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Gaza Struck By Air Raid; One Dead, Thirteen Injured
Saturday July 31, 2010 - 13:47, Central Gaza has been struck by a pre-dawn Israeli air raid, Saturday morning, resulting in one death and thirteen injuries.
Ashkelon Struck By Missile Fire
Friday July 30, 2010 - 11:18, Qatar’s al-Jazeera network are reporting that a missile fired from the Gaza Strip has struck the south of the Israeli city of Ashkelon.
Islamic Jihad Rejects Direct Talks
Friday July 30, 2010 - 08:20, The Israeli Jihad Movement expressed its rejection to direct talks with the Israeli occupation and said that it will not accept the outcome of Palestinian Israeli talks.
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 Worker killed, 5 peaceful protesters injured by Israeli forces this week
Friday July 30, 2010 - 08:11, In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 22-28 July 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian worker in the northern West Bank.
African Immigrant Killed By Egyptian Fire
Friday July 30, 2010 - 07:34, Egyptian security sources reported Saturday that an Eritrean man was shot and killed by Egyptian border police fire while trying to infiltrate into Israel.
Youth Wounded At A Military Roadblock Near Ramallah
Friday July 30, 2010 - 07:25, Local sources reported on Thursday evening that a Palestinian youth was shot and wounded by Israeli military fire at the Atara Roadblock, north of central West Bank city of Ramallah.
  Ha'aretz Diplomacy & Defense
 
U.S. denies threatening to cut PA ties unless direct talks resume
Senior PLO official Hanan Ashwari says Obama administration has stepped up pressure on Abbas to move to face-to-face negotiations with Netanayhu, Arab media report.
Report: U.S. companies transferred funds to suspects in Dubai hit
Assassins of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh may have exploited U.S. internet firms to mask funding for hit, Wall Street Journal reports.
Hamas vows revenge after Israel kills commander in Gaza strike
Palestinian witnesses report one dead and 13 injured in heaviest strike on Hamas-linked targets since Operation Cast Lead, as Israel retaliates for rocket attack on Ashkelon.
Israel believes Abbas will bide time on direct talks until settlement freeze nears end
Arab League gives green light, but leaves ultimate decision up to Palestinian president; U.S. welcomes approval as encouraging.
IAF airmen killed in Romania crash laid to rest in Israel
Speaking at the service of Oren Cohen in Rehovot, a former commander said that a once spectacular Romanian landscape turned 'into a death trap.'
U.S. 'encouraged' by Arab support for direct Israeli-Palestinian talks
Arab League announces it would support Palestinian decision to enter direct talks; Hamas rejects Arab League endorsement.
Israeli family 'breaks into' Jerusalem home centered in ownership controversy
The group of Jews have documents proving they purchased the building and were the rightful owners, but Palestinians claim it is their own.
Abbas resisting direct talks with Israel, despite Obama pressure
The Arab League was to set out its position on direct talks on Thursday at a meeting of foreign ministers from 10 key League members in Cairo.
IAF helicopter pilot recounts pulling friends' bodies from wreckage of Romania crash
Pilot who participated in joint training mission and rescue efforts says that rescue efforts were necessary due to the need 'to bring our friends home.'
Is Peres trying to convince Palestinians to refuse direct talks?
Source tells Israel Radio that the president sent former minister Ramon to meet Erekat this month as his emissary, with that message in tow.
IAF unit prepares to fly home with bodies of Romania crash victims
Experts complete identification process; Israeli and Romanian armies plan to hold a memorial ceremony this afternoon for the seven victims at the Romanian military base from which the helicopter took off.
Report: Israel aiding plot for bloodless coup in Gulf emirate
Britain's Guardian newspaper reports that Israel's ambassador to the U.K.met with the exiled crown prince of the Ras al-Khaimeh in March; Ras al-Khaimeh is strategically located directly across the Persian Gulf from Iran.
Egypt: Obama has 'committed to exerting efforts toward direct peace talks'
Egypt says it has received U.S. assurances that may help restart direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
When was PM Netanyahu informed about the helicopter crash in Romania?
Prime Minister's spokesman says Netanyahu learned of the crash after 6 p.m, when his son Yair's birthday party had already begun.
Israel: Palestinians have set 'impossible' conditions for direct peace talks
Vice PM Shalom slams Palestinian terms for direct talks, AFP reports; Abbas expected to tell Arab League that indirect talks have not progressed enough to justify face-to-face negotiations.
  Palestinian Center for Human Rights
 
