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  • GAZA: Palestine TV alleges cameraman was targeted by Israeli tank Open this result in new window
    CPJ Press Freedom Online - Jul 27 3:20 PM
    New York, July 27, 2006 The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by the wounding of Palestine Television cameraman Ibrahim al-Atla by an Israeli tank shell while covering fighting in Gaza. Palestine Television head Mohammed al-Dahoudi alleged that the tank fired deliberately at al-Atla and other journalists with him.

  • America should review its anti-Palestine policy: ARD Open this result in new window
    Pakistani Newspaper - Jul 27 12:10 PM
    ISLAMABAD, July 27 (Online): Prominent ARD leaders, PPPPs Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and PML (N)s Zafar Iqbal Jhagra have stressed upon America to review its anti-Palestine policies, and should help combat state sponsored terrorism in Palestine and Lebanon.

  • IFJ Condemns Israeli Attack on Palestine TV News Team Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Jul 27 11:47 AM
    BRUSSELS, July 27, 2006, (WAFA) -The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned the Israeli attack Wednesday on Palestine TV news team in Gaza in which a cameraman was wounded.

  • Attacks on Palestine, Lebanon lead to worldwide protests Open this result in new window
    International Action Center - Jul 27 6:29 AM
    July 25, 2006As the racist Zionist regime, with the total backing of the Bush administration, continues its aerial bombardments of Lebanon, the world clamor to end Israels occupation of Palestine and its attacks on Lebanon grows by the day.

  • Dhaka to send humanitarian aid to Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - Jul 27 11:22 AM
    Bangladesh will send some humanitarian aid for the war-ravaged people in Lebanon and Palestine, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Dhaka on Wednesday, reports UNB.

  • Why every worker should demand U.S. out of the Middle East Stop Big Oils wars in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon Open this result in new window
    International Action Center - Jul 27 6:29 AM
    July 27, 2006--Workers in this country cannot afford to remain neutral on the question of the U.S.-Israeli war against Lebanon and Palestine because too much is at stake.

  • Palestine Calls on UN Security Council to Bring End to Slaughter of Innocent Palestinian Civilians Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Jul 27 5:17 AM
    NEW YORK, July 27, 2006 (WAFA)- The Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour said that the international community, in particular the UN Security Council, to take all measures to bring an end to the slaughter of innocent Palestinian civilians.

  • Aggression against Lebanon & Palestine Open this result in new window
    The Voice of Millions - Jul 27 5:01 AM
    New Delhi, July 20, 2006:- An emergency meeting of the National Executive of the National Panthers Party was held today to review the situation created in the Middle-East by the brutal aggression by Israel against Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Protesters decry attacks on Lebanon, 'Palestine' Open this result in new window
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Jul 26 4:14 PM
    About 40 activists rallied Wednesday outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in downtown Atlanta to call for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon and Gaza and a halt to U.S. military aid to Israel. Holding signs with the message "Israel, Stop the War on Lebanon and Palestine!" the protesters contended that the United States is Israel's largest supplier of military equipment, and as such, is

  • Ghana: Oatuu Condemns Israel's Aggression On Lebanon/Palestine Open this result in new window
    AllAfrica.com - Jul 26 7:24 AM
    THE ORGANISATION of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU), is strongly demanding that Israel puts an end to aerial bombardments against the friendly people of Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Anger in the Arab World Open this result in new window
    The Nation via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 9:11 AM
    The Nation -- In what passes for analysis of the war involving Israel, Lebanon and Palestine in US and Israeli government circles, in the well-oiled PR machine that shills for them, and in much of the US media, we are told about a struggle against terrorism by a state under siege.

  • OATUU Calls for Ending Bombardments against Palestine, Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Jul 26 4:17 AM
    ACCRA, July 26, 2006 (WAFA) - The Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU) is strongly demanding that Israel puts an end to aerial bombardments against the friendly people of Lebanon and Palestine.

