07-03-07 - Israel is Bad for Jewish Ethics

07-03-07 - Olmert: If Abbas reunite with Hamas ? we won't talk to him

07-03-07 - U.S. Senate bill would restrict Israel's use of military aid to buy cluster bombs the U.S. has opened an investigation into whether Israel breached its agreement with the U.S. over the circumstances under which it is permitted to use the weapon. Information presented to the U.S. by the Foreign Ministry indicates that Israel did indeed violate the agreement. According to the United Nations demining unit, 30 civilians have been killed and 180 wounded by unexploded bomblets since the cease-fire went into effect.

07-03-07 - A rethink on the Middle East a serious strategic re think would benefit from a US decision to make this issue a priority, as the Iraq Study Group suggested and as the regional environment demands. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has described her foreign policy ethos as American realism -- it is time for that realism to be applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

07-03-07 - Pentagon wants smaller long-term presence in Iraq: report The United States has a "long-term commitment to the region," which includes a resolution to "stand by our allies and our partners in the region as a stabilizing force and presence," Translation: the Israelis don't want us to pull our troops out of Iraq. They fear that the violence would then be directed at them. To begin with, our 2003 invasion of Iraq was orchestrated by Israel's agents - the neocons - with the help of the Israeli security apparatus.

07-03-07 - Syria presses Israel over ailing prisoner Syria sought UN help on Tuesday to secure the release by Israel of a prisoner from the occupied Golan Heights who has been held since 1985 despite reports of a heart attack last month.

07-03-07 - Lebanese family wiped out in UN truck crash

07-03-07 - Soldiers on move inside Lebanon siege camp The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned of the deteriorating humanitarian situation inside the camp, to which it has been denied access for almost two weeks because of the fighting.

07-03-07 - Syria says ready for unconditional talks with Israel "There is a difference between conditions and requirements for peace. These are stipulated by the UN Security Council resolutions" which call for the withdrawal of Israel from the occupied Arab territories, said the minister.

07-03-07 - We must make peace in Middle East As leaders in our respective Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, we are deeply concerned about the ongoing crisis in Palestine and the prospects for a meaningful, lasting peace in that troubled region. We recognize that religious traditions often have been a source of conflict in the Middle East and continue to be misused to inflame hatred and violence.

07-03-07 - Brazil offers resettlement for Palestinian refugees from Iraq, UN agency says The agency is ?grateful for a generous offer by the Government of Brazil? to help roughly 22 Palestinian families settle in Sao Paulo state and 18 families in the Rio Grande do Sul, spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis told a press briefing in Geneva.

07-03-07 - Study: W. Bank laborers earn less than 50% of minimum wage Palestinian workers employed in West Bank settlements and factories earn less than half the minimum wage stipulated by law, a Knesset study revealed Tuesday.

07-03-07 - Al Mezan delegation meets with the acting PLC president and PLC members in Gaza The meeting focused on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT); and especially in the Gaza Strip, following Hamas' stretching of its security control of Gaza.

07-03-07 - JINSA warns Blair And for Mr. Blair - if you plan to make your legacy by establishing a Palestinian state at the expense of Israel, your legacy will be to have expanded the territory from which the radicals operate JINSA- yet another neoconservative 'thinktank' - equates Israel's 'war on terror' with those of America and Britain.

07-03-07 - Civil Strife in Palestine Bush's speech, Jerusalem Post reporter David Horowitz told National Public Radio, could have been written by the Likud government in Israel.

07-03-07 - Lewis Libby owes his freedom to our corrupt political elite That Dick Cheney's top aide, one of the most well-connected neoconservatives on the planet, is protected from the consequences of his felonies ought to be anything but surprising. .......I documented precisely this neocon corruption several weeks ago by noting that neocons believe that no other neocon should ever be punished or otherwise held accountable for anything they do -- see e.g., Scooter Libby, Paul Wolfowitz, Conrad Black, AIPAC officials charged with espionage, Elliot Abrams, etc. etc. Neocons are all part of the same machine - the Israeli lobby.

07-03-07 - Majority of Americans believe the American president must be white A play on words there.

07-03-07 - Caught Red-Handed: Media Backtracks on Iran's 'Threat'

07-03-07 - Hale affirms US commitment to provide assistance to Jordan On the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and Gaza Strip, Hale emphasized importance that the international community should increase the assistance to the Palestinian people.

07-03-07 - Stalling of immigration bill slammed While these groups wish to see America reward illegal immigrants who have broken our laws, they seem to support Israel's refusal to implement UN resolution 194 which spells out that the (lawful owners of the land) Palestinians have a right to return to their homes inside Israel. In fact, Israel's 'law of return' (immigration policy) is based solely on one's religion. These groups hold Israel to a different standard than America when they demand that America open up its borders and then grant amnesty to those who have broken our laws. They do not do the same with regard to Israel.