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (22-28 July 2010)
  International Solidarity Movement
 
Desmond Tutu backs U.S food co-op boycott of Israeli products
7/30/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Ha'aretz - South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu issues statement of support for boycott announced by food co-op in Rachel Corrie's hometown of Olympia, Washington South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Wednesday that he supports the Olympia Food Co-op's...
  Palestine News Network
 
Only One Road to Peace And Prosperity
By Mitri I. Musleh - Many options have been tried over the past sixty years to settle the Palestinian/Israeli conflict; however, for one reason or another, they all ended in total failure. In the past, Israeli leaders tried to erase the Palestinian...
Gaza Children Score New World Record
Gaza – PNN/UNifeed - Fresh from their last week’s basketball record, this week, thousands of children in Gaza attending UNRWA’s Summer Games smashed their own world record for the number of kites flown simultaneously. Over three thousand “UNRWA Summer Games” children had...
U.S. Companies Likely To Have Funded Dubai Assassination
Bethlehem – PNN – U.S. internet companies have been exploited to fund the assassination of a top Palestinian leader in Dubai last January, the Wall Street Journal reported today. American investigators identified a couple of internet based businesses which apparently transferred money...
CPJ Condemns Prison Sentence Handed To Journalist In The West Bank
New York – PNN - the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Palestinian authorities in the West Bank to release Amer Abu Arfa, a correspondent for the Shihab news agency, who was convicted and imprisoned in connection with his news coverage. The...
First Of 5 Homes To Be Re-Built by ICAHD's Summer Camp
Jerusalem - PNN - As part of its annual summer camp the Israeli human right group ICHAD fished re-building one house of the five homes it plan to so this summer. On Sunday, August 1st, ICAHD will dedicate the home of the...
Hamas commander killed in Ashkelon rocket retaliation. Witnesses say 1 dead, 8 injured in airstrikes
Gaza - PNN - A top Palestinian fighter was killed in a series of air strikes by the Israeli Air Force targeting a number of locations in the Gaza Strip late on Friday night and Saturday morning. One of the airstrikes hit...
Three Injured 2 Arrested As Troops Attack Wall Protests In The West Bank
Ghassan Bannoura - PNN - Israeli troops attacked on Friday anti wall protests that were organized at a number of locations in the West Bank. Israeli and international supporters joined Palestinian villagers in Bil’in, Nil’in an Nabi Saleh in the central West...
  Uruknet
 
WikiLeaks Posts Mysterious ‘Insurance’ File
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - In the wake of strong U.S. government statements condemning WikiLeaks’ recent publishing of 77,000 Afghan War documents, the secret-spilling site has posted a mysterious encrypted file labeled "insurance." The huge file, posted on the...
Israeli airstrikes kill 1, injure 10 in Gaza
31 Jul 2010 - July 31, 2010 - An Al-Qassam Brigades fighter was killed and ten other Gaza residents were injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes that hit targets across the Strip on Saturday morning. The Hamas-affiliated military group announced that...
Abdul Aziz Naji, Released from Guantánamo Last Week, Speaks to Algerian Media
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - In the first detailed interview with a prisoner released from Guantánamo to Algeria, Abdul Aziz Naji, forcibly repatriated last week, has spoken to the Algerian newspaper El Khabar, describing his experiences during his eight...
The Closing of the Zionist Mind
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - It finally happened. The Jerusalem Post has declared archeology itself anti-Semitic. To tell you the truth, I am frankly worried about some of my colleagues who are committed Zionists having difficulty in dealing with...
More War Crimes Exposed - Now, What Do We Do?
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - 3 days after documents of 8 years of war crimes against the people of Afghanistan were leaked, what does the U.S. government do? Admit or apologize for the crimes? No -- go after the...
U.S. worried more secret documents may be released
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday....
Military Resistance 8G24: We Got The Momentum
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - The timeframe for when U.S. troops should come home has been debated since American forces were first sent to Afghanistan. After the surge of troops was implemented, President Obama announced that some of those...
ACLU on Obama: Normalizing Bush’s Radicalism
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - The American Civil Liberties Union just released a report on the performance of the Obama administration on issues relating to national security, civil liberties, and human rights....But, as the report goes on to state...
Iraq snapshot - July 30, 2010
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010. Chaos and violence continue, Nancy A. Youssef continues to LIE about Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks' Julian Assange tells US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, "We will not be suppressed. We will continue to expose abuses of...
Middle East history buff Hague whitewashes Israel’s villainy on the high seas
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - My MP, a Foreign Office minister in the shiny new coalition government, has written to me saying he believes the Foreign Secretary was "extremely fair, tough and statesmanlike" in his reaction to Israel's murderous...
The Anatomy of a Massacre
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - Twenty years ago, the Middle East was an entirely different entity from the area of today. No U.S. troops were stationed in Arab countries. Iraq and Iran had just finished a bloody eight-year war....
Jerusalem: Evicted families spend first night outdoors
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - Nine Palestinian families spent their first night in the open air on Thursday, after being forced out of their homes by Israeli settlers before sunrise the same morning. Sami Qeresh head of a household...
Establishing a New Normal: National Security, Civil Liberties, and Human Rights Under the Obama Administration
31 Jul 2010 - July 30, 2010 - In the eighteen months since the issuance of those executive orders, the administration’s record on issues related to civil liberties and national security has been, at best, mixed. Indeed, on a range of issues...
  WAFA - Palestine News Agency
 
