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60 years on, Palestinians visit lost Jerusalem homes

"This is our house! This is my house!"

WHOSE HOUSE? Palestinian protesters hold pictures depicting houses that they say belonged to Arab residents of Jerusalem before 1948, then taken over by Jewish residents, during a march in Jerusalem. via Manawatu Evening Standard

Bush preparing for Mideast trip

President Bush is preparing to embark on his latest Mideast trip. Tomorrow, the president heads to Jerusalem to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday. via WLOS

Gaza power plant shuts down, reducing electricity supply

Gaza City: Gaza City residents faced closed bakeries, stalled elevators and no water on Sunday after the ruling Hamas party shut down the territory's only power plant, saying it ran out of fuel supplied by ... via Gulfnews

Fighting spreads in Lebanon

"Civil peace and halting the destruction are paramount"

BEIRUT - Fighters of the Shiite Hezbollah movement launched a new offensive Sunday in the Chouf Mountains southeast of Beirut, driving out pro-government Druze supporters from a key stronghold and further expanding their territorial control in Lebanon. Hezbollah gunmen overran the political party offices of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in the strategic mountain town of Aley and several surrounding villages, then handed them over to the Lebanese army - a pattern witnessed over the previous two days in West Beirut after fierce fighting between Sunni supporters of the U.S.-backed government and the Iranian- and Syrian-allied opposition. The capital was calm Saturday after an agreement by Hezbollah to withdraw appeared to offer the beginnings of a solution to the crisis that erupted last week. But gunmen from groups allied to Hezbollah remained on the streets, and a conflict that has spread alarm across the region appeared only to be widening. Read more

Startup shows off electric car planned for Israel

Israelis got a first demonstration Sunday of the electric car that developers hope will revolutionize transportation in the country and serve as a pilot for the rest of the world.

The silver car doing circles in a Tel Aviv parking lot looked like a regular sedan _ except it had no exhaust pipe and there was an electric socket where the mouth of the gas tank should have been.

The Silicon Valley startup Project Better Place hopes the fully electric prototype will be on Israel's streets in large numbers beginning at the end of 2010. Read more

Thousands protest Israeli focus at Turin book fair

"Many have chosen to forfeit the fair, but I think it is necessary to attend and to raise a taboo theme: Palestine"

Italian police officers wearing blue helmets look on during a demonstration described by organizers as pro-Palestinian, outside the Lingotto building, venue of the Turin book fair, in Turin, northern Italy on ... via CBC News

T.O. Palestinians rally over 'Nakba'

"We were settled in our homeland, enjoying being part of a community and then everything around you collapsed. I was in school when the shooting began"

Naji Farah says he is a survivor of "Nakba" and will never forgive Israel for leaving him and his family refugees. via CANOE

Israel at 60: Israel: The tumultuous timeline of a nation

Israel accepts the resolution, but Arabs reject it. > May 1948: Israel declares independence. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

1 killed by mortar shell in western Negev kibbutz

"This situation is unbearable, not fortifying our houses or taking any action, we live in a firing range"

Two mortar shells fired by Palestinians from northern Gaza Strip land in Kibbutz Kfar Aza Friday evening, killing one person and injuring three others. via Ynetnews

The war against the Jews

"There is no such country as Palestine. "Palestine" is a term the Zionists invented. [...]Our country was for centuries part of Syria. "Palestine" is alien to us. It is the Zionists who introduced it."

I've just caught up with Jeremy Bowen's documentary on the birth of Israel which was transmitted last Sunday evening. via The Spectator