10th January, 2009
At least 12 Israeli military forces have been reportedly killed in fierce clashes with Palestinian resistance forces in the Gaza Strip.
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Hamas ‘kills 12 soldiers in one day’
Posted by seumasach on January 10, 2009
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‘Israel behind missile fire from Lebanon’
Posted by seumasach on January 9, 2009
9th January, 2009
A Lebanese lawmaker holds sleeping cells working for Tel Aviv responsible for carrying out rocket attacks from southern Lebanon into Israel.
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Russia warns Israel war may spread beyond Gaza
Posted by seumasach on January 9, 2009
9th January, 2009
Russia has warned Israel that the continuation of its military operation in the Gaza Strip could spread beyond the coastal sliver.
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Israel targets Press TV station in Gaza
Posted by alfied on January 9, 2009
Israeli forces have targeted the office of Press TV and the Iranian Arab-language satellite channel al-Alam in the Gaza Strip.
There were two people wounded in the Israeli attack, a Press TV correspondent said Friday, adding that Press TV’s sister channel, Al-Alam, which was also based in the building has been affected by the attack. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rockets hit Israeli airbase near Tel Aviv
Posted by seumasach on January 9, 2009
9th January
Hamas has announced that its al-Qassam grad rockets have hit a major Israeli airbase near Tel Aviv, which is believed to house nuclear arms
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Thousands demonstrate in Arab world
Posted by seumasach on January 9, 2009
9th January, 2009
Sana’a/Amman – Demonstrators in their thousands took to streets in the Arab world following Friday prayers to show their support for the people of the Gaza Strip and denounce the nearly two- week Israeli military offensive there. Demonstrators in Doha, Baghdad and Amman carried Palestinian flags and chanted slogans in support of Gaza. Others decried the Egyptian government, accusing it of indirectly supporting Israel by keeping its border to the salient closed.
The largest demonstrations took place in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, where eyewitness accounts say about 200,000 demonstrators took to the streets, calling for “Death to America and Israel” and saying that “Islam would win.”
In the southern port city of Aden, police had to fire warning shots and tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of protesters after they tried to access the diplomatic quarter.
In Amman, tens of thousands of demonstrators carried photos of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who expelled his country’s Israeli ambassador.
Demonstrators gathered near the Israeli embassy, but were prevented by security forces from reaching the building. They demanded that the Israeli ambassador be kicked out of Amman.
The Friday demonstrations were called by prominent Egyptian-born, but Qatar-based, Islamic scholar Youssef al-Qaradawi.
He called for Friday to be a “day of support for Gaza” and has urged imams around the Muslim world to deliver their Friday sermons on the Gaza situation.
Qaradawi delivered the Friday prayer sermon in one of Doha’s mosques in which he attacked US “double standards” and Washington’s “involvement in the Zionist scheme.”
Demonstrators then came out of the mosque onto the streets carrying Qatari and Palestinian flags and wearing the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh, or scarf.
In Baghdad, thousands of demonstrators marched in Baghdad and chanted slogans like “Where are the Arab leaders?” and carried placards reading “Gaza martyrs, you are going to heaven” and “The attack on Gaza is an attack on humanity.”
The demonstrators then gathered at the Muslim Youth Association, where speeches were delivered and songs sung in support of Gaza.
Police tried to stop protests by 100,000 people in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, but eventually decided to let the protest continue. Proteters decried Egyptian policy. In clashes in the Sinai peninsula city of El-Arish, eight demonstrators and multiple policemen were injured in clashes. More than a dozen demonstrators were arrested.
Also, about 3,000 people protested in Ramallah in the West Bank at the urging of Hamas. Protesters chanted “Hamas, Hamas,” but, unlike previous demonstrations, did not wave Hamas flags. The protest was dispersed by authorities after about half an hour.
Demonstrations also took place in Bahrain and support marches were expected in the United Arab Emirates.
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Hamas gives conditions for ending Gaza conflict
Posted by seumasach on January 9, 2009
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BEIRUT, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — Hamas said the only solution to the ongoing Gaza crisis would be Israeli retreat from Gaza, ceasing aggression and lifting the blockade, local Elnashra website reported Friday.
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Is Anglo-Saudi Sponsored Lebanese Countergang Behind Rocket Fire Into Israeli?
Posted by seumasach on January 8, 2009
January 8, 2009 (LPAC)– The fears that a third force would provoke Israel or give it the pretext to expand the Gaza offensive into a regional war, were made real on January 8, when a number of rockets fired from southern Lebanon hit Israel. The Lebanese Shia group Hizbullah denied any involvement in the attack.
