LIBYA TO FUND GAZA HOMES

Libya to fund Gaza homes after Israel approves aid
By Nidal al-Mughrabi - AUG 10 2:15PM

GAZA (Reuters) – A rare agreement between foes Israel and Libya will let Libya underwrite the rebuilding of 1,250 Gaza Strip homes destroyed in Israel's offensive there last year, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.But Libya denied there was any link between the aid agreement and the release this week of an Israeli photographer arrested five months ago in the north African country.Israel and Libya are technically in a state of war, and oil exporter Libya has been one of Israel's most outspoken critics on the international stage for decades.The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which looks after Palestinian refugees, said under a deal between the two countries Israel would allow Libya's Gaddafi Foundation charity to provide $50 million to rebuild Gaza homes.In notably measured remarks about an age-old enemy, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman this week described Libya as a reliable partner.Lieberman, with assistance from an Austrian mediator, obtained the release of 34-year-old Rafael Hadad, an Israeli photographer who was detained in March after traveling to Libya on a passport issued by Tunisia, the country of his birth.An Israeli official, speaking on condition he not be named, said Libya had offered Hadad's release in exchange for being allowed to deliver a shipload of aid to Gaza.Asked by Reuters if there was a link between the aid and the Hadad's release, Gaddafi Foundation Executive Director Youssef Sawani told Reuters: Definitely not.Sawani said obtaining approval to launch the reconstruction work was one of the concessions Libya won from the Israelis in exchange for last month diverting a Libyan-chartered aid ship bound for Gaza toward an Egyptian port instead.

He said the aid deal would clear the way for reconstruction projects which are backed by other Arab donors but until now have been stalled because of Israel's blockade.What we have achieved is that we have managed to change the context and the Israeli attitude now is different toward these projects, he said by telephone from Tripoli.

GAZA BLOCKADE

The Israeli blockade of Gaza has been the subject of international debate since nine activists were killed when Israeli troops raided a Turkish-led aid flotilla in May.
Peter Ford, a representative of UNRWA's commissioner general, said at the signing of the agreement with the Gaddafi Foundation that hundreds of Palestinian families would benefit significantly from the deal, but Israel should do more.UNRWA calls on the Israeli authorities to issue the necessary permissions promptly to allow us to use not only these new Libyan funds, but also Saudi, Dutch, Japanese, and other funds which are available to remedy this dreadful situation,said Ford in a statement released by UNRWA.Israel imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip in 2007 after Hamas Islamists took over the territory.Israel bars the import to Gaza of cement and steel which it says could be used for fortifications and weapons production. The United Nations says this makes it difficult to rebuild Gaza.Israel says the blockade on Gaza, which was eased in June, is aimed at preventing the territory's Hamas rulers from bolstering their weapons stockpile. It also aggravates the privations of 1.7 million Palestinians in Gaza, many of whom depend on U.N. aid. (Additional reporting by Salah Sarrar in Tripoli and Christian Lowe in Algiers; Writing by Ori Lewis and Christian Lowe; Editing by Andrew Roche)

Prominent Lebanese ex-general charged with spying for Israel
AUG 10,10

BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon's military court on Tuesday charged a former army general and high-profile member of a Christian party allied with Hezbollah with spying for Israel, a judicial source said.Military prosecutor Sakr Sakr charged retired general Fayez Karam with collaborating with enemy (Israeli) intelligence... and providing it with information on Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), the Shiite party's key Christian ally, the source told AFP.Karam is charged with meeting Israeli officials outside of Lebanon and passing on information secured through meetings between his FPM party and Hezbollah in exchange for money, the source added.

The military prosecutor also charged Lebanese fugitive Elias Karam, who had allegedly introduced Fayez to Israeli officers in Paris, with the same offences.It was not clear if the two Karams were related.Fayez Karam, a member of the Christian Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), was arrested last week, becoming the first political figure to be detained in Lebanon as part of probe launched in 2009 into Israeli spy networks.The 62-year-old headed the Lebanese army's anti-terrorism and counter-espionage unit during the 1980s and was close to FPM leader Michel Aoun, who was army chief toward the end of the 1975-1990 civil war.Last year Karam -- who runs a dry-cleaning business in France -- stood in parliamentary elections.Aoun, who was staunchly anti-Syrian during the civil war, entered into a controversial alliance with the Iran and Syria-backed Hezbollah in 2006, a year after returning to Lebanon from exile in France.More than 100 people have been arrested on suspicion of spying for the Israeli Mossad since April 2009, including members of the security forces and telecom employees.Three men have since been sentenced to death, including one found guilty of aiding Israel during its devastating 2006 war with Hezbollah.

