Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines June 14, 2007 ~

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36 killed, 250 wounded in 24 hours of Gaza fighting

PCHR is deeply concerned over the continuous fierce fighting between Fatah and Hamas movements in the Gaza Strip, and calls upon the two movements to go back to dialogue and calm down the situation. PCHR calls also upon the Palestinian National Authority to investigate such incidents and bring all those who are involved in them to justice whatever their affiliations are.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article7027.shtml



A group of fighters belonging to Fatah movement opened fire at a group of Hamas Activists in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday afternoon and injured 12 of then.

http://www.imemc.org/article/48952

 


Fatah on the run as Hamas wages battle for control of Gaza's streets

Hamas fighters launched another wave of fierce attacks on their Fatah rivals yesterday, plunging the Gaza Strip closer towards civil war, in what appeared to be a carefully coordinated effort to seize control on the streets. Gunmen from Hamas and its rival faction Fatah fought heavy battles in the north and south of the strip, with the Islamist movement repeatedly gaining the upper hand.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2102552,00.html



Chief Palestinian Islamic Justice, Sheikh Tairseer Tamimi, called on the Palestinian people in every part of Palestine to hold massive protests against the internal clashes in the Gaza Strip, and to hold silent processions, and pray for unity.

http://www.imemc.org/article/48953


Palestinian fighting plays into hands of Israel: Syria
Syria called on Wednesday for an end to deadly fighting between Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, warning they are playing into the hands of Israel.



http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/June/middleeast_June238.xml&section=middleeast&col=


US says will continue to support Abbas in wake of growing Hamas-Fatah
In the wake of growing violence between Hamas and Fatah in the Palestinian territories,
U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack on Wednesday said the United States will continue to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1754483&Language=en 


Fatah starts detaining Hamas members in West Bank
Operation launched in Ramallah, but expected to spread across West Bank; 1500 Hamas members on detainee list The Palestinians Authority's security forces.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3412610,00.html


 



Sources close to Hamas movement reported on Wednesday evening that gunmen of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, released twelve Hamas members who were abducted by the group in Nablus.

http://www.imemc.org/article/48959


Abbas orders presidential guard to attack Hamas
Aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that he had given the first order to his elite presidential guard to strike back against Hamas rivals.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3412691,00.html


Top Bush Adviser Says Rice's Push For Mideast Peace Is 'Just Process'

As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presses Israelis and Palestinians to meet a new set of policy benchmarks, the White House is reassuring Jewish groups and conservatives that the president has no plans to pressure Jerusalem.

http://www.forward.com/articles/top-bush-adviser-says-rice-s-push-for-mideast-p/


U.S. blames Hamas for latest round of fighting in Gaza

The United States blamed Hamas Wednesday for the latest round of fighting in the Gaza Strip, accusing the radical Palestinian group of trying to undermine the peace process with Israel.
U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the attacks by Hamas against the Palestinian security forces seek to destabilize the Palestinian government and thwart negotiations with Israel.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/870771.html



ANALYSIS-Hamas takeover in Gaza would short-circuit US plans
A Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip would deal a blow to a U.S. peace push founded on the premise Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would be capable of reining in militants and Israel would embrace him as a partner.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?rpc=401&storyId=L1363999

ANALYSIS: Hamas victory in Gaza presents new reality for Israel

Israel is watching the developments in the Gaza Strip with grave concern and the defense establishment will hold meetings next week in an effort to prepare recommendations for a new policy. The general assessment in the Israel Defense Forces is that there is a new reality in the Strip and that Hamas has defeated Fatah in the battle for power.

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/870827.html


 
Tension in Gaza disrupts life at SOS Children's Village

Dr Kamil Al-Shami, co-worker at SOS Children's Village Rafah, said that most SOS co-workers have been unable to leave their homes since the conflict started at the beginning of the week and some are stranded in areas of heavy fighting. Al-Shami said that the gates of SOS Children's Village Rafah have been shut to prevent anyone entering without authorisation.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-746JD3?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR


EU suspends humanitarian aid project in Gaza


The European Commission on Thursday suspended its humanitarian aid projects in the Gaza Strip, citing the escalating violence.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3412861,00.html



Talab Al Sane', Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, the head of the United Arab Bloc for Change and Reform, slammed the Israeli demolishing of houses in Tarabeen Arab village, and described the attack as a "criminal act."

http://www.imemc.org/article/48958

 



The one-state solution for Palestine-Israel is "gaining ground," a senior UN diplomat has admitted in a leaked

confidential report. Recently retired UN special envoy Alvaro de Soto wrote "that the combination of [Palestinian Authority] institutional decline and Israeli settlement expansion is
creating a growing conviction among Palestinians and Israeli Arabs, as well as some Jews on the far left in Israel that the
two State solutiuon's best days are behind it."

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article7025.shtml


A struggle for power and a people betrayed
The Gaza homes of the Fatah leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and his Hamas counterpart, Ismail Haniya, have been attacked in apparent assassination attempts. President Abbas has accused Hamas of attempting to mount a coup.


http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2650959.ece


Outing Israeli Crimes: June 1967

As we observe the fortieth anniversary of the Six-Day War of June 1967, there are few things to celebrate. One notable exception is the full exposure of the actual events of the Israeli aggression which have been carefully guarded secrets. In particular the frenzied attempts by the Israelis to sink the USS Liberty and kill its entire crew.

http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0064965.html


Out of sight maybe, but not out of mind
Up until a year and a half ago, the vast majority of visitors to Canada Park, one of the most popular hiking and picnic sites on the way to Jerusalem, had no idea that the park was built on the ruins of three Palestinian villages whose inhabitants were forced to leave in the wake of the Six-Day War. It was only after the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund agreed to the demands of the Zochrot non-governmental organization and posted signs in the park about two villages, Yalu and Emmaus, that their existence first became known to hikers. But since their posting, someone has already made sure to tear down one of the signs and vandalize the other.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/870315.html


Palestinians weigh life under Hamas rule in Gaza

Watching Hamas gunmen celebrating their capture of a key security compound on Thursday, Palestinians in the Gaza battle zone voiced fears of deepening economic hardship in a territory run by the Islamist group. "I think Gaza will be sealed off and isolated from the rest of the world. We have been suffering and now will suffer more," said Gaza City resident Hussam Ahmed, 36.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14918814.htm


Two states for one people

Palestinian nightmare taking shape: 2 separate states in West Bank and Gaza.


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3412688,00.html





The general collapse of government functions in the Gaza Strip Tuesday urged several senior Palestinian figures to seriously contemplate Professor Ali Jarbawi's advice to disband the Palestinian Authority. Even before the civil war which Hamas and Fatah are starting in the Strip, Professor Jarbawi of Bir Zeit University maintained that the Palestinian Authority was a mere illusion of power: occupation under the guise of self government, and therefore useless.