LA PAZ, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Wednesday his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Israel over the offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of Palestinians.
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Bolivia says cutting diplomatic ties with Israel
Posted by seumasach on January 14, 2009
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Livni confesses: Hamas not defeated
Posted by seumasach on January 14, 2009
Livni confesses: Hamas not defeated
PressTV
14 January, 2009
Livni says Tel Aviv did not wage war on Gaza to defeat Hamas.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni admits that despite 19 days of continued bombardment, Tel Aviv has been unable to destroy Hamas.
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Gazans seek new places to bury the dead
Posted by seumasach on January 14, 2009
13th January, 2009
One family buried a slain son over his grandfather. Another bundled up the tiny bodies of three young cousins and lowered them into the grave of a long-dead aunt. A man was laid to rest with his brother.
More than two weeks into the Israeli offensive that has killed more than 940 Palestinians, Gazans are struggling to find places to bury their dead. Cemeteries throughout Gaza City that were closed for new burials have now reopened.
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Tehran Pushing for Gaza Solution
Posted by seumasach on January 12, 2009
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By Maryam Nabizadeh
13th January, 2009
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi on Monday said when hostilities broke out in Gaza Tehran soon set out to help find ways to end the Zionist atrocities against the defenseless Palestinians.
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Israel uses phosphorus shells as smokescreen for troops
Posted by seumasach on January 12, 2009
Fire in the sky: Shells exploding over Gaza
Israel uses phosphorus shells as smokescreen for troops
Robert Mendick, Chief Reporter
05.01.09
05.01.09
ISRAELI forces are using white phosphorus shells which can cause horrific burns, it was claimed today.
The weapon, seen above over the northern Gaza strip,provides cover to advancing ground troops by creating a huge smokescreen, shielding soldiers from incoming fire. Phosphorous shells can also illuminate large areas when used at night. It is highly flammable and ignites on contact with oxygen. If it hits someone’s body, it will burn until deprived of oxygen.
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Israel accused of using illegal white phosphorus shells in Gaza
Posted by seumasach on January 12, 2009
The phosporus that the Israelis deny using is the the stuff you see on Newsnight, the rather spectacular white plumes.
11th January, 2009
White phosphorus is an incendiary material that causes severe burns when it comes in contact with human skin and its use in conflict zones is restricted inside civilian areas. Syria called on the UN to investigate the claim.
Human Rights Watch said its researchers witnessed the use of the materiel on Saturday and Sunday in Gaza City and Jabalia refugee camps, both built-up areas.
The Israeli military, which refuses to comment on the types of munitions it is using in the conflict, rejected the accusations. “There is no use of white phosphorus,” a spokeswoman said. “Everything we use is according to international law,” Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch said: “Israel should not use it in Gaza’s densely populated areas.”
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News from Raed- Gaza
Posted by seumasach on January 12, 2009
Here are extracts from some Emails from Raed in Gaza which we have had forwarded to us. Note particularly this astounding piece of psychological terror used by the Israelis:
“4 days ago was receiving call from Israel army threatening us that they will bomb our home at midnight ,imagine how was difficult for us such thing running at nights while kids sleeping trying find another safe place ,the israely army from the starting of this process trying make a kind of terror by calling normal civil and threatening them by calls to make you feeling unsecured any where you are”
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Gaza Strip tunnels prove daunting for Israel
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
10th January, 2009
Reporting from Washington and Rafah, Egypt — Some of them are said to be big enough to accommodate railroad cars. They may reach a depth of 60 feet, and are reported to be equipped with cables and electric motors that move food, fuel — and probably some of the heaviest rockets that Hamas aims at Israel.
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Jordan urges world pressure on Israel to stop Gaza attacks – Summary
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
11th January, 2009
Amman – Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Bashir on Sunday summoned ambassadors of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and urged them to put pressure Israel to comply with the UN resolution and halt its offensive in the Gaza Strip. “The international community, particularly the five permanent countries of the UN Security Council, bears under the UN charter the responsibility of protecting world peace and security,” a Foreign Ministry statement quoted Bashir as telling the envoys of the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China.
“Israel is committing flagrant violations of international law by ignoring Resolution 1860 and going ahead with its aggression, using universally prohibited weapons,” Bashir added.
Israel has rejected the resolution which calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Earlier, Jordan’s King Abdullah II discussed the rising tensions with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and “stressed the responsibility of the world community in forcing Israel to … stop its aggression and allow entry of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people,” a royal court statement said.
Abbas made a stopover in Amman after meeting Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak in Cairo on his way back home from New York where he attended the UN Security Council deliberations that produced Resolution 1860.
King Abdullah “underscored the importance of coming up with a unified Arab attitude that foils the Israeli schemes and helps the launching of a real world effort to find a solution for the conflict on the basis of ending the occupation and setting up an independent Palestinian state,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the Jordanian government came under fresh attack in the lower house of parliament on Sunday for its failure to sever ties with Israel and dismiss the Israeli ambassador from Amman.
Prime Minister Nader Dahabi has said that all options are open to Jordan including a “review” of ties with Israel.
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Where have our friends gone?
Posted by seumasach on January 11, 2009
11th January, 2009
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked to speak with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Olmert just before the start of Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Olmert avoided Erdogan because he did not want to tell the Turkish premier about the coming attack. He did not want to be in Menachem Begin’s situation when Begin spoke to Egyptian president Anwar Sadat one time in 1981 and did not tell him Israel was about to attack Iraq’s nuclear reactor. As a result, Erdogan was enraged and insulted. Turkish sources say Erdogan’s campaign of insults against Israel in recent weeks is a reaction to this.
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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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