Saudi king donates $US1 billion for Gaza   January 27, 2009 – 6:19AM Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on Monday announced the donation of $US1 billion ($A1.52 billion) for the reconstruction of Gaza battered by a deadly Israeli offensive. “On behalf of the Saudi people, I declare the donation of one billion dollars for programmes [...]

Rabbi told Israeli troops ‘to show no mercy’ in Gaza   Mon Jan 26, 9:21 am ET AFP/File – Israeli soldiers walk on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza Strip as smoke billows in the background, … JERUSALEM (AFP) – An Israeli human rights group on Monday called for the immediate dismissal of the chief military rabbi, claiming he gave [...]

Hamas slams EU official over anti-Hamas statement     www.chinaview.cn  2009-01-27 01:16:32     Print       GAZA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — The deposed Hamas government in Gaza on Monday slammed European Union (EU) Aid Commissioner Louis Michel over his statements holding Hamas responsible for the Israeli offensive on Gaza.     Taher el-Noono, spokesman of Hamas government, said in [...]

The Mideast’s One-State Solution By Muammar Qaddafi January 26, 2009 “IHT” — Jan 22, 2009 –The shocking level of the last wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence, which ended with this weekend’s cease-fire, reminds us why a final resolution to the so-called Middle East crisis is so important. It is vital not just to break this cycle [...]

Hamas to pay victims of Gaza war   Hamas says more than 20,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in Israel’s Gaza offensive [AFP] Hamas is set to hand out money to Gazans afflicted by Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip. The territory’s government was due to start giving out the money, expected to total about $45m, on Sunday - a day after a Hamas committee [...]

Why Israel won’t survive  Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 19 January 2009  From a hill just outside the Gaza Strip, Israelis watch the air assaults on Gaza and dance in celebration of the attacks, 8 January 2009. (Newscom) The merciless Israeli bombardment of Gaza has stopped — for now — but the death toll keeps rising as [...]

Names and Photos of Israeli War Criminals in Gaza Kawther Salam Jan 25, 2009 I have decided to publish some names and photos of the Israeli military personnel who participated in the so-called “Operation Cast Lead”, the offensive launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on the Gaza Strip between 27 December and 18 January 2009. [...]

FOR GAZA’S CHILDREN, THE WAY OF LIFE IS ACTUALLY THE WAY OF DEATH Desertpeace       Jan 25, 2009 After an unexpected winter ‘vacation’, hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza returned to school yesterday. In some cases, the buildings were gone, completely destroyed by Israeli bombs. In most cases, classmates were missing, murdered [...]

Details on the Arrest of Khalid Amayreh SHERINE BAHAA       Jan 25, 2009 With friends like these KHALED AMAYREH, the Al-Ahram Weekly correspondent in the West Bank was arrested Sunday evening by the Preventive Security Forces (PSF) in Hebron. He was released after two days. Amayreh, 52, lives in Dura, 12 miles southwest [...]

When Exactly Did Israel Lose Its Soul? umkahlil       Jan 25, 2009 When Exactly Did Israel Lose Its Soul? In 2009? Lina Hassan (2000-2009) From 2000-2008? 1050 Palestinian Children Killed In 1987 when the Prime Minister ordered Israeli soldiers to “break the bones” of Palestinian demonstrators? In 1982? Sabra and Chatila In 1967? Approximately [...]

Israel acts to block war crimes charges Jonathan Cook       The National January 25. 2009 Jerusalem // Mounting fear in Israel that the country’s leaders face war crimes charges over their involvement in the recent Gaza offensive pushed officials into a frenzy of activity at the weekend to forestall legal actions abroad. The [...]

War is Politics: The Israeli Invasion of Gaza William James Martin, Axis of Logic       Jan 25, 2009 War is politics by other means. – Carl von Clausewitz   US President George Bush stated:  “In response to these attacks on their people, the leaders of Israelhave launched military operations on Hamas positions in Gaza. As [...]

We will survive this latest Nakbah too May A. Altoukhi | Arab News       Jan 25, 2009 I, like most people, have been feeling miserable these past three weeks because of the genocide against my people in Gaza. I can neither sleep, nor eat…Some days, I cannot even breathe. I thought that if [...]

‘Cancer within 10 months of attack’ New Straits Times       Jan 25, 2009 FOR the victims of white phosphorus attacks, the horrific burns are just the beginning of their problems. If past experiences are to be taken into account, those hit by the deadly chemical can expect to develop cancer within a year [...]

Endless pain for Gaza burn victims Marc Lourdes       Three-year-old Sayed Mansour Abou Warda is one of the many children suffering from the white phosphorus attacks. (Inset) Sabah Abou Halimah, a burn victim who also lost her husband and children. Jan 25, 2009 MORE than a week after the ceasefire, the victims of [...]

Video: Gazans witout homes to return to   AlJazeeraEnglish       Jan 25, 2009 Families in Gaza are returning to the homes they were forced to leave during the Israeli offensive. Gazan officials say the Isareli attacks destroyed and damaged around 20,000 homes, leaving more than 100,000 people homeless. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Awad spent [...]

Doctors Document Gaza Horrors Special for IslamOnline.net       Jan 25, 2009 CAIRO — A team of Arab doctors who rushed to the rescue of thousands of civilians injured during Israel’s 22-day onslaught against the sealed off Gaza Strip are coming back with heart-breaking stories of horror and never-seen-before injuries. “The destruction and death [...]

VIDEO: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/200912595830751937.html   Cairo hospitals treat Gaza’s war-scarred children     Israel’s cabinet is considering how to protect its soldiers from international prosecution for alleged war crimes in Gaza. More than 1,300 Palestinians were killed during Israel’s three week offensive, many of them women and children. Al Jazeera’s Amr El-Kahky has been to a hospital in [...]

Israeli Soldiers Play ‘Sophie’s Choice’ With Palestinian Mothers umkahlil Jan 24, 2009 The sickening horrors to which the Zionists have subjected the Palestinians for more than sixty years defy credulity. I received this message from Barbara Lubin, founder of Middle East Children’s Alliance today: I entered the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night with my friend [...]

Israeli doctors: Hundreds of wounded Palestinians in danger of dying due to Israeli closure Saed Bannoura – IMEM       Sunday January 25, 2009 A group of Israeli doctors with Physicians for Human Rights released a report Saturday with their observations from a delegation to the Gaza Strip. They say that due to the [...]