Popular Committee Member Targetted in Bil’in: At the weekly anti-Wall protest in Bil'in today around 75 villagers, internationals and Israelis tried to march to the site of the illegal Wall but were stopped by soldiers on the edge of the village. As the demonstrators tried to march through the olive groves the soldiers started firing tear gas and rubber bullets, forcing the peaceful protesters back into the village. Soldiers invaded the village and arrested Mohammed Katib.
Palestinian and International Activists Remove Roadblock: In 2002, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) created the illegal roadblock to prevent the villagers of Surif and the villagers of Al'Jab'a from commuting back and forth by car. The roadblock consists of dirt, large stones, at least five massive boulders, and more than nine 2-5 ton concrete slabs and blocks.
Parents of activist Rachel Corrie speak in Ashland: Their message, although they say the don't take sides in an extremely politically charged conflict, is to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and to bring freedom, justice and a secure peace to the region. While not pretending to have the answer to Mideast peace, the Corries, in a phone interview, said Americans are well exposed to the Israeli argument. They need to hear the Palestinian story of how they've lived under occupation for 40 years, said Cindy Corrie.
Israel, Arab League discuss potential for negotiations: Israel rejected Thursday night an Arab League proposal made in the UN Security Council meeting of foreign ministers to start peace and reconciliation negotiations with Arab countries based on returning to '67 borders and establishing a Palestinian state whose capital is in Jerusalem.
Detainee facing death as health condition sharply deteriorates: Abu Atsha, a father of 6 children, was taken prisoner on May 17, 2004. He suffered three strokes causing paralysis that forced him to depend on a wheelchair. Yet, he also suffers ulcer and slipped disc. The detainees wrote in their letter that the Israeli Prison Administration does not provide Abu Atsha with any medications or medical equipment, and still refuses to transfer him to Al Ramleh detention hospital.
Tarqumia “Terminal” - A Checkpoint by Any Other Name: Six hours. This is how long Palestinians have to wait before they can pass the “terminal” at Tarqumia in the West Bank, which leads either into Israel or, eventually on to the Gaza Strip. The soldiers at the checkpoint deny this. “All they need is permission from the District Coordination Office (DCO, the civil administration wing of the Israeli military in the occupied Palestinian territories) and ID-papers and they'll get through in one minute.”
IDF kills five in two Gaza Strip incidents: Five Palestinians, including a woman and three teenagers, were killed by the Israel Defense Forces fire yesterday in two separate incidents. The IDF says the teens were killed while picking up Qassam rocket launchers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
Thousands of Fatah supporters stage anti-Hamas march in Gaza: Thousands of Fatah supporters staged an anti-Hamas march Friday amid growing tension between the political rivals. The marchers, led by hundreds of gunmen firing in the air, chanted slogans against Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar of Hamas.
Nablus: Soldiers injured by explosive device : An Israel Defense Forces soldier was moderately wounded and six other troops sustained light injuries after Palestinians hurled an explosive device towards them early Friday, during an arrest raid in Nablus.
Israel to impose full closure on Gaza, W. Bank during Jewish new year: Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz Thursday ordered the army to impose a full closure on the West Bank and Gaza during the Jewish New Year holiday, local media reported.
Israel ready to release prisoners for soldier: PM: "I told (Egyptian President Hosni) Mubarak I am ready to release (prisoners) to Abu Mazen (Abbas). I am not ready to release prisoners to Hamas," the prime minister told the Yediot Aharonot newspaper in an interview Friday.
Israel troubled that war in Lebanon drove its enemies closer: But even though a calm continues to hold, Israelis say the war that started July 12 with the capture of two of its soldiers has created a much more dangerous enemy as the conflict has deepened ties between Lebanese guerrillas and Palestinian militants each with ties to Syria and Iran.
Arab MK: Pope contributing to culture war: Dozens of demonstrators, members of the Islamic movement, gathered Friday afternoon opposite the Vatican embassy in Old Jaffa, in order to protest remarks by Pope Benedict XVI on Islam last week. Demonstrators called out "Allahhuakhbar" and waved green flags, as well as carrying signs which read: "Freedom of expression is not freedom to slander," "don't curse our prophet," "no to crusades and no to bringing back crusade wars," and "no to racism."
It can only get worse: A viable Palestinian economy is a prerequisite for any meaningful two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, but that economy is barely functioning. Israel has withheld transfer of Palestinian import taxes, and most donors discontinued funding after the democratically elected Palestinian Legislative Council, dominated by Hamas, constituted a new government in March. With 160,000 civil servants on strike after six months without pay, there has been a breakdown of central government functions. Meanwhile, the Israel-Palestine economic and trade accords signed in 1993 appear to be increasingly irrelevant, if not moribund.
Neglect Palestine, be irresponsible: The Israeli establishment has apparently failed to notice the total bankruptcy of a strategy based on force and unilateralism, and is busy debating technical issues. A consensus now rejects "over-reliance" on air power in the vain hope that better intelligence and more commando forces will produce a better outcome "next time."
Between Bishara and Salah: Many in Israel's Jewish community share his opinion and believe that the Arab MKs and a few Arab public figures and intellectuals accurately reflect the mood of the Arab public, or at least of the majority. Even if they do not explicitly declare that all the refugees must be returned to "Haifa, Jaffa, Acre" and the 400 Arab villages in Israel that were abandoned and destroyed in 1948.
Hamas will not recognise Israel, backs 10-year truce: adviser: The next Palestinian government will not recognise Israel but is instead prepared to back a 10-year truce with the Jewish state, an adviser to the Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya said.
Israeli government issues tenders for 164 new illegal homes in the occupied West Bank : The Israeli government is planning to build 164 new homes in three illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite an obligation under a U.S.-backed peace road map to halt such construction on land Palestinians seek for a state.
UK politician: Pro-Israel lobby controls West: Baroness Jenny Tonge: ' The pro-Israeli lobby has got its grips on the Western World, its financial grips. I think they’ve probably got a certain grip on our party'
Israel's Elbit wins US security contract: The contract, valued at $80 million, is the first part of a multibillion-dollar Homeland Security Department plan to help secure US borders with Mexico and Canada.
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