Massive Bomb Hits Central Gaza City, Injuring 17
GAZA, July 31, 2010 (WAFA)- At around 11:30pm last night, Friday 30 July 2010, ‘The Arafat Compound’
Palestinian Killed, Two Injured in Israeli Bombardment on Gaza Strip
GAZA, July 31, 2010 (WAFA)- A Palestinian citizen was killed, today, in Israeli air raids against Al-Nseirat camp in the center of the Gaza Strip, as two were wounded in...
OCHA: Israeli Demolished 17 Structures Last Week
Israeli Committee ICAHD: We Refuse to Be Enemies
UN Panel Slams Israel on Human Rights
GENEVA, July 30, 2010 (WAFA)- A United Nations panel of experts has raised concerns about Israeli discrimination against Palestinians, demanding Israel stop targeted killings and torture, Voice of
Kites Fly High over Gaza as Children at UN Summer Camp Soar to New World Record
GAZA, July 30, 2010 (WAFA)- More than 6,200 children attending a summer camp in the Gaza Strip run Thursday by the United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees have broken their...
UN Envoy Deplores Takeover of Palestinian Homes by Settlers
JERUSALEM, July 30, 2010 (WAFA)- The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process has deplored today's forcible takeover by armed Israeli settlers of a building in Jerusalem's
British, Israeli Wounded in Weekly Demo in Bil’in
RAMALLAH, July 30, 2010 (WAFA)- A British  and an Israeli pacifist were wounded, during the weekly demonstration against the Israeli Apartheid Wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in west...
  Palestine Telegraph
 
IOF suppresses weekly march in Beit Amer, 4 injured
31 Jul 2010 - Hebron, July 31, (Pal Telegraph) Journalists and citizens were Injured today in the suppression of the Israeli occupation forces of the path of the weekly march which started from the northern governorate...
IOF imposes complete closure on Iraq Burin village
31 Jul 2010 - Nablus, July 31, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli occupation forces imposed today morning a full closure on the village of ‘Iraq Burin’, south of Nablus in the northern of the West Bank, blocking entry...
IOF gives demolition notices to a mosque and houses in Jenin
31 Jul 2010 - Jenin, July 31, (Pal Telegraph) Israeli occupation forces raided ‘Khirbet Irza’ east of Tubas in the West Bank and stormed the houses there handing owners warrants of demolition including a mosque and...
  New York Times
 
Israeli Airstrike Kills Hamas Official in Gaza
31 Jul 2010 - The Israeli military said its warplanes had struck several sites in northern, central and southern Gaza.
Afghan Women: Fearing a Taliban Future
31 Jul 2010 - Women fear that even the small steps that they have taken so far will be threatened if the Afghan government and Western donors make a peace that does not allow small steps to become larger ones.
Afghanistan's Green Zone
31 Jul 2010 - In Afghanistan's Helmand Province there is another place that goes by the name "Green Zone," but for very different reasons than in Iraq.
Taliban Study WikiLeaks to Hunt Informants
31 Jul 2010 - A Taliban spokesman said that the insurgent group is scouring classified American military documents posted online by the group WikiLeaks for information to help them find and "punish" Afghan informers.
Leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia Discuss Hariri Tribunal
31 Jul 2010 - The visit, five years after the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, showed that Syria’s influence over Lebanon was rising again.
Rocket From Gaza Hits Israeli City
31 Jul 2010 - There were no injuries, but the explosive damaged buildings and brought panic to the streets of Ashkelon on Friday after more than a year of relative calm.
  Jerusalem Post
 
