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Another family killed by Israeli airstrike Monday evening
IMEMC – After airstrikes both Saturday and Sunday that killed whole families including parents, grandparents and small children, another airstrike on a home in northern Gaza Monday evening killed a mother, father and their two children. …
Video: Two Killed And Scores Injured In West Bank Clashes
IMEMC – Two Palestinians were reported killed by Israeli soldiers’ gunfire on Monday as Israeli troops attack Palestinians protesting the escalated attacks against the Gaza strip. Palestinian sources said that protests were reported around Ramallah city, central West Bank, Nablus and Tulkarem, in the north, as well as Bethlehem and Hebron, southern West Bank. …
Five More Residents Killed By Israeli Missiles In Gaza
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported that five residents were killed in a new round of Israelis attacks targeting different parts of the Gaza Strip. 19 Palestinians have been killed since Monday at dawn, 54 injured; 92 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli shells since Wednesday, more than 740 were injured. …
Israeli Officials Say Longer-Range Palestinian Shells Lack Warheads
IMEMC – An unnamed high-ranking Israeli official told reporters from the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahranoth on Sunday that the longer-range shells that have been fired by Palestinian resistance factions toward Tel Aviv and Jerusalem lack and explosive capacity and are “basically pipes”. …
Three Family Members Killed In Central Gaza
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinian family members were killed, on Monday morning, when the Israeli army fired a missile into a civilian vehicle driving west of Dir al-Balah, in central Gaza. 14 Palestinians have been killed since Monday at dawn, 87 since Wednesday. …
Palestinian Child Amongst 13 Killed In The Last 5 Hours, 84 Since Wednesday
IMEMC – The Israeli air strikes and bombardment continues against Gaza, one child was killed in Gaza City, three resident injured, including two women. 83 Palestinians killed since Wednesday, more than 700 were injured. …
31 Palestinians Injured In Bethlehem
IMEMC – The Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported, on Sunday evening, that 31 Palestinians were injured, including one who suffered moderate injuries, after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at protesters near Rachel Tomb, north of Bethlehem. …
Child Killed In Qalandia Refugee Camp
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that a 20-month-old child was killed when a gas bomb fired by the Israeli army hit him in the head, and burnt his bed, in Qlandia refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem. …
Minister: 25 mosques bombed in Gaza
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) –The minister of religious affairs in Gaza said Monday that Israel has damaged over 25 mosques in six days of heavy shelling across the enclave.” The occupation (Israel) in their aggression did not only commit crimes against civilians, ashappened to Salah, al-Dalou, and Azzam families, but targeted mosques, cemeteries and….
Family killed in new Israeli airstrike
11/20/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) –An Israeli airstrike on a home in the northern Gaza Strip killed a family of four on Monday evening, as Israel shelled the coastal enclave for a sixth day. Four-year-old twin boys Suhaib and Muhammad were killed instantly when their home in Beit Lahiya was hit by an airstrike. Their….
Israel strikes Gaza refugee camps, 5 killed
11/20/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli airstrikes killed five Palestinians in Gaza refugee camps on Monday evening, including a man with physical disabilities, in the sixth day of Israel’s war on Gaza. Medics said the remains of Husam Shahadeh and his nephew Khalil Shahadeh were brought to Gaza hospital after Israeli shelling on….
Israel ‘still investigating’ al-Dalou family killing
11/20/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — The Israeli military on Monday said it could not yet provide an explanation about an airstrike on Gaza that killed 12 Palestinian civilians, including 10 members of a single family. The attack brought a three-story home crashing down on the al-Dalou family inside and killed two of their neighbors. It was the highest….
Israel strikes media office, 2 killed
11/20/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces bombed a tower block that houses several international media offices in Gaza City for second day on Monday, killing a military leader of Islamic Jihad and a civilian. Al-Quds brigades leader Ramiz Harb and 53-year-old civilian Salem Bulus Swelim were killed in the strike on the al-Shuruq….
4 more critically-wounded at West Bank protests
11/20/2012 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Four more Palestinians were critically wounded by Israeli fire at West Bank protests on Monday afternoon, hours after two Palestinians died from wounds as widespread rallies were held in support of Gaza. Wasim Nidal Al-Saed, 21, from Hebron was shot with live bullets in his back and foot during clashes near….
Settlers burn car, spray hate slogans in Ramallah village
11/19/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian’s car and spray-painted racist slogans in Ramallah village Sinjil early Monday, in the second settler attack overnight in the West Bank. Locals told Ma’an a huge explosion woke them at 3 a. m. and they discovered the car had been….
Israel shuts down Gaza’s sole commercial crossing
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Israeli authorities on Monday closed the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Raed Fattouh, a Gaza official in charge of goods entering the coastal enclave, told Ma’an that he was told by the Israelis that Kerem Shalom crossing would be closed for security reasons….
Elderly woman killed in airstrike on Beit Hanoun
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — An elderly woman was killed when an airstrike struck her home in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, a Ma’an reporter said. [END]
2 critically injured in Bethlehem protests
11/19/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians are in a critical condition after they were injured in Monday clashes with Israeli forces outside Bethlehem, a Ma’an reporter said. Mohammad Saeed al-Badan, 17, was hit by a bullet in his abdomen and has been evacuated to a specialist hospital in Hebron in a critical condition…. Related: West Bank clashes continue over Gaza war
Man dies of wounds in al-Maghazi camp
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man died of his wounds on Monday, after he was injured in central Gaza during Israel’s bombardment. He was identified as Ramadan Mahmoud of al-Maghazi camp. [END]
Aid agencies warn of humanitarian crisis in Gaza
11/19/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Thirty-eight aid agencies warned Monday of a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip if violence continues.” We urgently need to enforce a cease fire. The present conflict threatens to perpetuate and worsen the humanitarian impact on Palestinian civilians in Gaza of over five years of Israeli blockade and the 2008-2009….
Gaza hospitals need more drugs
11/19/2012 – GAZA (IRIN) — The nurses at Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip have seen bombing casualties before, but never on this scale.” I was here when the (23-day) 2008-09 war took place, and I think this one is more difficult in (terms of) injuries and the type of demanding work we do”, said Talat….
2 killed in Israeli strike on al-Nuseirat
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an ) — An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians in al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday afternoon. Medics identified the victims as Ayed Radi and Amir Al-Malahi. [END]
2 killed, 14 injured in Rafah airstrike
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — An Israeli airstrike on a home in Rafah on Monday evening killed two teenage brothers and wounded 14 others, two seriously. Medics identified the brothers as Ahmad Tawfiq al Nasasra, 17, and Muhammad al-Nasasra, 15. [END]
Palestinian dies of wounds in Nabi Saleh protest
11/19/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A 28-year-old Palestinian man died on Monday after he was wounded in clashes with Israeli forces at a protest in the West Bank. Rushdi Mahmoud Hassan al-Tamimi was hit by live fire in the stomach and thigh during a Gaza solidarity demonstration in Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, on Saturday, the….
