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July 23, 2007

Iraq War

42 Iraqis, 3 US Soldiers Killed, According to Initial July 23, 2007 Reports

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Two Islamic Jihad fighters killed in Israeli air raid on northern Gaza Strip

Mizan Center urges Abbas, international  community to work on opening Rafah crossing to save stranded Palestinians

Israeli settlers raided a former illegal settlement, attempted to build a synagogue, and vandalized nearby Palestinian property

Israeli settlers set fire to Olive fields in Dair Al-Hattab and Salem villages, clash with Palestinians near Nablus

Barghouthi warns of attempts to turn Palestinian state into weak self-rule

Blair Arrives to Palestinian Territories to TALK to Abbas, Olmert Instructs him NOT to Talk to Hamas

Haniyeh Approves Jimmy Carter's Mediation Between Fateh and Hamas

Israeli Zionist Right-Wingers Start a Controversy Around One Sentence in History Book Referring to 1948 as a Catastrophe to the Palestinian People

PFLP spokesperson decries Arab-Israeli meetings in light of ongoing Israeli aggression

July 22, 2007

Iraq War

85 Iraqis, British Soldier, Killed on July 21, 2007, Including 23 Killed in a US Air Strike, 28 Executed by Death Squads

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Two Hamas fighters killed by invading Israeli occupation forces in Gaza

Palestinian wounded, West Bank cities still raided by Israeli occupation forces despite Olmert's promises to Abbas

Palestinian Parliament Vote-of-Confidence Session Fails, Due to Israeli Detention of 45 Members, and Factional Boycott

Olmert's statements about withdrawal are deceptive, says Barghouthi

Haniya: Those rejecting national dialogue will realize they were mistaken

US

Palestinian-American Congress Calls For National Unity

Muslim American News Briefs, July 21, 2007

July 21, 2007

Iraq War

44 Iraqis, US Soldier Killed on July 21, 2007, Including 18 Civilians Killed in a Hussainiyah US Air Strike

Afghanistan War

15 Afghanis, 2 Germans Killed, 18 South Koreans Kidnapped, Taliban Wants Hostage Swap

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Colin Powell calls on international community to negotiate with Hamas

Hamas welcomes Qadoumi's comments on resistance and dialog

International meeting as instigated by US president Bush will end in a stalemate, according to DFLP secretary-general Nayef Hawatimeh

Mesha'al urges Arab, Muslim Ummah to help Palestinians restore their unity

Released PFLP secretary-general deputy, Abdul Rahim Mallouh, lashes out at Israel, Fateh and Hamas; calls for unity, issues preconditions for elections

Zahar to Blair: Sidestepping Hamas will cost you your credibility

US

Muslim American News Briefs, July 21, 2007

July 20, 2007

Iraq War

47 Iraqis, 3 British Soldiers, 2 US Soldiers Reportedly Killed on July 20, 2007, Including 17 Executed by Death Squads Today and 23 Yesterday

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Tony Blair, Middle East Gas Envoy, Brokers a $4 Billion Gaza Gas Deal for Israel

Israeli occupation forces invade Nablus, injure 3 Palestinians, kidnap 7

Palestinian Children Detained in Israeli Occupation Benjamin Prison Facing Harsh treatment and Torture

255 Out of 11,000 Palestinian Prisoners Released from Israeli Occupation Prisons as a Goodwill Gesture Towards Abbas !!!

Al-Qaddoumi rejects the disarming of the entire Palestinian armed resistance, Hamas welcomes his statements

Egypt establishes a refugee camp for 6,000  Palestinians stranded at Rafah crossing

Quartet's new Middle East envoy Blair backs two-state solution, creating viable Palestinian institutions

Racist Israeli government to annex thousands of Dunams of lands from Palestinian-Arab villages in Al-Jalil

US

Muslim American News Briefs, July 20, 2007

July 19, 2007

Iraq War

43 Iraqis, 5 US Soldiers Killed, According to a July 19, 2007 News Report

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Blair Briefs Middle East Quartet in Lisbon

International conference to safeguard the Palestinian right of return to be held in Damascus

Israeli army prevents farmers from reaching their land in Al-Zawiya

Israeli Occupation Forces Demolish Palestinian Homes in Bethlehem and Nablus

Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank cities, kidnap 17 civilians, ten from Nour Shams refugee camp

Opening the PLO central council meeting, Abbas calls early elections, Hamas denounces his criticism

Palestinian women in Tenf border refugee camp between Iraq and Syria appeal to the world to end their tragedy