'Assad wants Hariri tribunal closed'
31 Jul 2010 - Report: Syria tells Saudi king UN tribunal threatens stability.
China invests $40b. in Iran oil and gas
31 Jul 2010 - Signs contracts in petrochemicals, refineries, oil, gas pipelines.
IAF strikes in Gaza; 1 killed
31 Jul 2010 - 8 Palestinians wounded in three attacks in various areas of the Strip.
UN: Extend freeze to east J'lem
30 Jul 2010 - Ban urges Israel to extend settlement freeze in meeting with Barak.
Air Force hits targets in Gaza strip
30 Jul 2010 - Response to Grad missile launched from Gaza into Ashkelon.
Rocket prompts complaint to UN
30 Jul 2010 - Grad missile launched from Gaza causes damage in central Ashkelon.
Saudi, Syrian leaders visit Lebanon
30 Jul 2010 - Assad and Abdullah try to quell tensions over Hariri tribunal.
Fallen airmen arrive in Israel.
30 Jul 2010 - Six servicemen to be buried Friday at various locations in the country.
Ministers approve NIS 200m. for periphery
30 Jul 2010 - Funds slated for development programs in Israel's outlying regions.
Hariri hit suspect is Hizbullah bigwig
29 Jul 2010 - UN tribunal to announce "chief suspect" is Mughniyeh’s cousin.
Hariri hit suspect is Hizbullah higher-up
29 Jul 2010 - UN tribunal to announce "chief suspect" is Mughniyeh’s cousin.
Israel welcomes Arab green light for Abbas to enter talks
29 Jul 2010 - Israeli officials say US pressure bears fruit; Hamas rejects conditions
Forensic teams identify bodies of six IAF servicemen
29 Jul 2010 - Remains being flown from Romania to Israel Thursday night.
Annual Gay Pride Parade held in Jerusalem
29 Jul 2010 - 3,000 from around the country attend event in capital.
  Misc
 
Palestine-Israel: Bedouin village demolished
Christian Peacemaker Teams - Palestine 31 Jul 2010 - The Bedouin village of Al-Arakib, visited by a CPT delegation on July 25, was demolished just two days later.  Having finished their job, the 1500 Israeli police, with their tear gas, water cannon, land and aerial vehicles, left.  And the Bedouins began to rebuild.
AL KHALIL/HEBRON: Israeli border police demolish cistern in Al Beqa’a Valley
Christian Peacemaker Teams - Palestine 31 Jul 2010 - Israeli border police demolished a rainwater cistern and removed irrigation pipes from several Palestinian fields in Al Beqa’a Valley just east of Hebron on 14 July 2010, the second day of incidents in the area this month.
AL KHALIL/HEBRON: Israeli police invade Palestinian home, arrest father in Old City
Christian Peacemaker Teams - Palestine 31 Jul 2010 - At 2 p.m. on 13 July, about 20 Israeli police and soldiers invaded the Awewi family home in Hebron’s Old City. They forced the mother and the eight children into the kitchen and arrested the father, who is a Palestinian Authority (PA) police officer. The mother...
AL KHALIL/HEBRON: Israeli Border Police destroy vegetable fields in Al Beqa’a Valley
Christian Peacemaker Teams - Palestine 31 Jul 2010 -
Prayers for Peacemakers, July 7, 2010 / Oraciones por la paz, 7 de julio 2010
Christian Peacemaker Teams - Palestine 31 Jul 2010 -
The children whose spirit a siege couldn’t break
Mondoweiss 31 Jul 2010 - Haaretz has the story on the latest record set by the children of Gaza. They've broken their own record from last year's UNRWA Summer Games for the number of kites being flown at one time. The UN website has the video : SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian Girl No...
I felt alone till I heard about the Jewish boat to Gaza
Mondoweiss 31 Jul 2010 - Editor's note: I'm going to be writing a lot about boats these days. Americans are organizing a U.S. boat to Gaza , with a cruise around New York this Wednesday to raise money for the effort, and in the meantime a Jewish boat to Gaza will be...
Why did a Democratic congressman’s aide speak of ‘Jewish money’?
Mondoweiss 31 Jul 2010 - This is interesting. Mike McMahon, a first-term Democratic congressman from New York, fired a staffer after she said that McMahon's Republican challenger was getting a lot of out-of-state donors and "Jewish money." NY Observer : The file, labeled "[Mike] Grimm Jewish Money Q2," for the second quarter...
‘ADL’ statement rationalizing bigotry draws wide scorn
Mondoweiss 31 Jul 2010 - It's happened: the Anti-Defamation League has overplayed its hand (in this case, neoconservative Islamophobia) in such a glaring manner that it is being condemned at every quarter-- a statement from the group opposing the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York. The statement...
A Palestinian’s field of vegetables destroyed by settlers at night, and other news from
Mondoweiss 30 Jul 2010 - Today in Palestine: Land and Property Theft and Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing Jerusalem report documents wave of demolitions Jerusalem – Ma’an – The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights released a report on Thursday, documenting the demolition of several greenhouses, a car wash and a grocery in...
  Ma'an News
 
