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Monthly Archives: December 2009

‘Punish, humiliate, terrorise’

By Ben White, Al Jazeera As the one year anniversary of Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip is marked, it is vital to re-examine Operation Cast Lead within the wider context of Israel’s approach to both Gaza and the Palestinians. There is a danger that the scale of the devastation and the international protests which [...]

Mubarak blows his big chance

by Stuart Littlewood, source Gee, thanks President Mubarak… Thanks for ruining Christmas for so many. But that’s par for the course in the cesspit of treachery that is the Middle East. The human tragedy of Gaza just gets worse and worse. Nobody seriously believed the Viva Palestina convoy would get through unmolested; and so it [...]

Have Americans Traded Freedom For Security?

by Paul Craig Roberts, December 26, 2009, source Obama’s dwindling band of true believers has taken heart that their man has finally delivered on one of his many promises — the closing of the Guantánamo prison. But the prison is not being closed. It is being moved to Illinois, if the Republicans permit. In truth, [...]

Hunger strike of activists in Egypt for Gaza, Palestine

Hunger strike of activists in Egypt for Gaza, Palestine WRITTEN BY John Hurson, International Hunger Strike Press Release, PTT Sunday December 27th marks the anniversary of the attack on Gaza by Israel, which left over 1,400 people dead, and over 5,000 injured in 22 days. At 11 35 am, the time of the first attack, [...]

Newspaper: Egypt is building an electronic fence around Rafah city

CAIRO, (PIC)– The Egyptian Al-Shaab newspaper reported Saturday that the Egyptian authorities embarked on building an electronic fence around the city of Rafah in Egypt in order to reduce the entry of goods into the besieged Gaza Strip. The newspaper said that this security fence would make the Egyptian town of Rafah isolated from the [...]

Gaza soil contaminated with radioactive materials and unfit for use

GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian officials and academics said Saturday that the soil in the Gaza Strip became contaminated with radioactive and phosphorus substances during Israel’s war on the Strip and thus it is no longer fit for use. During a workshop organized by Ma’an development center, Nizar Al-Wahidi, the deputy director of planning and policy in [...]

Total racism, total war

On the first anniversary of Israel’s war on Gaza, shocking revelations are appearing on the methods and reasoning behind the war, writes Saleh Al-Naami, source. Mahmoud Hussein tries to hold back his tears as he looks at his 30-year-old brother Ahmed who suffers from colon cancer. The family is impatiently waiting for the Gaza border [...]

The Palestinian farmer who grows his own resistance

by Rachel Shabi, source MARDA, WEST BANK // As a means to counter the creeping expansion of illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, a permaculture farm might not seem like the obvious approach. But for Murad al Khofash, who runs Marda farm in the northern West Bank, it is the natural choice. Squashed [...]

Awaiting a miracle from Washington

The Palestinian Authority may be seeking renewed talks with Israel even in the absence of an Israeli freeze on settlements, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank, source. The Palestinian Authority (PA) is apparently seeking an opportunity to resume peace talks with Israel without losing face due to the continuing expansion of Israeli settlements and [...]

Protests against Egypt’s Steel Wall and Deadly Salt-Water Pipe System

Al Manar 26/12/2009 International activists planning to enter Gaza from Egypt for a march appealed to President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday to allow them to enter the blockaded enclave through the Rafah crossing. Organizers of the Gaza Freedom March had earlier said they would try to defy the ban after Egypt turned down their request [...]

Israeli army murders six Palestinians in cold blood

Israeli army murders six Palestinians in cold blood From Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank, December 26, 2009 NABLUS, (PIC)– In an ominous sign indicating that a fresh cycle of bloodshed may be in the offing in the West Bank, Israeli occupation forces on Saturday murdered in cold blood three Palestinians in the city of [...]

Israeli policy leaves family stranded: video

For seven years, Saeed Darwish of Bethlehem has had to apply for an Israeli permit to be able to live in his own home in a part of the city that Israel says is under its jurisdiction. But a month ago, Israeli authorities decided not to renew his permit, leaving the family’s sole breadwinner stranded. [...]

“Israel” to raze 12 Palestinian homes in WB

Fri, 25 Dec 2009, Press TV Israeli authorities have delivered eviction orders to a dozen Palestinian families in a village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The demolition orders this time were handed the Arab residents in of Barta’a Ash-Sharqiya, a village isolated between the Israeli separation wall and the Green Line border, [...]

Egypt Bars Viva Palestina Convoy From Entering It’s Territory: video

by Press TV The Viva Palestina Aid Convoy en-route to Gaza, has been prevented and blocked by Egypt from entering it’s territory so as to provide aid and assistance to the people in the impoverished and battered Gaza Strip. Includes an interview with a convoy leader. Aired on 25th December 2009.

“Israel” summons envoys from all over the world

Sat, 26 Dec 2009, Press TV Israel’s ambassadors and consuls generals from all over the world have been summoned to attend a conference to be held over global challenges facing Israel. The meeting to be attended in Jerusalem Al-Quds on December 27-31 is hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Deputy Prime Minister [...]

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