  • AMERICANS URGED TO HELP EASE SUFFERING IN LEBANON, PALESTINE Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - Jul 27 11:25 AM
    (WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/24/06) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Americans of all faiths to collect humanitarian relief supplies for delivery to Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories.

  • Steve Clemons: SURPRISE OF THE DAY: Lincoln Chafee Shoves John Bolton Around Senate Hearing Room Floor Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 27 8:32 AM
    OK -- Something interesting is going on with Lincoln Chafee . He just shoved John Bolton all over the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Room floor. Must have had spinach and Wheaties this morning. Chafee was dogged in questioning John Bolton on his views about Israel-Palestine, about the root causes of the crisis in the Middle East, about Bolton's simple-minded use of the term

  • Kyes Home undergoing makeover Open this result in new window
    East Liverpool Review - 23 minutes ago
    EAST PALESTINE - A new porch is being installed at the Kyes Home here after it was determined the pillars were rotted and it could fall.

  • The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Jul 27 4:08 PM
    This is in reference to the article Racism, Not Ignorance, Plagues the Media Covering Palestine (July 12). Wonderful article! I agree with you wholeheartedly. I just wish the Muslims can unite and put an end to this persistent racism.

  • HOT NEWS Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Jul 27 2:13 PM
    Fifty-one articulated trucks carrying 870 tons of food aid for Palestine left Turkey on Thursday via the Cilvegozu crossing between Turkey's southern province of Hatay and Syria.

  • Israeli atrocities in Lebanon & Palestine barbaric: Iran officials Open this result in new window
    ArabicNews.com - Jul 26 2:50 PM
    An Iranian statement said today that the aggressive measures of Israel in Gaza and Lebanon are against the international laws.

  • M'sia Calls On US To Broker Immediate Ceasefire Open this result in new window
    Bernama - Jul 27 7:15 AM
    KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Thursday called on the United States to use its influence to broker an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Palestine to stop the sufferings of the people there as a result of the Israeli attacks.

  • Young cancer survivor's family grateful to friends Open this result in new window
    WTHR Indianapolis - Jul 27 2:51 PM
    Hancock County - This week's WTHR Block Party takes us to Applegate Drive in New Palestine. That's where the Storm family has something to celebrate. Like the statue in their front yard, the Storm family's life once read like a book.

  • Al Qaeda vows to revenge attacks on Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    Al Bawaba - Jul 27 5:31 AM
    Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader warned in a new videotape released Thursday that Osama bin Laden's network would not stand idly by while Israeli bombardments "burn our brothers" in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

  • Rafsanjani urges Islamic states' support for Palestine, Lebanon Open this result in new window
    ArabicNews.com - Jul 26 2:51 PM
    Iran's Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on today called on Islamic states to seriously support the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples.

  • Iranian embassy condemns Israeli atrocities in Lebanon & Palestine Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 26 11:46 AM
    Wellington - Embassy Iranian Embassy in Wellington, capital city of New Zealand, in a statement released on Wednesday, said the aggressive measures of the Zionist regime in Gaza and Lebanon are against the international laws.

  • Arab opinion turns to support Hezbollah Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - 1 hour, 0 minute ago
    Protests in Cairo supporting Hezbollah are part of a change in opinion across the Arab world, which had Initially criticized the group.

  • Arab opinion turns to support Hezbollah Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
    Initially, Arab governments criticized Hezbollah for recklessly provoking a war. Now, opinion across the Arab world has changed. Left, protesters in Cairo carry posters of the Hezbollah leader.

  • Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
    Initially, Arab governments criticized Hezbollah for recklessly provoking a war. Now, opinion across the Arab world has changed.

  • Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader threatens attacks Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
    Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader called Thursday for Muslims to unite in a holy war against Israel and to join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."

  • Saudi Arabia Announces Massive Aid Package to Lebanon, Palestine to Help Relief Efforts Open this result in new window
    [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 26 1:34 PM
    Today, a Saudi delegation charged with establishing a field hospital to treat victims of the crisis in Lebanon arrived in Beirut.

