Source: Clearing House

Hamas says militant killed in West Bank:

Israeli occupation troops killed a Hamas militant in the West Bank town of Hebron
early Sunday, according to a statement from the Islamic group and Palestinian officials.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080727/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_raid [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019-RalVdxrfSBuH4ZOer0v817s-51lg0XzYEmPJD8c8j7b01RcgJz_qRpFV7o_71h98iLcE3TP1LPvN1zbae8Ziyoc4Bsc9D35cjEtpreFNFGQprf_4qPMn4gz8NhbUNpnf50oLdPsSqsWoRbuO5w8oeZ7JGQDvlJALo3LLcNcyBMAIinXR0v9wjHMOmXqW7f]

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Rights groups say torture widespread in Palestinian jails:

Two human rights groups on Monday decried widespread torture of political opponents
by bitter Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah. Interviews with three victims and
a doctor backed the reports of abuse.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1006332.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019-RalVdxrfQXwNpiPyr4i5ovaqWUP4se_PNIIjXNVwOR9dYUdWAX7sHCa-Cj0LOs8Wa867jCXE8snd7SZV3Tb8k_kbtJyG7HR8q6iOxhjz4zxYAyAImQY42lvOmum6vjK8Dq-0GsiA8cUPgVjXkEIg==]

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Abbas: Israel rejects proposal for J’lem to be united capital of 2 states:

Israel has rejected a proposal made by the Palestinian Authority for Jerusalem to
be a united capital of both Israel and Palestine, PA President Mahmoud Abbas said
Monday
http://tinyurl.com/5jylbh [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019-RalVdxrfRaC6WpkHIRYXemWwlPbTZ90JryQRXpqkTQo8a2h29fU6Khby4h_DKNIp9lCh35FpLJnyn_fONA3_FQuvUFTvDjLn0q-36Urwy19TaxKe1AYg==]

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Palestinian family loses home in Jerusalem after 52 years:

“I was married here, I had my five children here and I want to die here,” says a
defiant Fawzia Al Kurd, determined that Jewish settlers will not drive her family
from their home in occupied east Jerusalem.
http://tinyurl.com/58lqgu [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019-RalVdxrfTBNRY_O2babEofZ1mKyG0TpXnhVG13iCVQf-NMCpQpEIIr_pPY6lT8T3LvgOJMEDCP_PD6xROK_qKTV3x9f42NFkjbhAXiLE_HLMiIvZjn9A==]

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Hamas arrests in West Bank follow round-up of Gaza rivals:

Palestinian security forces arrested more than 50 Hamas members in the West Bank
on Monday in an apparent tit-for-tat action after the Islamist movement rounded
up hundreds of its rivals in the Gaza Strip.
http://tinyurl.com/5kp5ul [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019-RalVdxrfS1DA0d_N5h_Tp8Lssqpn5QDhMsXltpSn5D3dzOAVU_MH3y1ruh4xIu2xtREwGsZb05pcDVIVjrhZDUT52j6sVjbTpCTylwuWQOlUoQONqvfQ==]

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Syria envoy to U.S.: Israel has chance for peace with all Arabs:

Syria is interested in securing a peace agreement with Israel that would see a normalization
of ties and end to the longstanding state of war between the two countries, Damascus’
envoy to the U.S. has said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1006229.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019-RalVdxrfR52_Sonwqi5VCVCCb6kF8KzMhhz0td1zTRCs_hEYS06SwPIe0C14MSGo7OuPK6-2wmUopVZvkzD-K0HsyeJsEkuTXj2dLOl4To9fpv6wt0rlnK3jRJEc8O44ZvcXIarKwA10dvAXIprw==]

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Who speaks for American Jews?:

A new survey of American-Jewish opinion reveals surprising views on US policy toward
the Middle East
http://tinyurl.com/5nlx9g [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019-RalVdxrfSGlb_YaYUD1usi1UL4oKDORvsHDXbU6NTt-ioiw2YFFoMXMLAM9N_llVTgAvJJ7GRPJUhCVTpi9oxe3QdOgp2d2kUIjAaz5UW0gMqSS4sxTg==]

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Charley Reese: Pull the Plug on the War State: