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. 

“Ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks into Israel and continuing Hamas resistance has cast doubt on whether Tel Aviv can achieve its proclaimed goals with the deadly military operation it has launched in Gaza. 

Later on, it added toppling the democratically elected Palestinian government of Hamas to that list, despite backtracking on it as Operation Cast Lead unfolded”

Palestinian Grad missiles hit three Israeli towns as Hamas fighters fire mortars at Israeli Special Forces stationed in Northern Gaza. 

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14th January, 2009

Washington –APA. US Defense Department failed to send arms to Israel. Pentagon sources told AFP Greece didn’t allow to US arms shipment from its ports, APA reports.

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16th January, 2009

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution says the resistance of Hamas fighters in Gaza is taking away the Israeli army’s self-confidence. 

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16th January, 2009

Bolivia is seeking to take Tel Aviv to International Criminal Court over the brutal atrocities the Israeli forces have committed in Gaza.

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16th January, 2009

Israeli ground troops have been forced to retreat to the outskirts of Gaza City after facing strong resistance from the Palestinian fighters. 

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January 14, 2009 (LPAC)–“It appears that, out of a combination of stupidity and outside manipulation, the Israeli government has made a strategic blunder, in invading Gaza. This blunder may prove fatal,” Lyndon LaRouche warned today, after being updated on the ongoing Israeli invasion of Gaza.

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Iran calls on Israelis to take to the streets in protest at the war on Gaza, saying soldiers should also refrain from following orders. 

“I call on all those who live in the occupied territories, including Jews, Christians and Muslims to pour into the streets,” said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a Thursday message. 

He added that Israelis should show their support for the Palestinian nation by joining the world in demonstrating against the crimes committed by Tel Aviv. 

“To the people who live under Israeli repression in the occupied territories, you are human beings no matter your religion, race for faith. It is time that you ponder and ask the leaders of the Zionist regime why it is that the people of Gaza are being treated in this way,” said the Iranian president. 

Nearly 1,100 Palestinians — many of whom are women and children — have been killed and 4,700 have been wounded since Israel launched its offensive against the Palestinian territory on December 27. 

“Why is it that the people of Lebanon have to be treated in this way? Why are they carrying out a massacre? Why are they treating people, who are dear to God, in this way? Why are they killing children and blowing them to pieces?” he added. 

Ahmadinejad also urged Israeli soldiers to disobey their commanders when ordered to fire upon the women and children of Gaza. 

“Ask yourself why you have to kill women and children and innocent civilians? It is time that you protest over orders given by your commanders. Disobey their orders to massacre and refrain from killing innocent civilians,” he added.

Ahmadinejad urged protests to continue until “the thoughts that fuel disrespect, abuse and racism dry up”. 

Since the beginning of the Gaza onslaught, Israel has targeted schools, hospitals, UN relief centers, journalists, media offices, mosques and relief workers, drawing condemnation from international organizations and aid agencies, such as Human Rights Watch, the Red Cross and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).