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256 [lbo-talk] The Crisis in Gaza: Made in Israel -- rank: 1000

The Crisis in Gaza: Made in Israel http://www.alternativenews.org/blogs/michael-warschawski/the-crisis-in-gaza-made-in-israel-20070618.html Written by Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center (AIC) The old dream of Ariel Sharon is becoming a reality: Palestinians are killing Palestinians, and Israel is counting the number of victims with great satisfaction. The tears of Israeli leaders are crocodile tears, and their claims that they are sorry for the tragic developments in Gaza are me ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Mon Jun 18 08:23:07 PDT 2007

257 [lbo-talk] Abbas de Facto Government -- rank: 1000

*Abbas de Facto Government *Written by Nassar Ibrahim and Sergio Yahni, Alternative Information Center (AIC) http://www.alternativenews.org/blogs/nassar-ibrahim/abbas-de-facto-government-20070617.html >From November 2006, Palestinian society has been pushed to the brink of civil war by immense pressures of the international community and Israel. These pressures, both economic and political, succeeded in dividing Palestinian society, generating bloody civil confrontations and now creating two ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Sun Jun 17 12:05:00 PDT 2007

258 [lbo-talk] Israel plans to attack Gaza to decimate Hamas -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > The Times report seems plausible, doesn't it? It's hard to believe > Israel would tolerate Hamas in power in Gaza. But after the disaster > of Lebanon, aren't they at all chastened? > > Doug > > I think it is quite plausible, this or in some similar version. As Israel has almost totally shut the borders of the Gaza Strip, cutting off fuel and gas supplies, any movement of goods, etc., except for--as they claim--food, medicine and electricity, things can ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 17 08:55:05 PDT 2007

259 [lbo-talk] Suicide Bombers Without a Cause: Lebanon and Fatah al-Islam -- rank: 1000

Suicide Bombers Without a Cause: Lebanon and Fatah al-Islam Written by Nahla Chahal for the Alternative Information Center (AIC) http://www.alternativenews.org/blogs/nahla-chahal/suicide-bombers-without-a-cause-lebanon-and-fatah-al-islam-20070617.html Despite the complete political silence of Fatah al-Islam indicating its purpose or vision of the world save for a few empty and hastily composed statements its fighters willingness to die so readily has become well known. Hence, they can be descri ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 17 07:02:18 PDT 2007

260 [lbo-talk] Israel plans to attack Gaza to decimate Hamas -- rank: 1000

But--however much it means--all day on the Israeli news today, the Israeli government has been ridiculing the Times article, saying it is badly researched, highly misinformed, that there is no plans for any largescale attack at present, and that they have no idea where this misinformation came from. I called a relative today who would be called up if anything is immanent, to see if he got any info and he said he didn't get any calls so far...so I would somewhat confidently say that it isn't in t ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 17 05:47:18 PDT 2007

261 [lbo-talk] Israel plans to attack Gaza to decimate Hamas -- rank: 1000

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=23051 Bethlehem Ma'an British newspaper the Sunday Times reported that Israel's new defence minister and Labor party leader, Ehud Barak, is preparing to attack the Gaza Strip in the coming weeks in order to decimate the Hamas leadership that have recently seized control. The plans laid out by the new defence minister, call for a short-lived high-impact war, in which 20,000 Israeli troops will be deployed to destroy much of Hamas' mi ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 17 05:21:05 PDT 2007

262 [lbo-talk] Ma'an News Agency probably best for keeping up on Palestine situation -- rank: 1000

Just wanted to mention for those who may not know...for some of the most informed and up to date news on what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank, you should probably look to the Ma'an News Agency, which is an independent Palestinian news agency, with its main offices in Bethlehem (but they also have an office in Gaza and reporters all around the region). http://www.maannews.net/en/

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Date:	Fri Jun 15 12:31:25 PDT 2007

263 [lbo-talk] Abbas just declared a state of emergency and dissolved the PA...fired Haniyah -- rank: 1000