West Bank clashes continue over Gaza war
11/20/2012 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians continued late into Sunday night amid anger in the West Bank over Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Over 50 people were injured on Sunday at protests in Hebron, Ramallah, Qalandia, Bethlehem and East Jerusalem as 30 Palestinians, including 10 children, were killed…. Related: Protests continue across West Bank, 54 injured and 2 critically injured in Bethlehem protests
Tears breed defiance at funeral for Gaza family
11/20/2012 – GAZA (Reuters) — Even as neighbors picked through the rubble of their destroyed house for survivors, the stunned al-Dalou family arrived at Gaza’s main hospital on Monday to collect the bodies of nine relatives for burial.” Is this your wife? ” asked a medic inside the morgue.” Ahh, what happened to your face sweetheart? ” her….
Palestinian journalists protest attacks on media offices
11/19/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian journalists staged a sit-in Sunday in Ramallah protesting Israel’s attacks on two media offices in the Gaza Strip that injured at least six journalists. Protestors raised posters condemning attacks on media and asserting that Palestinian journalists will continue to do their jobs no matter how fiercely Israel’….
Gaza live report: Day 7
11/20/2012 – 02:04 Israeli airstrike hits Tamer Abu Daqa residence in Khan Younis. 01:59 Palestinian students defend Palestinian embassy in London as pro-Israel activists try to break inside. 01:54 Israeli media: Air raid sirens heard in Ashkelon, Sderot and Kiryat Gat. 01:28 Israeli strike on Abu Khadra government compound in Gaza City. 01….
Gaza brigades claim fire on military sites; school damaged
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades claimed it had fired rockets into several Israeli cities on Monday, as the Israeli police said a school in southern Israel had been hit. The Al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement that its fighters fired eight grad rockets on Ashdod and other military locations. The birgades….
Official: Israel ready for Gaza invasion, prefers diplomatic solution
11/19/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel is ready for a ground invasion in the Gaza Strip but prefers a diplomatic solution, a senior official close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.” We would prefer to see a diplomatic solution that would guarantee the peace for Israel’s population in the south. If that is possible….
Jihad claims Tel Aviv rocket; Israel says city not targeted
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Islamic Jihad militants said on Monday they had fired a “Fajr” missile at Bat Yam south of Tel Aviv for the first time. An Israeli army spokeswoman said no rockets had been fired towards Tel Aviv on Monday. [END]
Molotov cocktail thrown at settler vehicle near Ramallah
11/19/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A settler car was targeted by a Molotov cocktail during clashes in a Ramallah village on Monday , Ma’an’s reporter said. Earlier, Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian car and spray-painted racist slogans in the Ramallah of village Sinjil, in the second settler attack overnight in the….
Unknown gunmen open fire on Jenin checkpoint
11/19/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Unknown gunmen opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint in Jenin on Wednesday, locals and Israel’s army said. Several people hiding behind nearby trees opened fire on Salem checkpoint, locals said, with Israeli soldiers returning fire. Soldiers then searched nearby villages for the perpetrators, with clashes breaking out with….
Egypt foreign minister to visit Gaza on Tuesday
11/19/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Egypt’s foreign minister will head to Gaza on Tuesday alongside a delegation of Arab ministers to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, following Israeli air strikes on the Palestinian territory, a spokesman for the ministry said. Egypt is at the heart of efforts to broker a truce to end fighting between….
Erdogan: Israel carrying out ‘terrorist acts’ in Gaza
11/19/2012 – ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Monday of carrying out “terrorist acts” in its bombardment of Gaza.” Those who associate Islam with terrorism close their eyes in the face of mass killing of Muslims, turn their heads from the massacre of children in Gaza,” Erdogan told a conference of the Eurasian….
Egypt PM says Gaza truce deal may be close
11/19/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Egypt’s efforts to negotiate a truce between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza are ongoing and a deal to stop the fighting could be close, the Egyptian prime minister said on Monday.” Negotiations are going on as we speak and I hope we will reach something soon that will stop this….
Mashaal says Netanyahu asked for truce, Israel denies
11/19/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — The exiled leader of Hamas said on Monday that Palestinian weapons had caught Israel “off guard” and said Israel had failed to achieve its objectives in Gaza.” The weapons of the resistance have caught the enemy off guard,” Mashaal told a new conference in Cairo, speaking as Egypt says it could be close….
Sources: Lebanese army dismantles rockets aimed at Israel
11/19/2012 – KFAR SHUBA, Lebanon (Reuters) — The Lebanese army dismantled two rockets in southern Lebanon on Monday that security sources said were aimed towards Israel, which is launching airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. The unfired rockets, on launchers, were found in the town of Halta and were about 1 km from an Israeli military site on Mount….
Mashaal says Israel must make first move on ceasefire
11/19/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — The exiled leader of Hamas said on Monday Israel must take the first step if it wants a truce in the conflict in Gaza.” Whoever started the war must end it,” Khaled Mashaal told a news conference in Cairo. Mashaal also said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had requested a ceasefire — an assertion…. Related: Mashaal lists demands for truce with Israel and Haniyeh calls Mashaal over Gaza truce efforts
Mashaal lists demands for truce with Israel
11/19/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal said on Monday that Israel must halt its attack on the Gaza Strip and lift the blockade of the Palestinian territory in exchange for a truce that he said the Israeli government was seeking.” We are not against calm (a truce). . . but there must specific demands. . . in summary that…. Related: Mashaal says Israel must make first move on ceasefire and Haniyeh calls Mashaal over Gaza truce efforts
Haniyeh calls Mashaal over Gaza truce efforts
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza premier Ismail Haniyeh called Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal on Monday to discuss the current situation in Gaza and efforts made to stop the war on Gaza and protect the Palestinian people. [END]
Obama urges end to Hamas rocket fire in call to Egypt’s Mursi
11/19/2012 – WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US President Barack Obama stressed the need for an end to Hamas rocket attacks on Israel in a telephone call to Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi on Monday, the White House said. Obama “underscored the necessity of Hamas ending rocket fire into Israel” in his call to Mursi, the White House said in a….
Russia accuses US of blocking UN action on Israel-Gaza conflict
11/19/2012 – UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — Russia accused the United States on Monday of blocking a bid by the UN Security Council to condemn the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and said other council members were filibustering the issue. Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said he was prepared to introduce a….
