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The Status of Palestine 
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Using the eight criteria utilized by the international community to determine whether a place is an independent country or not, I have analyzed the current state of Palestine in world...Protest Israel's Invasion Of Palestine And Lebanon Scoop.co.nz - Jul 18 2:35 PM
Protest Against Israel's Invasion Of Palestine And Lebanon!! "Remember the solidarity shown to Palestine here and everywhere... and remember also that there is a cause to which many people have committed themselves, difficulties and terrible obstacles notwithstanding.Al Awda Condemns Israeli Offensive on Palestine, Lebanon Palestine News Agency - Jul 18 1:47 PM
SAN FRANCESCO, July 18, 2006 (WAFA) - Al Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, condemned the Israeli aggression being waged against the Palestinian and Lebanese people.Indonesia urges UN to step in to end conflict in Lebanon, Palestine Channel NewsAsia - Jul 18 5:41 AM
JAKARTA : Indonesia wants the United Nations to step in and play a bigger role in ending the conflict in Lebanon and Palestine. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the world body to sponsor a ceasefire agreement and dispatch a peacekeeping force to the two countries.Brides of Palestine Salon.com - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Last week hundreds of Palestinian women formed a suicide bomb squad. Are female suicide bombers really different from males? Mauritanian party condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Palestine AngolaPress - Jul 18 7:51 AM
Nouakchott, Mauritania, 07/18 - Mauritania`s former ruling party, now the Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDR), has strongly condemned Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.World Watches Lebanon, Noose Tightens On Palestine Scoop.co.nz - Jul 19 2:19 PM
Since around 5am this morning the Israeli army has surrounded the Mukatah (local government building) in Nablus with close to 100 military vehicles. Israeli soldiers have occupied buildings nearby and they are shooting into the Mukatah.First group of Russian nationals arrive in Moscow from Palestine Itar-Tass - Jul 17 9:08 PM
MOSCOW, July 18 (Itar-Tass) - An IL-62 aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry has brought the first group of evacuated Russian and CIS nationals to Moscow from Palestine, an Emergencies Ministry official told Itar-Tass.The Mideast death dance Salon.com - Jul 19 2:59 PM
Hamas and Hezbollah, Lebanon and Palestine, Syria and Iran, the U.S. and Israel: Unless these four pairs of actors turn away from their failed policies, the Middle East will sink further into violence and despair. Ahearn: The 'new war' for GTCC student in Palestine Greensboro News-Record - Jul 19 4:17 AM
Every war has a name -- the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War -- but not until it's over. (Credit: "")Churches respond to Middle East Crisis Scoop.co.nz - 9 minutes ago
Christian World Service (CWS), the development, justice and aid agency of New Zealand churches has launched an emergency appeal for relief efforts in Israel, Palestine and Lebanon and is calling for an end to the escalating violence in the region.Iranian MP dismisses Iran's role in Palestine, Lebanon ArabicNews.com - Jul 17 12:12 PM
Rapporteur of Iran's Majlis' National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali yesterday dismissed the claim on "Iran's role in recent developments of Palestine and Lebanon" and denied any such role.End Israel's Crimes Against Humanity & Aggression Scoop.co.nz - Jul 19 2:35 PM
Israel's violence and aggression against the people of Palestine and Lebanon has already cost the lives of hundreds of people and may provoke a horrific regional or global war.Nationwide demonstration in solidarity with Palestine El Universal - Jul 17 3:27 PM
A national mobilization to the Israeli embassy in Venezuela was called for Thursday, July 20th, to back Palestine, general coordinator Hindú Anderi told official TV channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).ALI BULAC Zaman Online - Jul 19 2:16 PM
Palestine, the Mother of all Problems! In the wake of 9/11, the Palestinian issue is no longer viewed as an international problem but as international security problem.Sultan, Chirac Discuss ME Arab News - Jul 19 4:10 PM
PARIS, 20 July 2006 French President Jacques Chirac and Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, discussed the latest international developments, particularly the grave situation in Lebanon and Palestine, at the Elysee Palace yesterday.MUSTAFA UNAL Zaman Online - Jul 19 2:16 PM
The site of wounded and dead civilians from the Middle East are gut wrenching. Beirut, Southern Lebanon and Palestine are in ashes. Dark smoke from missiles is all over.Palestine envoy: Hezbollah counter-attack, a taste of failure for Israel Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 17 6:31 AM
