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Israel´s Attack on Gaza – All Options are on the Table – but what Options ?

Posted by seumasach on November 18, 2012

NSNBC News

15th November, 2012

After the assassination of Hamas´ chief of military operations, Ahmed Jabari, the spokesperson of the IDF, Yoaf Mordechai stated that “All Options are on the Table”.  Not surprisingly Israel escalated the aggression as fast, furious and disproportionate as  historic precedence would indicate. An all out assault during the operation which Israel has doubt “Pillar of Cloud” is expected; the target will be “all terrorist organizations”.

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Did Qatar’s Sheik betray his Arab fellows to Israel ?

Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2012

Qatari emir’s visit was Israel’s plot to locate Hamas leaders !

National Turk

17th November, 2012

Gaza Strip / NationalTurk – Fars news agency, Iran’s state news agency claimed openly that the emir of Qatar, King Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is working for Israel and helped Israel kiling Hamas leaders with recent Gaza Strip airstrikes.

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Nasrallah to Arabs: use oil as weapon to pressure US on Israel

Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2012

Middle-East Online

16th November, 2012

BEIRUT – Palestinian militants firing long-range rockets from Gaza into Israel represents a “very significant development” in the conflict with the Jewish state, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said.

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Russia will back Egyptian efforts to end Israeli aggression: Putin

Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2012

PressTV

17th November, 2012

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will back Egyptian efforts to put an end to the Israeli aggression in the besieged Gaza Strip.

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Egypt’s political forces call on Morsi to ‘freeze’ all relations with Israel

Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2012

Political forces in Egypt call for the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty to be immediately revised, saying Egypt is no longer a ‘strategic treasure’ for the ‘enemy’

Al-Ahram

17th November, 2012

Egypt’s political forces, including the majority Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), demand the Egyptian government and president immediately move to revise the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty amid Israel’s ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

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Qatari tyrant gets red-carpet reception as Israel bombards Gaza

Posted by seumasach on October 25, 2012

El tirano de Qatar recibido con alfombra roja en Gaza mientras Israel bombardea

Resistencia Libia

22nd October, 2012

Los enemigos del pueblo árabe se han repartido armoniosamente los papeles. Mientras la aviación israelí asesina selectivamente a los dirigentes y patriotas recalcitrantes que no quieren reconocer la ocupación de la Palestina árabe por la entidad sionista con el aval del imperialismo occidental, el tirano emir qatarí Al Tani es recibido en la franja de Gaza por los dirigentes de la filial palestina de los Hermanos Musulmanes, el partido Hamas. Además los escuadrones de la muerte dirigidos por Turquía y la CIA asesinan a revolucionarios palestinos hermanados en el combate glorioso de Siria contra el imperialismo y el sionismo. El FPLP ha salvado su honor al declinar participar en la comedia de recibir con “honores” al tirano sangriento Al Tani al que le chorrean las manos de sangre del pueblo libio, sirio, bahreiní y yemenita. El imperialismo puede dominar y dividir a las masas árabes gracias a la intervención de petrotiranos como Al Tani que dirigen entidades tan artificiales y neocoloniales como Israel. Al Tani se presenta en Gaza con las maletas llenas de petrodólares con los que sobornar a los dirigentes de Hamas.

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PLO Official: Palestinian refugees in Damascus support Assad’s gov’t

Posted by seumasach on July 27, 2012

Fars News Agency

22nd July, 2012

EHRAN (FNA)- A senior official of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) reiterated on Sunday that the Palestinian refugees who reside in Damascus fully support President Bashar Assad’s government.

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Hezbollah denounces Al-Aqsa storming, urges rise to save Holy Mosque

Posted by seumasach on July 27, 2012

Al-Manar

27th July, 2012

Hezbollah denounced the storming of al-Aqsa, holding the western powers responsible for the attack and urging the Muslim and Arab people to rise in bid to save the holy mosque.

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Lurking danger: PalestinianrRefugees in Syria

Posted by seumasach on July 26, 2012

This article is important for the following revelation:

A statement issued on July 16 by the Free Syria Army joint command, and cited by AFP, called “pro-regime Palestinian leaders on Syrian soil…‘legitimate targets.’” Considering that cooperation between various PLO factions and Syria goes back decades, the call resembles a death note to numerous Palestinians in Syria. The Palestine Liberation Army, for once, has more or less served a symbolic role. It was barely involved in any military action, whether in or outside Syria. The heinous butchering of these men points to a decided attempt at punishing innocent Palestinians.

As I understand it Hamas did take sides, that of the “rebels”

Ramzy Baroud

Middle-East Online

26th July, 2012

“The flames are quickly approaching Yarmouk (as) someone is trying to drag the Palestinians into the fire,” commented Palestinian observer Rashad Abu Shawar (as cited in Israeli Jerusalem Post, July 20).

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Gaza to be connected to Egypt’s power grid: Egyptian envoy

Posted by seumasach on March 22, 2012

PressTV

21st March, 2012

The Egyptian Ambassador to Occupied Palestinian Territories Yasser Othman has announced that the Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip will be connected to Egypt’s power grid within the next four to five months.

 

In a Wednesday interview with Saudi Arabian newspaper, Al-Sharq, Othman said that Egypt and Gaza would start work on connecting their power grids within a few weeks.

“This will lead to a real relief for the deepening crisis in the Gaza Strip,” he said.

He explained that the plan to end Gaza’s power crisis was a two-phased one.

During the first phase, Egypt will supply diesel to Gaza’s sole power plant and in the next one, which will take 18 months to complete, Gaza will be connected to a regional power grid in Egypt.

Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, causing a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.

The full-scale land, aerial, and naval siege has turned the enclave into the world’s largest open-air prison.

In mid-February, Egypt blocked the flow of diesel through the tunnels lying beneath its border with Gaza, which are used to transfer supplies into the impoverished coastal sliver amid the siege.

The stoppage forced the territory’s sole electricity power plant out of work, causing the enclave to start experiencing blackouts of up to 18 hours a day.


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William Hague endorses linkage for the UK

Posted by seumasach on September 27, 2011

Jasmin Ramsey

LobeLog

20 September, 2011

Last night during an interview with Charlie Rose British Foreign Secretary William Hague endorsed linkage — the notion that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will help promote U.S. strategic interests in the Middle East. Here’s what was said:

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