US envoy falls short on latest Mideast mission By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, Associated Press Writer - AUG 10,10

RAMALLAH, West Bank – The White House's Mideast envoy failed Tuesday to secure Palestinian agreement to go to direct talks with Israel, despite mounting pressure from the U.S. administration to begin negotiations in early September.Even so, a U.S. official sounded somewhat optimistic that direct talks could start next month.

The U.S. has been calling for a speedy resumption of face-to-face negotiations, which broke down in December 2008. On Monday, U.S. officials said that American envoy George Mitchell, who has been mediating indirect negotiations for three months, was pressing for direct talks to start by Sept. 1.But after a three-hour meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Mitchell left empty-handed and said that he would continue his efforts and return to the region soon, referring to difficulties and obstacles the sides are facing.Abbas wants agreement first on a framework, agenda and timeline for negotiations, including Israel's acceptance of a Palestinian state that would include the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, with minor adjustments. The Palestinians are also demanding a freeze on all Israeli settlement construction in areas they claim for their future state.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says direct talks should begin immediately without any conditions, but has refused to give any guarantees on what he is prepared to offer.

Mitchell is to meet with Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday.In Washington, a U.S. official briefed on Mitchell's meeting with Abbas said the talks had gone very well.The official suggested it was possible that an announcement about direct talks could be made as early as Wednesday after Mitchell sees Netanyahu and Barak. We're almost there, the official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the diplomacy.The official said the administration's goal is to get the two sides to sit down face-to-face on or before Sept. 1. Preliminary plans call for the direct talks to be held in either the United States or Egypt with high-level Arab participation, the official said.After nearly two decades of intermittent, inconclusive talks, the Palestinians are wary of entering open-ended negotiations.An Israeli slowdown on settlement construction in the West Bank ends Sept. 26 after 10 months, and Netanyahu has signaled that he will not extend the measure. Netanyahu also opposes freezing construction of Jewish homes in east Jerusalem, the sector the Palestinians hope will be their capital, though an unofficial Israeli slowdown has been in place for several months.Direct talks between Abbas and Netanyahu's predecessor, Ehud Olmert, broke off in 2008.Since May, Mitchell has been shuttling between Abbas and Netanyahu, but has made little headway.

In recent weeks, the Obama administration has been pushing hard to move to direct talks. Mitchell has told Abbas that President Barack Obama could only help the Palestinians get their state once negotiations begin.Abbas told reporters at his headquarters on Monday that the U.S. push is unprecedented in its intensity. We have never been under as much pressure as in these days,Abbas said.Also Tuesday, the Israeli military said it will ease some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which is to begin Wednesday or Thursday. Devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, a time of heightened religious fervor.The Israeli military said Palestinian men over 50 and women over 45 would be able to pray at Jerusalem's holiest Muslim shrine, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, without obtaining special entry permits. Normally, all West Bank Palestinians must apply for permits to enter Israel, including Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.The military also said it would extend opening hours of some crossings between the West Bank and Israel.It added that Israeli soldiers have been told to refrain from eating, drinking and smoking in public during Ramadan, especially at crossings.Associated Press Writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

NY governor offers help moving ground zero mosque By MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer - AUG 10,10

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York Gov. David Paterson offered state help Tuesday if the developers of a proposed mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks agree to move the project farther from the site.Paterson, a Democrat, said that he doesn't oppose the project as planned but indicated that he understands where opponents are coming from. He said he was willing to intervene to seek other suitable state property if the developers agreed.I think it's rather clear that building a center there meets all the requirements, but it does seem to ignite an immense amount of anxiety among the citizens of New York and people everywhere, and I think not without cause, Paterson said in a news conference in Manhattan.I am very sensitive to the desire of those who are adamant against it to see something else worked out, Paterson said.The developers declined to comment. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who last week made an impassioned defense of the project planned for lower Manhattan, also had no immediate comment.Paterson said he expects the state Public Service Commission, which must sign off on the project, to follow the law and not politics in its review.