  • Muslims called to fight Israel Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Jul 27 2:24 PM
    With a poster of the burning World Trade Center behind him, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant appeared on tape Thursday calling on Muslims to join the fight against Israel and "rise up seeking martyrdom and attack the crusaders and Zionists."

  • Rice to Lebanon: Just Give Israel More Time Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Jul 27 4:32 PM
    As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice touched down in Beirut yesterday on her top-secret visit, the bombing miraculously paused for a few hours, a sure sign of American and Israeli collaboration.Rice told her Lebanese counterparts that she was quot;deeply concerned about the Lebanese people and what they are enduring.quot;#160; She brought blankets to prove it.The secretary also brought a

  • ONLY 0.14% Open this result in new window
    Sharewatch - Jul 27 12:50 AM
    \"The raids on Lebanon and Palestine go hand in hand,\" he told journalists, adding that the Gaza Strip has been \"shaken every day for nearly a month\" by Israeli strikes.

  • Settlement issues and Arab rights in Israel Open this result in new window
    Times Online - Jul 26 4:36 PM
    Sir, Hezbollah has support throughout the Arab world. Hamas has just won an election. Will no one ask why? Anyone who has travelled in Palestine will know that ordinary people there accept Israel as a fact. What they cannot accept is Israels continued settlement of more and more of their land.

  • U.N. economic panel censures Israel Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 11:16 AM
    A U.N. body condemned Israel on Thursday for imposing "severe restrictions" on Palestinians and demanded that Israel transfer tax revenues owed to Palestinian authorities.

  • Al-Qaeda vows to avenge Israel onslaughts on Lebanon, Gaza Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 9:23 AM
    Al-Qaeda second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri has vowed that the network would carry out attacks against Israel and its US backers to avenge the Israeli offensives against Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

  • Haddad-Adel:Islamic countries should support Palestine and Lebanese Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 24 3:01 PM
    Iran - Majlis - Support Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel emphasized the necessity of condemnation of the Zionist regime and support for the oppressed Muslims of Lebanon and Palestine by all Muslims as well as officials of the Islamic countries.

  • Tacit O.K. for attacks not granted Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Jul 27 3:15 PM
    Germany and other European countries challenged an Israeli cabinet minister Thursday for saying that a Rome meeting attended by 15 countries the day before gave Israel a green light to wage its war in Lebanon.

  • Perak Umno Youth stages fiery protest Open this result in new window
    The Star Online - Jul 26 5:37 PM
    IPOH: About 50 Perak Umno Youth members burnt the American and Israeli flags in protest against the military action against Palestine and Lebanon.

  • Israel continues the war against Lebanon and Palestine Open this result in new window
    Social Press - Jul 26 3:55 AM
    After the Israeli occupation to Maroun Al Rass their military forces are trying to proceed towards Bentjbail/ another strategic place in the south.

  • Iranians' award for poetry on Palestine Open this result in new window
    IranMania.com - Jul 24 3:46 PM
    LONDON, July 25 (IranMania) - The Foundation for the Preservation and Publication of Sacred Defense Works and Values has established the first Palestine Literary Award, MNA reported.

  • Oil May Rise on Middle East Conflict, Nigerian Export Reduction Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
    July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil may rise on concern that the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah may widen and militant attacks will curb shipments from Nigeria.

  • MUSTAFA UNAL Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Jul 26 2:20 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.

  • Kashmir's Tehreek-e-Wehdat Islami protests against Israel's Lebanon attack Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Jul 26 9:14 PM
    Srinagar: Protesters affiliated to the Tehreek-e-Wehdat Islami marched through the streets of Srinagar on Wednesday to protest against Israel's attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Israel Debates Strategy Shift After Truce Talks Fail Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 27 9:16 AM
    Israeli officials said they regarded the failure of an international conference to reach agreement on a cease-fire plan as clearing the way for further assaults.

  • Excerpts: Al-Zawahiri video comments Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 27 2:45 PM
    Al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri urges Muslims to seek martyrdom against the enemies of Lebanon and the Palestinians.