Evicted families spend first night outdoors
7/30/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Nine Palestinian families spent their first night in the open air on Thursday, after being forced out of their homes by Israeli settlers before sunrise the same morning. Sami Qeresh head of a household of six dependents, said women and...
Desmond Tutu endorses US grocery chain boycott decision
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - US-based Olympiya Foods Coop grocery store voted to join the international boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign, in what its board said was a move "to compel Israel to follow international law and respect Palestinian human rights." The move was endorsed...
Anti-wall protestors report injuries, detentions
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Injuries were reported across the West Bank as Israeli soldiers responded to weekly non-violent anti-wall protests with tear gas, sound grenades and detentions on Friday. Clashes erupted in Bil'in, where the wall cuts off agricultural lands from farmers despite a...
Jerusalem report documents wave of demolitions
7/30/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights released a report on Thursday, documenting the demolition of several greenhouses, a car wash and a grocery in the town of Hizma during the two previous days. On Tuesday and Wednesday of...
Report: Settler violence continues in south Hebron hills
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli settlers destroyed a field of vegetables in a Bedouin village in the southern West Bank on Wednesday night, international peace groups reported. During the night, a report said, a Palestinian farmer from Um Al-Kher village in the south Hebron...
Settlers attack Burin village, fires spread
7/30/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a village south of the West Bank city of Nablus and set fire to village land on Friday, reports said. Ghassan Doughlas, a Palestinian Authority settlement affairs officer who monitors the northern West Bank, said...
Israel releases ice-cream equipment damaged and unusable
7/30/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A factory owner in Gaza was shocked to find that equipment he ordered from overseas, which was held in an Israeli port for several years, has been dismantled, with some parts missing and others broken. Mohammad Al-Telbani, owner of Al-Auda...
Viva Palestina to bring Gaza medical aid
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A British aid convoy will deliver vital medical equipment to Gaza, still banned under Israel's siege, a statement said. Citing reports from the World Health Organization and the Health Ministry, Viva Palestina said that since easing the siege, Israel has...
Mash’al: International parties against conciliation
7/30/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Hamas prefers not to bow to international pressure, it will remain steadfast and work to change the rules of the game, the party's politburo chief in Damascus Khalid Mash'al told reporters in Qatar on Thursday. Accusing "international parties" of being...
Hundreds to protest razing of Arab village
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Residents and supporters of the Al-Araqib village, where 35 homes were demolished on Tuesday, were preparing for demonstrators on Friday, following calls for a mass protest against the demolitions. Residents say 250 men, women and children were left homeless by...
Gaza crossings closed until Sunday
7/30/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli crossings officials told their Palestinian liaison counterparts on Friday morning that all commercial crossings would close for the day and remain shut until Sunday. Palestinian crossings official Raed Fattouh told Ma'an that he was informed early Friday that both...
PWA welcomes UN vote on rights to water and sanitation
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Palestinian Water Authority welcomed on Friday the UN General Assembly's adoption of a resolution recognizing access to water and sanitation as a human right. Palestinian Water Minister Shaddad Attili issued a statement after the motion was adopted, saying that...
Report: Barak shares vision for two-states
7/30/2010 - i>Barak: Can't resume negotiations where they left off because Israeli government has no written records - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the current freeze on settlement building will not continue in its present form, Israeli media reported...
Saudi, Syrian leaders pledge support for Lebanon
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Syrian President Bashar Assad and King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Ben Abdul-Aziz pledged their support to Lebanon's president "in the face of outside threats," Agence-France Presse reported Friday. King Abdullah and Assad visited Lebanese President Michel Sleiman to encourage...
UN condemns Gaza projectile launches
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Israeli military reported Friday morning that a projectile launched from the Gaza Strip hit the outskirts of the coastal city of Ashkelon. Richard Miron, spokesperson for the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry, issued...
French Louvre to train new Bethlehem museum
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - France and the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities signed an agreement to build a museum in the city of Bethlehem, under a heritage preservation and promotion project. The agreement, for some 700,000 Euro ($915,460 US), was signed on...
Peres: We must not let extremists block peace
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli President Shimon Peres told Israel Radio on Friday he believed that if President Mahmoud Abbas had rejected the idea of direct talks between Israel and Palestine, the Arab League would never have approved it." We do not have much...
Egyptian security says arms store seized
7/30/2010 - Al-Arish - Ma'an - Egyptian security forces said officers located a weapons storehouse in the northern Sinai south of Al-Arish on Friday, and said they believed the goods were destined for the Gaza Strip. Police uncovered what a report described as a three-meter deep...
Palestinian refugee appeals to Abbas from Jordan
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A Palestinian refugee in Jordan in need of heart surgery asked Palestinian leaders to help. Manar Issa Eid wrote to Ma'an from the Al-Hussein Hospital in Amman, where he is waiting for financial support for surgery, appealing to President Mahmoud...
Hamas: PA detained 6 affiliates
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority security forces detained six Hamas affiliates in the West Bank, a Hamas statement issued Friday said. The affiliates were from the West Bank cities of Nablus, Hebron and Qalqiliya...
Gaza kids break second world record in week
7/30/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - For the second year in a row, Gaza children at the UNRWA Summer Games smashed a world record, flying 7,202 kites in the sky simultaneously on Thursday. Gathering on Gaza Beach, the children launched their kites one by one with...
  The Media Line
 
Arab League Meets; Will Decide on Green Light for Direct Talks
28 Jul 2010 - At a meeting in Cairo on Thursday, the Arab League will decide whether to green light Palestinian participation in direct talks with Israel under...
  The Guardian
 
Letters: Single-state solution in the Middle East
29 Jul 2010 - The proposal by the Israeli right of a single state ( Jonathan Freedland , 28 July) is not new. Greater Israel has always been the goal...
  Stop The Wall
 
Mohammad placed in administrative detention
November 25th, 2009 --, On 23 November 2009, after 61 days of detention for the purpose of interrogation by Israeli Security Agency officers, human rights defender Mohammad Othman received his first administrative detention order. The administrative detention order is set for a three month period, during which time Mohammad will be held without charge or trial. The judicial review of the order is scheduled to take place on 25 November at the Military Court of Administrative Detainees in Ofer Military Base. [
Jayyus still held hostage by invasions
November 24th, 2009 --, Military incursions into Jayyus continued this past week, as many as three times daily. Clashes and curfews have characterized village life, and undercover units have attempted to trap local youth. Although there has of yet been no serious injuries among the villagers, a group of young men were arrested several days ago. [
  Daily Star
 
UN human-rights body presses Israel to end Gaza blockade
30 Jul 2010
Clinton renews appeal to Iran to free US hikers
30 Jul 2010
Hamas lashes out at Arab backing for direct peace talks
30 Jul 2010
Abdullah, Assad urge sustained stability
30 Jul 2010
Qatari emir stresses commitment to stable Lebanon
30 Jul 2010
  Relief Web
 
UN urges restraint after rocket from Gaza hits Israeli city
30 Jul 2010 - Source: UN News Service
OPT: Civil Administration to link A'Tawani village to Mekorot water infrastructure
30 Jul 2010 - Source: Government of Israel
OPT: Protection of Civilians Weekly Reports, 21 - 27 July 2010
30 Jul 2010 - Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UN envoy deplores takeover of Palestinian homes by Israeli settlers
29 Jul 2010 - Source: UN News Service
  YNet News
 
