EIN News: Palestine Law News

UK warns Israel against building more illegal settlements

25 Jul 2008 20:36 GMT

... the region, settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories represents a real obstacle to peace," ... saying he said was contrary to international law. In a report on the occupied territories ...

What Obama Missed in the Middle East?

25 Jul 2008 20:34 GMT

... will face a rapidly changing situation in Palestine-Israel. One risk is that a President Obama ... the United States effectively acted as "Israel's lawyer," as Aaron David Miller, a 25-year veteran ...

Child rapist deserves seven years: prosecutor

25 Jul 2008 20:33 GMT

... sexual interference on a child after provincial court Judge Sandy Hamilton rejected his claims of ... biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah, the Palestine towns destroyed for the sexual sins of ... Hamilton will sentence Ismail, who remains in custody, on Aug. 7. ...

10:20pm Bulldozer drivers live in fear

25 Jul 2008 20:18 GMT

... In less than a month, two Palestinian bulldozer drivers killed three Israelis and injured ... permits were no excuse for breaching the law. The two strikingly similar bulldozer attacks in ...

Hear This Barack --

25 Jul 2008 20:18 GMT

... teen parents, school dropouts, drug abusers and prison inmates correlate directly with the thousands of ... is globally respected as a humanitarian and advocate for human rights. But ever since the ... since the publication of Carter's book, " Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid ," which is critical ...

Obama's luck takes a lot of hard work

25 Jul 2008 20:07 GMT

... When Barack Obama stepped onto a basketball court at a US base in Kuwait at ... at some shuttle diplomacy, dashing between the Palestinian and Israeli leaders, flashing his enthusiastic smile ...

Obama heads for Paris after rapturous scenes in Berlin

25 Jul 2008 19:36 GMT

... has been to Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and , where on Thursday ... rhetoric. McCain, a Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war who has long been an ...

Obama swipes McCain before heading to France

25 Jul 2008 19:36 GMT

... has been to Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and , where on Thursday ... rhetoric. McCain, a Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war who has long been an ...

Museum in Gaza to display area's rich cultural history

25 Jul 2008 19:34 GMT

... In 2005, he persuaded Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to let him set up a ... an archaeology buff and something of a law unto himself. His collection is now in ...

Rice presses Pakistan for more action against militants

25 Jul 2008 19:34 GMT

... that current talks between Israel and the Palestinians would yield results by the end of ... Pakistan, quoting officials and a negotiator. The prisoners were released two days after the military ...

Jerusalem bulldozer drivers live in fear after attacks

25 Jul 2008 18:35 GMT

... JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian and Jewish bulldozer drivers alike say they ... permits were no excuse for breaching the law. ...

Daniel Kawczynski MP - idiot or incompetent?

25 Jul 2008 18:29 GMT

... chairman, which explains how he "has distanced himself from his fellow Committee members for advocating negotiations with Hamas, the Palestinian militant organisation." Oh dear. I fear Mr Kawczynski is either an idiot or incompetent, ...

Today in History - July 24

25 Jul 2008 18:00 GMT

... Quebec libre" (Long live free Quebec)

Taking initiative

25 Jul 2008 16:10 GMT

... meeting. As the fall election nears, pro-Israel advocates in Seattle are stepping up their fight ... in Iraq or Israels occupation of the Palestinian territories. The bulk of I-97 (roughly two ... Committee, are challenging the initiative, both in court and on the streets, in an attempt ...

For Obama, taming Afghanistan will take lots more U.S. troops.

25 Jul 2008 15:20 GMT

... policing forces as "partially capable of conducting law enforcement with coalition support," while it judges 77 percent "incapable." The regime of President ... at achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Jordanian sources say the king thanked Obama ...