Paterson noted that we really are still suffering in many respects from Sept. 11 and that impassioned feelings were bound to emerge from a mosque just a couple of blocks from where nearly 3,000 people died at the hands of Muslim extremists.He noted that Muslims died in the Sept. 11 attacks, too, and that we have to remember that sometimes it's the fanaticism of religion that have driven people to do what they do, not the worship of the religion itself.A Marist College poll released Tuesday found that 53 percent of New York City voters polled oppose constructing the mosque there. Just 34 percent favored the plan in the poll, which also showed a slide in Bloomberg's traditional high approval ratings.The Marist poll surveyed 809 New York City residents July 28 through Aug. 5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

EZEKIEL 39:11-22
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

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

Israel bulldozes Muslim graves in Jerusalem
Tue Aug 10, 11:14 am ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israeli bulldozers backed by police destroyed dozens of gravestones in a Muslim cemetery in central Jerusalem on Tuesday, according to an AFP photographer.The Islamic Movement accused the municipality of destroying more than 200 Muslim graves that had been recently renovated in a centuries-old cemetery in mostly Jewish west Jerusalem.Last night at around 12:30 am (2130 GMT) occupation forces entered the cemetery and destroyed around 200 graves, said Mahmud Abu Atta of the Al-Aqsa Foundation linked to the group, whose members are Arab citizens of Israel.He said the bulldozers returned later in the day to destroy dozens more after a Jerusalem court rejected a petition to halt the work.The destruction is related to the issue of renovation. The Israeli establishment does not want us to renovate the graves so it is destroying them, he said.The spokesman for the municipality did not respond to several phone calls, and a police spokesman said he was looking into the incident.The demolition of the graves happened near the site of a planned Museum of Tolerance to be built by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a US-based Jewish human rights group.The project has sparked controversy because of its proximity to the graves but Abu Atta said the latest demolition work was not related to the museum.Israel's 1.3 million Arab citizens include the descendants of Palestinians who remained in the Jewish state after the 1948 war that attended its creation.

Israel threatens to pull out of UN Gaza probe
by Patrick Moser – Tue Aug 10, 10:40 am ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel threatened on Tuesday to pull out of a UN probe into its deadly flotilla raid to keep the panel from grilling its troops, as the defence minister told another inquiry the fleet was a planned provocation.The May 31 raid, in which Israeli commandos killed nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists, sparked international outrage and led to the easing of a four-year blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted there was agreement to exclude military personnel from the UN probe, despite an earlier denial from UN chief Ban Ki-moon.The prime minister said Israel would not cooperate with any commission that would ask to question soldiers, spokesman Nir Hefetz told army radio.

Before Israel gave the green light to its participation in the panel we had discreet negotiations in order to ensure that this commission would not harm the vital interests of Israel, he added.The row broke out as the UN commission was due to start work, and on the second day of a series of top-level hearings by an Israeli panel, which also does not have the authority to question the soldiers who stormed the ships.Testifying in Jerusalem, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said the flotilla was a planned provocation and that top officials had suspected more than a month beforehand that organisers were preparing for an armed conflict to embarrass Israel.

He said various alternatives were discussed ahead of the raid and that he and other senior officials had considered the possibility that the activists would attack the troops when they landed.We regret any loss of life, the minister told the Tirkel Commission, a panel of five Israelis and two international observers charged with examining the international legality of the raid and the Gaza blockade.But we would have lost more lives if we had behaved differently.Israel says its commandos resorted to force only after they were attacked when they rappelled onto the deck of one of the ships, but pro-Palestinian activists on board say the soldiers opened fire as soon as they landed.Armed forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi was to take the stand on Wednesday and was likely to be quizzed over the operational aspects of boarding the ships.Netanyahu told the panel on Monday that Israel had acted in line with international law, and accused Turkey of seeking a high-profile confrontation that saw activists attack its commandos with iron bars and knives.

On Tuesday, Turkey rejected the claim.

We have a very clear situation, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters in Ankara. Israel has killed nine civilians in international waters. Before anything else, they should take responsibility for this.Turkey has absolutely no responsibility in the incident.The raid caused a diplomatic crisis between Israel and Turkey.Turkey remains a very important state in the Middle East. We have to find a way ... to rectify the deterioration of relations,Barak told the panel. An internal military investigation found that mistakes were made at a relatively senior level but that the use of live fire was justified. Barak also stressed that the naval blockade is absolutely essential to stop Gaza from transforming into a massive arsenal. It is designed to stop the transfer of rockets and other means of warfare.

