Feb 25, 2009

Palestine News Roundup: Palestinian Unity; Clinton to Region

Fatah and Hamas 'break the ice' in Egypt (International Herald Tribune)

Fayyad says PA completed Gaza reconstruction plans (Ma’an News Agency)

Hamas: Fatah scuppered France-brokered deal for Shalit (Haaretz)

Lifeline cut as Palestinians vacate Israeli hospitals (JTA)

Clinton to visit Israel, West Bank (Reuters)

Palestinians ask Obama to press Israel to halt demolitions (AFP)

Life Under Occupation

Palestinians Protest Planned Jerusalem Evictions (Voice of America)

Palestinian legislator Ahmed Mubarak sentenced to 19 months (Al-Jazeerah.info)

Palestinians Rally in Nablus in Support for PLO (CRI English)

Israel kidnaps more Palestinians in West Bank (Press TV)

First Fairtrade olive oil gives hope to Palestinian farmers (guardian.co.uk)

Israeli forces raid school, TV station, houses in Nablus (Ma’an News Agency)

Israel says no plans yet to demolish Jerusalem homes (Reuters)

2 Palestinian women become judges in Islamic court (Associated Press)

Gaza

Rockets, airstrikes in absence of firm Gaza truce (AP)

War graves in Gazan battleground (BBC News)

PNA to reveal Gaza economic plan at Egypt conference (Xinhua)

Israel replaces envoy to Egypt talks, Hamas irate (Times of India)

Clinton warns Israel over delays in Gaza aid (Haaretz)

Israel's Livni warns of another Gaza operation (ABS-CBN)

Israeli Government

In Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu Is Likely to Build a Right-Wing... (U.S. News & World Report)

Israel-Turkey relations go south as PM compares Netanyahu to Hamas (Israel Today)

Israeli right joins coalition bid (BBC News)

Outside Israel-Palestine

UK sued over arms sales to Israel (Al Jazeera)

Iran sought Turkey's help to mend links with US, says Erdogan (Guardian)

Ex-Lobbyists in U.S. Case of Espionage Win a Round (NY Times)

Controversy Surrounds Possible Appointment of Chas Freeman as NIC Chairman (Fox News)

Gaddafi says Israel, not Bashir, behind Darfur war (Reuters)

Israel's Peres ushers in right-leaning parliament (Associated Press)

Culture and Art

Israel's 'Waltz with Bashir' misses an Oscar, but scores in Lebanon (Christian Science Monitor)

Musical Show of Unity Upsets Many in Israel (New York Times)

Sports

Sweden-Israel Davis Cup to go ahead without fans (Associated Press)

COMMENTARY

Skip Schiel: Gaza and Hydropolitics of Palestine/Israel to the southeast region of the United States—a report (Skipschiel blog)

The special significance of the Israel-Palestine conflict (Dan Smith)

Superfluous, damaging spat (Haaretz)

Interactive News Map: Two People, Divided (Washington Post)

Priyamvada Gopal: Out of the moral downturn (The Guardian)

Colin Shindler: Israel’s rightward shift: a history of the present (Australia.TO)

Judy West: Doctor’s Journal calls for resistance to Israel lobby (Religious Intelligence)

Howard Friel: On Dershowitz and Hampshire College (ZNet)

Toufic Haddad: Crime and accountability in Gaza (Electronic Intifada)