Video: Thousands displaced in Gaza AlJazeeraEnglish Jan 25, 2009 UN struggles to house displaced after Gaza war Israel has rejected international calls to fully reopen border crossings into Gaza, delaying the massive task of reconstruction on the strip. That’s adding to the woes of the tens of thousands of displaced people. Zeina [...]
Israel proposes 18 month truce with Hamas; Hamas counters with one year offer Ma’an news Jan 25, 2009 Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israel has proposed an 18-month truce with Hamas in indirect negotiations taking place in Egypt. Hamas heard of the offer during a meeting with Egyptian intelligence chief Umar Suleiman, who [...]
Infant dies of wounds sustained in Gaza Saed Bannoura – IMEMC Monday January 25, 2009 Palestinian medical sources at Al Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, reported on Sunday that a Palestinian infant died at the hospital of wounds sustained during the recent Israel war against the Gaza Strip. The infant, Nancy Sa’di [...]
Poll: More Israelis prefer Netanyahu as PM to any other candidate Haaretz Service Jan 25, 2009 Israelis prefer Benjamin Netanyahu to be the next Prime Minister of Israel over any other candidate, with the Likud chairman being picked by 29 percent of those surveyed. Sixteen percent of those polled said they preferred [...]
Israeli cabinet grants legal aid to political and military officials accused of war crimes Saed Bannoura January 25, 2009 In its Sunday session, the Israeli cabinet decided to grant full legal aid to its military and political officials accused of committing war crimes against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Israeli Prime [...]
Gaza: Urgent action needed to protect journalists PNN Jan 25, 2009 eGaza – During three weeks in the Gaza Strip Israeli forces killed four journalists and directly targeted media offices and cars. This is in addition to preventing the entrance of international media. The International Federation of Journalists and the Federation of [...]
Israel must be judged at the International Criminal Court – Universal petition Jan 24, 2009 Approximately 300 among NGOs and associations ask the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to open an investigation on the war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. Our support is indispensable. Sign and circulate this urgent «universal [...]
Obama: True Friend of Israel Reza Fiyouzat, Revolutionary Flowerpot Society Jan 25, 2009 Beware of Straight-A Students! Democrats are like the good, intelligent students to the Republicans mostly jocks and too rich to study types. Vast stereotypes, both, but will do for the purpose. Among the Democrats’ goody-two-shoes student types, though, Obama [...]
Video: Gaza zoo destroyed Monkeys and camels were among many animals killed by Israeli fire at a Gaza zoo. By Ashraf Helmi, Videographer, and Megan Hirons, Photographer Jan 25, 2009 Israeli troops shot and killed zoo animals VIDEO: http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1&p=51213&s2=26 The Gaza Zoo reeks of death. But zookeeper Emad Jameel Qasim [...]
First Blood: Pictures From Life’s Other Side Chris Floyd Jan 25, 209 I. Already, Gaza has faded from the front pages of the Western press. Already it is yesterday’s news, yesterday’s massacre, just another in a long, long, endless line of human debauchery. After all, the Western press, the Western establishments, indeed, [...]
Jan 25, 2009 12:05 | Updated Jan 25, 2009 21:44 Erdogan: Israel broke 6-month truce Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Hamas made a mistake by firing at Israel, but he also blasted Israel for “failing to abide” by the Gaza cease-fire prior to Operation Cast Lead. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: AP “Hamas, without a doubt, [...]
Hamas Government Offices Reopen in Gaza By Robert Berger Jerusalem 25 January 2009 A Palestinian family sit next to their destroyed house after the Israeli army operation in Rafah refugee camp, 19 Jan 2009 The Islamic militant group Hamas is trying to re-establish control of the Gaza Strip after a devastating three-week war [...]
Israel may fund Gaza war with US loan guarantees January 25, 2009 By David Rosenberg War-related defence spending and civilian aid would boost the budget deficit and increase borrowing, said former treasury official Yoram Gabai, who is now the chairman of the Pe’ilim fund management unit of Bank Hapoalim. Raising the money at home might [...]
Israeli PM in war crimes pledge Rights groups say white phosphorus shells were fired into built-up areas of Gaza Any Israeli soldiers accused of war crimes in the Gaza Strip will be given state protection from prosecution overseas, the country’s PM has said. Ehud Olmert said troops should know Israel would keep them safe [...]
Infant dies after inhaling white phosphorus Military and Security 1/25/2009 4:47:00 PM RAMALLAH, Jan 25 (KUNA) — A six-month old Palestinian infant died on Sunday after Israeli forces shelled Gaza with white phosphorus mortar bombs. Nansi passed out after medical rescuers failed in saving her. The infant suffered from serious complications as she was [...]
Israeli commanders in crosshairs for war crimes Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:43:49 GMT Israel has taken measures to protect the identity of Gaza war commanders as the case for war crimes in the populated area gains momentum. Israeli authorities have issued an order banning the publication of the full name and photographs of the [...]
Breaking Gaza’s Will Israel’s Enduring Fantasy By Ramzy Baroud January 25, 2009 “Information Clearinghouse” – – My three-year-old son Sammy walked into my room uninvited as I sorted through another batch of fresh photos from Gaza. I was looking for a specific image, one that would humanise Palestinians as living, breathing human [...]
Children of GazaStories of Those Who Died and the Trauma for Those Who Survived Rory McCarthy reports from Gaza City on the individual stories of some victims and the physical and psychological toll on an estimated 350,000 youngsters By Rory McCarthy January 24, 2009 “The Guardian” — Amira Qirm lay on a hospital bed [...]
Benn accuses BBC of betrayal over Gaza appeal By Laura May, Press Association Saturday, 24 January 2009 Veteran politician Tony Benn accused the BBC today of a “betrayal” of its public service obligations following its decision not to broadcast a public appeal for funds for Gaza. Having spoken on the Today programme, [...]
Scenes from Gaza As’ad AbuKhalil, The Angry Arab News Service Jan 24, 2009 “Palestinian Rawan Abu Taber, 4, wounded during the Israeli military operations, screams in pain as doctors change bandages to her severe burns, at the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday Jan. 21, 2009. Doctors had to amputate her thumb [...]