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DFLP slams Israeli attempts to demolish Higher Islamic Council building in Jerusalem
The leftist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) slammed on Thursday that Israeli plans to demolish the building of the Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem. The Front considered this plan as part of the continuous Israeli plans to wipe the Arab history from the Holy City.
http://www.imemc.org/article/48023
Women Put Their Mark on MidEast Peace Efforts
That's the message Nida Awine chose to paint in large, Arabic script on the structure that Israeli officials call the "separation fence" or "security fence" and Palestinians often call the "apartheid wall." Awine's handiwork appeared on the section of the structure located in this West Bank village that borders Jerusalem.
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3146/context/archive
British human rights worker arrested in Tel Rumeida under false charges
Today at 10:45am, Joanne Crouch, a British human rights worker (HRW), was arrested in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron. Israeli police at the Kiryat Arba police station tried to charge her with spray painting “Free Palestine” on a wall in the Palestinian neighborhood.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/04/26/british-hrw-arrested/
What cease-fire? - By Amira Hass
Talking for and against the cease-fire fits in with the distorted picture of reality that Israel has been constructing since September 2000, of two symmetric, fighting sides - in which the Palestinians are the aggressors and Israel, attacked, defends itself and retaliates. "Cease-fire" is yet another hollow term, showing that the Palestinian representatives - elected or not, Hamas or Fatah or Palestine Liberation Organization-Tunis, from Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the last spokesman of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' "Brigades" - keep falling into the traps set for them by the politics of Israeli occupation.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/852315.html
Bishara: I will return
“In the next few weeks, I am not thinking of surrendering to their rules,” Bishara told The Associated Press. “Let's see what happens after the media campaign in Israel against me calms down, and they start to look at issues rationally.”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3392436,00.html
The A,B,C's of Home Demolition in Israel
Beit Arabiya is the name of the home of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh, a family of nine, whose home has been demolished four times. Any day now, the Civil Administration, Israel's military government over the Occupied Territories, could order the home demolished for the fifth time.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_eileen_f_070411_the_a_2cb_2cc_s_of_home_.htm
Israeli troops advance into Khan Younis and uproot farmlands, civiliain injured in Jabalia
The agency stated that soldiers advanced for a distance of 200 meters into the area and started bulldozing and uprooting Palestinian agricultural lands. The invasion was carried out by three tanks and several vehicles. In a seperate attack, one resident was shot and injured by Israel military fire as the army operated in Jablia town.
http://www.imemc.org/article/48008
Israeli army kidnaps five civilians from Nablus
The Israeli army kidnapped five civilians during a pre-dawn invasion of the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp on Thursday.
http://www.imemc.org/article/48010
Israeli army intensifies ground operations in West Bank
Israel i army troops launched several ground operations in the West Bank on Thursday, arresting at least six Palestinians despite efforts to boost fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians.
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/26/eng20070426_370056.html
Palestinians: We'll fire rockets if IDF continues West Bank raids
The message was delivered to Israel by an Egyptian mediator who has been trying to prevent a major confrontation after the Hamas military wing fired a barrage of rockets and mortars Tuesday and declared the Gaza truce dead, Palestinian sources familiar with the talks said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/852619.html
Palestinian refugee and his Iraqi nephew, both killed in Iraq
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday that one Palestinian refugee died in an explosion in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, as he was heading with his Iraqi nephew to hospital to receive medication for a chronic disease he suffered from.
http://www.imemc.org/article/48009
European Parliament calls for release of abducted BBC Gaza reporter
The European Parliament added its voice Thursday to international calls for the release of a BBC reporter who is being held in the Gaza Strip. In a resolution, the parliament called for Johnston "to be immediately and unconditionally released unharmed and returned to safety."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/852766.html
Now Doctors Join Boycott Call
Over 130 doctors called for UK hospitals to cease working with the IMA and to be removed from the World Medical Association.
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/?content_id=6147
Arab minister slams rightist MK for anti-Arab remarks
"People like MK Israel Hasson … will only harm the delicate fabric between Jews and Arabs living here," Majadele said. "I regret the fact that MK Hasson chose to use a generalized accusation against all of Israel's Arab population when the allegations against former MK Bishara have not been proven in court."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3392531,00.html
Nazzal: “Mashal-Abbas meeting will be in Cairo”
Mohammad Nazzal, member of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas, stated on Thursday that the meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas political Bureau Chief in Syria, Khalid Mashal, will be held on Friday or Saturday in Cairo
http://www.imemc.org/article/48024
Former security advisor: new security plan inadequate
He said that any security plan must be derived from a diagnosis based in fact, and that this one is insufficient. “The plan should not be subject to the hidden agendas of warlords who want to continue the chaos in the interest of foreign affairs.”
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2262.html
Clarifying vision for contemporary art in Palestine
This September the first class of students will enter the Academy's four-year Bachelor of Arts program. The Academy aims to produce professional artists and simultaneously serve as a progressive and productive artistic space within the Palestinian and Arab context to promote cultural change.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2274&Itemid=31
Palestine on campus
"This is a glimpse into the life of a Palestinian," Zaki said. "In Palestine there are kids who just want to go to school but are unable to because of walls and checkpoints. "Palestinians are not able to sustain normal lives because of the policies Israel implements."
http://media.www.thespartandaily.com/media/storage/paper852/news/2007/04/26/News/
Palestine.On.Campus-2881697.shtml
EU warns of worsening situation in Palestinian territories
The EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid warned on Thursday that conditions were worsening in the Palestinian territories, and asked Israel to ease restrictions on movement. "The humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories is deteriorating a lot," Louis Michel told a news conference as he continued the first leg of a regional tour.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070426/wl_mideast_afp/mideasteudiplomacyaid_070426174745
Spain doubles its contribution to UNRWA's emergency appeal
In 2007, the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation will maintain a EUR 6.2 million contribution to UNRWA's regular budget while doubling their contribution to the Agency's Emergency activities in the oPt. As regards to the Spanish decentralised cooperation (regional governments), the Agency expects to receive approximately EUR 1.5 million for funding new projects, mainly in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The total contribution from Spain in 2007 to UNRWA would then be at least EUR 11.5 million.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-72LHB3?OpenDocument
United Church of Canada head urges end to Palestinian embargo
The United Church moderator, the Rev. David Giuliano, said the embargo should be lifted, "so that the Palestinian people can live the life of dignity to which they are entitled". He asserted: "The international financial boycott of the Palestinian Authority has resulted in further crippling existing economic conditions for Palestinians."
http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=799
PM focuses on Winograd, lawmakers call for his resignation
Ehud Olmert believes it will take time to turn the State Comptroller's recommendations into a criminal investigation and is concentrating his efforts on the day after the release of the Winograd Committee's interim report, which is set for Monday. Olmert is also troubled by Labor's leadership primaries, due on May 28. He hopes Ehud Barak will win and enable him to form a broad, stable coalition, which would give him more time in office.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/852308.html
Hamas' motivation / Renewed force, renewed truce
Hamas is under heavy pressure from the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security service in the (Occupied) West Bank, and therefore, it resumed rocket and mortar fire at Israel from the Gaza Strip. Its assumption is that it has an operational advantage against civilian communities in the Negev - an edge it would like to utilize to obtain a cease-fire in the West Bank. However, the chances of Israel agreeing to this are currently nil.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/851862.html
Legal analysis / Maximum penalty: Death, or life behind bars
The suspicions against Azmi Bishara relate to the most serious offense in criminal law. The charge of assisting the enemy in its war on Israel carries a maximum penalty of death or life in prison. In the event of a conviction, one of those sentences is mandatory. The relevant clause in criminal law requires that the act be committed with the intention of aiding the enemy, and that it actually did so.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/852306.html
Dangerous delusion on the Golan
The towns and military camps will stay in place, with a Syrian flag over them, and in the meantime we will see whether the Syrians behave themselves, conduct a neighborly policy and maintain a stable regime. This way we can stay on the Golan and feel as if it isn't ours, fulfill the Israeli dream of not being suckers, talk with the Syrians and give them nothing for it.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/852316.html
Ban to raise issue of Shebaa Farms at UN
The spokesperson of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Milos Strugar, said Wednesday that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is expected to raise the issue of the occupied Shebaa Farms in his next report to the UN Security Council."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=81758
Hezbollah erects large photograph of two kidnapped IDF soldiers
Lebanese security sources said the three-by-five meter photograph showing Goldwasser and Regev had been put up in Aita Al-Shaab, near where they were seized on July 12, 2006. Hezbollah supporters looked on, chanting anti-Israel slogans, while the poster bearing the slogan "for the sake of our detainees"
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/852773.html
Iranian official says Iran will strike U.S., Israel if attacked
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union foreign and security policy chief Javier Solana on Thursday described their latest set of meetings as "positive" with both sides saying they were working towards a diplomatic solution to defuse the nuclear dispute.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/852640.html
U.S. now negotiating indirectly with Iran
Using Switzerland as an intermediary, American and Iranian officials have exchanged diplomatic messages on a variety of nuts-and-bolts subjects, including the fate of an American citizen missing in Iran, the future of five Iranian operatives whom American forces seized in Iraq, and old financial and property disputes.
http://www.kansascity.com/136/story/82718.html
Palestinians 'are learning' from Iraq
A leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization, said the suicide car bombing that killed nine US soldiers in Iraq on Monday bolstered his belief that the US would soon be defeated and retreat from "Muslim lands."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3392403,00.html
US House votes for Iraq deadline
The US House of Representatives has narrowly approved a bill making further funding of the war in Iraq conditional on a timetable for a US troop pullout. The bill provides $100bn in new war funds, if troops start leaving in October, with the withdrawal planned to be complete by March 2008. President Bush had earlier threatened to veto the bill if it was approved.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/PESource/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6592457.stm |
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