Racist-Zionist-Israeli Parliament Approves a Bill Proposing Barring Renting or Leasing State Lands to Arab Citizens

US

Muslim American News Briefs, July 19, 2007

July 18, 2007

Iraq War

45 Iraqis Killed on July 18, 2007, Including 24 Executed by Death Squads, 3 US Soldiers Killed Yesterday, According to an Initial Report

US Senate Republicans Still Support Iraq War, Stop a Democratic Proposal Ordering Troop Withdrawal

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Abbas Calls for Early Parliamentary and Presidential Elections, Further Separating the West Bank from Gaza Strip

Mesha'al says Bush wants to form temporary alliance against Hamas in the region

Israeli occupation Forces Kidnap 16 Palestinians During Invasions of Cities in the West Bank

Israeli Occupation Forces Demolish a Palestinian Home in Occupied East Jerusalem

Illegal Israeli Settlers Grab Palestinian Lands in Hebron

Interview with Former Palestinian Minister of Education, Nasseruddin El-Sha'er, after Release from Israeli Occupation Detention

Cancer patient dies while stranded at Rafah, Israeli occupation government still prevents  6,000 Palestinians from return home

Credibility of the Peace Process lies with implementation of old treaties, according to PLO chief negotiator Erekat

Economic Situation in Palestinian Territories deteriorates, 29,1372 Palestinians Unemployed

US-Canada  

Popular Conference for Palestinians in the US, Chicago, August 8, 2008

Rezeq Faraj Interviewed on the Voice of Palestine, Canada

Muslim American News Briefs, July 18, 2007

July 17, 2007

Iraq War

75 Iraqis, 2 US Soldiers, British Soldier, 2 Australian Security Contractors Killed on July 17, 2007, Including 54 Executed by Death Squads

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

President Bush Discusses the Middle East: Two Democratic States, Israel and Palestine But When?

US President Bush calls for Middle East Peace Conference in Autumn, reaffirms support for "moderate" Abbas

Hamas ready to hand over all PA departments to President Abbas, except security, in the Gaza Strip, says Mesha'al

Israeli occupation forces invade Tulkarem, abduct Tareq Subhi in Jenin

Stranded Palestinians clash with Egyptian policemen on the Rafah crossing terminal

275,000 Illegal Israeli Settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank

A Palestinian NGO, with Greek funding, combats Israeli limitations on access to West Bank water

Palestinian businessmen urge Quartet to lift the siege of Gaza

US

Texas Muslim Family's Cars Defaced With Hate Messages

AAI-Zogby Poll: More Than Three-Quarters of Young Arab Americans Report Discrimination

Muslim American News Briefs, July 17, 2007

July 16, 2007

Iraq War

163 Iraqis, 2 US Soldiers Killed, Including 105 in Kirkuk Triple Bombings, 28 Executed by Death Squads on July 16, 2007

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

49 Palestinians Killed, 147 Injured, 383 Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces, in June 2007

Bahar Dismisses the New Fayyad Government as Unconstitutional, Ignoring  Appeals for Vote of Confidence

Illegal Israeli Settlers in Hebron Cut Down Palestinian trees, Beat an Elderly Man Near Dair Istya

Haniyeh's advisor assures that Hamas is ready to run Gaza's crossings professionally

Gaza at risk of becoming totally aid-dependent as 80% of industry forced to close, agencies warn

Gaza needs $30m in aid, UN says

A New Nakaba in Yaffa: 500 Homes to be Demolished Causing 3,000 Palestinian-Israelis to be Homeless

July 15, 2007

Iraq War

52 Iraqis, a US Soldier Killed on July 15, 2007, Including 21 Executed by Death Squads, 78 Iraqis, 2 US Soldiers Killed on July 14, 2007

Pakistan

70 Pakistanis Killed in Attacks on Police Headquarters and Army Convoy

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fateh abandon armed struggle against Israeli occupation, Zakaria Al-Zubaidi announced

Israeli Occupation Government Extends Detention of Nada Al-Jayousi, a Palestinian Mother of Nine Children

US

Muslim American News Briefs, July 15, 2007

July 14, 2007

Iraq War

19 Iraqis, 2 US Soldiers Killed in an Initial July 14, 2007 Report

US

NATO Succeeds in Starting a New Cold War: Russia Suspends Participation in Arms Control and Troop Deployment Treaty

Kucinich camp outraged by 'overheard' plans of Clinton and Edwards to eliminate candidates from future Presidential debates, forums

NY Muslim Attorney Receives 2nd Terror Threat from Minnesota: Letter threatens lawyer, families of imams suing US Airways

Demonstration for Rachel Corrie in front of Lantos office in San Mateo, a photo article

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Israeli forces invade defunct Gaza airport, widens aggression into Rafah neighborhoods

City of Tulkarem besieged by Israeli occupation forces for the fourteenth day

Palestinian president Abbas forms a new caretaker government also headed by Fayyad, Hamas rejects it as unconstitutional

More and more Palestinians attempt to circumvent checkpoints

Abu Zuhri: PLO Central Council cannot make decisions regarding the government and PLC

Hamas-Fatah dispute over assignment of weekend days causes trouble for Palestinian workers

Israel is attacking the Palestinian population, says PLC member Mustafa Barghouthi

July 13, 2007

Iraq War

95 Iraqis Killed on a July 13, 2007 Initial Report, Including 28 Executed by Death Squads

US

Florida Muslim Home Torched by Arsonists who Spray-Painted: 'F*** Islam' on the Garage of Burned House

Muslim American News Briefs, July 13, 2007

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Palestinian Resistance Fighters Attack Israeli Occupation Checkpoints of Ennab and Huwwara in the West Bank, One Fighter Killed

Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Two Rafah Neighborhoods, Bulldozing lands, Raiding Homes, and detaining Residents

Israeli occupation forces kidnap eight Palestinians in Nablus

Israeli Occupation Forces Withdraw from Al-Buraij Refugee Camp With One Death and Two Injuries

12 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces in One Week, July 5-11, 2007, a PCHR Report

British consul general claims the independence of UK foreign policy !!!

Gaza faces an irreversible economic collapse, a World Bank report

Israeli occupation forces raid Qalqilia, demolish more homes, storm a charitable organization

Israeli occupation forces violently beat Palestinians detained in Huwwara interrogation center

Israeli occupation soldiers ambush peaceful  demonstrators in Wadi El-Neiss, kidnap a farmer

PLO representative in Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, speaks during 1st Arab International Beirut Social Forum

July 12, 2007

Iraq War

260 Iraqis Killed in an Initial War Report on July 12, 2007, Including 220 in Three Massacres

Bush Administration Reports Mixed Iraq War Results, Pelosi Says it's Time to End the War

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

One Israeli soldier killed and two injured in clashes in central Gaza Strip, four Islamic Jihad fighters also injured

Israeli occupation forces kidnap at least four Palestinians in Hebron, invade towns in northern West Bank

Opening Tarqumiya crossing will herald the end of the West Bank economy, as Israeli occupation government imposes more restrictions and high fees

Saudi prisoner detained by Israel appeals for his release

European court orders funds un-frozen in case of Dutch aid foundation, previously alleged to be aiding Hamas

Khaled Mesha'al asserts Hamas' steadfastness, stresses his opposition to factionalism

Israel denies medical treatment for Palestinians

US

Kucinich out-polls Democratic front-runners on climate change, global warming issues

Muslim American News Briefs, July 12, 2007

July 11, 2007

Iraq War  

51 Iraqis, US Soldier Killed in Initial July 11, 2007 Report, Including 26 Executed by Death Squads

Olympia Snowe, the second Republican Senator After Gordon Smith, to embrace a bill ordering US  troops out of Iraq

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 7 Palestinians, 45 in two days, close off only link between Qalqilya city and its southern villages

Israeli warplanes fire at civilian homes near Rafah crossing after Hamas sit-in

Abbas to Dissolve Hamas-Dominated  Palestinian Parliament After Session Suspension Due to Lack of Quorum

Al-Tamimi: Israeli Occupation Government  almost completed full judaization of occupied Jerusalem

Hamas organises protest at Rafah Crossing, demanding it be opened

Palestinian journalist, Najida Belbaisi, describes the worst experience of her life,  being stuck on the Egyptian side of Rafah Terminal

Muslim American News Briefs, July 11, 2007

July 10, 2007

Afghanistan

Suicide Bomber Targeting NATO Soldiers  Kills at Least 17 People, Mostly Children, in Southern Afghanistan

Iraq War

Levin-Reed Proposed Legislation Ordering President Bush to Begin Withdrawing US Troops, Ending combat by April 30, 2008

US Empire Wars Cost $12 Billion a Month

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

U.S. Court hears arguments in Rachel Corrie lawsuit

Israeli occupation army shells Palestinian homes, Palestinian resistance retaliates with homemade shells

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 23 Palestinians across the West Bank