Lawyers rally near Hebron met with tear gas
11/19/2012 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Several lawyers suffered tear gas inhalation on Monday when they marched near Hebron to protest Israel’s assault on Gaza. Lawyers union leader Hatem Shaheen said legal officials suspended work to hold a peace rally at Halhul bridge. [END]
Imported or homemade, Gaza’s rocket arsenals bedevil Israel
11/20/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel’s assault on Gaza’s rocket arsenals is aimed at countering what it sees as a growing strategic threat posed by Iranian-supplied missiles smuggled in through Egypt. Though by the far the superior military power, Israel had been unable to stop the Palestinian rockets needling its southern towns over the….
Israel adjusts civil air routes over Gaza rocket threat
11/19/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel has adjusted flight paths for planes using its main international airport near Tel Aviv after rockets were fired from Gaza on the coastal metropolis, the civil aviation chief said on Monday. Giora Rom said the new regulations at Ben-Gurion Airport had been in place since Saturday, when an Iron Dome rocket interceptor….
Blasts heard in Eilat; army says no rocket
11/19/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Residents heard a blast in southern Israeli city Eilat on Monday morning for the second day in a row, Israeli media reported, but the army said there was no sign of a rocket. The Israeli news site Ynet reported an explosion was heard in the coastal resort. An Israeli army spokeswoman….
Sinai militants ‘detonate explosive’ at Eilat border
11/19/2012 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Sinai militants detonated an explosive device on the border with Israeli city Eilat on Monday, Egyptian security sources said. The militant groups planted the explosives at a site where Israeli workers were installing a border fence, security officials told Ma’an. A blast was heard at the international point….
China calls for restraint over Gaza flare-up
11/19/2012 – BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Monday urged Israel and the Palestinians to halt six days of clashes that have killed scores of civilians, saying the violence would only add to the tensions in the Middle East. China, a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto powers, has traditionally had a low profile in Middle….
Israeli media erroneously labels Jihad leader Ma’an reporter
11/19/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli news site Ynet erroneously reported on Monday that a killed Islamic Jihad leader is a Ma’an reporter. Ma’an does not work with, or have any association with, Ramiz Harb. [END]
Gaza assault raises anger in changed Arab world
11/19/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has stirred anger across the Middle East among populations who hope that Arab uprisings can translate into a tougher stance against Israel. Television footage of Israeli airstrikes and pictures of civilian casualties, including four children killed on Sunday, have fueled rage in the region. In six days….
UN chief in Cairo, to meet Abbas, Netanyahu after
11/19/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cairo on Monday to weigh in on ceasefire efforts to halt Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Ki-moon is to visit Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah this week for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the….
Libyan delegation to visit Gaza on Wednesday
11/19/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A high-level diplomatic delegation from Libya will visit Gaza on Wednesday, the foreign ministry in Gaza said. Libyan vice-president Salah Makhzoun and deputy prime minister Mustafa Abu Hakor will head a delegation which includes doctors and political figures, a statement said. The delegation will bring medical supplies for Gazan hospitals. [END]
Muslim Brotherhood party chief visits Gaza
11/19/2012 – CAIRO (Ma’an) — The head of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s political party headed a delegation of Egyptian politicians to Gaza on Monday. Saad al-Katatni crossed through Rafah to the Gaza Strip to show support to the besieged population, the Muslim Brotherhood’s official website said. [END]
Hezbollah says Israel failed to achieve objectives in Gaza
11/19/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that Israel had failed to achieve its objectives in its campaign of air strikes and shelling in Gaza.” The shelling is clearly and deliberately targeting civilians and killing women and children,” he told supporters via a video screen in a speech to mark the….
EU calls for urgent halt of Gaza, Israel violence
11/19/2012 – BRUSSELS (Reuters) — European Union governments called on Israel and Hamas on Monday to agree a “rapid” ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and said they supported Egyptian efforts to mediate. Mediators from Cairo said a truce could be close after days of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled territory. But fighting continued….
Factions meet in Gaza to end division
11/20/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas, Fatah and Islamic Jihad joined factions in Gaza for a meeting on Monday to discuss efforts to end Israel’s war on the enclave. Fatah official Nabil Shaath represented President Mahmoud Abbas at the meeting. He told Ma’an that Abbas sent him to Gaza to consolidate….
Syria forces step up shelling of Damascus suburbs
11/19/2012 – AMMAN (Reuters) — Syrian government forces fired rockets into southern Damascus on Monday in what opposition activists called an indiscriminate bombardment to stop rebels opposed to President Bashar Assad advancing from the working class suburbs to the city center. The activists said it was the heaviest bombardment in 40 days of airstrikes and artillery shelling aimed….
Rebels say they seize battalion HQ outside Damascus
11/19/2012 – AMMAN (Reuters) — Syrian rebels said on Monday they had seized the headquarters of an army battalion near the southern gate of Damascus, the nearest military base to the capital reported to have fallen to opposition fighters. Two units of the Islamist rebel groups Ansar al-Islam and Jund Allah Brigades said in a statement that they….
Israeli airstrikes continue to pound Gaza
AlJazeera 19 Nov 2012 – Civilians killed and media centre targeted for a second time as death toll in the Palestinian territory passes 100 mark.
Palestinians protest in the West Bank
AlJazeera 19 Nov 2012 – Two deaths attributed to shooting by Israeli security forces as anger over Gaza bombardment leads to clashes.
Turkish Foreign Minister to Visit Gaza Tuesday
Palestine News Network
Israeli Occupation Arrests 120 Palestinians since the “Pillar of Defense Operation” on Gaza
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Call For Fair Reporting as Israel Attacks Journalists in Gaza
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MKs Eldad, Ben-Ari : War Must Continue
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Confrontations Between Palestinian Students and Israeli Soldiers at Deir Salah
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Israeli Military Court Deports a Palestinian Holds U.S. Citizenship
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Latest Toll of Deaths and Injuries in Gaza: 95 Martyrs, 900 Injured
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When Israelis Escape To Shelters!
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MADA: The Occupation is Trying to Silence the Press in Gaza and its Crimes Against Journalists Must Not Go Unpunished
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Euro-Mid Calls for an Urgent Protection for Civilians in the Gaza Strip
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Palestinian People Party Condemns Massacre Committed by IOF Against Al Dalo-Family in Gaza
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Dr. Erekat Condemns Israeli Attacks Against Journalists in Gaza
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An Israeli Conscientious Objector to be Imprisoned for Refusing Service in the IOF
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International Solidarity Movement
First West Bank Martyr in Demonstrations Against The Assault on Gaza
11/19/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – Monday, November 19, 2012, PSCC – Rushdi Tamimi (31) was injured by a live ammunition bullet shot at his back, two days ago in Nabi Saleh. He passed away today in Ramallah Hospital – On Saturday, November 17th, clashes erupted in the village of Nabi Saleh north west of Ramallah, after Israeli soldiers entered the village following….