UN diplomat: UN and Israel discuss flotilla probe
Defense minister, UN chief also discuss peace talks with Palestinians, situation....
Palestinians: IDF bombs Gaza targets; 1 killed
Palestinian witnesses say Air Force jets bombed targets in Gaza City, Rafah in....
Assad, Abdullah stress Lebanese stability
Rare visit to Beirut by Syrian, Saudi leaders centers on averting violence if....
Officials: Grad fire attempt to stall talks
State officials believe Grad rocket fired from Gaza into Ashkelon was attempt by....
Assad in Beirut to defuse Lebanon tensions
Syrian president arrives in Lebanese capital with Saudi King Abdullah for first....
IDF: Terror groups have improved abilities
Military officials hope Friday morning's Grad rocket in Ashkelon was lone....
'Abbas to give negotiations green light by September'
Western diplomats estimate Palestinian president to reverse position, agree to....
Obama warns Abbas against failure to resume direct talks
US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, .......
Body of missing Gaza child found
Gaza police discovered a body of an 11-year-old child who disappeared on Thursday. It appears he was raped and murdered near Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The .......
Assad on Hariri probe: We'll stand by Hezbollah
Bashar Assad sent a firm message to the international tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The Syrian president warned .......
'Senior Hamas man killed in Gaza strike'
The Hamas operative killed in the IDF strike in Gaza Friday was a senior official who survived five assassination attempts by Israel, an announcement by Hamas' military .......
Israeli killed in parachute accident in Peru
A 39-year-old Israeli was killed in a parachute competition in Peru on Saturday, local media reported. His family was notified of his death. According to the report, .......
Report: Mabhouh probe leads to money transfers
American investigators working on the international probe of the assassination of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, have identified links to US companies .......
  Ha'aretz National News
 
National Geographic ranks Tel Aviv among world's top beach cities
'Call it Miami Beach on the Med. Tel Aviv is the Dionysian counterpart to religious Jerusalem.'
Jerusalem hosts subdued gay pride march
Thousands of Israelis marched in Jerusalem's longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators.
Multiple drowning incidents leave 2 people dead, two seriously injured
7-year-old boy drowns to death in Lake Kinneret; 62-year-old French man drowns to death while swimming at unguarded beach in Ashdod.
Book condoning murder has another rabbi in hot water
Head of yeshiva in West Bank settlement of Yitzhar detained by police over book permitting murder of non-Jews who threaten Israel.
Anti-gay protesters: Sick perverts - get out of Jerusalem
Eighth Jerusalem Gay Pride parade marches amid growing tensions with rightist protesters.
'Israeli Arabs have no choice but to build illegally'
Study released by the Dirasat - Arab Center for Law and Policy highlights obstacles faced by Israeli Arabs wishing to build homes; about a quarter of Arab communities have neither a local nor privatized master plan.
IDF chief's former guard gets eight years in prison for sexual assault
Erez Efrati was convicted in a plea bargain after admitting to attacking a woman after his bachelor's party near the Tel Aviv Port last November.
Rights group: Police's 'Captain George' harrassed East J'lem organizer
Former army interrogator had been accused of torture.
Hungarian national suspected of pedophilia arrested in Jerusalem
The man, 48, immigrated to Israel in 1999 , after being convicted in Hungary and sentenced to four years in prison for the sexual abuse of two 14-year-old girls.
'IAF ranks among world's top forces in terms of flight safety'
Two days after helicopter crash in Romania, Israel Air Force commander Ido Nehushtan says IAF has broadened its training and its pilots fly increasingly complex routes during exercises.
'Rightist protest in Umm al-Fahm could lead to violence'
State Prosecutor rejects a petition from right-wing activists to protest opposite Islamic National Movement offices in the Arab city, saying police believe it could lead to loss of life.
Court: Father suspected of killing his three children is fit to await trial in jail
Itai Ben Dror to be held in solitary confinement, under 24-hour camera surveillance, until the trial for the murders of his three children.
18 years' jail for freed prisoner who murdered soldier
Court sentences Woodga Menelik for killing 20-year-old Golani Brigade soldier Uri Chen during a violent argument 10 months ago.
Joy to the world: Israelis among the world's happiest people
Poll for business website Forbes has Israelis tied for eighth place in the world, the second-happiest nation in Asia.
Israeli airmen in Romania crash were the pride of their families and hometowns
Six Israeli servicemen and a Romanian Air Force officer were on board the Yasur helicopter when it crashed during joint drill in Carpathian Mountains.
Settlers block West Bank roads to protest construction freeze
Settlers blockaded 11 intersections across the West Bank on Monday evening in response to the home demolition on Monday at the Givat Ronen outpost.
Police arrest fourth suspect in case of espionage against Israel
Majdal Shams resident arrested for allegedly committing crimes against the security of Israel. Her husband and son were arrested for similar charges.
Top settler rabbi arrested for allegedly inciting to kill non-Jews
Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira is the alleged author of a book which deems as legal, according to 'Jewish law,' the killing of non-Jews.
One year after gay center attack, Tel Aviv studies Berlin model of tolerance
A march will be held Saturday night in Tel Aviv to mark the one-year anniversary of a shooting attack in a Tel Aviv gay youth center that left two dead and 13 injured.
Ramat Gan safari vaccinates its lion cubs
Most lions nowadays live in eastern and southern Africa; a growing decline in numbers over last two decades has placed importance on lion preservation.
  B'tselem
 