How the Gaza Strip Is Suffocating Under the Israeli Tight Grip: A Ma'an's Interview With an Israeli Official, Colonel Nir Press

Hamas warns of human catastrophe, suggests Egyptian-Palestinian control on Rafah

Haniya: Operating Karm Abu Salem crossing consolidates the Israeli occupation of Gaza Strip

Omar Sulaiman says Egypt opposes any deployment of international forces in the Gaza Strip

President Abbas' recent decree is a harbinger of a coming "military dictatorship", human rights groups warn

US

Muslim American News Briefs, July 10, 2007

July 9, 2007

Iraq

80 Iraqis, US Soldier, British Soldier Killed, on July 9, 2007, Including 29 Executed by Death Squads

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Israeli Death Squad Assassinates an Al-Quds Brigades' Leader, Kidnap 6 Palestinians in Northern West Bank

Israeli occupation army invades Nablus, kidnaps 5, injures 2

Israeli occupation forces storm homes in Hebron, confiscate cars in Tulkarem

Israeli occupation settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Hebron

Qassam Brigades abort Israeli Occupation Forces infiltration attempt in Khan Younis

Palestinian lawyers challenge legitimacy of the Abbas emergency government

Al-Qaddoumi and Hawatimah Finally Allowed by the Israel Occupation Government to Enter Palestine

Dutch Foreign Minister, Maxime Verhagen, warns Riwal company to cease work on illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall

Hunger Strike at Rafah Terminal Enters Third Day, 6,000 Palestinians Stranded on Border Because of Israeli Closure

July 8, 2007

Iraq

54 Iraqis, US Soldier Killed on July 8, 2007, Death Toll Yesterday Reached 234 and 339 Injuries

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Israeli occupation forces kidnap a Palestinian woman, Nada Al-Jayousi, from El-Bireh, and a man from Ramallah

Detained PLC speaker Abdul Aziz Al-Duwaik to appear before Israeli military court Sunday

Haniya calls for ending EU observation mission in Rafah terminal, Barghouthi decries treatment of stranded Palestinians

More Palestinians flee Iraq for refugee camps on Iraq-Syria border

US

Muslim American News Briefs, July 8, 2007 

July 7, 2007

Iraq

100 Iraqis Killed in One Explosion in Tuz Khurmato, 8 US Soldiers, British Soldier Killed in Two Days

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Israeli occupation forces re-invade Gaza less than 24 hours after their withdrawal

Israeli occupation forces enforce curfew in Tulkarem and deny exit to anyone under 35

Illegal Israeli settlers torch Palestinian crops

International journalists Association accuses the Israeli occupation army of brutality and deliberate targeting of journalists

Israeli court sentences Palestinian blind man to 2 years behind bars

US

US Government Asked to End Muslim Citizenship Delays, MD-VA Muslims Waiting Up to 7 Years for Citizenship Oath

Muslim American News Briefs, July 7, 2007

July 6, 2007

Iraq

Iraq War Deaths: 101 Iraqis and 7 US Soldiers

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

11 Palestinians Killed, Widespread Devastation by Invading Israeli Occupation Forces in Gaza Strip

Israeli occupation forces kidnap ten Palestinians on Friday at dawn

Palestinians stranded at Rafah declare a hunger strike

Israeli policies destroy economy and lives in Gaza

Member of PLO-EC, Tayseer Khaled, condemns Arab and international silence on Israeli crimes

Al-Aqsa Brigades of Fateh demands Abbas to remove his prime minister Fayyad from his post

More Druze refuseniks despite Israeli threats

Mustafa Barghouthi censures Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip

Said Siyam answers questions on recent events in the Gaza Strip

US

Muslim American News Briefs, July 6, 2007

July 5, 2007

Afghanistan

Soldier in NATO Convoy, 10 Police Officers and a Suicide Bomber  Killed in Separate Attacks in Afghanistan

Iraq

War in Iraq Claims 60 Iraqi Deaths on July 5, 2007

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

6 Palestinians Killed in an Israeli Occupation Forces Raid on Central Gaza Strip

13 Palestinians kidnapped across the West Bank, 3 mosques desecrated in Al-Khalil by Israeli occupation forces

6,000 Palestinians Still Prohibited by Israeli Government to Enter Gaza Strip from Egypt, Israeli-Egyptian Crossing Post Closed Under Threat of Attacks

Construction of the Illegal Israeli Apartheid, Land-Grab, Wall Resumed in Beit Jallan and Bethlehem

