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Saturday, August 18, 2007
08-17-07 - Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank raid Palestinian security officials said that a gun battle broke out between Israeli troops and local gunmen in the village of Kafr Dan. One gunman and a 16-year-old boy were killed.
08-17-07 - Mother's deportation stalled Maha Dakar will stay in the United States for at least 18 months while Congress decides whether to permanently halt deportation proceedings against her.....She and her husband, Bassam Garadah, are here legally but are in an immigration limbo because, as Palestinians, they are considered "stateless."
08-17-07 - Fuel block hits Gaza power supplies "For two days we have not received fuel," the chairman of the Gaza Generating Company, Rafik Malikha, told a press conference today. "The Israeli side is preventing vehicles from approaching the crossing."
08-17-07 - Israeli court refuses to release head of a detainees? society The Ofer Israeli military court refused on Friday an appeal to release Mohammad Bisharat, head of the Nafha Society for Defending the Detainees Rights and Human Rights.
08-17-07 - Hamas says security devices barred it from holding festival in Jenin
08-17-07 - The Al Quds brigades vows retaliation to the Jenin invasion The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, vowed fierce retaliation to the Friday Israeli military invasion to Kafer Dan village, near Jenin, where two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured.
08-17-07 - Non-governmental institutions facing real financial crisis Borhan Al Sa?ady, official spokesperson of the National Committee for non-governmental institutions in Palestine, stated on Friday that several unions and NGO?s are facing real financial crises which are obstructing their work in rebuilding the Palestinians society by establishing projects which supports the Palestinian economy.
08-17-07 - Former combatants will discuss Mideast peace
08-17-07 - Khalid: ?practices of the Executive Force must be condemned and stopped? Taiseer Khalid, member of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), member of the political bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), slammed the practices of the Hamas-controlled executive force in the Gaza Strip, and described the force as ?fascist militias?.
08-17-07 - Olmert, Abbas talks hit snag on refugee problem
08-17-07 - Line of hope links Palestinians and Israelis
08-17-07 - Obama praises Israel aid hike Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) welcomed a hike in defense assistance to Israel.
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08-17-07 - Ellison joins anti-Semitism task force The only Muslim member of Congress has joined its anti-Semitism task force.
08-17-07 - Ankara upbeat on start of Israel-Syria talks Turkish officials trying to jumpstart peace talks between Syria and Israel have sounded hopeful as they have said they were encouraged by recent statements by Syrian and Israeli decision-makers, and described Syrian President Bashar Assad's recent statements on the chance of resuming negotiations as particularly positive.
08-17-07 - Most settlements lie east of fence, most settlers west The settlements west of the fence, which are expected to be annexed to Israel if an agreement is reached, have grown by a total of 11,338 residents between June 2006 and July 2007.
08-17-07 - Tulkarm Struggles Against the Wall, Settlements and Israeli Chemical Factories The Tulkarm area covers the city of Tulkarm and 31 villages in its surrounding areas. In this area live approximately 180,000 inhabitants. About 45,000 live in the city itself, 18,000 live the larger refugee camp and 8,000 in the smaller camp. Tulkarm is only 13 km away from the Mediterranean Sea by the Israeli town of Netanya, but since 1990 the inhabitants can no longer access the beach.
08-17-07 - UN plans Mideast and Iraq conferences in September U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to call a meeting on the future of Iraq as well as a session of the Quartet mediators on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a U.N. official said on Thursday.
08-17-07 - Lebanese army says two militants killed in siege camp
08-17-07 - KinderUSA Files for Dismissal of Lawsuit Our decision to withdraw the lawsuit was based on an assessment of our financial situation; because the needs of the Palestinian children are so great at this time, we decided to expend our resources in terms of time and energy on alleviating the desperate situation of our beneficiaries instead of on costly legal fees that would have ensued as this case proceeded.
08-17-07 - Hamas and Fatah in the dock in Gaza drama More than 1,500 people flocked to the Shawa cultural centre in Gaza to see the play, forcing the organisers to add extra seats to the auditorium to meet demand.
08-17-07 - Charity trial witness falters An Israeli intelligence agent whose earlier testimony linked a U.S.-based Islamic charity to Hamas acknowledged Thursday that none of the overseas charities it supported has appeared among hundreds of names on U.S. government terrorist lists. The testimony seemed to cast doubt on a central element of the government's criminal case against former officials of the now-defunct Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
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