Israel seals off Gaza as Palestinian anger and casualties increase Rory McCarthy in Gaza City Saturday January 19, 2008 The Guardian Moin al-Wadia lay on his hospital bed beneath a window yesterday…an Israeli shell sliced off his left foot, shattered his right leg and shrapnel lacerated his stomach. Doctors at the Shifa hospital have told…
By Agustin Velloso – PalestineChronicle In the early hours of Tuesday, January 15th 2008, the Israeli occupation army in Palestine killed 20 Palestinians and injured about fifty others, some critically. Once again, it was just another incursion with soldiers, helicopters, tanks, armoured bulldozers and snipers in the city of Gaza, which is under an international…
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Taking down the PLO Nicola Nasser in Al Ahram for full analysis Israel is intensifying its colonial settlement strategy, exploding any prospects of peace talks and driving Abbas into a corner. Linking the aliyah (Jewish immigration) to what Jewish literature describes as Eretz Israel (Greater Israel) — Israeli colonial settlement of Palestinian land, which the Hebrew…
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New envoy to U.K.: Jews must do more to put Iran on the agenda Haaretz The Israeli ambassador-elect to Britain, Ron Prosor, said Tuesday that the Jews around the world and the global community should do more to focus attention on Iran and its nuclear aspirations. “We don’t see enough done [by] the international community…
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Canada takes U.S., Israel off torture watchlist 19 Jan 2008 – Reuters David Ljunggren Canada’s foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured… Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier said he regretted the embarrassment caused…
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Israel kills Fatah man in Nablus, steps up pressure on Gaza Strip 18 Jan 2008 Israeli troops killed a fighter from the armed wing of Fatah movement in the occupied West Bank on Friday, medical officials and the group said. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades confirmed one of its members was killed by undercover Israeli troops who…
Continue Reading Israeli undercover death squad kills Fatah member in Balata refugee camp