Israel imposed border restrictions in June 2006 after Gaza militants captured an Israeli soldier and tightened them one year later. In 2009, Israel formally declared a naval blockade, which Barak claimed allows Israel under international law to interdict Gaza-bound vessels.Last week Ban named his own panel, chaired by former New Zealand prime minister Geoffrey Palmer, to look into the deadly raid. It was due to begin work on Tuesday and includes representatives from Israel and Turkey.Israel has completely rejected a separate investigation launched by the UN Human Rights Council, which it views as hopelessly biased against the Jewish state.

Iran plans help to Lebanon army, as U.S. blocks aid
By Yara Bayoumy – Tue Aug 10, 9:27 am ET

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran has offered support to Lebanon's army, a week after a deadly cross-border clash between Lebanon and Israel which prompted U.S. lawmakers to block funding to the Lebanese military.The offer from Iran, which supports Lebanon's militant Shi'ite group Hezbollah, could fuel Western concern that Tehran is increasing its influence near Israel's northern border.Israel said it had complained to Washington and Paris about funds to the Lebanese army after a skirmish left two Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist and a senior Israeli officer dead in the worst border violence since a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
Iran's ambassador to Lebanon met Lebanese army chief Jean Kahwaji on Monday and said Tehran was ready to cooperate with the Lebanese army in any area that would help the military in performing its national role in defending Lebanon.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to visit Beirut next month.Two U.S. Democrat lawmakers said they were holding up $100 million that was approved for Lebanon's army but not yet spent. A senior House Republican, Eric Cantor, said future funding should be stopped too, pending an inquiry into the clash.Cantor said the lines between Hezbollah, the Lebanese military and the government had become blurred.

But U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said U.S. President Barack Obama was not planning to re-evaluate its military cooperation with Lebanon.It allows the government of Lebanon to expand its sovereignty. We think that is in the interest of both of our countries and regional stability as a whole,he said on Monday.The Lebanese army is seen as woefully underequipped compared to Hezbollah, which is believed to have been rearming since the 2006 war with Israel. The military lost 170 troops when battling an al Qaeda-inspired Islamist group holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in 2007.

PRESERVING ARMY NEUTRALITY

The United States has provided more than $720 million in assistance to the Lebanese army since 2006.Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said it was a mistake to arm Lebanon's military with advanced weapons because they were being used by the army against the Jewish state.Crowley said he was not aware that any U.S. equipment was used during the incident.The fact that Lebanon's national unity government includes politicians allied to the United States, France and Saudi Arabia as well ministers from Hezbollah, supported by Iran and Syria means, theoretically at least, the army could get support from both sides.Beirut-based analyst Rami Khouri said it remained to be seen whether the military, which has sought to maintain neutrality from Lebanon's factional politics, could absorb support from both sides.My guess is that everybody will be careful that the army won't be politicized. If that is the case it could become a tool of political control ... and therefore sectarian battles and it could fall apart,he told Reuters.Lebanese President Michel Suleiman announced on Saturday a plan to build up the armed forces regardless of the position of some countries, in apparent reference to Israel's complaints. A statement from Suleiman's office said he had received numerous phone calls from Lebanon and Lebanon's friends ... who expressed the desire to contribute to arming the military.Israel said a Lebanese army sniper opened fire last week on two Israeli officers as they watched a tree-pruning operation on the Israeli side of a security fence below the U.N. Blue Line.The Lebanese army said it first fired warning shots, then Israelis fired at their soldiers. Israeli artillery and tank fire followed. Hezbollah did not take part in last week's clash, although Nasrallah has said his powerful Shi'ite guerrillas would intervene if Israel attacked the army again.Khouri said Lebanon's leaders would be careful to safeguard the neutrality and the integrity of the army. But at the same time they need equipment, he said. The Lebanese are willing to get arms from different sources ... as long as you make it clear to everybody that they're not buying their loyalty.(Editing by Jon Boyle)

Israel defense minister opposes soldiers' grilling By ARON HELLER, Associated Press Writer – Tue Aug 10, 9:25 am ET

JERUSALEM – Israel's defense minister on Tuesday voiced his opposition to allowing soldiers to testify in civilian investigations, casting new doubts on Israeli participation in a U.N. probe of a deadly Israeli raid on an international flotilla.