Israeli and U.S. forces displace villagers from homes for military training in the Jordan Valley
11/19/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – By Brandi Jackson, 13th November 2012, International Solidarity Movement, West Bank – On November 11th Palestinians from the Jordan Valley villages of AelRaesAhemer, AelMaleh, and Ael Meta, were awoken by Israeli occupation forces at 6:00 AM and forced to leave their homes and villages because the military was to use the area for military training….
Palestinian youth attacked in Hebron – 1 man in critical condition
11/19/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – 18th Novemeber 2012, International Solidarity Movement, West Bank – Update: Hamdi Alfalah, 22, shot and killed today in Hebron. Ibrahim Abu Eisheh, a Palestinian youth was hit in the head by a tear gas canister at around six in the afternoon. He is in critical condition at a hospital and is currently undergoing surgery. For the….
Settlers set mosque on fire in Urif, West Bank
11/19/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – By Vincent Redheart and Anas Green, 19th November 2012, International Solidarity Movement, West Bank – Today, Monday 19 of November at around 4 am, a bunch of settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar set a mosque in the village of Urif on fire. The door has been damaged and the prayer mats were severely burned….
Photos: Update from International activist/photographer in Gaza
11/19/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – 17th Novemeber 2012 | Anne Paq (activestills), Gaza Strip – from:http://chroniquespalestine. blogspot. co. il – Smoke after an Israeli military attacks rises above Gaza – Damaged house next to the Council of Ministers – Council of Ministers destroyed – UNRWA school next to the Civil Department of the Ministry of Interior – Civil Department of the Ministry of Interior – Palestinians…. Related: Chroniques de Palestine- Popular resistance and human rights
occupied Palestinian territory: Operation Pillar of Defense Information Overview: Medical Supplies in Gaza
Relief Web 19 Nov 2012 – Source: Government of Israel Country: occupied Palestinian territory STATE OF ISRAEL MINISTRY OF DEFENCE COORDINATION OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORIES Background Overview: The long standing shortage of medicines and medical supplies in Gaza stems primarily from a dysfunctional relationship…
occupied Palestinian territory: Palestinian Rights Committee Approves Four Draft Resolutions as It Considers Latest Hostilities in Gaza Strip
Relief Web 19 Nov 2012 – Source: UN General Assembly Country: Israel, Jordan, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic (the) GA/PAL/1248 Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People 346th Meeting (AM) Chair Reports on Casualties as Permanent Observer Of Palestine Urges Security Council Pressure…
occupied Palestinian territory: Gaza Strip: Preparing to aid the vulnerable
Relief Web 19 Nov 2012 – Source: Handicap International Country: occupied Palestinian territory Handicap International is preparing to aid the most vulnerable people who have been hit hard by the latest conflict in the Gaza Strip. “Following a recent upsurge in violence, our teams in the…
occupied Palestinian territory: Four PRCS EMTs Injured Due To A Shelling Targeting Beit Hanoun Area
Relief Web 19 Nov 2012 – Source: Palestine Red Crescent Society Country: occupied Palestinian territory (Gaza – 19/11/2012): Four PRCS emergency medical technicians “EMTs” sustained different injuries early this morning due to a shelling of a house in Beit Hanoun area. Following the shelling of Beit…
occupied Palestinian territory: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement responds to conflict in Gaza and Israel
Relief Web 19 Nov 2012 – Source: British Red Cross Country: Israel, occupied Palestinian territory The ongoing hostilities between Gaza and Israel have left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is giving impartial support to people on…
More blood spilt in Gaza as peace bid gathers pace
The National 19 Nov 2012 – The UAE’s Sheikh Abdullah attacks the global reaction to the crisis, as Hamas and Israel say they are open to a diplomatic solution or an escalation should it fail.
More deadly weaponry for Israelis and Palestinians alters the battlefield
The National 19 Nov 2012 – Hamas’s Iranian-made rockets can hit Jerusalem but Israel’s Iron Dome could be a game changer. Vita Bekker reports from Tel Aviv
Gaza’s unsinkable ‘Ship’ still stands
The National 19 Nov 2012 – Looted by neighbours, mortared by Hamas in its battles with Fatah and pummelled by Israeli air strikes, only parts of the ‘Safina’, or ‘Ship’ as it is known locally, still stand. But stand it does. Hugh Naylor reports from Gaza
Gaza is deja vu for Obama – but a lot has changed in 4 years
The National 19 Nov 2012 – Israel has declared war on Hamas and is pounding the Gaza Strip just like in 2008, but Obama’s priorities have shifted and his focus now will be on limiting damage rather than brokering a peace deal. Taimur Khan reports
Dubai tower fire: Municipality has no authority over free zones
The National 19 Nov 2012 – The municipality’s inspectors have not yet entered the 34-floor tower.
Islamist rebel groups refuse to be part of Syria’s opposition coalition
The National 19 Nov 2012 – Islamist rebel groups in Syria have rejected the country’s new opposition coalition, saying they have formed an ‘Islamic state’ in Aleppo.
Don’t use illegal pesticides, Dubai Municipality warns
The National 19 Nov 2012 – Aluminium phosphide tablets, used to kill insects and rodents in the home, can release toxic gas if not handled correctly.
Heartbreak as Dubai tower residents pick through the ashes
The National 19 Nov 2012 – Investigation into fire at Jumeirah Lakes Towers continues, as tenants count cost and neighbours rally to provide some comfort
End the war while you’re ahead
Ha’aretz – 19 Nov 2012
Egypt, Israel, Hamas close to reaching cease-fire deal
Ha’aretz – 19 Nov 2012
Poll: Majority of Americans say Israel’s Gaza offensive is justified
Ha’aretz – 19 Nov 2012
Israeli legal forum warns recent court directive may discriminate against Arab speakers
Ha’aretz – 19 Nov 2012
The porous shield of Israel’s Iron Dome
Ha’aretz – 19 Nov 2012
Israeli official: Chances of Gaza ground operation 50-50
Ha’aretz – 19 Nov 2012
Home Front Command’s cellular warning system up but not running
Ha’aretz – 19 Nov 2012
Israel adjusts civil air routes over Gaza rocket threat
Ha’aretz – 19 Nov 2012
Haaretz poll: More than 90 percent of Israeli Jews support Gaza war
Ha’aretz – 19 Nov 2012
Amid massive call-up, many IDF reservists report food, supply shortages
Ha’aretz – 18 Nov 2012
Kiryat Malakhi fatalities occurred during Iron Dome malfunction
Ha’aretz – 18 Nov 2012
Senior Hamas official to Haaretz: Israel must negotiate with political Islam
Ha’aretz – 18 Nov 2012
Sirens and destruction spark panic in Ashkelon
Ha’aretz – 18 Nov 2012
Likud candidate Feiglin opposes ground incursion
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – Moshe Feiglin tells ‘Post’ although Gaza Strip belongs to Israel, electricity should be stopped before sending in ground forces.