Palestine - Israel - Ambassador Palestinian ambassador to Iran Salah al-Zawawi said on Monday Hezbollah counter-attack against Israel made the Zionists try bitter taste the failure.SA must take side in Mideast crisis - Khaled Independent Online - Jul 19 12:13 PM
South Africa could not be a broker in the Israel-Palestine war, but needed to support one side or the other, Palestinian activist and former hijacker Leila Khaled has said.Iran MPs express abhorrence at Israeli violence against Lebanon, Palestine ArabicNews.com - Jul 18 6:05 PM
Iran's parliament today expressed abhorrence at Israeli violence against Lebanon, Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The members of Parliament (MPs) criticized the inaction of the international community to force Israel to stop the genocide of Lebanese civilians.SELCUK GULTASLI Zaman Online - Jul 19 2:17 PM
The Western world, particularly Europe and the United States, that ignores the plight of the Palestinian people, and that remains mute before the latest events as a mighty nation of Palestine held hostage, behaved exactly the same way in 1948 when the State of Israel was established -- as if these lands consist mostly of vast stretches of desert where nobody lives.Cosatu wants SA ambassador withdrawn from Israel SABC News - Jul 19 9:41 AM
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) will ask the government to withdraw its ambassador from Israel in solidarity with the people of Palestine.Speaker denounces Zionist atrocities in Lebanon, Palestine Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 17 1:31 AM
Lebanon - Palestine - Speaker Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel here Sunday evening condemned the ongoing atrocities of the Zionist regime in Palestinian occupied lands and Lebanon.Speaker urges Muslim states to support Palestinians, Lebanese Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 19 7:01 AM
Iran - Palestine - Haddad - Adel Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel on Wednesday called on the powerful Muslim states such as Iran and Saudi Arabia not to leave the Palestinian and Lebanese nations alone under present conditions.Withdraw ambassador to Israel - Cosatu Independent Online - Jul 19 6:43 AM
The Congress of SA Trade Unions is calling for the government to withdraw its ambassador from Israel in solidarity with the people of Palestine, Cosatu president Willie Madisha said.Your town The Monterey County Herald - Jul 19 3:16 AM
Ambassador Afif Safieh, head of the Palestine Delegation to the United States in Washington, D.C., will discuss "Israel/Palestine: History is Undecided" July 30 in Monterey.MPs express abhorrence at Israeli violence against Lebanon, Palestine Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 18 9:32 AM
Iran - Lebanon - Parliament Iranian parliament on Tuesday expressed abhorrence at Israeli violence against Lebanon, Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The members of Parliament (MPs) criticized the inaction of the international community to force Israel to stop the genocide of Lebanese civilians.Hezbollah targets Zionist's main air base Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 19 5:31 AM
Iran - Lebanon - Hezbollah Hezbollah, the military branch of Lebanese resistance forces, issued a statement on Wednesday to declare that they have launched rocket attacks against the Zionist regime's main air base in the northern part of the occupied Palestine.Cosatu: Withdraw SA ambassador to Israel Mail and Guardian - Jul 19 5:16 AM
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) will ask the government to withdraw its ambassador from Israel in solidarity with the people of Palestine, its president, Willie Madisha, said on Wednesday.Mideast Violence: A Grim Ledger (7 Letters) New York Times - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
To the Editor:.Death toll rises in Mideast fight; bunker bombed International Herald Tribune - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
The deadliest day yet in the Mideast crisis claimed more than 70 lives on Wednesday, with no cease-fire in sight.Rafsanjani criticizes silence of Islamic states in face of Zionist aggression Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 19 2:47 AM
Iran - Rafsanjani - Zionists Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani here Wednesday condemned the silence of Islamic states vis-a-vis the atrocities of the Zionist regime in Lebanon and Palestine.Policy of violence Lawrence Journal-World - Jul 19 4:00 AM
I have just been looking at dreadful, heart-wrenching photos from Palestine. I know there are similar pictures available from Israel, though not nearly as many. The warfare in Palestine, Israel and Lebanon is almost as unbelievable as it is sad and painful.Front Page - MPs call to expel US ambassador Yemen Observer - Jul 19 5:00 AM
Yemeni MPs have called for making a law to allocate a portion of oil revenues in support of the Arab resistance against the Israeli occupation. In addition, they called for the expulsion of the US ambassador in protest of the US support to Israel against Palestine and Lebanon.The Daily Chew - Angry Yemenis call on US to stop Israeli terror Yemen Observer - Jul 19 2:30 AM