Abbas dissolves gov't, declares state of emergency By News Agencies http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/871146.html Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas decided Thursday to declare a state of emergency and to dissolve the Hamas-Fatah coalititon government, following Hamas' near-complete takeover in the Gaza Strip. Abbas' Fatah movement and rival faction Hamas have been waging bloody warfare in the Gaza Strip as Hamas moved in to seize control; at least 80 Palestinians have been killed si ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 14 14:00:46 PDT 2007

264 [lbo-talk] Peace NGO Conference in Florence: A Fraud and a Mystification -- rank: 1000

Peace NGO Conference in Florence: A Fraud and a Mystification Written by Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center (AIC) Thursday, 14 June 2007 http://www.alternativenews.org/blogs/michael-warschawski/peace-ngo-conference-in-florence-a-fraud-and-a-mystification-20070614.html Yesterday, I was asked by an Italian journalist why the Alternative Information Center (AIC) is not participating in the Florence conference entitled Peace NGO Conference. I gave her two answers: first, because t ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 14 08:53:59 PDT 2007

265 [lbo-talk] Little Ahmadinejads -- rank: 1000

Little Ahmadinejads By Gideon Levy <mailto:levy at haaretz.co.il> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=868829&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4 Ram Caspi has written an article. From the heights of his apartment in Tel Aviv's David Towers, the prominent lawyer has suggested strangulating the Gaza Strip. In the financial daily Globes of May 25, he called for, "neither a land incursion nor an aerial attack, but the creation of a noose ... From the moment that rocket ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 10 05:27:27 PDT 2007

266 [lbo-talk] Israel's Missed Opportunities for Peace: From the Six-Day War of June 1967 to the Present -- rank: 1000

I actually found the portion where Uri Avnery discusses a meeting between LeMonde journalist Eric Rouleau and him in 1970, dealing with a four hour interview with Gamel Abd-al-Nasser, in which Nasser made clear that he was ready to make peace and establish both diplomatic and commercial relations with Israel, to be quite interesting. Bryan ------------------------- News from Within: Palestine/Israel Podcast - Israel's Missed Opportunities for Peace: From the Six-Day War of June 1967 to the Prese ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 7 08:00:10 PDT 2007

267 [lbo-talk] So who's the dog and who's the tail? -- rank: 1000

PM aides fear talks with Syria could harm U.S. ties By Aluf Benn <mailto:aluf at haaretz.co.il>, Haaretz Correspondent http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/867020.html Some of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's advisors are concerned that an initiative to renew peace talks with Syria might undermine Israel's relations with the United States. The Bush administration is not keen on reviving the Syrian track, as it considers Bashar Assad's regime problematic and harmful to regional stability. Howeve ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 5 02:14:51 PDT 2007

268 [lbo-talk] British document: Israel initiated Entebbe hijack -- rank: 1000

Who knows what to make of this..."quotes unnamed source" ....but it is interesting... -------------- British document: Israel initiated Entebbe hijack http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3407333,00.html Official government file quotes unnamed source as claiming Shin Bet cooperated with Air France flight's hijackers, PFLP group, in instigating crisis in bid to weaken PLO Ynet Published: 06.01.07, 09:45 / Israel News The state of Israel was behind the hijacking of an Air France pla ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 1 15:24:28 PDT 2007

269 [lbo-talk] FT on Israel boycott -- rank: 1000

Lenin's Tomb wrote: > Incidentally, you lot finger-wagging and claiming it will never work > haven't yet answered the point that the Zionists are going mental over > this - *even though* the decision doesn't even amount to a boycott > yet. This is very true...the media and govt here are presently going into overdrive about the issue...much more than I remember it was with the AUT. I think that they feel this time around there is more momentum to it and fear a snowballing effect.

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Date:	Fri Jun 1 14:28:18 PDT 2007

270 [lbo-talk] FT on Israel boycott -- rank: 1000

This seems to indicate that it is having an effect. *Israel urged to lift ban on Palestinian students * *Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem* *Wednesday May 30, 2007* *EducationGuardian.co.uk* http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/worldwide/story/0,,2091528,00.html Four Israeli university presidents and several high-profile authors today called on the Israeli government to lift its restrictions on Palestinian students. The call, in a letter to the defence minister, appears to have been timed to coincide ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 1 09:41:55 PDT 2007