Truckloads of food, medical supplies enter Gaza
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – Eighty truckloads worth of medical equipment and food passed into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing.
Can West Bank Palestinians find justice in court?
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – A debate about whether justice is possible in military courts went unresolved at an Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv.
Melabev seeks hikers to raise cash for Alzheimer
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – Melabev, the voluntary organization for assisting Alzheimer’s patients, will be running its annual walkathon November 27-29.
Convicted rapist Goldblatt may be released early
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – The Board of Pardons grants an early release to actor Hanan Goldblatt, a convicted rapist and serial molester.
Hamas rule
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – To oust Hamas, Israel would be forced to re-occupy the Gaza Strip – at least temporarily.
Hamas’s political wartime gains
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – The words “Islamic,” “resistance,” and “movement” are not merely metaphorical, but accurately define the identity of Hamas.
Encountering Peace: Are you worthy of my vote?
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – What is necessary for Israel to do to bring down the Hamas regime? The answer is quite simple – make peace with the Palestinian people through their legal representative – the PLO and its chairman, Mahmoud Abbas.
‘A letter to the nation’
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – Our goodness, and our will to fight for it, overcomes our fears, and instead fills us with pride.
The pro-Israel community stumble to the Digital Age
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – Social media is a great, maybe revolutionary outlet that lets anyone say anything at any time of the day.
No Holds Barred: Jewish values and the Republicans
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – Republican Jewish donors give the party their money when their values are probably even more relevant at this juncture.
Palestinian dies after being shot during protest
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – Rushdi Tamimi, 31 dies in Ramallah after he was shot by an IDF soldier during clashes in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh.
‘Lebanese army dismantles rockets aimed at Israel ‘
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – Security source says army dismantled two rockets in southern Lebanon town Halta, about 1 km from an Israeli military site.
Nation’s food basket under fire
Jerusalem Post 19 Nov 2012 – The hundreds of rockets from Gaza have damaged agricultural resources, and prevented some farmers from getting to work.
Reporter’s Notebook: A city without war
Jerusalem Post 18 Nov 2012 – In Ramat Beit Shemesh one would not even know that there is a war on.
Car hit by Iron Dome interception debris
Jerusalem Post 18 Nov 2012 – A car caught on fire Sunday afternoon in Holon after debris from the Iron Dome’s interception of a Fajr-5 rocket shot toward the area fell on it.
Israel-Gaza: truce talks ongoing in Cairo – as it happened
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – Live coverage as Egypt peace talks continue amid fears of ground invasion Paul Owen Tom McCarthy
Obama urges Middle East leaders to broker ceasefire as navy deploys ships
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – President insists administration is working hard to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict while Obama remains on Asia tour Barack Obama phoned leaders in the Middle East to push for an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire on Monday night as the US…
Where is US public opinion on Israel, Palestine and the Gaza conflict? | Harry J Enten
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – Americans line up solidly behind President Obama in their support for Israel, but a clear majority wants a two-state solution As the conflict between Hamas and Israel rages, President Obama has stated that Israel has a…
UN chief to visit Israel and West Bank as Gaza ceasefire efforts intensify
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – Ban Ki-moon to meet Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, amid guarded hope of truce Efforts to agree a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians are to intensify, with the UN chief, Ban…
Hamas leaves Israel no choice | Danny Ayalon
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – Israel will not allow the lives of its citizens to be endangered. If only Gaza’s leaders felt the same Hamas’s charter includes the aspiration that “The Day of Judgment will not come about until Muslims fight…
Honest broker: Egypt’s role on path to peace in Gaza
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – Mohammed Morsi must consider Egypt’s interests as it mediates between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Egypt is the indispensable player in any attempt to mediate a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinans in…
Gaza conflict: family’s four children buried as bombardment continues
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – Eight members of Dalou family – which had no known affiliation with any militant group – died in air strike on home The bodies of four children wrapped in Palestinian flags were carried above a huge…
Israelis put faith in Iron Dome missile defence system
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – The batteries have become celebrated tourist attractions but they are only intercepting a third of Gazan rockets There is a new attraction in Tel Aviv, drawing crowds of cheering supporters. It is Israel’s fifth Iron Dome…
Batsheva Dance Company braces for Gaza protests in London
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – Sadler’s Wells theatre steps up security ahead of performances by Israeli dance troupe Sadler’s Wells has increased security in advance of pro-Palestinian protests planned to coincide with the arrival of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Ensemble . The company,…
Can Egypt’s President Morsi broker a Gaza peace deal? – video
The Guardian 19 Nov 2012 – Middle East editor Ian Black asks what role Egypt might play in negotiating a truce between Hamas and Israel Ian Black Mustafa Khalili Alex Healey
Attacks on Gaza Unite Palestinians
IPS Dozens of Israeli tanks slowly made their way south on the back of flatbed trucks along Israel’s Road 6 highway Sunday. Emblazoned with Stars of David and Hebrew letters, and carrying frayed Israeli flags, the movement of these tanks has left many believing that Israel will soon launch a large-scale…
Cold and Dusty But Safe
IPS No other camp for Syrians match the size of Za’atari. Equal rows of tents marked with the UNHCR logo spread to the horizon, dotted with lanterns and water tanks. Only a handful of people remain in sight, mostly on their way to or from the bathrooms. Peace and quiet in…
Colonial Experiments in Gaza
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“We will not fear their strikes”: Gaza journalists defiant after Israeli attack on media center
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Wars have disabled six million Iraqis
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The Infinite Human Capacity to Deny the Obvious
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The Latest Gaza Catastrophe
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Why Gaza must suffer again
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Israel targets (and defends attacking) journalists in Gaza
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Former US Envoy Ryan Crocker Calls for US-Iran Talks on Syria
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Amid relentless Israeli bombing, Gaza families huddle together hoping for safety
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New Israeli strike pushes Gaza toll to 107: medics
Daily Star 19 Nov 2012 A Palestinian family of four died in an Israeli air raid on Gaza on Monday as the death toll passed 100 on the bloodiest day of the six-day campaign with 30 killed, emergency services said.
