Some of the news in Palestine Today

I've been reading through the news and here's some of the stuff I found. It's all in english so folks can read it. I found things on the financial things going on, fighting between jews and arabs, martyrdom, and more. All this in one day of news. Heavy on my heart.

Israeli settlers cut olive tress in West Bank
Please wait ... West Bank, October 13, 2008 (Ramattan) – Israeli settlers on Monday cut more than 20 olive trees in the West Bank village of Gith, Palestinian farmers said. Jews from the settlement of Havat Gilad attacked Olive farms in several Cities of West Bank in the season of olive harvest.

Israeli seals West Bank Please wait ... Jerusalem. October 13, 2008 (Ramattan) – Israel security forces announced on Sunday night sealing off West Bank from Monday until midnight October 21, restricting the movement of Palestinian in the West Bank cities.

Security tight in riot-torn Acre

A number of houses in Acre have been torched in the riots

Hundreds of Israeli police officers have been deployed to the northern city of Acre after four days of violence between Arabs and Jews.

Overnight Jewish and Arab demonstrators threw stones at each other, before being dispersed by the security forces.

On Sunday the normally busy Old City was reported to be almost empty.

More than 50 people have been arrested since Wednesday when an Israeli-Arab man was assaulted for driving his car during the Jewish Yom Kippur holy day.

Just married and determined to die

Umm Anas was at the centre of a highly-staged event, but she was far from a cipher

There is a ceasefire in Gaza, but the BBC has found evidence of militant groups preparing for a return to violence. One group, Islamic Jihad, is training female suicide bombers.

Middle East correspondent Paul Wood went to meet a Palestinian woman who volunteered.

Palestinian PM Fayyad: ‘We Are at a Crossroads’ ‘Two-state Solution Teetering under Weight of Half Million Settlers’

October 13, 2008 - Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told a group of prominent American Palestinians in Washington on Sunday night that “we are at a crossroads" that could either lead to either "a bumpy road to peace" or the other way as "the two-state solution is teetering under the weight of 170 (illegal Jewish colonial) settlements and almost half a million settlers. And the time for a two-state solution is running out," Claude Salhani of the Middle East Times reported.

International support to PA may be decreased due to global crisis

Ramallah / PNN – The Ramallah government headed by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is expressing concerns over the global financial crisis beyond price increases and a poor exchange rate. After decades of occupation the Palestinian economy relies heavily on aid for projects in infrastructure, including schools and security, but the Ministry of Planning said this week that funding outside parties may not top the priorities of donor countries who are themselves in trouble.

Threat to Islamic heritage of Jerusalem reaches critical juncture

Jerusalem / PNN - Incurring into Al Aqsa Mosque during a Jewish holiday was a dangerous attempt to link the Israeli agenda to the Muslim holy site. During the Yom Kippur holiday, as threats were levied against the Mosque, throngs of Jewish worshippers descended. Just days later a synagogue opened meters away from Al Aqsa. Dr. Hassan Khater, Secretary General of the Islamic – Christian Front for the Defense of Jerusalem, says a particularly dangerous period has been entered.