Mideast Conflict News 4-16-2010

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• UN rights chief alarmed by Hamas executions

  AFP – 1 hr 36 mins ago
  AFP

  GENEVA (AFP) - The UN human rights chief on Friday expressed deep disappointment and alarm that Hamas rulers in the Gaza Strip had begun using the death penalty again. Full Story »

• Two cars torched in West Bank, Palestinians blame settlers

  AFP – 1 hr 40 mins ago
  AFP

  NABLUS, West Bank (AFP) - Two cars were torched in the northern West Bank on Friday in what Palestinian security services say is the latest of several attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied territory. Full Story »

• Hezbollah says its missiles not Israel's business

  AP – 2 hrs 59 mins ago
  AP

  BEIRUT - A Hezbollah government minister refused Friday to confirm or deny Israeli allegations that the militant Lebanese group has acquired Scud missiles. Full Story »

• Lebanese tear down Israeli barrier on tense border

  AFP – Fri Apr 16, 10:12 am ET
  AFP/File

  AABASIYA, Lebanon (AFP) - Lebanese residents dismantled a barbed wire fence set up by Israeli troops in a disputed border area on Friday, leading to a call for restraint by UN peacekeepers in the tense region. Full Story »

• Israel warns visitors to leave their iPads at home

  AFP – Fri Apr 16, 9:58 am ET
  AFP/File

  JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Friday warned visitors to leave their iPads at home or have the hot-selling tablet computer seized on arrival as the device's wireless signal is 40 times stronger than allowed. Full Story »

• 'Over 7,000' Palestinians in Israel jails

  AFP – Fri Apr 16, 9:50 am ET
  AFP/File

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - More than 7,000 Palestinians, including 270 who are under the age of 18, are currently held in Israeli prisons, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. Full Story »

• Israeli troops kill Gaza militant

  AFP – Fri Apr 16, 7:04 am ET
  AFP/File

  GAZA CITY (AFP) - A Gaza militant was killed by Israeli gunfire at the border fence east of Gaza City, Palestinian medics said. Full Story »

• Israeli troops kill Palestinian gunman in Gaza

  AP – Fri Apr 16, 6:34 am ET
  AP

  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian militant Friday along the border fence between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. Full Story »

• Palestinian killed near Israel-Gaza border

  Reuters – Fri Apr 16, 6:20 am ET
  AP

  GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian man was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers near the Gaza Strip's border with the Jewish state, the Israeli army and Palestinian medical workers said Friday. Full Story »

• Olmert, ex-mayor 'set for interrogation room face-off'

  AFP – Fri Apr 16, 4:49 am ET
  AFP

  JERUSALEM (AFP) - Former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert is set for an interrogation room face-off in the Holyland real estate scandal with a fellow suspect, who like him is an ex-Jerusalem mayor, YNet news said Friday. Full Story »

• Israel PM must show sincerity on peace: Clinton

  AFP – Thu Apr 15, 11:13 pm ET
  AFP

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prove his commitment to a Palestinian state, warning that prolonged conflict only strengthened extremists. Full Story »

• Israel must do more for peace: Clinton

  Reuters – Thu Apr 15, 9:11 pm ET
  Reuters

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel must do more to pursue peace with the Palestinians and to strengthen their institutions or risk empowering militant groups such as Hamas, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday. Full Story »

• US pressures Israel, Palestinians to resume talks

  AP – Thu Apr 15, 5:36 pm ET
  AP

  WASHINGTON - Frustrated by more than a year of intense but failed diplomatic efforts to get Israel and the Palestinians to restart stalled peace negotiations, the Obama administration is turning up pressure on both sides to get them talking again.