Israel says prefers diplomacy over Gaza invasion option
Daily Star 19 Nov 2012 Israel bombed dozens more targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and said that, while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian…
Russia upset by Security Council silence on Gaza
Daily Star 19 Nov 2012 Russia’s U.N. ambassador on Monday expressed frustration that the Security Council has remained silent about the escalating violence in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
Afghan president: US violating detainee pact
Daily Star 19 Nov 2012 Afghanistan’s president accused U.S. forces of capturing and holding Afghans in violation of an agreement to turn over that responsibility to his forces, complicating a new round of security talks between the two countries.
Bahrain police used “excessive” force on Shi’ite man
Daily Star 19 Nov 2012 Bahrain’s interior ministry found police used “excessive force” during efforts to stop Shi’ite Muslims attend a prayer gathering earlier this month, it said on Monday.
Turkey to ask for NATO support on border with Syria
Daily Star 19 Nov 2012 NATO said it would urgently consider a request from Ankara to deploy Patriot missiles along Turkey’s troubled border with Syria as the EU announced its recognition of the new Syrian opposition coalition.
Syrian Islamists reject Western-backed opposition
Daily Star 19 Nov 2012 Syria’s increasingly powerful Islamist rebel factions rejected the country’s new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declared an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo.
Saudi beheads Palestinian for setting up gang
Daily Star 19 Nov 2012 A Palestinian was beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Monday after being convicted of forming a gang to carry out robberies in the kingdom, the interior ministry said.
Rival Palestinian faction unite over Gaza
Daily Star 19 Nov 2012 Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas said Monday they had agreed to end their infighting in a show of solidarity over the spiralling Gaza crisis.
‘Anonymous’ targets Israeli websites over Gaza war
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Gilad Shalit: My heart goes out to IDF soldiers
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Gaza rockets explode in Ofakim
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Ministers expected to discuss Gaza truce into the night
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135 rockets fired at Israel Monday; 42 intercepted
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Try talking to Hamas
YNet News, 19 Nov 2012 – Op-ed: Gaza vicinity resident says Israeli leaders have tried out every single weapon in the world – except dialogue ….
Palestinian Information Center
Resheq: Any truce will be in accordance with the resistance’s conditions
PIC – Member of Hamas Politburo Izzat al-Resheq revealed that Egypt is leading now continuous efforts to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, and is negotiating a truce deal.
4 Palestinians killed in bombing a car and a house in Rafah
PIC – Four Palestinians were martyred on Sunday in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip due to the bombing of a car and a house, along with a number of wounded.
Hamdan: Hamas is not in a hurry for a lull with Israel
PIC – Director of Hamas’s international affairs Osama Hamdan said his Movement is not in a hurry to sign a truce agreement with the Israeli occupation regime.
16 Gazans killed this morning as Israeli raids claim more lives
PIC – The Israeli military attacks since the early morning hours of today have claimed the lives of 16 Palestinian civilians as the death toll keeps climbing and changing.
IOF invade Jenin and Tubas cities, attack citizens
PIC – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Monday stormed Tubas and Jenin city and clashed with Palestinian young men.
Another morning of Israel’s aggression brings death toll to 83 victims
PIC – The early hours of Monday morning have seen the death and injury of more Palestinian civilians in Israeli aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip bringing the death toll to 83 victims.
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian toddler in tear gas attack near J’lem
PIC – A 20-months old toddler on Sunday died of serious burns he sustained after the fall of a tear gas grenade fired by Israeli troops into the house of his family in Qalandiya refugee camp.
Al-Shyoukhi: A real third intifada is about to trigger in the West Bank
PIC – The Palestinian Authority security apparatus arrested in Jenin a Hamas supporter after summoning him, which proves the continuation of PA‘s practices of summonses and arrests..
Resistance fires tens of rockets at Israeli targets
PIC – The Palestinian resistance announced on Monday morning that it fired about 70 missiles toward Israeli occupation cities, towns and military sites, during today’s morning hours.
Occupation targets a cemetery in Gaza
PIC – Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, Dr. Ismail Radwan, condemned targeting a cemetery, by the occupation forces, located in Gaza City.
Teenager Injured during Protest against Israeli War on Gaza
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 3, Raising Death Toll to 96
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Abbas Meets with Quartet Envoy, Calls to Stop Israeli War on Gaza
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Jewish Group Condemns Israeli War on Gaza
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Youth Critically Injured in Demonstration against War on Gaza
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Israeli Police Attack Students Demonstrating against War on Gaza in Jerusalem
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Activists Block Road near Settlement to Protest War on Gaza
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Settlers Burn Car, Spray Racist Graffiti near Ramallah
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Newspapers Review: Massacre of Dalou Family in Gaza Focus of Dailies
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Clashes Erupt between Students and Soldiers near Bethlehem
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Israeli Soldiers Attack Students Demonstrating in Solidarity with Gaza
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Ban, Saddened by Israeli Massacre of Family in Gaza, Urges Ceasefire
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 3, Raising Death Toll to 93
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Israel Detains 120 Protesters in West Bank since Start of War on Gaza
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Settlers Set Fire to Mosque near Nablus
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Israeli War on Gaza Kills 90 Palestinians, Injures over 900
WAFA – 19 Nov 2012
Israeli strike kills 9 members of Gaza family
LA Times 18 Nov 2012 – Israel says it was targeting a Hamas militant as part of its campaign to stop the group from firing rockets at its cities. The dead included women and children. GAZA CITY — An Israeli airstrike Sunday killed at least nine members of the same family…
Hamas Strengthens as Palestinian Authority Weakens
New York Times 19 Nov 2012 – Demonstrations in the West Bank show growing support for Hamas and contempt for the governing Palestinian Authority, which Washington considers the only partner for peace with Israel.
Gazans Mourn Dalu Family Killed by Israeli Bomb
New York Times 19 Nov 2012 – A strike obliterated the Dalu family’s two-story structure that had been home to 15 people in three generations. A spokeswoman for the Israel Defense Forces described the attack as an accident.
Egypt Advocates for Palestinians While Brokering Truce Talks
New York Times 19 Nov 2012 – A senior Egyptian official told foreign correspondents that the West was blaming the victims, which he said were the Palestinians.
Gaza Clash Escalates With Deadliest Israeli Strike
New York Times 19 Nov 2012 – As Israel and Hamas met separately with Egyptian officials for indirect talks about a truce in the ongoing Gaza fight, Hamas seemed to be trying to exert its sway over ideological allies in Egypt’s government.
Israeli Iron Dome Stops a Rocket With a Rocket
New York Times 19 Nov 2012 – In the five days since Israel began its assault on the militant infrastructure in Hamas-run Gaza, Iron Dome has successfully intercepted more than 300 rockets, with a success rate of 80 to 90 percent, officials said.
