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Palestinian Activists Wed in the Shadow of the Wall!
Today in Bil'in around 150 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals gathered around the village center of Bil'in. There was a special excitement in the air—Mansour Mansour, one of the Palestinians who has been present in the demonstrations here and worked closely with ISM for the last 2 years, was dressed in a suit to walk to the wall with his bride, Iman. Iman is Palestinian American, from Houston and has been active in non-violent demonstrations since she arrived. The two fell in love while working together in non-violent actions
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/07/14/palestinian-activists-wed-in-the-shadow-of-the-wall/
TOMORROW: Join the Villagers of Izbat Tabib in Their Steadfastness
At 11am tomorrow the villagers of Isbat Tabib, in the Qalqilya region will hold a demonstration against Israel's annexation barrier in the region. The village is calling on Israelis and internationals to join them for a Conference tomorrow, Saturday July 15th in support of their sumud (steadfastness) against the wall and the continued construction of the village's kindergarten and health center in defiance of Israeli building restrictions ...
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/07/14/tomorrow-join-the-villagers-of-izbat-tabib-in-their-steadfastness/
Israel Refuses Greek Human Rights Worker Entry
Greek human rights activist, Maria Nikiforou, was denied entry into Israel, put in detention early this morning, and was facing forced expulsion from the country. Her lawyer has filed an appeal against this expulsion and the current situation is that the judge has agreed to hear this appeal. Maria will not be expelled for now.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/07/14/denied/
Extremist group: We kidnapped 2 Palestinians
An extremist organization called the "Gilad Shalhevet Brigades" claimed it kidnapped two Palestinians, residents of the Jerusalem area. In a statement issued by the groups it was said that the hostages will be released only in exchange for the Israeli soldiers abducted in Gaza and Lebanon.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3275195,00.html
Jonathan Cook: Israel's Latest Bureaucratic Obscenity
These fleeing Palestinians have two things that most of their kin in Gaza lack: they have lots of money that they might have invested in rebuilding Gaza's economy were Israel not intent on destroying it; and they are familiar with a language and ideas that might have conveyed very effectively to Western audiences the horror currently being endured by Gaza's civilian population.
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-071206194146.htm
Shin Bet chief met secretly with Abbas to discuss captured soldier
Diskin told Abbas that Israel would release Palestinian prisoners if a exchange deal were reached with the PA, not with Hamas, the Palestinian sources said. The two also discussed the latest developments in the violent clashes in the Gaza Strip
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=738652
One Palestinians killed, one seriously injured, child dies of earlier wounds
The Israeli army, stationed at Abu Holy checkpoint in the central Gaza Strip, fired artillery shells at a vehicle driving south of Dir Al Balah killing one resident and seriously injuring another. One child died of wounds suffered three days ago in Beit Lahia.
http://imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20029&Itemid=1
Israel continues deadly Gaza offensive
More than 80 Palestinians have died in the Israeli offensive -- A Palestinian has been killed by Israeli troops firing a tank shell at his truck in Gaza. Palestinians said the truck took a wrong turn and ended up near Israeli forces in central Gaza early on Friday. Offices belonging to Hamas politicians and alleged militant training camps in northern Gaza were also hit.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7519DF56-D356-4E1B-971C-EEF17C65027A.htm
Ministry of Health report on toxic Israeli weapons confirmed by Gaza City medical sources
The doctor spoke on Thursday, giving the death count at 85 Palestinians in the Strip since the latest Israeli attack began. Among the dead are 34 children under the age of 13. And as of Thursday afternoon, 300 Palestinians are injured.
http://www.pnn.ps/english/archive2006/jul/week2/130706/report5.htm
500 Palestinians storm Gaza from Egypt
Palestinian militants have blown a hole in a wall on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, allowing 500 people to cross into the Palestinian territory. Up to 6,000 people have since been stranded on the Egyptian side of the terminal unable to cross into the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian security sources. Several have died of heat exhaustion in recent weeks.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrest_060714172054
Palestinians forcibly open Egypt-Gaza border gate
Egyptian police Capt. Mohammed Abdel Hadi said masked Palestinian militants firing guns broke into the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, clearing the way for the trapped Gazans.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738677.html
EU Gives Palestine 50 Million Euros
Louis Michel, member of EU Commission responsible for the humanitarian aid, said: “I absolutely condemn the burst of violence in the region. I am very worried about the unprecedented and deteriorating living conditions for people in Gaza and the West Bank.”
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060714&hn=34787
Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs blocked in solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon
The entrence to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm right now blocked by activists, in solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon. The activists are demanding the Swedish government to act agains the Israeli agressions in the middle east.
