy on the assumption it will bring countries closer to the West - is that almost everywhere there are free elections, the American-backed side tends to lose.....But more important, U.S. support is often applied to one faction instead of institutions, causing further division rather than bringing about stability. Divide and conquer. How are they going to attack poor little Israel (because they certainly can't attack the US, those countries do not threaten American national security) if they are too busy attacking each other?


08-11-07 - IDF says ready to battle Hamas at sea Israeli navy given new instructions in light of Hamas' establishment of naval forces in Gaza, military officials say


08-11-07 - Israelis buy rescue insurance for their globetrotting young Young Israelis go off on their travels after what can be highly stressful military service. They tend to group together where they feel safe. The busiest places are in India and South America where locals advertise their wares in Hebrew. While some go to ashrams and yoga centres, others visit areas associated with drug use such as the Hindu Kush, Goa and Colombia. Colombia?


08-11-07 - Report: Egypt refuses to return envoys to Gaza Egypt has turned back Israel's request that it return its envoys to Gaza and resume efforts to bring about the release of captured IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit, Israel Radio quoted the London-based Arab daily Al Hayat as saying Friday.




08-11-07 - Beirut discovers depression


08-11-07 - New party for annexation of territories Aaron, who immigrated to Israel with his family two years ago and lives in Hashmonaim, near Modi'in, would not provide the names of those running on his party list, only saying that he had many supporters around the country and in the United States


08-11-07 - Palestinians seek U.S. funds for training base in Bethlehem


08-11-07 - IDF ?humiliates? peace activists Buma Inbar, an Israeli peace activist and a bereaved father, said the soldiers behaved in a way that shamed the IDF. ?I don?t blame the army, because the commanders apologized for the soldiers? behavior, but their behavior was very shameful, and I?m saying that as an Israeli and bereaved father,? Inbar said.


08-11-07 - Syria says it supports French bid to end Lebanon crisis "We support France's efforts in Lebanon," he told the Al-Manar channel. "We believe the French attitude to be impartial, in contrast with that of the United States.


08-11-07 - Stench of corpses hampers Lebanon soldiers in grisly camp battle Lebanese soldiers are being hampered in their fight against holed-up Islamist militants by the stench of putrefying corpses, army and medical sources said on Saturday.


08-11-07 - Gov't campaign in works to block anti-Israel seminar in Brussels The seminar is being organized by the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, established in 1975. Since Jerusalem learned of the seminar two weeks ago, diplomats have been trying to persuade the European Parliament to ban the event, which Israeli sources described as geared toward "passing unilateral condemnations against Israel."

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