Islamist Groups Reject New Syrian Opposition Coalition
New York Times 19 Nov 2012 – The development underscored worries about the rising influence of religious fundamentalism amid the chaos of the bloody civil war in Syria.
Hamas Leader Dares Israel to Invade Amid Gaza Airstrikes
New York Times 19 Nov 2012 – The top leader of Hamas dared Israel on Monday to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and dismissed efforts to broker a cease-fire as Israel conducted a new wave of deadly airstrikes.
Avner CEO: No Leviathan without Tzemach
Globes Energy & Water – At the Bizportal energy conference Gideon Tadmor said the Sheshinski and Tzemach committees were part of the gas industry’s natural development.
Iron Dome developer: It will get even better
Globes Main News – mPrest CEO Natan Barak tells “Globes”: The Americans told us it wouldn’t work.
Manufacturers estimate NIS 120m war damage
Globes Main News – The Manufacturers Association estimate covers 430 enterprises located within 40 kilometers of the border with the Gaza Strip.
Tel Aviv in Renault electric car network talks
Globes Main News – Tel Aviv would model a citywide electric car rental network on the Tel-O-Fun bicycle project, with or without Better Place.
Mon: TASE rally continues despite Gaza conflict
Globes Main News – Israel Chemicals rose 1.2% on the day’s biggest turnover, as energy exploration companies again rose strongly.
Compugen sells controlling stake in Keddem Bioscience
Globes Main News – A private US based investment company will pay Compugen up to $15 million in milestone related equity financing for the stake.
RedHill Biopharma raising $4.5m in private placement
Globes Main News – The company is trying to increase the private placement to $7 million.
Treasury fears consequences of Gaza ground operation
Globes Macro Economics – Israel’s growth would be affected and the deficit would increase.
Israel’s war hero – eleven facts about Iron Dome
Globes Aerospace & Defense – Generals initially objected to the system, then the US began financing it, and Rafael is working round the clock. Today, no one knows how we would manage without the Iron Dome.
Barack Obama: Dying to Give a Damn
Tikun Olam – Day 6 : 81 Palestinians killed, 720 wounded. The title of this post is harsh. But the one I first considered was even more so: “Barack Obama, go to Hell.” I am so glad I didn’t vote for this man for president. At the time I cast…
Boston Jews to Protest “Rally to Support Israel”, Call for Inclusive, Compassionate Jewish Community
Jewish Voice for Peace – Jews to Protest “Rally to Support Israel”, Call for Inclusive, Compassionate Jewish Community When: Monday, November 19th, 4:30 – 6:00 PM Where: Congregation Mishkan Tefilah, 300 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill. Contact: Marjorie Corbman: marjorie.corbman@gmail.com , Liza Behrendt: liza@jvp-boston.org (Nov 9, 2012) – Members of Jewish Voice…
Exile and the Prophetic: Few are guilty – all are responsible
Mondoweiss – This post is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. Israeli warnings over the phone and by air: ‘Stay inside. We have business to attend to. Don’t worry it will benefit you,…
Conversations with my mom in Gaza
Mondoweiss – (Photo: Mohammed Zanooun) My mom is the matriarch of our family, she is the family’s central bank, a great mother, and a grandmother you would want for your own kids. While Gaza was waging its war on the civilians in Gaza, my mother, Fatima, kept busy…
Israel’s explanation for killing two journalists in Gaza? Palestinians aren’t journalists, they’re ‘targets’
Mondoweiss – Mark Regev, spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister explains to al-Jazeera English that Palestinians from Gaza are not “legitimate journalist.” (Video: al-Jazeer English) After a second Israeli attack on a media building in two days, this time killing two journalists, the spokesman for the Israeli Prime…
Day Six of Israeli Attack on Gaza: Death toll rises to 115, over 900 injured; Media building targeted again; Cease-fire talks continue
Mondoweiss – Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of the Dalou family. 12 family members were killed in an Israeli strike yesterday (Photo: AFP) This post is a continually updated news resource. Click on the links for Mondoweiss’ coverage of Day 1; Day 2 ; Day 3 ; Day 4 ;…
Breaking: Protester in West Bank dies of injuries inflicted by Israeli soldiers
Mondoweiss – Rushdi Tamimi This just in. Rushdi Tamimi, attacked during a demonstration in the West Bank on Saturday against the Gaza assault, has died from his injuries. Ma’an: 18:16 A doctor at Ramallah hospital confirms Rushdi Tamimi has died. Israeli forces shot Tamimi, a Palestinian police officer,…
From London to Cairo to Barcelona, Gaza assault sparks protests
Mondoweiss – Edinbugh protestors march on Scottish Parliament in protest against Israeli war crimes Demonstrations sprung up worldwide over the last few days as supporters of Palestinian freedom in cities, towns and villages all across the world protested against Israel’s war on the tiny besieged Gaza Strip….
Another Gaza Family Wiped Out by Israel Strike
The Foward Breaking News 19 Nov 2012 – Four members of the same family – four-year-old twin boys and their parents – were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on Monday, the Hamas Health Ministry said. Click here for the rest of the article…
Gaza Strikes Continue as Peace Talk Swirls
The Foward Breaking News 19 Nov 2012 – Israel bombed dozens more targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and said that, while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire. Click here for the rest of the article……
Plenty Has Changed Since Last Gaza Invasion
The Foward Breaking News 19 Nov 2012 – How long will support for Israel last if Gaza is once again overrun, enraging an Arab world no longer under the control of pro-Western autocrats. Click here for the rest of the article…
Defiance at Funeral for Gaza Family
The Foward Breaking News 19 Nov 2012 – Nine members of the Dalu family, a mother and her four children, a grandmother, great grandmother and two aunts died in a single air strike on a Gaza building. Click here for the rest of the article…
Military Edge Aside, Israel Faces Tougher Gaza Fight
The Forward New 19 Nov 2012 – In some ways, Israel’s latest confrontation with Hamas looks like past conflicts in Gaza. But there are some important, and worrisome, differences. Click here for the rest of the article…
Tunisia: Tunisia Condemns Bombing of Its Gaza School – Presidency
allAfrica.com 19 Nov 2012 – [Tunis Afrique Presse]Carthage -Tunisia, Saturday, condemned the bombing by the Israeli aviation of “Tunisia’s School” in Beit Hanoun, shortly before the visit of the Tunisian official delegation to Gaza, said a press statement of Adnan Mansar, the Spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic.
Egypt: Egypt Authorities Allow 400 Activists Into Gaza
allAfrica.com 19 Nov 2012 – [Aswat Masriya]Egyptian authorities allowed on Sunday a delegation of political activists and revolutionary powers to cross to Gaza.