Thousands of Yemeni demonstrators protested the Israeli ongoing atrocities in Lebanon and Palestine. The demonstration was led by senior officials including the Minister of Tourism, rector of Sana a University, president of Kana an Association for Palestine and senior politicians.Award-Winning Novel, 'Edges, O Israel, O Palestine' [Press Release] PR Web - Jul 17 12:22 AM
Novelists Oscar Hijuelos and Katharine Weber rave about Leora Skolkin-Smith s debut novel, Edges, a story set in pre-1967 Israel and Palestine. Narrator Liana Barish is fourteen years old when her American father s suicide forces her family to leave their New York suburb and return to her mother s native Jerusalem. Although tensions simmer beneath the surface of this divided land, Liana s mother IOF Storms WAFA Office in Ramallah Palestine News Agency - Jul 19 2:47 AM
RAMALLAH, July 19, 2006 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed Wednesday at pre-dawn the office of Palestine News Agency (WAFA) in the West Bank City of Ramallah.Award-Winning Novel, 'Edges, O Israel, O Palestine' [Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 12:00 AM
(PRWEB) July 17, 2006 -- Glad Day Books is very pleased to announce that "Edges, O Israel, O Palestine" by Leora Skolkin-Smith has been awarded a stipend from the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's Writers-in-the-Schools.Putting Bush's Expletive In Context Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Jul 19 4:00 PM
Axis Of Evil: As the media focused on one word uttered in front of an open microphone by President Bush, the world ignored the inescapable truth in the sentence in which the expletive was used.Letters to the Editor The Daily Iowan - Jul 18 10:32 PM
No more Israeli excuses The recent escalation of violence in Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon has the potential to evolve into an all-out regional war. It can, however, be contained through much-needed U.S. diplomatic intervention, namely the reining in of the destructive, belligerent Israeli military.European press review BBC News - 5 minutes ago
Events in the Middle East continue to dominate European papers.Syria, Turkey deplore slow world response to conflict AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 19 9:18 AM
Syria and Turkey have deplored the "slow" international response to Israel's military offensive which has killed more than 300 Lebanese civilians and scores of Palestinians, Syrian media has said.Lebanon PM pleads for help as 70 killed in Israeli strikes AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 19 12:40 PM
At least 70 civilians were killed in unremitting Israeli bombing raids on the deadliest day of its Lebanon offensive as Prime Minister Fuad Siniora made a desperate appeal for international help.Campaign for Solidarity with Palestine launched in Stockholm Palestine News Agency - Jul 16 1:47 PM
STOCKHOLM, July 16, 2006 (WAFA) - International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said campaign for Solidarity with Palestine was launched in Stockholm.Israeli air raids kill 62 Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 19 12:32 PM
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed 61 civilians and a Hizbollah fighter on Wednesday, the deadliest toll of the eight-day-old war, as thousands of villagers fled north and more foreigners were evacuated.US claims world backs Israel, others urge ceasefire AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 19 10:52 AM
The United States said that Israel continued to have broad international support for military operations against Hezbollah, as violence along its border with Lebanon entered a second week.MP rejects Iran's role in Palestine, Lebanon Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 16 9:47 AM
Iran - Zionists - Jalali Rapporteur of Majlis' National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali here Sunday dismissed the claim on `Iran's role in recent developments of Palestine and Lebanon' and denied any such role.International Activists Stand with Lebanon & Gaza Scoop.co.nz - Jul 18 2:35 PM
On Friday July 14th, 100 Stockholm-based 'Campaign for Solidarity with Palestine' activists blocked the entrance to the Foreign Ministry building in the Swedish capital. They formed a human chain at the front gate for 2 hours, and delivered a letter of protest to a representative of the Ministry.55 killed in Lebanon blitz as foreigners flee AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 19 9:47 AM
At least 55 civilians were killed as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages across Lebanon and tens of thousands of people fled a conflict that both sides defiantly warned would have no limit.Mottaki highlights global developments, current situation in Lebanon, Palestine Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 16 8:16 AM
Iran - Greece - Mottaki Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki who is in Greek Island of Samous delivered a keynote speech at the World Congress of International Socialists, in presence of George Papandreou, former Greek prime minister and current head of International Socialist Council on global developments, especially situation in Lebanon and Palestine.Beirut Burns Again--UPDATED The Nation via Yahoo! News - Jul 19 8:21 AM