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20060714093859848
Red Crescent Society: new Israeli tactic is to kill entire Palestinian families
Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, said, “What is happening in Gaza is a new method of war that includes the extermination of entire families. This Israeli assassination campaign, unfortunately titled ‘Summer Rain,' is resulting in massive economic and social hardship for the Palestinians.”
http://www.pnn.ps/english/archive2006/jul/week2/130706/report3.htm
Olmert to Annan: Operation will end after Hezbollah is disarmed
Israel will not end its military operation in Lebanon until the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls for disarming Hezbollah and deploying the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738671.html
Hezbollah chief declares 'open war 'after Israeli strike
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah declared "open war" against the Jewish state after emerging unscathed from an Israeli air strike on his home and office in the Lebanese capital. "You wanted an open war, you will get an open war," the Shiite militant leader said in a defiant audio message after the evening raid, the latest salvo in an escalating Israeli air campaign against Lebanon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestlebanon_060714185845
Israel destroys Hezbollah headquarters
The Israeli army blasted the Lebanon's air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital to punish Hezbollah — and with it, the country — for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13853565/
Iran warns Israel against extending conflict
"Attacks by the Zionist regime against its neighbors, notably Lebanon, Syria, and its threats against other countries in the region are due to the fact that this puppet regime cannot live normally," IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestiran_060714183013
White House: Bush won't press Israel to halt army operation in Lebanon
Asked whether Bush had agreed to a request from Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora that he rein in the Israelis, White House spokesman Tony Snow said: "No. The president is not going to make military decisions for Israel."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=738183
Russia to host Middle East crisis talks at G8 summit
The escalating Middle East violence forced its way on to the agenda of a G8 summit, with Russian President Vladimir Putin calling for emergency weekend talks on Israel's offensive in Lebanon.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/wl_afp/g8summit_060714175146
Prodi deplores offensive in Lebanon
But he stressed that, as far as Israel was concerned, "the use of force has gone beyond what anyone predicted" . "We deplore this escalation and the serious damage to Lebanon's infrastructure and the civilian victims that these raids have caused," he said.
http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2006-07-14_1147172.html
US called on to 'do something' on Mideast, but what?
But President George W. Bush's administration had no obvious options, as foreign powers and some US politicians demanded action but others warned against pressuring Washington's staunch ally Israel.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/pl_afp/mideastunrestus_060714182100
UN Security Council offers no action on Lebanon call for ceasefire
The debate highlighted divisions in the Council, with the United States standing alone in refusing to even caution restraint from Israel over its military offensives in both Lebanon and Gaza.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestun_060714190453
The Risks of Israel's Two-Front War
Time will tell whether Israel's tactic, which has included bombing the runways of Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport, produces the desired results, and leads Hizballah to free the two Israeli soldiers. But there is a real risk that the move may have the same unintended consequence of the raid 38 years ago: pushing Lebanon further into a spiral of internal strife and even a civil war that embroils the entire Middle East.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1213591,00.html
Jordan, Egypt point finger at Hezbollah in Lebanon crisis
Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have condemned Israeli military aggression in Lebanon but also indirectly criticized Hezbollah for harming Arab (REGIMES?) interests.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060714/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestegypt_060714171944
Israel: New Hezbollah rockets can reach Tel Aviv and Be'er Sheva
The head of Military Intelligence reported two years ago that Hezbollah has 13,000 rockets, most with a 25-kilometer range, about 500 with a range of 45 kilometers to 75 kilometers, and a few dozen with a 115-kilometer range. The rockets were stored in several strategic places in the Beka'a Valley, and some were deployed along the Israeli border.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=738638
Min. Sheetrit: Hezbollah chief Nasrallah is a doomed man
"Nasrallah is a first-degree terrorist," said Sheetrit. "There's no difference between him and bin Laden or any other arch-terrorist that the world is looking for. And if Israel can lay its hands on him, it will be outstanding, or capture him and put him on trial - that's even better. And if not, then bring the law to him."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738668.html
'It all looks like a single plot'
"The Israelis always know that behind them there is a country that will come to their aid," said Obeid. "Now the Lebanese prisoners who are still in jail and the Palestinian prisoners, too, know that there is a power behind them that can bring about their release ... I can only imagine the joy of the prisoners, who are already preparing for their release. The old equation has totally changed. Now our prisoners have someone to release them, too."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=738681
U.S. Christian organizations back Lebanon operation
Jewish and pro-Israel Christian groups in both Israel and the United States voiced a chorus of support for the Israel Defense Forces' actions yesterday, the second day of fighting on the northern border.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738394.html
Alliance Tire wins $4m contract from Caterpillar ( BOYCOTT CAT)
Alliance Tire Co. ltd. (TASE: ALIN ) has signed a contract with Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CT), the world's largest manufacturer of heavy engineering equipment. Alliance Tire expects the contract to generate $4 million revenue through December 2007.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=1000111778&fid=1725
Ahmadinejad: Israel would not dare to move against Iran
"If the Zionist regime commits another stupid move and attacks Syria, this will be considered like attacking the whole Islamic world and this regime will receive a very fierce response," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying in a telephone conversation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738315.html |
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