Ehud Barak said that placing soldiers on the stand would harm their ability to act. Comparing them to surgeons, he said soldiers operate best when not consumed with fears of potential prosecution.I don't want a soldier making a split-second decision to have to think about an attorney, Barak told an Israeli commission looking into the May 31 naval raid. Good military units will rise and fall over this.Barak spoke shortly before a U.N. panel investigating the raid was about to begin its deliberations at the United Nations in New York. On Monday, Israel threatened to pull out of the international inquiry after U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said that there was no agreement to refrain from calling Israeli soldiers to testify.Israel says it agreed to participate in the U.N. probe only after receiving assurances that the panel would rely on reports from Israel's own military inquiry, not testimony from soldiers.Israel's agreement to cooperate with the U.N. probe represented a shift away from its traditional distrust of the United Nations, which it considers biased. It has appointed a retired senior diplomat to join the panel, but Ban's comments may have put Israel's participation in jeopardy.Barak said the Israeli military had more than adequate means of punishing its offending soldiers. The chief military prosecutor's judgment is not subordinate to any commander, not even the chief of staff, only to his only professional conscience, he said.The six-ship flotilla, carrying hundreds of international activists, was trying to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip when Israeli forces intercepted them and ordered them to turn around.

Commandos met unexpected resistance when they boarded one of the Turkish vessels. After troops were assaulted with rods, planks and knives, they opened fire and killed nine Turkish activists, one a dual American citizen. Both sides have said they acted in self defense.The bloodshed drew an international outcry and forced Israel to ease its blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza. Israel, along with Egypt, imposed the embargo in June 2007 after Hamas militants took control of the area.Israel's military has already wrapped up its own investigation, finding that intelligence failed to predict the violent response but troops acted properly under the circumstances.Barak testified to a separate, governmental commission examining the government's decision-making and legal issues connected to the affair.Barak's testimony came a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified, defending the army's behavior and suggesting that Turkey had an interest in encouraging the confrontation. Israel's military chief is scheduled to testify Wednesday.In his three-hour-long testimony, Barak called the pro-Palestinian flotilla a planned provocation, and defended the government's decision to send troops to stop it from breaching the blockade.He said the government considered all options before ordering the raid, including the possibility of violent resistance, but did not expect the conflict to turn lethal.The military said a number of times it won't be simple, but we can do it,he said.The Israeli commission is headed by retired Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel. It includes two foreign observers: David Trimble, a Nobel peace laureate from Northern Ireland, and Brig. Gen. Ken Watkin, Canada's former chief military prosecutor.

Hezbollah's Hariri accusations ridiculous: Israel
Tue Aug 10, 3:30 am ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel on Tuesday dismissed as ridiculous Hezbollah claims to have acquired Israeli footage implicating the Jewish state in the murder of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.Hassan Nasrallah, head of the Lebanese Shiite militia group, on Monday unveiled footage allegedly intercepted from Israeli surveillance planes of the site where Hariri was killed in a bombing in February 2005.Everyone in the world knows, even the Lebanese, that Nasrallah's accusations are ridiculous, said a senior Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity.It was clear that the accusations were coming from the pressure on (Nasrallah) over the international community's suspicions about Hezbollah's involvement in Hariri's murder,he said.

Several undated clips, which were broadcast on Hezbollah's Al-Manar television, showed aerial views of the coastline off mainly Sunni west Beirut on various dates before the Hariri assassination.Such footage generally comes as the first leg of the execution of an operation, Nasrallah said, while admitting the images were not conclusive.Nasrallah, who has accused Israel of the bombing on February 14, 2005 which killed Hariri and 22 others, said the footage was intercepted from Israeli surveillance aircraft.Hezbollah is facing increasing pressure as a UN tribunal looking into the assassination appears set to indict several members of the Shiite militia.Any indictment is likely to be made by the end of the year.The Hariri assassination triggered an international outcry and led to the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon in April 2005 after a deployment of almost three decades.The murder has been widely blamed on Syria but Damascus has consistently denied involvement.