Palestinian group urges Rolling Stones to boycott Israel
A Palestinian group lobbying for boycotts against Israel has urged the Rolling Stones to cancel theirscheduled September performance in Israel, comparing performing in Israel to performing in apartheid South Africa and noting that the legendary rock band had supported the boycott of South Africa in the 1980s.
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Separation fence (WALL) guards shoot at journalists
Four separation fence security guards fired at a group of five journalists who tried to approach people demonstrating against the fence (WALL) near the West Bank settlement of Efrat on Monday afternoon. Photos taken by AFP photographer Moussa al-Shaer clearly show one of the guards using an Uzi submachine gun to fire at the demonstrators.
40 Children Without a Roof
Today, Monday, May 21, 2007, again the government of Israel again demolished homes of its citizens. This time in the village of Attir, north of the town of Hura. The government demolished four homes. About 40 children were left without a roof over their heads and with harsh memories they will carry their entire lives. In the 1950s the government of Israel uprooted the Abu-Alqian people and relocated them in the location they are living until today.
A kind of military coup
Does Israel still uphold that proper state of affairs in which the elected government sets policy and civil servants carry it out? ...it seems that with regard to the army, the answer is negative. While ministers speak about a two-state solution, a kind of military coup is taking place in the West Bank, in which the Israel Defense Forces are turning the area into the state of the settlers. While the Palestinian population is being suffocated, the settlements are flourishing.
Balad launches international campaign for Bishara
Balad will call for the establishment of an international committee to investigate the way Bishara was allegedly framed, and urge Israel to cancel the probe against him. "We are ready for any inquiry commission or international investigation of this matter," Zahalka told Ynet. "In light of the Shin Bet's declaration of intent, the world should define the Arab public in Israel as a minority at risk.
13 killed in 6th day of Gaza offensive
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have continued their military operations in the Gaza Strip for the sixth consecutive day. In the past 24 hours, 13 Palestinians, have been killed and 12 others, including seven children, have been wounded.
Army invades Jenin and clashes with local resistance
The Israeli army invaded Jenin refugee camp and the nearby Kufer Dan village located in the northern part of the West Bank on Monday at dawn, clashing with members of the local resistance.
Group: Palestinians 'academically boycotted'
"At a time when we are trying to prevent an academic boycott of Israel, Israel itself is pursuing a policy that continues to sweepingly deny the right of education and academic freedom of Palestinian students," wrote Prof. Kenneth Mann of Tel Aviv University. Mann is chairman of the advisory council of Gisha, the Legal Center for Freedom of Movement.
Fateh slams the Israeli attacks, warns of consequences
He added that the army is shelling everything in the Gaza Strip, including houses and infrastructure, which is causing huge civilian casualties. He also called for a full truce not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank.
Hamas, Fatah officials: Internal fighting in Gaza is far from over
Islam Shahwan, spokesman for Hamas's Executive Force, agreed. "Despite the Zionist attacks, fighting has not stopped ... It will not end because they [Fatah] have a plan to destroy the Executive Force," Shahwan said. "The Israeli attacks will only postpone the internal fighting but will not end it," said senior Fatah official Ziad Abu Ein. "As long as there are many guns out on the streets it is very easy to renew Palestinian-Palestinian fighting." ( Israel is the winner! )
More civilian deaths in Gaza
In an isolated barely field, located just few hundred meters away from the Israel-Gaza border line in eastern Rafah city, a heap of barely lies in the middle of the field. The field is now abandoned -- why? Not because there are no farmers in the area, but rather because the Loulahi family, who had been harvesting barely, were hit by Israeli missiles. Samah, the daughter, was killed, and Ahmad, the son, killed as well.
Dr. Barghouthi: “Israei is committing war crimes in Gaza”
Palestinian Information Minster, official spokesperson of the Palestinian Unity Government, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated on Monday that what Israel is doing in the Gaza Strip is war crimes which must be immediately stopped. Barghouthi added that soldiers also shelled a civilian house in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and injured a father and his four children.
For Gaza journalists, kidnap is no longer the biggest fear
But since the Hamas-Fatah infighting in Gaza began last week, being kidnapped is no longer the greatest danger facing journalists. On the very first day of the clashes, a reporter for the Hamas-affiliated paper Falastin was shot dead, along with another employee of the paper. "The danger is real," said an employee of a foreign news agency. "Journalists have stopped leaving their houses. You can't move in the streets for fear of being hit by a stray bullet."