  • Iran, Turkey, Morocco condemn Israel's savage strikes on Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 26 9:47 AM
    Iran - Turkey - Morocco Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel and his Moroccan and Turkish counterparts on Wednesday discussed the latest developments in the Middle East.

  • ALI BULAC Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Jul 26 2:20 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.

  • Syria's Lebanese refugees remain defiant Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 7:39 AM
    Lebanese refugees gather around a small black and white television set at this Syrian summer resort chanting "God is great" every time Hizbollah's station announces Israeli casualties.

  • Gaza residents fear Israeli army wake-up call Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 6:37 AM
    An Israeli voice interrupted a Palestinian radio broadcast in Gaza on Thursday with a stern message in Arabic.

  • Israel and Lebanon: a long and bitter entanglement Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor - Jul 27 3:55 PM
    Does the latest conflict fit with historical trends or is this something different?

  • Zawahri warns over Mideast fighting Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 6:46 AM
    Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al Zawahri said his group would not stand by and watch Israel bombard Lebanon and the Palestinians, calling on Muslims in a video aired on Thursday to fight those who support the attacks.

  • Rafsanjani urges Islamic states' support for Palestine, Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 26 5:31 AM
    Iran - Saudi Arabia - Lebanon Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Wednesday called on Islamic states to seriously support the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples.

  • Al-Zawahri calls on Muslims to rise up in holy war against Israel, U.S. Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Jul 27 3:31 AM
    Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."

  • Hizbullah's real goal is racist: To free the Middle East holy lands of Jews Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 1:00 AM
    Sometimes an apology can be quite revealing. Consider the one recently issued by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbullah. He apologized to the families of two Israeli children who were killed by a Hizbullah rocket that hit the Christian holy city of Nazareth. He called them ~~I~~shahids~~/I~~, martyrs, even though they did not choose to die at the hands of Hizbullah terrorists.

  • EU running out of cash for Lebanon-type aid grants Open this result in new window
    Euro Observer - Jul 26 8:45 AM
    26.07.2006 - 17:33 CET | By Andrew Rettman EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Humanitarian crises in Lebanon, Palestine and Sudan are fast-emptying the EU's aid coffers, with European Commission officials becoming increasingly creative to find the cash for badly-needed water, food and medical supplies around the world.

  • 3 children among 19 dead in Gaza Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Jul 26 12:20 PM
    Israeli forces killed 19 Palestinians in fighting across Gaza Wednesday, including three children and a disabled man, medics and witnesses said. Medics said most of the bodies brought into hospital after the attacks were torn to pieces, as paramedics took at least 45 wounded people, including two journalists working for Palestine TV, away for treatment.

  • More than 400 gather as friends of Israel - and peace Open this result in new window
    The Virginian-Pilot - 31 minutes ago
    The crowd of mostly Jewish but with a scattering of other religions among them, participated in an "Israel solidarity rally" Thursday evening at Congregation Beth El's Myers Hall.

  • While the Lebanese are fighting for survival amidst relentless deadly attacks by Israel, the Jewish State is receiving  Open this result in new window
    Al Jazeera - Jul 26 10:35 AM
    Thousands of evangelical Christians converged on Washington last week to urge lawmakers back Israel, currently engaged in an unjustified offensive thats killing scores of civilians every day in Lebanon and Palestine, and declaring their unwavering support for the Jewish State.

  • While the Lebanese are fighting for survival amidst relentless deadly attacks by Israel, the Jewish State is receiving  Open this result in new window
    Al Jazeera - Jul 26 10:05 AM
    Thousands of evangelical Christians converged on Washington last week to urge lawmakers back Israel, currently engaged in an unjustified offensive thats killing scores of civilians every day in Lebanon and Palestine, and declaring their unwavering support for Israel.

  • Israeli strikes kill 23 in Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 12:22 AM
    Israeli strikes killed 23 people in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including 16 militants and a mother and her two young daughters, in the deadliest day of fighting since Israel withdrew from the coastal strip last year.

