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Forces invading West Bank village of Bil'in
Akram, who is now in Bil'in, said that the Israeli Forces have split up into three groups and are searching homes, including the home of Mohammad Khatib where his wife and children are. Akram said that soldiers are currently near the mosque. Scheduled for tomorrow in Bil'in is the Second Annual Bil'in International Conference, which will highlight non-violent resistance in Palestine, Israel's Apartheid Wall and land theft, and will include speakers from Palestine, Israel, and international communities and workshops on boycott, divestment, media, and direct action.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00267.htm
Hundreds join the Bilin Conferene on Popular Resistance
More than five hundred Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists arrived in Bilin on Wednesday morning to join the second international conference on popular resistance, which is held in a marquee in the heart of the village.
http://www.imemc.org/article/47881
The ABCs of Home Demolitions in "Israel"
Any day now, the Civil Administration, Israel's military government over the Occupied Territories, could order the home demolished for the fifth time. The Shawamreh home in the village of Anata, in the West Bank but just meters over the Jerusalem municipal boundary, has become the symbol of the Palestinian struggle against Israel's policy of demolishing Palestinian homes -- and of resistance to the Occupation in general. Salim and Arabiya both come from families made refugees in 1948.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=12609
IDF: Was Hebron street 'intentionally' closed to Palestinians?
Israel Defense Forces Central Command head Yair Naveh has appointed an IDF officer to investigate whether Shuhada Street in Hebron has been intentionally closed to non-Jewish pedestrians for the past six years. Following a petition by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the army claimed last December that the closure had been "unintentional."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/849657.html
Israeli forces execute Palestinian after arresting him in Jenin
On Tuesday afternoon, 17 April 2007, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) extra-judicially executed a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (an armed wing of Fatah movement) near Jenin town in the northern West Bank. IOF shot him dead after having arrested him.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6808.shtml
Court acquits Border Policeman who killed a Palestinian in 2005
The policeman, Shmuel Yehezkel, allegedly shot an Issawiya resident Samir Ribhi Dari, 36, in November 2005. At the time, the police claimed that Dari was shot after he attempted to run over an officer who had detained his nephew. "The claim that Dari attempted to run over an officer is unfounded because, if he had intended to run over officers, he would have also run over his nephew," the senior official said. ( It takes year and a half to conclude? )
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/850239.html
PALESTINIAN CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL UNDER THE ISRAELI MILITARY COURT SYSTEM
The Military Court system and procedure, on the surface, can be compared to that of a jurisdiction of criminal prosecution however the specific rules and Military Orders which operate within the Court are conducive to Israel 's occupation of the Palestinian territories and cancel out any opportunity or right a Palestinian may have to a fair trial.
http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?DocId=571&CategoryId=1
Five civilians abducted as Israeli army attacks homes in Hebron
Israeli forces searched and ransacked residents homes in the villages of Al Thahria, Al Samou'a, and Al Arop refugee camp, soldiers forced families out and assaulted some of the men, eyewitnesses reported.
http://www.imemc.org/article/47879
Israeli army abducts 12 Palestinian civilians from villages near Jenin
Israeli forces invaded the villages of Zababda and Jalbon, located near the northern West Bank city of Jenin and abducted 12 civilians on Wednesday morning.
http://www.imemc.org/article/47875
The Holocaust as political asset
Turning the Holocaust into a political asset serves Israel primarily in its fight against the Palestinians. When the Holocaust is on one side of the scale, along with the guilty (and rightly so) conscience of the West, the dispossession of the Palestinian people from their homeland in 1948 is minimized and blurred. The phrase "security for the Jews" has been consecrated as an exclusive synonym for "the lessons of the Holocaust."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/849669.html
Barghouti calls for immediate release of BBC correspondent
Imprisoned Fatah-Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti on Wednesday appealed to the kidnappers of BBC journalist Alan Johnston to release him immediately, calling him a friend of the Palestinians.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/850170.html
Requiem in Ramallah
The name Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has not been heard so frequently in the West Bank as in the past two weeks, during the Palestinian Mozart Festival. Fifty works by this great composer, some of them very rare, were performed in every musical art form: from solo songs to operas, and from chamber ensembles to orchestras. More than half the musicians were Palestinians; the others came from around the world.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/849689.html
Wanted Palestinian who brought Haifa to standstill had entry permit
Haifa's downtown was gridlocked on Wednesday after police launched a search for a wanted Palestinian, who was eventually arrested. But Ynet has learned that the man, a 32-year-old resident of Jenin, arrived in Haifa to testify in a civil lawsuit he filed against the State, seeking compensation for injuries sustained from two gunshot wounds to his leg during the first intifada in 1991.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3389474,00.html
PA civil servants in Gaza and the West Bank stage a strike
The strike is part of a series of recent public sector strikes at a time when the Palestinian government is unable to ensure the salary payments of its workers. This is due to continued internationally-imposed embargo
http://www.imemc.org/article/47883
Unknown gunmen detonate a bomb in a store in Khan Younis
Meanwhile, a family feud broke out between two families leaving two people injured, including a woman. Also a booby-trapped car exploded Wednesday in the Tal-Alhawa neighborhood of Gaza City, media sources said.