A new Lebanese Shia countergang (openly opposed to Hizbullah) called Arabic Islamic Majlis of Lebanon, declared on Tuesday, January 7, the launching of a militant resistance group. And on January 8, the day of the launching of the rockets against Israel, its leader issued an alert for his troops to get ready to resist an invasion of Lebanon by Israel.
The Saudi-sponsored Lebanese Shia countergang to Hizbullah with offices only in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and London, claimed to have recruited 3000 resistance fighters against Israel.
The group called Arabic Islamic Majlis (with focus on Arabic to distinguish itself as its leader says from the Persian, pro-Iranian Hizbullah) is headed by one Ayatollah Alsayed Alhusseini, and was founded in October 2006 after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the summer of that year, when Hizbullah clearly defeated the Israeli army.
Alhusseini toured Europe and Britain, according to the group’s website, to hold meetings with political personalities in London in February 2008. In a September 15, 2008 report posted on the website of Majlis, Alhusseini is featured in a picture standing in front of a banner stating in Arabic “thank you Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of goodness and humanity.” The context of the photo is a letter sent by Alhusseini to Prince Nayef bin Sultan, Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia, for the great support he has given to the charities run by Majlis.
Prince Nayef is a generous donor to Lebanese Sunni groups. He was especially generous after the arrest of Saudi militants who had joined the Salafi group Fatah Al-Islam in fighting against the Lebanese army in the Palestinian refugee camp Nahrel Bared in northern Lebanon in May 2007. Nayef was negotiating the release and transfer of the Saudi terrorist to Saudi Arabia, which he managed successfully.
Al-Husseini is based in Sor and other southern Lebanese towns. A report in the Saudi-financed Al-Arabiya TV states today that Al-Husseinis group is recruiting 3000 resistance fighters, and that Alhusseini said that his group has received 1,500 applications from young people in the Gulf (i.e., Saudi Arabia) to join as fighters in his group. Alhusseini openly accuses Hizbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah of being an Iranian agent not a Lebanese patriot.
The bank accounts of Majlis for donations are located at the Lebanese Canadian Bank in Beirut.
Alhusseini is allied with the Duruz sect in Lebanon whose leader, Walid Junbulat, has been calling openly for a U.S. war against Hizbullah, Syria and Iran. Alhusseini visited the religious leaders of Duruz in Al-Irfan Foundation, on January 7, the day he launched his armed resistance against Israel!
8th January, 2009
In May 16, 2006, Alhusseini sent a letter to the Maryam Rajavi, the leader of British-controlled, US-protected terrorist group Mujahideen-e-Khalg Organisation thanking her for her support in the face of Iranian provocations and harassment against his group in Lebanon. He called her Jihadist sister Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the (Iranian) republic, who was elected by the Iranian resistance.
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London- Vigil for Gaza
Posted by seumasach on January 8, 2009
VIGIL FOR GAZA
A round the clock vigil every day in Parliament Square, London
Starting Thursday 8 January at 10.30am and continuing 24 hours a day…
STOP THE MASSACRE, ISRAEL OUT OF GAZA, END THE BLOCKADE
Supported by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Vigil for Gaza welcomes all who wish to peacefully protest against the blockade of Gaza and the current assault on its people by Israel. The vigil is a space to gather, speak, bear witness, pray, meditate, sing or otherwise demonstrate that we find this situation unacceptable.
Join the vigil at any time in Parliament Square, London for as short or as long a time as you can.
If you are able to attend the launch of the vigil on Thursday 8 January at 10.30am, please come along.
In order that as many people as possible feel able to participate in the vigil, it is covered by authorisation to demonstrate under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.
For further information on the vigil, contact vigilforgaza@gmail.com or see http://www.vigilforgaza.net. For more campaign information see http://www.palestinecampaign.org/
Vigil for Gaza
e-mail: vigilforgaza@gmail.net
Homepage: http://www.vigilforgaza.net
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/417430.html
This is the same parliament Square where Brian Haw has been protesting since June 2001. Looks like he’s about to get plenty of company…
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The never mentioned Syria – Qatar – Turkey peace initiative
Posted by seumasach on January 8, 2009
Turkish diplomacy could be an new element in the Middle East crisis.
8th January, 2009
Another humiliation for the so called “moderate” Arabs in the Security Council, with Al-Arabiya reported in advance that the Security Council will never pass the Arab initiative.
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US Senate supports Israel’s Gaza incursion
Posted by seumasach on January 8, 2009
Co-sponsor and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican said before the vote: “The Israelis … are responding exactly the same way we would.”
The Senator has correctly identified the affinity between Us and Israeli foreign policy
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voiced strong support on Thursday for Israel’s battle against Hamas militants in Gaza, while urging a ceasefire that would prevent Hamas from launching any more rockets into Israel.
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