Woman killed in Qassam rocket strike on Sderot
A 35-year-old woman was killed and another person moderately wounded Monday evening when a Qassam rocket hit a car in the western Negev town of Sderot. The attack came during a meeting in Sderot between Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief. They were not harmed.
PRC: We will shoot till Israel says 'stop'
"The barrage was just a primary demonstration and rockets will continue to fall as long as the Israeli attack continues. We will continue until the Israelis say 'stop,'" he added. This statement came just a few days after an Israeli security source made a similar statement to Ynet.
Palestine to UN: Stop Israel Attack
Palestine s Prime Minister Ismail Haniye pleaded to the UN Security Council and international community on Monday for a stop to the Israeli offensive against Gaza Strip, which has left 32 dead and 106 wounded so far.
U.S., U.K. back Israel's right to defend itself against rocket fire
"Israel is in a difficult position, and has the right to defend itself from such attacks against its civilians," continued Phillips. "But any response should be in accordance with international law, and should seek to avoid civilian casualties." ( In accordance with International Law Israel never lived! )
EU extends Rafah border crossing mission by 12 months
Israel had wanted EU monitors to take on greater powers for carrying out arrests and confiscating money and items that could be used in weapons, but EU diplomats said the mandate of the extended mission will be unaltered. "The Palestinians are responsible for the border. What we have to do is to ensure that the way the Palestinian police act is in accordance with the Israeli-Palestinian agreement," An EU official said.
Norway prepares first direct aid transfer to new PA gov't
"Palestinian Finance Minister Fayyad has now structured a financial account by which we can channel our support," Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said. Norway soon will transfer $10 million to that account, Stoere said.
Send Arab troops to Gaza
Many are wondering how much time and effort can still be invested in political agreements that do not garner the support of street fighters, particularly fighters who ignore their own political leaders and signed agreements.
Israel to kill Hamas leader at first opportunity: minister
A member of the powerful security cabinet warned on Monday that Israel would liquidate exiled Hamas political supremo Khaled Meshaal "at the first opportunity." Meshaal, who lives in exile in Syria, escaped a Mossad assassination attempt in Amman in 1997, when two agents botched an attempt to poison him.
PM set to address Knesset over Winograd findings next week
Olmert, who has until now refrained from making a lengthy public speech on the subject, will address the Knesset after 46 MKs signed a petition requiring him to do so.
Dichter: Peace possible without war
Dichter also commented on the decision to attack the southern Beirut neighborhood of Dahiya two days into the war. “That is certainly the day we influenced the war, and the pace at which it escalated. In my opinion, we shouldn't have done it,” he said.
Hamas, Fatah in the West Bank sat out this round of factional fighting
Palestinian analyst Hani al-Masri said Fatah paid a high price in loss of support for its attacks on Hamas supporters in the previous round of fighting. "Fatah finally realized that people would never stand beside it when it attacks preachers, teachers and merchants," he said.
Shin Bet: Wiretaps can be used to guard state's Jewish nature
The security service made this assertion in a letter sent yesterday by its head, Yuval Diskin, to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and Adalah the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.
Lebanese troops shell Palestinian refugees
Tank shells crashed into the coastal camp of Nahr el-Bared, home to some 40,000 refugees, near the northern city of Tripoli. Plumes of smoke rose into the sky as fighters of the little-known Fatah al-Islam group fired grenades and machineguns at army posts on the camp perimeter, witnesses said.
Polish weekly slams Israeli youth
The article published in Przekroj, titled “Young Israeli’s run amok in Poland”, describes incidents of Israeli teens playing football in the hotel hallway at 2 am, burning carpets, breaking furniture, and leaving a mess in their beds and sinks. Other teens were accused of hiring a stripper, and still others were said to have humiliated flight attendants while flying with the Polish Lot Airlines.
Cabinet to mull int'l force at Philadelphi route
The Foreign Ministry is putting together a plan to station an international force on the Philadelphi route in Rafah to stop weapons smuggling from Sinai to the Gaza Strip. Israel believes that such smuggling is strengthening Hamas in Gaza, and stopping it will be the key to improving security.
Cabinet declares emergency in Sderot, pledges series of relief measures
The government pledged to provide Gaza-area towns enduring a barrage of rocket fire with financial compensation and more shelters, the prime minister and defense minister announced during yesterday's cabinet meeting.
U.S. envoy: Unlikely convicted spy Pollard will ever be released
The United States ambassador to Israel said Monday it is unlikely that convicted Pentagon spy Jonathan Pollard will ever be released, adding that the fact that he has not been executed should be seen as an act of clemency by Washington.
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