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 [...]
Aid agencies: Continued Gaza blockade will cause crisis to double Ma’an news Jan 24, 2009 Gaza – Ma’an – A coalition of international aid agencies urged the Israeli government on Saturday to open the Gaza Strip’s border to allow vital goods into the territory. After 19 months of blockade and 23 days [...]
it’s a ceasefire… just not on the beach, not in your home In Gaza 7 year old Ahmed Hassanin, shot in the head outside his home by Israeli soldiers from Gaza’s eastern border, January 22nd. Jan 24, 2009 On the 5th morning after Israel declared a ‘ceasefire’, Israeli gunboats began shelling, [...]
Gaza: Unexploded Bombs Hold More Deaths Erin Cunningham GAZA CITY, Jan 24, 2009 (IPS) – At first the 44 children that live in the Zani family home in Beit Hanoun were wary of the unexploded F-16 rocket whose tail has protruded menacingly from their garden since it landed in the first week [...]
Uncle Subhi’s Puzzling Questions in Gaza By Dr. Haidar Eid – Gaza ‘What can one say to comfort a man who had to bury his entire family?’ January 24, 2009 ‘Where can I bring him a father from? Where can I bring him a mother from? You tell me!’ These are the [...]
Report: The IOF troops executed many detained civilians during its war on Gaza Palestinian Information Center Jan 24, 2009 GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian center for the defense of prisoners on Saturday revealed that the IOF troops kidnapped during their aggression on the Gaza Strip about 300 Palestinian civilians, some of them were [...]
Growing concern over Israel’s weapons use By Donald Macintyre in Atatra Northern Gaza Strip Friday, 23 January 2009 Whether from delayed shock or not, Mahmoud Abu Halima was almost dispassionate as he pointed to the hole in the roof made by the artillery shelling which killed his father and burned to death [...]
Fatah and Hamas trade accusations of political arrests, torture Ma’an news Jan 24, 2009 Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Palestinian rival parties Fatah and Hamas on Friday traded accusations of each abusing the other’s supporters in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa published a [...]
Israel Admits White Phosphorous Use in Gaza IslamOnline.net & Newspapers Jan 24, 2009 CAIRO — As calls are crying louder for an international probe into Israel’s war crimes in Gaza, Israel admitted Saturday, January 24, using white phosphorous, a chemical that burns away human flesh to the bone, in shelling the densely-populated [...]
Absolutely Not in Their Name, Not in Ours Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center (AIC) Jan 24, 2009 Absolutely Not! Not in Their Name, Not in Ours Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni, Gabi Ashkenazi and Ehud Olmert–don’t you dare show your faces at any memorial ceremony for the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto, Lublin, [...]
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