  • ARF members call for cease-fire in Mideast hostilities Open this result in new window
    The Jakarta Post - 16 minutes ago
    ASEAN's 10 members and its dialog partners, including the U.S., the EU, China, Russia and Japan, have issued a statement calling for a cease-fire in the Middle East after their meeting Thursday in Kuala Lumpur.

  • News Roundup: Lebanon and Palestine Open this result in new window
    The Palestine Chronicle - Jul 26 2:31 AM
    Defence officials would not say whether Israeli troops would occupy the zone along the border or control it using aircraft and artillery fire. Israeli forces have killed seven Palestinians, including a three-year-old girl, in two attacks on northern Gaza.

  • Robert Koehler: Birth Pangs Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 27 9:17 AM
    I think Condi's right. As Israel wreaks biblical vengeance on Lebanon, we may well be witnessing, as she put it, "the birth pangs of a new Middle East." But the devil baby that crawls out of the wreckage will be one that makes even her boss pause mid-swagger. God help us. The reckless cynics are in control. Just like that -- hundreds dead, half a million refugees, a nation's infrastructure

  • Gambia: The Moment of Truth Open this result in new window
    AllAfrica.com - Jul 26 6:51 AM
    President Jammeh has hit the right target when he drew sword on the State of Israel for inflicting the most heinous and barbaric treatment on Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Take your kids to the mountaintop Open this result in new window
    Orange Leader - Jul 27 4:47 PM
    I took the family to Colorado Springs this summer. I feel it is every Americans duty to ascend Pikes Peak with his offspring at least once. After all, Katherine Lee Bates, a school teacher, sat on top and wrote America the Beautiful.

  • Media Coverage of Israel-Hezbollah Fighting Shapes Perceptions Open this result in new window
    The Online NewsHour - Jul 27 5:39 PM
    Media coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah fighting in both the United States and the Middle East has presented different perspectives on the conflict. Analysts discuss the ways in which the reporting has affected people's views.

  • Speaker calls for immediate halt to Zionists savage attacks Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 26 7:01 AM
    Iran - Israel - Majlis Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel in a message to parliament speakers of Islamic states and world countries called for the immediate action of the international community to stop the savage attacks of the Zionist regime against the oppressed people of Palestine and Lebanon.

  • Postwar Pogrom Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 26 9:09 PM
    Polish Jews, having escaped the fate of 90 percent of their community, returned to their homeland after World War II to be vilified, terrorized and, in some 1,500 instances, murdered.

  • Foisting an imaginary role on Iran in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Bangkok Post - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
    Accusations in the Bangkok Post editorial of July 25, 2006 headlined "Diplomacy can stop the war", to the effect that Iran supplies weapons to the Hizbollah in Lebanon, are utterly baseless.

  • Al-Qaida's No. 2 Leader Threatens Attacks Open this result in new window
    RedNova - 39 minutes ago
    By KIM GAMEL CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No.

  • Bob Burnett: He's Got the Whole World In His Hands Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 27 7:47 AM
    George Bush's inept handling of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon--particularly his gauche performance at the G-8 summit--brings to mind the famous scene in The Great Dictator , where Chaplin's version of Hitler bounces a large inflatable globe. We're sliding into World War III and Dubya's playing with the whole world in his hands. As the situation in the Middle East spirals out of control, as

  • Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine Open this result in new window
    OneWorld - Jul 25 7:44 PM
    Bookmark this page for the latest coverage on the region. 07/25/2006 Kofi Annan said the UN and U.S. want the same thing in the Middle East, but he is calling for a humanitarian truce to allow aid to flow to the victims and refugees, while the U.S. has called this approach a "false promise."

  • Axis of evil broadens into circle of antagonists Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
    The "axis of evil" is back - and bigger than ever. When President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela met Russia's Vladimir Putin yesterday it was the high point of a tour designed to raise hackles in Washington.

  • The fires of the Middle East cannot be contained Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Jul 27 1:21 PM
    There is a despairing sense of déjà-vu enveloping the fighting in Lebanon, that what we are watching is but a rerun of a long-running and wearisomely familiar grudge match. Certainly, there is a strong element of that.