http://www.imemc.org/article/47882
Israel's Strategic Threat
But what, one might ask, are Bishara's new offenses? It is, after all, highly unlikely that he is a spy on the payroll of a foreign entity. And while one may not like his uncompromising opposition to Israeli and American regional policies and his admiration for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's militancy and strategic intelligence, expressing such views does not in and of itself jeopardize Israel's existence. Bishara, it seems, is a threat not because of any particular action or statement but because he has become a symbol of a new kind of opposition within Israel.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070430/gordon
Abbas deal with Islamic Jihad seeks to end Qassam rocket attacks
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has reached an agreement in principle with senior Islamic Jihad officials, whereby the organization would stop firing Qassam rockets at Israel for three weeks.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/849658.html
Olmert wooing left-wing intellectuals ahead of release of Winograd report
One prominent figure on the left who was familiar with details of the meetings told Haaretz that Olmert had succeeded in convincing some of those he met with that he is genuinely interested in reaching a permanent agreement with the Palestinians. "They came out of the meeting with a positive feeling about Olmert's intentions," he said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/849983.html
Olmert: not prepared to "pay any price" for soldier
Israeli media quoted Olmert as saying: "Israel cannot pay any price asked by (soldier) Gilad Shalit's captors." He did not say what he would consider an appropriate exchange.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070418/wl_nm/palestinians_israel_soldier_dc_2
U.S. may ease sanctions, Palestinian minister says
Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad said he was hopeful that the United States would ease banking sanctions that have paralyzed the Palestinian government for more than a year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070418/pl_nm/palestinians_sanctions_dc_2
Arab FMs ask Egypt, Jordan to urge Israel to accept peace plan
The two would try to "initiate direct talks with Israel, call on the Israeli government and all Israelis to accept the Arab peace initiative and to take this chance to resume the direct and serious talks on all levels," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said at a press conference.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/850093.html
Hope for Arab initiative
The idea of a political process among Israel and the Arab states, led by a newly vigorous Saudi Arabia and supported by the US, has recently been revived. This alignment is based on the common threat that Iranian expansionism presented for Israel, the US, and pro-Western Sunni Arab regimes. It is increasingly understood that Iran is trying to establish regional hegemony, based on military capacity, economic fortune and regime stability, as well as global power status, regional influence and Muslim world leadership.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3388406,00.html
Gaza is not Bagdad - Yet
In this context, it should be understood that the US is among those unhappy about the spirit of compromise and the victory of common sense that led to the establishment of the united Palestinian government, a step wholly in Palestinian interests and in the interest of a just peace. There is, therefore, reason for serious concern over the persistent reports of plans by the Bush government to train and arm special units of a "Presidential Guard."
http://www.hagada.org.il/eng/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165
Winograd panel enlisting army, jurists in battle against High Court
The committee argues that the release of the testimonies before the publication of an interim report would run the risk of creating a false public impression as to the final conclusions of their report. In addition, the committee is concerned that the immediate release of testimonies by IDF officers might cause severe damage to some 30 officers in active service who appeared before the panel.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/849660.html
We don't plan to attack Syria, says Olmert
"Israel has no intention to attack Syria," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting Wednesday. Olmert said that while Syria believes Israel plans to strike it, the IDF is also preparing for the scenario of a Syrian onslaught against it.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3389298,00.html
Gates: Diplomatic efforts to resolve Iranian nuclear issue are working
At a joint press conference with Peretz, Gates said the men agreed that the diplomatic pressure is working. "We agreed it was important to deal with the Iranian nuclear problem through diplomacy, which appears to be working," Gates said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/850176.html
Egypt: Nuclear engineer admitted he spied for Israel
According to the report, Saber gave a full confession of his alleged contacts with two Mossad agents who were his alleged operators, and with whom he met in Hong Kong.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3389436,00.html
Baha Mousa Case: Father Describes Horror of Seeing Son's Body
Yesterday, a mortuary picture of the Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa, who died after being in the custody of British soldiers, was released for the first time. It was accompanied by a statement from his father, Daoud, a colonel in the Basra police force, who had hoped to travel to Britain for a House of Lords hearing but was prevented from doing so because of "visa issues".
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/134370.html
8 Million Iraqis Need Urgent Aid: UN
The United Nations warned on Tuesday, April 17, that nearly eight million Iraqis were in dire need of aid, while international relief groups urged world countries, particularly war allies Washington and London, to accommodate millions of Iraqis fleeing their violence-ravaged country.
http://heyetnet.org/en/content/view/237/1/
Gates vows US will persevere with Baghdad crackdown
despite an avalanche of car bombs that killed 190 people in Baghdad. "We have anticipated from the very beginning... that the insurgency and others would increase the violence to make the people of Iraq believe the plan is a failure," Gates said at a joint press conference with his Israeli counterpart Amir Peretz in Tel Aviv as he continued a regional tour.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/wl_afp/mideastusgatesisrael_070418201431 |
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