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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (1886)	10/2/2006 11:02:26 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Jordan warns deadly feuding harming Palestinian cause Khaleej Times ^ \| 10/2/06 khaleejtimes.com AMMAN - Jordanian Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit warned Monday that inter-Palestinian violence would damage the Palestinian cause and undermine efforts for a Middle East settlement. “We and our Palestinian brothers are in constant contact and of course we fear inter-Palestinian fighting. This is something we always warned against because it weakens the internal front,” Bakhit told reporters. “We have high hopes that the Palestinian brothers will use their wisdom so as to ... reach a united position and avoid bloodshed,” he added. Speaking a day after a Jordanian-Egyptian summit in Cairo, Bakhit reiterated calls for the creation of a Palestinian national unity government and a united Arab position to help the Palestinian cause. “Jordan and Egypt are in open consultations,” he said after the talks in Cairo Sunday between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. “The main goal of this is to give priority to the Palestinian track and to reconfirm to the world that the Palestinian cause is the core problem in the region and if it is not solved its repercussions will be seen as they were in Lebanon, in other places.” Rival security forces loyal to the Fatah faction of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and the Hamas-led government engaged in fierce shootouts in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, leaving eight people killed and some 130 wounded. “This violence is blocking the peace process,” Mubarak’s spokesman Suleiman Awwad quoted the president as saying in his talks with the king.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (1886)	10/3/2006 8:17:33 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Egypt: Hamas rejects offer for Shalit Jerusalem Post ^ \| 10/3/6 \| JPost.com.staff & AP jpost.com Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Monday that Israel had offered to release up to 1,000 prisoners in exchange for captured soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit, but Hamas had turned down the proposal. "[There was] a deal that could have freed 900 to 1,000 prisoners, but sadly they have decided to keep holding him," he told Al-Arabiyeh Television. Egypt has been mediating between Israel and Hamas over the release of Shalit, who was abducted at Kerem Shalom on the Gaza border on June 25. Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz told Israel Radio on Sunday that the IDF might step up military operations in the Gaza Strip, to put pressure on Hamas to release Shalit and halt the firing of rockets at Israel. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday discussed the situation in the Middle East including the increased strife among Palestinians during a visit of Jordanian King Abdullah II to Cairo. Mubarak's spokesman, Suleiman Awad, said after the meeting that the talks concentrated on the situation in the Palestinian territories, which has seen increasing internal violence between the ruling Hamas and Fatah. "Mubarak expressed regret for Sunday's clashes in Gaza between the ruling Hamas movement and groups loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas that left at least seven people dead," Awad said, according to the Egypt's Middle East News Agency. "Internal Palestinian fighting is a red line that should never be crossed," Awad quoted Mubarak as saying. Abdullah, who arrived in the afternoon, left Cairo after he and Mubarak had iftar, the sunset meal that breaks the daylight fast of Muslims during Ramadan. Egypt's state-owned Al-Ahram daily newspaper reported on Friday that unnamed Arab diplomats in Cairo said Washington was trying to persuade moderate Arab states to put more pressure on Hamas to work with Abbas to resume peace talks with Israel. The Islamic group Hamas dominates the Palestinian cabinet and holds a majority in the legislature. Abdullah's visit came two days before US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to arrive in Egypt where she is expected to meet eight Arab foreign ministers in an effort to revive stalled Mideast peace talks.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (1886)	10/3/2006 4:59:15 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

The article fails to mention if they were forced to study Christianity or Judaism for an equivalent amount of time..... Supreme Court declines case challenging classes on Islam kvia.com SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court has refused to consider a lawsuit by parents objecting to a three-week class for seventh-graders on Islam. Jonas and Tiffany Eklund say pupils at a public school in Byron, California, were given pages from the opening chapter of the Quran to read and studied Islam's Five Pillars of Faith. The Eklunds argued that the world history unit violated separation of church and state. Their lawyers charged that the public school "had children become Muslims for three weeks." School Superintendent Tom Meyer denies that the classes amount to indoctrination. The Ninth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the Islam program activities were not overt religious exercises and therefore did not raise constitutional concerns.