  Palestinian Information Center
 
Hamas: Obama’s letter contained threats, no guarantees
31 Jul 2010 - Hamas confirmed that Obama's letter to Mahmoud Abbas reflects the fact that the Arab decision to start direct negotiations had deceived the majority of Palestinian-Arab street.
Hebrew press reports IOF preparations for new war on Gaza
31 Jul 2010 - The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have completed preparations for launching a new war on the Gaza Strip, according to Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot on Saturday.
IOF troops suppress march in Beit Ummar, injure journalists and citizens
31 Jul 2010 - The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) suppressed a march in Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil, Saturday afternoon, injuring four participants including journalists, local sources said.
IOA summons wife of detained Hamas leader
31 Jul 2010 - The Ahrar center has denounced the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for summoning Ikhlas Al-Suwais, the wife of detained Hamas leader Abbas Al-Sayyed, for questioning.
UNRWA slams Israeli seizure of 9 houses in Old City, J’lem
31 Jul 2010 - UNRWA condemned on Saturday a group of Israeli settlers who by force of arms and under Israeli military protection seized a building which houses 9 Palestinian families in Old City, Jerusalem.
UNCHR demands Israel to lift Gaza siege, let probe into its attack on Flotilla
31 Jul 2010 - The UN commission for human rights demanded Israel to lift its blockade on Gaza and invite an independent committee to investigate its deadly raid on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla aid convoy.
Hamas: Arabs' approval of talks with Israel yielded military action against Gaza
31 Jul 2010 - The Hamas Movement said that that the Israeli military escalation which started Friday night was a natural result of the Arab decision to give Mahmoud Abbas a green light for his talks with Israelis.
Israeli troops wound two youths in Beit Hanoun, settlers try to demolish house
31 Jul 2010 - The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) wounded two Palestinian young men Saturday morning east of Beit Hanoun town as they were collecting aggregate used in construction.
Palestinian family holding vigil outside their home, Serry protests takeover
31 Jul 2010 - A Jerusalemite family refused to move away from their home taken by force from them by Jewish settlers in occupied Jerusalem and are holding a 24-hour vigil on the pavement facing their home.
Israel razes Christian ancient site in O. Jerusalem
31 Jul 2010 - Father Atallah Hanna said the Israeli municipal council in the holy city demolished and obliterated Christian ancient monuments dating from the Byzantine era in Ein Kerem area.
  Aljazeera
 
Beirut talks call for Lebanon unity
07/30/2010 - Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah attend talks aimed at reducing al-Hariri probe tensions.
Hamas rocket maker killed in raid
07/31/2010 - Israel launches air strikes in Gaza "in response" to rocket attack on Ashkelon.
Emir of Qatar tours south Lebanon
07/31/2010 - Sheikh Hamad visits towns that Qatar helped rebuild after the 2006 Israeli bombardment.
Arab League wants US guarantees
07/29/2010 - Direct talks between Israel and Palestinians "cannot be accepted" without preconditions.
'Hundreds injured' in Iran quakes
07/31/2010 - Buildings reduced to rubble and extensive damage caused in the quakes-hit regions.
  IRIN
 
OPT: West Bank Bedouins worse off than Gazans
AL HADIDIYA, WEST BANK Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (IRIN) - The road to al-Hadidiya village in the northeastern West Bank district of Tubas is dotted with boulders etched with a warning in Hebrew, Arabic and English: “Danger - Open Fire Area”.
EGYPT: Growing protests over water shortages
CAIRO Tuesday, July 27, 2010 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of people in Egypt - Africa’s second most populous country - have taken to the streets in recent months to protest against water shortages, a fact which goes some way to explaining the government’s reluctance to relinquish its current share of River Nile water.
Analysis: Did the Egyptian government overreact to H1N1?
CAIRO Sunday, July 18, 2010 (IRIN) - While a review is underway of how the World Health Organization (WHO) and national authorities handled last year’s outbreak of the H1N1 virus, also referred to as swine flu, medical experts in Egypt have criticized their government for overreacting to the pandemic, provoking unjustified fear and wasting millions of dollars-worth of much-needed public funds.
 

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