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Thursday, August 16, 2007


News for 08-15-07

08-15-07 - Rights group protests death of Bethlehem teen at checkpoint


08-15-07 - Twenty Palestinians Left Homeless in Jordan Valley The four small homes that comprised the village were demolished and twenty Palestinians were left homeless.


08-15-07 - The Israeli army kidnaps four Palestinians near the Gaza strip borders


08-15-07 - Order without law: Hamas flexes its muscles to assert political authority


08-15-07 - Hamas is ready to talk The Palestinian people's struggle for freedom has been continuing for almost a century. During this time, we have faced every form of challenge, from persecution, abuse and humiliation, to military assaults, engineered starvation and social anarchy. All these trials have been deliberately imposed by an occupying power that is breaching international law on a daily basis.


08-15-07 - AL warns of negative consequences of Israeli attacks on Palestinians The unceasing military raids by the Israeli forces against the Palestinians proved that Israel has no real intention to achieve peace, said a statement by the AL general secretariat, calling Israel "a country above the law."


08-15-07 - Abbas: Isolation of Gaza Strip temporary Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday that the isolation of Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, from the rest of the Palestinian territories "is temporary and should end soon."


08-15-07 - Army says it uncovered tunnel in Gaza


08-15-07 - Leftist PPP slams Hamas policies in the Gaza Strip


08-15-07 - Palestinian Workers Higher Council opens meeting in Amman Palestinian Higher Labor Council opened meeting in Amman on Wednesday to discuss labor union issues in the Palestinian areas and ways to activate the council's role locally and internationally.


08-15-07 - Hamas claims responsibility for mortar attacks on Erez crossing The military wing of Hamas movement claimed responsibility on Wednesday for bombing the Erez crossing between Israeli and the Gaza Strip with 10 mortar shells which left a number of soldiers wounded.


08-15-07 - Abbas office denies publishing electoral law decree President Mahmud Abbas's office on Wednesday denied that it had published a decree that made changes to the current Palestinian electoral law.


08-15-07 - Palestinian children call on rivals to get back to dialogue


08-15-07 - Abbas mulling changes to electoral law President Mahmud Abbas is mulling changes to Palestinian electoral law that would effectively exclude the rival Hamas movement ruling Gaza from future elections, officials said on Wednesday.


08-15-07 - Army invades Nablus and kidnaps civilians


08-15-07 - 'Quiet Transfer' Pushes Palestinians Out


08-15-07 - More anonymity in terror-linked Holy Land case The Holy Land Foundation was part of a global network of organizations that raised money from Muslims throughout the world and funneled it to Hamas, according to a second Israeli secret agent who testified under a pseudonym Wednesday.


08-15-07 - IDF backtracks on criminalization of illegal W. Bank construction The Defense Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces have moderated an order issued roughly six months ago, which declared that unauthorized construction in the West Bank would be considered a criminal offense.


08-15-07 - Family demands the release of her underage detained son


08-15-07 - Hamas TV attacked over cat-swinging bee-man A United States-based animal rights organisation says it will complain to a Hamas-run television channel about a program that showed cats and lions being mistreated at a zoo in the Gaza Strip.


08-15-07 - ?No American President can stand up to Israel.? These words came from feisty Admiral Thomas Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations (1967-1970) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1970-1974). Moorer was, perhaps, the last independent-minded American military leader. Admiral Moorer knew what he was talking about. On June 8, 1967, Israel attacked the American intelligence ship, USS Liberty, killing 34 American sailors and wounding 173. The Israelis even strafed the life rafts, machine-gunning the American sailors leaving the stricken ship I don't agree with paragraph 7-8. There are some Americans like that, but they are thankfully a minority.


08-15-07 - Olmert meets senior US diplomat on eve of arms deal The aid to Israel reflects an increase in value of more than 25 percent, Olmert has said, describing it as a considerable improvement and very important element for national security.


08-15-07 - U.N. Special Envoy Will Join Mideast Forum at Rushmore The two-day forum at Mount Rushmore National Memorial Oct. 16-17, is open to the public and is designed to promote dialogue and expand America's knowledge of the complex issues surrounding tensions in the Middle East, said James Nelson, president of the Mount Rushmore Institute.


08-15-07 - Hizbullah marks Lebanon war anniversary with pomp and piety


08-15-07 - Olmert grateful for U.S. aid boost Ehud Olmert thanked the Bush administration for boosting U.S. military aid to Israel. Yeh, ~swell~.


08-15-07 - Gaza residents tell of demeaning questioning by Shin Bet


08-15-07 - Israel rapped over survivors' subsidies An official audit accused successive Israeli governments of neglecting needy Holocaust survivors.


08-15-07 - When Will Linda Gradstein Go to Gaza? As usual, Ms. Gradstein's report was carefully crafted to satisfy the Israeli government's desire that its illegal occupation of the West Bank, collective punishment of the Palestinian People and military raids into Gaza be reported in terms that present it in the best possible light. They must positively love Ms. Gradstein who apparently has never seen an Israeli Press Release that she did not endorse and mimic.


08-15-07 - Sudan calls for unity among Palestinian factions Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir on Wednesday called for the unity among the Palestinian ranks and the enhancement of dialogue among them to prevent foreign intervention in their affairs.


08-15-07 - Left and Right Make Same Argument Re Israel Lobby


08-15-07 - Va. man indicted for threatening Arabs A Virginia man was indicted Wednesday on charges that he left threatening messages at an Arab political organization in the U.S. during fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the Middle East last year.


08-15-07 - Feds block citizenship of suit plaintiff Born blind to Palestinian immigrants in Jordan, he came to the country as a teenager with the help of U.S. officials. Today he works for the University of Colorado helping a blind engineering graduate student adapt.


08-15-07 - Dahariya incident to be taught in IDF courses Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi says incident in which Israeli troops kidnapped a Palestinian taxi driver, shot a civilian bystander indicates line of military, operational and normative failures; orders conclusions of investigation to be taught to future soldiers


08-15-07 - Palestinian's hold barbecue in the park


08-15-07 - Watertown severs ADL ties The move came under immense pressure from the town's large Armenian community, which is angry over the ADL's unwillingness to acknowledge the killings of Armenians during World War I as genocide. Interesting.

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