The Nation -- For coverage of the unfolding conflagration in Lebanon and beyond, the best English-language newspaper coverage has been that of David Hirst at The Guardian (such as his latest op-ed), and Robert Fisk at The Independent, who has won numerous awards for his reporting on the Middle East. His Elegy for Beirut, published in the July 19 Independent shows why.Letters to the editor The Times - Jul 18 1:23 PM
These two nations, U.S.A. and Zionest Israel, have shown their cruel policy in the states of Palestine and Iraq. Israel took the state of Palestine in 1948. The people, ever since, have lived in camps and under Israel's military rule.SGS Feature: 'Interview: ImpactGames On PeaceMaker' Gamasutra - Jul 18 3:18 PM
Today's main feature written for Gamasutra sister site Serious Games Source, which deals with games created for training, health, government, military, educational and other uses, concerns ImpactGames' serious game, PeaceMaker, which deals with the conflict between Israel and Palestine from a 'social gaming' perspective. Specifically, the site sat spoke with Eric Brown, CEO of ImpactGames, and Middle East: Reaping what Bush sowed International Herald Tribune - Jul 19 7:30 AM
Washington's ideological hubris and practical incompetence have succeeded in setting the region ablaze.RJ Eskow: The Right To Life From The Moment Of Conception Until The Moment You're Born Arab HuffingtonPost - Jul 19 6:14 PM
Tuesday, July 18: a vomiting-forth of hypocrisy that will live in infamy. As Sam Brownback and Rick Santorum shed crocodile tears for "snowflake children," real ones were dying in Beirut. And Tony Snow got a big chuckle out of your White House press corps as he made a funny instead of talking about the killing. That Tony! What a card. As families were being slaughtered in Lebanon, "cafeteria Ghana: No Ghanaian Casualties As Death Toll in Israel and Lebanon Rises AllAfrica.com - Jul 18 12:52 PM
Ghana maintains diplomatic relations with the warring nations of the Mid East: Israel, Lebanon and Palestine.Israeli air raids kill 50 Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 19 6:03 AM
Israel unleashed fierce air strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday, killing 49 civilians and a Hizbollah fighter, as thousands of villagers fled north and more foreigners were evacuated to escape the eight-day-old war.Putting Bush's Expletive In Context Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 19 4:00 PM
Commentary from Investor's Business DailyBrent Budowsky: An Answer To Professor Dershowitz' Challenge HuffingtonPost - Jul 19 3:32 PM
Yes, it is imperative that Israel be supported in efforts to eliminate all weapons that can threaten her people; to root out and destroy terrorists who violate common standards of humanity. No, this need not, cannot, and must not be done in ways that create unnecessary deaths of civilian non-combatants. Let's step back. Many of Israel's strongest supporters, including myself, realize that 54 killed in Lebanon blitz as foreigners flee AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 19 4:27 AM
At least 54 civilians were killed as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages across Lebanon and tens of thousands fled an increasingly bloody conflict both sides defiantly warned would have no limit.The Real Mideast War by Martin Walker UPI Editor Emeritus Paris (UPI) Jul 20, 2006 Space War - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
The core of the first problem in the latest Middle East crisis is that three of the key players believe they are fighting for their very lives.SIMI a 'fundamentalist organisation' like RSS Express India - Jul 18 8:33 AM
Criticising Israel for launching airstrikes against Palestine and Lebanon, Samajwadi Party demanded immediate closure of the Israeli Embassy in the country.Palestine envoy: Israel tastes bitter failure ArabicNews.com - Jul 17 12:12 PM
Palestinian ambassador to Iran Salah al-Zawawi today said Hizbullah counter-attack against Israel made the Israel try bitter taste the failure. Zawawi said that Hizbullah has the right to take captives from Israeli soldiers to secure release of its members.Iran: Israel Not Safe From Hezbollah Attacks India Daily - Jul 18 1:08 PM
Iran's parliament speaker, Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, said July 18 that no part of Israel is safe from Hezbollah attacks. He also praised Hezbollah in Lebanon leader Sheikh Nasrallah. The comments were part of a speech to anti-Israel demonstrators in Palestine Square.Close down Israeli embassy: SP to Govt The Times of India - Jul 18 7:03 AM
LUCKNOW: Criticising Israel for launching airstrikes against Palestine and Lebanon, Samajwadi Party on Tuesday demanded immediate closure of the Israeli embassy in the country.Zambia: Force Cannot Resolve Middle East Problems AllAfrica.com - Jul 18 7:05 AM
