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Three Air Strikes and a Raid

rockthetruth.blogspot.com     2 hrs ago    97 related    Send to a friend

As opposed to three men and a baby, right? Guess where, readers!"Several reported dead in air strikes"GAZA CITY - Three Israeli air strikes and a raid in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip yesterday killed three Hamas militants and two Palestinian civilians, local medical workers and the Islamist...

US must tolerate outreach to Hezbollah, Syria

charlotte.com     1 hr ago    173 related    Send to a friend

The Bush administration, with waning influence and regional allies pursuing their own agendas, has little choice but to swallow Lebanese and Israeli talks with U.S. adversaries Hezbollah and Syria.Washington appeared resigned to twin developments Wednesday that represent a setback and a...

Palestinians woo investors to revive economy (AFP)

yahoo.com     6 hrs ago    29 related    Send to a friend

by Ezzedine Said 18 minutes ago BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AFP) - A conference seeking investment in the Palestinian territories opened on Wednesday in the biblical city of Bethlehem with calls for international business leaders to pump money into the struggling economy. Moderate Palestinian president...

Al-Dura Libel Conviction Overturned in Paris Court

cosmicx.blogspot.com     2 hrs ago    2 related    Send to a friend

From IsraelNN.com:Israel Radio's Paris correspondent Gil Michaeli is reporting that a French Court of Appeals overturned on Wednesday the libel judgment against Phillipe Karsenty in which he was convicted of libeling France-2 TV news journalist Charles Enderlin. Karsenty said the 'death' of...

The Lede: Critic of Palestinian Video Wins Case

nytimes.com     2 hrs ago    4 related    Send to a friend

An image very much in question: Jamal al-Dura shielding his son Muhammad, 12, during a gun battle in Gaza area in 2000. (Photo: Agence France-Presse) A fierce debate over an iconic Palestinian image was jolted anew today by a French appeals court ruling. In a ruling that buoyed the skeptics,...

Olmert the Etrog?

commentarymagazine.com     7 hrs ago    14 related    Send to a friend

John wrote about this already, but I want to put in my two cents. Less than a day has passed since the Israeli Supreme Court dealt a major blow to Ehud Olmert’s bid to stay out of jail, by ruling that Israeli Police may take a deposition from the New York businessman who allegedly bribed [...]

Dura-bull

yourish.com     9 hrs ago    1 related    Send to a friend

Knowing that the verdict in the Karsenty-Enderlin trial is due today, I looked for some news. But when I googled “Karsenty” I got precisely one result in the news section. It had to do with a talk Phillipe Karsenty gave a few weeks ago. However when I did a blog search, there were plenty of...

Paris court acquits media watchdog of libel over footage of boy's death

iht.com     4 hrs ago    2 related    Send to a friend

A Paris appeals court ruled in favor of a self-styled media watchdog accused of libel for claiming that French footage of the shooting death of a Palestinian boy was faked, his lawyer said. In acquitting Philippe Karsenty, the court ruled that he had acted in good faith and "exercised his free...

Palestinians get investment but roadblocks a concern

alertnet.org     5 hrs ago    3 related    Send to a friend

By Mohammed Assadi and Rebecca Harrison BETHLEHEM, West Bank, May 21 (Reuters) - International business executives pledged to invest in the Palestinian economy at a conference in Bethlehem on Wednesday but said Israeli restrictions must be eased for the economy to flourish. At least two major...

Intrafrada: Welcome to Gruesome Gaza

seraphicpress.com     5 hrs ago    1 related    Send to a friend

Preparing the next “image” for Gaza's popular pastime. Obviously, all the fault of the Zionist enterprise, code for: Jooz. A popular pastime in Gaza is swapping gruesome footage of dead or dying victims of the Strip's incessant violence. The images used to be almost exclusive legacies of clashes...

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