Israel Resumes Killing Civilians despite “Ceasefire” Declaration
Posted by seumasach on January 18, 2009
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7 Palestinian rockets hit Israel
Posted by seumasach on January 18, 2009
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Palestinians have fired more rockets into Israel as Israeli forces continue shelling Gaza with white phosphorus on the 23rd day of its war on Gazans.
On Sunday morning, Israeli media said seven Grad rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
PressTV
18th January
Reports say Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters also exchanged fire near Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
“We have had at least five launches from the Gaza Strip and four of them fell in the area of Sderot,” an army spokesman said referring to an Israeli town five kilometers from the Gaza border.
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Israel shelling Gaza despite ceasefire
Posted by seumasach on January 18, 2009
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18th January, 2009
An Israeli helicopter hovering above the Gaza City continues to carry out fresh strike despite a unilateral ceasefire announced by Tel Aviv.
Press TV broadcast live images of an Israeli helicopter hovering above the city and dropping its white phosphorous bombs on the city during a report by our correspondent Akram al-Sattari in the city.
Columns of smoke could be seen rising from the targeted neighborhoods on the 23rd day of the Israeli offensive against the impoverished coastal silver which has so far killed around 1,200 Palestinians and injured 6000 others.
A large number of the victims are women and children, according to figures by the UN and Palestinian medics.
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Anti-Israel emotions run high in Britain
Posted by seumasach on January 18, 2009
A protester cries during a London protest as pro-Palestine emotions ran high.
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18th January,2009
London is beginning to witness major anti-Israel demonstrations with Britons coming to realize the role the UK plays in supporting Israel.
Several hundred pro-Palestinians protesters, including a group of Jews, voiced their concern at London’s Trafalgar Square, where several pro-Palestinian protests have been staged since Israel renewed attacks on Gaza in December.
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Electromagnetic Fields and Health: Executive Report- Andrew Galsworthy
Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2009
Andrew Goldsworthy -2009
Membrane leakage
All the living cells in our bodies are surrounded by membranes just two molecules
thick. Most of these molecules are negatively charged and tend to repel one
another. However, they are held together by positive ions (mainly calcium) that fit
in between them. The ions’ forces of attraction for the negative molecules
on either side help to bind them together like mortar holding together the bricks of
a wall.
Extremely weak alternating electromagnetic fields, similar to those produced by
Wifi, cell phones, cordless phones, and their respective base stations, can act on
these calcium ions and dislodge them. This weakens the membrane and makes it
more inclined to leak. Very little energy is required since the calcium has to be
moved only far enough from the membrane for an alternative ion (usually
potassium) to sneak into its place. Since potassium (with only one positive
charge) is less good than calcium (which has two charges) at holding the
membrane together, it still leaks.
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London- Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Gaza
Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2009
MARIA STARTS HUNGER STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE OF GAZA
Monday, January 12 2009
Maria Gallastegui, founder of the Peace Strike, has started a hunger
strike this morning in solidarity with the people of Gaza and to protest
against the escalating military assault on the people of Gaza.
Maria set up the Peace Strike in 2007 which urges people to go on
‘strike for peace’ from their daily activities. She has since personally
delivered over 400 daily petitions to No 10 Downing Street calling for
peace and justice in the Middle East.
Maria said, “I have food, drink, shelter, warmth, contact with my family
and the rest of life’s necessities whenever I need; the people of Gaza
don’t have these. They have almost no access to basic necessities and
are living each day in dreadful fear for their lives and those of their
families. I am starting this hunger strike in solidarity with the people
of Gaza at this moment of extreme crisis. I urge everyone to go on
strike for Gaza, take a day off work, come and join us on the Vigil for
Gaza in Parliament Square or make a stand for Palestine where ever you
are. Every single individual can make a difference.”
Come and join the vigil, support Maria and let parliamentarians know how
you feel about what is happening in Gaza.
http://www.peacestrike.org.uk
http://www.vigilforgaza.net
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UK-3rd National Demo for Gaza – Starting at the BBC!
Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2009
ASSEMBLE BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE
PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON, W1A 1AA (Nearest tube Oxford Circus)
MARCH TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE
ISRAEL OUT OF GAZA NOW: LIFT THE BLOCKADE
3RD NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA
SATURDAY 24 JANUARY
ASSEMBLE BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE
PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON, W1A 1AA (Nearest tube Oxford Circus)
MARCH TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE
With over 1100 killed, 350 of them children, and over 5500 injured, the suffering in Gaza is beyond catastrophic. Israel is ignoring the worldwide clamour for it to stop now and is escalating its attacks.
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Russia to have naval bases in Yemen, Libya, Syria – Navy
Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2009
MOSCOW, January 16 (Itar-Tass) – Russia in several years will have naval bases for its warships at the Socorta Island (Yemen), in Tartus (Syria) and Tripoli (Libya), Itar-Tass was told at the General Naval Staff of Russia on Friday.
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Russia to open a ‘second front’ in gas war
Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2009
“Timoshenko said the priority task for Ukraine was to resume gas transit to Europe to avoid further deterioration of the country’s image as well possible destruction of the pipeline system.
She also blamed corrupt political forces in Ukraine for disrupting gas negotiations between Kiev and Moscow.”
17th January, 2009
Russia and its partners are reaching agreements that may finally unblock gas supplies to Europe. At the same time Moscow is also forging ahead with planned pipeline routes that will bypass Ukraine.
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UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza
Posted by alfied on January 17, 2009
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Hamas to Fight On if Israel Ceases Fire Unilaterally
Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2009
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17/01/2009 “This unilateral ceasefire does not foresee a withdrawal” by the
Israeli army,” Hamas’s representative in Lebanon Oussama Hamdan said Saturday. He stressed the resistance group will fight on if Israel orders a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza.
“As long as it remains in Gaza, resistance and confrontation will continue,” he said.
Speaking at a conference in Beirut, also attended by European representatives supporting the Palestinians, Hamdan added that Israel’s proposal for a unilateral ceasefire, which was to be put to a vote of the security cabinet later on Saturday, was an “attempt to derail the Egyptian plan” for a reciprocal truce. “The different initiatives for a ceasefire were aimed at getting the Palestinians to concede things “which the enemy failed to achieve through the fighting,” he said.
Hamas would only agree to a ceasefire if the conditions set by the organization are met.
“I would like to suggest to all the mediators to focus in their initiatives on halting the offensive and lifting the blockade and not to touch anything else.”
He called on regional elements to stand by the resistance and warned Israel that “if we don’t hear what we want, we’ll return to the fighting arena.”
‘Don’t suggest that we surrender because we haven’t been defeated and we won’t be defeated. Our determination grows stronger every day, because our debt to the martyrs whose blood has been spilled is bigger. We shall continue fighting, so don’t suggest that we surrender,” Hamdan stressed.
The senior Hamas official called on the Palestinian people to continue the struggle and addressed resistance fighters in Gaza.
“Just like the resistance was victorious in Lebanon in 2006, you will win in January 2009.”
“There are elements in the region which believe that the enemy treats them as a partner. They don’t understand that the enemy treats them like servants or like an improved image of the ancient slaves, but this is the 21st century,” he said signaling several leaders dubbed by the US as so called ‘moderate Arabs.’
He also criticized Mahmoud Abbas, whose term as PA leader ended in January 9, for not showing up at the Arab summit in Qatar.
Hamdan stressed that Israel’s leaders should be put on trial for committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip. He told the Europeans that “the Zionist entity enjoys a special status in the European Union.”
He also congratulated the presidents of Venezuela and Bolivia for severing their diplomatic ties with Israel, and ridiculed Arab leaders who he said were letting Israel act without disturbances.
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In These New Times 