  • UN to Send More Emergency Supplies to S Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 39 minutes ago
    Responding to the increasing humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged Lebanon, the United Nations will send two additional convoys of emergency supplies to the south of the country tomorrow, a UN spokesman said, following the successful aid delivery to the devastated port city of Tyre on Wednesday.

  • Letters: Impose sabbatical, not term limits Open this result in new window
    Corvallis Gazette Times - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
    Your July 25 editorial on term limits, Term limits dont merit a comeback, reminds me that this is one of those occasions where everyone is right and wrong at the same time, and the solution is so simple that no one recognizes it.

  • Sheldon Drobny: My Response To Comments: Israel and Palestine Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 23 8:02 AM
    This all started with a post I made several days ago called: ANOTHER LEGACY OF BRITISH COLONIALISM: ISRAEL AND PALESTINE. My attempt was to put into perspective the evils of colonialism, especially British colonialism. The British have been responsible for leaving their empire in a mess as they declined in power during the 20th Century. And the U.S. as its successor after WW II could not put

  • Gaza: militants wound Palestinian journalist Open this result in new window
    Pravda - Jul 26 3:10 AM
    Two bullets hit Ibrahim Al-Atla, 25, a cameraman for the Palestine Broadcasting Corp ., and were stopped by his bulletproof vest, said his colleague Samir Khalifa. A tank shell then exploded nearby, with shrapnel entering Al-Atla's back, said medics at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

  • 1.00pm Friday July 28, 2006 By Miral Fahmy Open this result in new window
    The New Zealand Herald - Jul 27 6:07 PM
    DUBAI - Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al Zawahri said his group would not stand by and watch Israel bombard Lebanon and the Palestinians, calling on Muslims in a video aired today to fight those who support the attacks.

  • NZ Says No To Funding Hugely Expensive Cancer Drug Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
    Pharmac spokeswoman Dr Dilky Rasiah today fronted a media conference in Wellington explaining that alleged cancer wonder drug Herceptin would not be funded.

  • PM tells Rice immediate ceasefire needed Open this result in new window
    The Star Online - Jul 27 4:23 PM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has asked the United States to push for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and for a return to diplomacy to prevent the crisis from worsening, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.

  • From The Left-One quagmire after another Open this result in new window
    The Barnstable Patriot - Jul 27 6:26 PM
    The insanity of the violence now gripping Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza gives clear evidence to the moral and foreign policy bankruptcy that characterizes the American and Israeli strategy in the Middle East.

  • PM urged: Stand up to Bush and call for ceasefire Open this result in new window
    Independent - Jul 27 4:35 PM
    Tony Blair will face fresh pressure over the Middle East crisis today when he arrives in Washington to meet President George Bush. Senior Downing Street aides said the two leaders intended to show the world they were seeking an urgent end to the hostilities in Lebanon, despite the failure of the much vaunted Rome summit on Wednesday to deliver a unified call for a truce.

  • Crusade in a New Setting? Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Jul 27 4:13 PM
    Arab and Muslim countries are being subjected to savage attacks, which are reminiscent of the brutalities of the Tartars of the Middle Ages or Crusaders before that. The only difference is that Israel takes the place of Tartars and Crusaders.

  • Israel blasts south Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 26 3:53 PM
    Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded south Lebanon early on Thursday, hours after it suffered its heaviest losses in a 16-day-old assault on Hizbollah guerrillas that shows no signs of abating.

  • Qatar abolishes prison term for beggars Open this result in new window
    The Peninsula - Jul 27 5:31 PM
    DOHA In a humanitarian move, Qatar yesterday abolished imprisonment of persons found begging or forcing children to exhort alms at public places in the country.

