1: Antiwar.com 2: Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN) 3: CounterPunch 4: Electronic Intifada 5: Ha'aretz 6: Stop the Wall 7: The Independent 8: The New York Times
#58874 Rice Picks Neocon Champion of Iraq War as Counselor
by Jim Lobe in Antiwar.com, 3 March 2007
»In a move that has surprised many foreign policy analysts here, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has appointed a prominent neoconservative hawk and leading champion of the Iraq war
to the post of State Department Counselor. Eliot A. C ...
#58738 American Mamlukes
by M. Shahid Alam in Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN), 3 March 2007
»Our explanation will strike most Westerners as improbable. The Islamicate rulers had hit upon the idea of employing 'slaves' as a solution to the difficulties of governance in egalitarian societies. This egalitarianism was the gift of ecology. The B ...
#58878 The Book of Esterina
by Uri Avnery in Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN), 3 March 2007
»"Patriotism," said Dr. Samuel Johnson over 200 years ago, "is the last refuge of a scoundrel." If we substitute racism for patriotism, then we have a perfect match with the Esterina Tartman
affair.«
»Why? Because she is a vulgar person. Her "big ...
#58830 The Persecution of Sami Al-Arian
by Alexander Cockburn in CounterPunch, 3 March 2007
»One of the first big show trials here in the post-9/11 homeland was of a Muslim professor from Florida, now 49, Sami al-Arian. Pro-Israel hawks had resented this computer professor at the
University of South Florida long before Atta and the h ...
#58850 Wounded teen speaks about friend's killing at Gaza Fence
by B'Tselem in Electronic Intifada, 3 March 2007
'Abd a-Ra'uf al-'Adini testifies to B'Tselem: Two days ago [23 January], the last day of school semester, I went to school and took an exam in mathematics. Then, around nine o'clock, I met my two friends. We sat ...
#58851 Injured Palestinian dies after being held up at gate
by B'Tselem in Electronic Intifada, 3 March 2007
On 17 February 2007, around 9:40 P.M., three young men from 'Azzun 'Atmah were summoned to help free a car that was stuck in a field in the village. They drove to the area in a tractor without lights. The tractor went up onto ...
#58737 Pedestrian, 23, killed when crossing street near Ashdod
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 3 March 2007
In separate accident, 14-year-old boy killed when all-terrain vehicle overturns. ...
#58768 England soccer fans encouraged to visit Israel for Euro '08 qualifier
by AP in Ha'aretz, 3 March 2007
Israel officials encourage fans planning to arrive for March 24 match not to worry about terrorism. ...
#58782 Petah Tikva woman, 20, in serious condition after rape attempt
by Ronit Singer-Heruti in Ha'aretz, 3 March 2007
The victim, a soldier on leave, was attacked early Saturday near the city's industrial area. ...
#58784 Salah urges Muslim states to take steps to halt 'Judaization' of Jerusalem
by Danny Rubinstein, Yoav Stern in Ha'aretz, 3 March 2007
In Cairo, Islamic Movement leader urges Muslim states to set up fund to stop dig near Al-Aqsa Mosque. ...
#59168 21 Injured in Bil'in; Crowded Demonstration in Um Soulimane
by STW contributor in Stop the Wall, 3 March 2007
21 demonstrators were injured in Bil'in village by Occupation bullets during a weekly demonstration which is organized by the Popular Committee Resisting the Wall in the village. ...
#58721 Israel hardens its peace terms ahead of Saudi Arab summit
by Donald Macintyre in The Independent, 3 March 2007
»Israel has begun staking out its minimum conditions for any attempt by "moderate" Arab regimes to advance a peace process with the Palestinians, in the apparent hope of influencing a
Saudi-convened Arab summit later this month. Tzipi Livni, t ...
#58722 Call to ease Palestinian boycott
by Donald Macintyre in The Independent, 3 March 2007
»The international community should ease the boycott on the Palestinian Authority and promote peace negotiations in response to the new coalition deal signed in Mecca, according to a new
report by the International Crisis Group. The global NGO ...
#58976 How easy it is to put hatred on a map
by Robert Fisk in The Independent, 3 March 2007
Why are we trying to divide up the peoples of the Middle East? Why are we trying to chop them up, make them different, remind them - constantly, insidiously, viciously, cruelly - of their divisions, of their suspicions, of their capacity for mutual h ...
#73014 Myer Feldman, 92, Adviser to President Kennedy, Dies
by Douglas Martin in The New York Times, 3 March 2007
Myer Feldman, an aide to President John F. Kennedy who remained virtually unknown to the public while playing an integral role in planning his presidential campaign, White House press conferences and governmental policies, died Thursday in Bethesda, ...