ISRAEL'S unrestrained bombardment and shelling of non-military installations in both Palestine and Lebanon is causing extreme suffering on innocent civilians.Challenges on the road to Democracy in the Middle East (Part II) The Globalist - 34 minutes ago
Any successful strategy attempting to address the challenges to democracy in the Muslim world must center on long-term measures no matter how costly they are.Agreement on Palestine-Israeli-Japanese talks reached - Koizumi Interfax - Jul 17 9:19 AM
STRELNA (ST. PETERSBURG). July 17 (Interfax) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said that Palestinian-Israeli-Japanese talks on a peaceful settlement are being prepared.1st District Challenger Makes Religion An Issue Hartford Courant - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Masullo Says GOP Primary Rival's Church Supports Terrorists The Republican primary fight for the right to challenge U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, in November has turned on religion with challenger Miriam Masullo attacking the religious denomination of the GOP's endorsed candidate, Scott MacLean. SF Protest Against Israel's Gaza & Lebanon Action Scoop.co.nz - 25 minutes ago
Monday July 17, from 11:45 until 2:30 pm protesters gathered in front of the Israeli Consulate on Montgomery street with speeches, nationalistic and peace songs and chants.Select an Edition: AlertNet - Jul 18 5:25 AM
An activist from Pakistan's Islami Jamiat-e-Talba student group holds a placard as he chants slogans against Israel's attack on Gaza and Lebanon during a protest in Peshawar July 18, 2006.The placard reads "Israel's attack on Palestine and Beirut is not accepted."Iran, Russia discuss Middle East crisis Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 18 7:01 AM
Russia - Crisis - Safari Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari and his Russian counterpart Alexander Saltanov conferred here Tuesday on the Middle East crisis, including Palestine and Lebanon.Elham considers exchange of hostages as a reasonable solution Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 18 6:31 AM
Iran - Elham - Nuclear Government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said here Tuesday that exchange of hostages is a reasonable solution to the conflicts initiated in Lebanon and Palestine by the Zionist regime.The 'proportionate' response in Lebanon Times Online - Jul 19 5:07 PM
Sir, While many would say that a central tenet of the Balfour Declaration demanding mutual tolerance between Arabs and Jews was always unattainable, the current situation imperils the region as never before and it is surprising that Israel s normally astute Government has reacted as it has.Lebanon conflict 'to breed terrorists' News Interactive - 11 minutes ago
ISRAEL'S attack on Lebanon was illegal and would create more terrorists in the region, an Australian international relations expert said today.Demonstrate against Israel's attack on Lebanon Socialist Worker - Jul 18 10:53 AM
London - Saturday 22 July, 12 noon, Embankment, central London (nearest station Embankment). Go to www.stopwar.org.uk Organised by Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Muslim Association of Britain, British Muslim Initiative, Lebanese organisations.Israel's maximal option Salon.com - Jul 19 3:03 PM
Part of Israel's war strategy may be to push the Shiites out of Lebanon's south. That would be a humanitarian disaster -- and it won't work. Congress: Consider alternative views of Middle East conflict Quad-City Times - Jul 18 9:05 AM
We know that Israel is now at war with Hamas and Hezbollah in Palestine and Lebanon and that the conflict may escalate.Top government officials flay attack on UAE ambulances Khaleej Times - 19 minutes ago
ABU DHABI Two top government officials have strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the bombing of ambulance vans sent by the UAE to the Lebanese people as part of an urgent medical mission.Left launches campaign to challenge New Labour Socialist Worker - Jul 18 10:51 AM
Tony Blair s envoy to the Middle East is a very busy man. Not with Palestine or Lebanon or even Iraq - but helping the police with their inquiries. Lord Levy was arrested last week in the ongoing scandal over loans for peerages.Huge anti-Zionist rally in Tehran Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 18 12:23 AM
Palestine - Lebanon - Rally Thousands of Tehranis staged a rally in the Iranian capital Tuesday to condemn the atrocities of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine and Lebanon.Bloggers Offer Unusual Take On Raging Conflict: Silence Forward - 32 minutes ago
Bloggers as the feisty class of Internet pundits are known love to paint themselves as free-speech warriors who bravely tackle the hard truths that mainstream media outlets either ignore or distort.Mottaki: Intensification Of Aggression On Lebanon Will Harm Tel Aviv, Allies Bernama - Jul 18 2:43 AM
DAMASCUS, July 18 (Bernama) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here that the Zionist regime's stubborn refusal to end its atrocities on the defenseless people of Lebanon and Palestine would definitely be harmful for its own interests and those of its allies, Iran News Agency (IRNA) reported Tuesday.War in the Middle East, Through Israeli, American and Iranian Eyes Forward - 36 minutes ago