  • Iranian envoy calls for Russia's more active role in Middle East Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 26 12:17 AM
    Russia - Middle East - Envoy Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Gholam-Reza Ansari here Tuesday called on Moscow to take a more decisive role in solving the Middle East crisis and stopping Israel's barbaric attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Bank robbed in Hanoverton Open this result in new window
    East Liverpool Review - 23 minutes ago
    HANOVERTON - A masked man who robbed the Hanoverton branch of Consumers National Bank shortly before noon Wednesday didn't get away without witnesses catching a glimpse of him.

  • Left ask govt to stop purchase of arms from Israel Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
    New Delhi, Jul 27: Left parties today asked the UPA government to severe India's military ties with Israel and take a strong stand against Tel Aviv's attacks on neighbouring Lebanon, which they termed an "imperialist aggression."

  • Texas preacher leads campaign to let Israel fight Open this result in new window
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jul 27 11:37 AM
    WASHINGTON -- After Israel sent warplanes into Iraq in 1981 to bomb a nuclear reactor, Texas televangelist John Hagee sent letters to 150 fellow Christian preachers to rally support for the Jewish state.

  • From the Front Lines Open this result in new window
    Santa Barbara Independent - Jul 27 4:06 PM
    by Michelle Zimney , a UCSB doctoral candidate in religious studies who lived in Damascus, Syria from 2003-04 as a Fulbright Scholar.

  • World: Al-Zawahri threatens new attacks Open this result in new window
    The Steamboat Pilot & Today - Jul 27 4:13 PM
    CAIRO, Egypt Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader called Thursday for Muslims to unite in a holy war against Israel and to join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."

  • Memo to Israel: Bombing doesn't work Open this result in new window
    Globe Online - Jul 27 4:17 PM
    I am always amazed at the childlike faith that powerful nations put in bombing. In the past 70 years we have seen nation after nation launch hideous bombing attacks on enemies, confident that the resulting carnage will break the spirit of their adversaries.

  • Middle East: Al Qaeda takes a back seat Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Jul 26 2:59 PM
    The rise of Hezbollah makes it all the more likely that Al Qaeda will soon seek to reassert itself through increased attacks on Shiites in Iraq and on Westerners.

  • OSHA to investigate worker's death at Lowndes steel mill site Open this result in new window
    WREG-TV Memphis - Jul 27 12:07 PM
    COLUMBUS, Miss. The federal Occupational, Safety and Health Administration will investigate the death of a worker at a steel mill construction site in Lowndes County.

  • Arab-Muslim Blood Is Cheap Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Jul 27 4:12 PM
    The atrocities being committed in Lebanon once again provide us in the Arab world a superfluous, all too frequent and unnecessary reminder of the fact that our blood is cheap.

  • Al-Qaeda vows revenge over Israel action Open this result in new window
    The West Australian - Jul 27 4:21 PM
    Al-Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al Zawahri has warned his group will not stand by and watch Israel bombard Lebanon and the Palestinians, calling on Muslims to fight those who support the attacks.

  • al-Qaeda's No. 2 Leader Threatens Attacks Open this result in new window
    News 8 San Diego - Jul 27 3:41 PM
    Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader called Thursday for Muslims to unite in a holy war against Israel and to join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."

  • MORE OF JOHN KERRY'S RETROACTIVE CAMPAIGN PROMISES Open this result in new window
    Ann Coulter via Yahoo! News - Jul 26 3:01 PM
    On Sunday, John Kerry said of Israel's war against Hezbollah, "If I was president, this wouldn't have happened," adding, "we have to destroy Hezbollah."

  • Public Address 28/07/06 - Darwin Awards Shoo-In Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Jul 27 3:19 PM
    Darwin Awards shoo-in | Jul 27, 2006 23:45 Keith Ng: You might like him when he's angry.

  • POSTBag136 Na Ranong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110, ThailandFfax:022403666Femail:postbag Open this result in new window
    Bangkok Post - Jul 27 1:14 PM
    bombarding more than 20 Lebanese cities and villages, imposing an air and sea blockade on the country which defies any justification, destroying civilian infrastructures and raising the spectre of a new regional war that could only be carried out by a regime that considers itself above every international law.