Hamas says 30,000 PA employees did not receive their salaries due to factional discrimination

Israeli military training exercises in the West Bank unethical and amounting to harassing of Palestinian civilians inside their homes, says an Israeli reservist

Palestinian Parliament, PLC, session hangs in the balance, Fateh declares session illegal; Hamas urges Fateh to end boycott

US

Oil surges above $74 ahead of data

Muslim American News Briefs, July 5, 2007

July 4, 2007

Afghanistan

75 Afghanis and 6 Canadian Soldiers Killed in the First Three Days of July 2007

Iraq

28 Iraqis, 2 US Soldiers Killed on July 4, 2007, US Helicopter Downed in Mosul, Fatwa Prohibiting Privatization of the Oil Industry

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

BBC correspondent Alan Johnston is freed by Hamas in Gaza at last

Free Alan Johnston speaks to the media about his ordeal, Hamas Takes Credit

Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Tulkarem, Hebron, Nablus, Northern Gaza Strip, Terrorizing Communities, Kidnapping Palestinians

Palestinian Deaf and Dumb Society, General Federation of Trade Unions Ransacked by Israeli Occupation Forces

Palestinian Authority civil servants received full month's salary Wednesday following the Israeli government release of Palestinian revenues

100 Palestinian refugees from Iraq to be resettled in Brazil

581 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in Al-Khalil in six months, Illegal Settlers Usurp Hebron Homes

US

AAI Joins with Homeland Security, Community Leaders to Share Information, Respond to Concerns Following UK Attacks

Muslim American News Briefs, July 4, 2007

Muslim American News Briefs, July 3, 2007

July 3, 2007

Iraq

45 Iraqis, 3 US Soldiers Killed on July 3, 2007, Including 19 Executed by Death Squads

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Israeli raids on Palestinian communities, kidnapping people, and mistreating them, July 3, 2007

Israeli occupation soldiers shoot dead a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, Ahmad Abdul Muhsen Al-Sukaf, in Hebron for carrying a toy gun

Israeli employers mistreat Palestinian workers, study found

Israeli Kidnapping of Palestinians, July 3, 2007

Palestinian Authority civil servants to receive full month's salary Wednesday following the Israeli government release of Palestinian revenues

Palestinian Travel from Gaza Controlled Again by the Israeli Occupation Government through Karm Salem Crossing, Replacing Rafah

July 2, 2007

Iraq

39 Iraqis, 5 US Soldiers Killed on June 2, 2007, Islamic Party Says 350 Iraqis Killed in US Air Strikes in Ba'aqouba

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

US plans to deploy NATO forces in the Palestinian territories

Israeli forces assassinate Fatah fighter 'the giant' during invasion of Jenin

Israeli occupation forces invade Qalqilia and Tubas, clash with Palestinian fighters, raid homes, kidnap teenagers

Israeli occupation forces armored vehicles advance into northern Gaza, demolish mosque

Israeli peace activists monitor military brutality at checkpoints in the West Bank

TIPH slams Israeli roadblocks in Hebron

Israeli occupation army succeeds in 2 out of 6 assassination attempts against Palestinian resistance fighters

Fighting breaks out in Gaza between Hamas and Army of Islam together with Dughmosh clan

Bishop Hanna and Archimandrite Basal receive Jordanian citizenship

US

Bush, Putin to Meet Today in Maine

Islamic Center of Beverly Hills Offers $500 Scholarships

Muslim American News Briefs, July 2, 200

July 1, 2007

Afghanistan

107 Afghanis Slaughtered in a New NATO Massacre in Helmand

Iraq

52 Iraqis Killed on Sunday,  July 1, 2007, 56 and a US Soldier Killed on Saturday, 35-40 Bodies Discovered in Falloujah Mass Grave

Israeli Occupation of Palestine

7 Palestinians Killed in Gaza by Israeli Air Strikes

Israeli interrogators demand detained Palestinian Members of Parliament to resign from their posts as a condition for their release

Israeli soldiers forcing women to submit to strip searches at checkpoints, says Khouloud Da'abes

Jordanian government prevents Palestinian deputy speaker of the PLC, Hassan Khuraishah, from entering Jordan

Luisa Morgantini MEP issues a press release decrying the "shameful" neglect of Palestinians at Rafah Crossing

Palestinian woman dies at Rafah Crossing, 5,000 Still Stranded Because of Israeli Closure

US

Kucinich to promote 'SiCKO' in St. Petersburg

Muslim American News Briefs, July 1, 2007

 
 

 

 

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