The perfect storm that has broken over the Middle East since the back-to-back kidnappings by Hamas and Hezbollah was fed by converging developments, developments that might have been manageable individually but which proved disastrous in combination.AFC confident Asian Cup qualifiers will go ahead ABC via Yahoo!7 Sports - Jul 17 11:01 PM
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) says it is hopeful next month's Asian Cup qualifiers involving Lebanon and Palestine can be played as planned.$1.2m Saudi aid for Palestine refugees in the Near East Khaleej Times - Jul 15 9:32 PM
JEDDAH Saudi Arabia has donated $1.2 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Saudi Ambassador in Amman Abdul Rahman Al-Ohaly presented the cheque to UNRWA's Commissioner General Karen Koning Abu Zayd at a special ceremony held at the Saudi Embassy in the Jordanian capital recently.David Grossman: Plans for a military victory over Hizbullah are a fantasy Guardian Unlimited - Jul 19 5:35 PM
Comment: Israel's response was justified, but now the international community must act to save both sides.Suspension threat over campaigns BBC News - Jul 19 4:29 AM
A councillor faces suspension from council duties after a complaint over his work as a peace campaigner.Indon Youths To Join Asean Brothers To Pressure Israel Bernama - Jul 18 1:45 AM
JAKARTA, July 18 (Bernama) -- Thousands of Indonesian youths from various political parties and civil societies are ready to join their fellow Asean brothers to take further action to pressure the Zionist regime to immediately cease its military aggression on Palestine and Lebanon.Iran is the linchpin to American troubles World Tribune - Jul 19 5:13 PM
Looking out across a world of crises American policymakers are trying to balance, Washington would have no option but to see Iran as paramount. But just as impingement is complicated, so will be any effort to deal with Tehran itself.Shoah Musical Remembers What Town Forgets Forward - 35 minutes ago
Last week, in the small German city of Neumarkt, the curtain went up on an improbable musical about the life and death of a young Jewish woman who was deported and killed by the Nazis.War in the Middle East, Through Israeli, American and Iranian Eyes Forward - 36 minutes ago
Why Not Involve Iran in Effort To Establish Order in Mideast? The world faces different crises all the time, and each generation feels its crises to be the biggest.An Embodiment of Iran s Long Shadow: Missiles for Hezbollah New York Times - Jul 18 8:28 PM
Iran hopes its support for Hezbollah will deflect attention from its nuclear program and further position it as a regional power.Bill Maher: I Love Being on the Side of My President HuffingtonPost - Jul 19 8:02 AM
First of all, I know I should blog more, I don't know why I don't, I beat myself up about it all the time. I should blog first thing right after breakfast. You know, about 1:30. Anyway, Arianna and I are like an old married couple, except instead of having obligatory sex on our birthdays, we blog or do panel. Happy Birthday, darling, you're not getting older, you're getting closer to your own Vermont Voices on Mideast Violence WCAX 3 - 37 minutes ago
Peace activists led by the International Socialist Organization rallied outside the office of Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, Wednesday night.Blood or Politics?: Parsing Nazi Intentions Forward - 33 minutes ago
The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda During World War II and the Holocaust By Jeffrey Herf Belknap Press, 416 pages, $29.95. The question that every student of the Holocaust wants answered the deceivingly simple "Why?" is at once the most elementary and most maddening one to ask.Fishing Report The Longview News-Journal - 44 minutes ago
AUSTIN Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for July 19. (The report is also available on the Web at www.txfishing.com.)Prime minister's questions Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
Preamble: The escalation of conflict in the Middle East is set to dominate question time in the Commons today. Mr Blair is likely to come under renewed pressure to support an immediate ceasefire.© Oxford Business Group. Publishers of Emerging Markets Intelligence Reports. Oxford Business Group - Jul 18 6:18 AM
This week, in an effort to maintain some semblance of stability in the region, Jordan's King Abdullah has repeatedly called for an end to the escalating conflicts between Israel and Palestine-based Hamas and Lebanon-based Hizbullah.Songun Politics Praised Korean Central News Agency - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
Pyongyang, July 19 (KCNA) --The North American Committee against Zionism and Imperialism posted a photo of President Kim Il Sung standing together with General Secretary Kim Jong Il and special write-ups praising the Songun politics on its Internet homepage "Songun Korea".
