Palestinian fighters have fired more rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on the 16th day of Israeli incursion into the besieged region.
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Hamas rockets hit five Israeli cities
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
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How Many Divisions?
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
Uri Avnery
10th January, 2009
NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS ago, in the course of World War II, a heinous crime was committed in the city of Leningrad. For more than a thousand days, a gang of extremists called – the Red Army – held the millions of the town – s inhabitants hostage and provoked retaliation from the German Wehrmacht from inside the population centers. The Germans had no alternative but to bomb and shell the population and to impose a total blockade, which caused the death of hundreds of thousands.
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Tens Of Thousands March In DC Against Israel
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
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People of the world unite for Palestine
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
10th january, 2009
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World leaders continue to ignore the suffering of the people of Gaza. But their peoples, the millions who took to the streets in cities worldwide in the past few days to protest the Gaza massacres, are not. They speak for the world conscience and cannot be silenced by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or the Israeli propaganda machine. The demonstrations tell it like it is. War crimes are taking place in Gaza under the nose of the spineless UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his useless United Nations. And Israel has to be held accountable for those crimes. |
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Ten thousands march against Israel in France
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
Supporting the Palestinian cause
10th January, 2009
French protesters march through Paris, other French cities to denounce Israeli’s offensive in Gaza.
PARIS – Tens of thousands of protesters marched through central Paris and other French cities Saturday to denounce Israeli’s offensive in Gaza and express support for the Palestinian cause.
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Massive anti-Israel march pushed- Canada
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
10th January, 2009
Organizers called on thousands of supporters to march on the Israeli consulate today to protest the two-week-old Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip and demand the Canadian government take a stronger stand to support a UN resolution for a ceasefire.
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Thousands of candles lit in Gaza vigil
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
10th January, 2009
MORE than 4000 candles in white paper bags have been lit on the front lawn outside Parliament House in Canberra as part of a vigil against the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Sources: Abbas to resign
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
10th January, 2009
There is some truth in this Haaretz’ opinion “Israeli rejection of Gaza deal may topple Abbas” because Kuwaiti newspaper Awan revealed today that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told his aides that he wants to resign from his post and call for new elections. Abbas don’t want to lead the Palestinian Authority under the current political circumstances.
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Israeli peace activists face crackdown
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
10th January, 2009
JERUSALEM–Israeli dissidents, opposed to their country’s military offensive in Gaza, have run into a police crackdown on a scale not seen in nearly a decade, say human rights campaigners here.
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China sends envoy to Middle.E
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
10th January
BEIJING – CHINA’S special Middle East envoy will return to the region in the coming days to press for a halt to fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
The emissary, Sun Bigan, would visit Egypt, Gaza and Israel, spokesman Qin Gang said on the ministry’s website (www. fmprc.gov.cn).
Mr Qin expressed Beijing’s serious concern about the escalating conflict, which has defied international efforts to stop it.
China is a permanent member of the UN Security Council but has traditionally wielded relatively little clout in the Middle East. — REUTERS
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Gaza war crimes probe called for
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
10th January, 2009
A high-ranking UN human rights official calls for an independent investigation into possible war crimes committed by Israeli’s in Gaza.
Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on Friday called for the investigation. She specifically referred to the killing of 30 Palestinian civilians in a home in central Gaza that was shelled by Israeli forces.
“I am concerned with violations of international law. Incidents such as this must be investigated because they display elements of what could constitute war crimes,” Pillay, told Reuters.
“There is an international obligation on the part of soldiers in their position to protect civilians, not to kill civilians indiscriminately in the first place, and when they do to make sure that they help the wounded,” Pillay said. “In this particular case these children were helpless and the soldiers were close by,” she said.
Speaking earlier to a special session of the UN Human Rights Council held on the Gaza crisis, Pillay had said that Israel should be held accountable for any violations of international law.
Pillay continued by noting that a large number of people, including children, had been killed or wounded in “Israel’s totally unacceptable strikes” against clearly marked UN facilities sheltering Gaza civilians.
The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1860 calling for an immediate cease-fire in the 14-day-old conflict and a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza but Israel rejected the resolution and continued its offensive on Friday.
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