Egypt: Morsi, Gaza Leaderships Discuss Efforts to Halt Israeli Aggression
allAfrica.com 19 Nov 2012 – [Egypt Online]President Mohamed Morsi received a telephone call on 18/11/2012 from Prime Minister of Gaza relieved government Ismail Hanyieh. The two sides discussed the efforts exerted by Egypt to halt Israeli aggression against Gaza.
Egypt: Nation’s Exchange Loses EGP 10 Billion On Backdrop of Gaza Attack, Assiut Accident
allAfrica.com 19 Nov 2012 – [Egypt Online]The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) lost during Sunday 18/11/2012 trading about ten billion Egyptian pounds on the backdrop of incidents at the local and regional levels including the latest developments in Gaza and the Assuit train-bus crash as well as the consecutive withdrawal of members of…
Israel’s Turkey Shoot and Hamas’ Weapons of Minimal Destruction
The Magnes Zionist 19 Nov 2012 – There is no “war” in Gaza. There is a military operation by one of the most advanced militaries in the world against a cadre of militants that can’t shoot straight because their weapons are relatively primitive and cannot be aimed well. So much for offense. As…
Israelis Dig in Their Heels for a Long Gaza Conflict
Joseph Dana 19 Nov 2012 – A resident of southern Israel cheers as Israeli jets pound the Gaza Strip. Five days of escalating violence between the Israeli military and Gazan militants has left Israel in a panicked state of war. The southern area of the country is slowly transforming into a large…
Gaza death toll ‘rises over 100’
BBC 19 Nov 2012 – Israeli air strikes have killed at least 105 Palestinians in Gaza in six days of violence, Hamas officials say, as militants continue rocket fire on Israel.
Islamists reject Syria opposition
BBC 19 Nov 2012 – Islamist rebel groups in the Syrian city of Aleppo say they reject the new Western-backed opposition coalition, and seek to establish an “Islamist state”.
Syria refugees ‘face winter risk’
BBC 19 Nov 2012 – International charity Save the Children warns that 200,000 Syrian refugee children are at serious risk from freezing temperatures as winter sets in.
Israel’s ‘right to self-defense’ – a tremendous propaganda victory
Sabbah report 19 Nov 2012 – By supporting Israel’s offensive on Gaza, Western leaders have given the Israelis carte blanche to do what they’re best at: Wallow in their sense of victimhood and ignore Palestinian suffering. Israel’s ‘right to self-defense’ – a tremendous propaganda victory was published by Sabbah Report . Get Daily…
We in Gaza will not die in silence
Sabbah report 19 Nov 2012 – Israel has embarked on an adventure it has not calculated properly. It must now bear the consequences. A truce will be on Hamas’s terms, not Israel’s. The first of these will be to lift the oppressive blockade on the Gaza Strip. We in Gaza will not…
Is attacking Gaza really about Hamas rockets?
Sabbah report 19 Nov 2012 – What if Hamas dumped all their rockets in the sea tomorrow? Would the illegal blockade be lifted? Would Gazans enjoy the same freedoms as other nations? Would Israel clear out of Gaza’s airspace permanently? Would the Israeli navy cease its piracy and stay out of Palestinian…
Why Gaza must suffer again
Sabbah report 19 Nov 2012 – The four main culprits who should be held responsible for the deaths of Palestinians and Israelis in the days and, if Israel expands its operation, weeks ahead. Why Gaza must suffer again was published by Sabbah Report . Get Daily Newsletter , follow on Twitter . Support through Sabbah…
A Sultry Milestone in the Opposition Discourse
Al-Akhbar Blogs 19 Nov 2012 – Cairo – Sama al-Masry shook her hips in opposition, in a video that combined belly dance with Muslim Brotherhood criticism. The dancer was both lauded for her courage to take the opposition discourse to a new level and disparaged for weakening pundits’ arguments with her “inappropriate”…
The War on Gaza and Its Coverage
Al-Akhbar Blogs 19 Nov 2012 – Israeli propaganda is predictable, as are Western media which parrot Israeli propaganda. What Israel does regularly is to treat every little or big incident in the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict as an event in itself, divorced from its background and from the century-old conflict. Thus,…
Gaza: The Only Cure for the Occupation is Resistance
Al-Akhbar Opinion 19 Nov 2012 – Israeli forces stand by their armoured vehicle seen ablaze after Palestinian protestors thew a Molotov cocktail on it during clashes in the centre of the divided West Bank city of Al-Khalil (Hebron), on 19 November 2012. (Photo: AFP – Hazem Bader) Israeli forces stand by their…
Gaza Attack Will Break the Siege
Al-Akhbar Opinion 19 Nov 2012 – Yemeni boys with their faces painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag protest against the Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip in the capital Sanaa, on 18 November 2012. (Photo: AFP – Mohammed Huwais) Yemeni boys with their faces painted in the colors of the…
Saudi beheads Palestinian for “forming a gang”
Al-Akhbar News 19 Nov 2012 – A Palestinian was beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Monday after being convicted of forming a gang to carry out robberies in the kingdom, the interior ministry said. Mohammed al-Khalili “formed a gang with others that carries out thefts, burglaries, and robbery against homes,” said the statement…
Kuwait arrests four over Twitter remarks
Al-Akhbar News 19 Nov 2012 – Four Kuwaitis have been arrested for comments made on Twitter and will be detained for 10 days for questioning, an Interior Ministry source said on Monday, after local media reported the detainees had criticized the country’s ruler. Kuwait, a US ally and major oil producer, has…
Jordanians protest over fuel prices
Al-Akhbar News 19 Nov 2012 – Protesters from opposition parties hold flags during a demonstration against the government’s decision to lift fuel subsidies in Amman on 19 November 2012. (Reuters – Majed Jaber) Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrated on Monday outside the prime minister’s offices in protest against fuel price hikes that have…
Spinneys Union Formed: Let the Battle Begin
Al-Akhbar News 19 Nov 2012 – the counter demonstrators threatened the union’s founding committee members, promising them a “good beating.” (Photo: Haytham Al-Moussawi) the counter demonstrators threatened the union’s founding committee members, promising them a “good beating.” (Photo: Haytham Al-Moussawi) Spinneys workers elected their union’s first leaders after a long and bitter…
Samir Kansoe: A Romantic Plays With Paint
Al-Akhbar News 19 Nov 2012 – Kansoe feels very much removed from the wider art scene, which is focused on the contemporary. (Photo: Dar Al-Mussawir) Kansoe feels very much removed from the wider art scene, which is focused on the contemporary. (Photo: Dar Al-Mussawir) The shadowy figures of Samir Kansoe’s paintings fill…
How Hamas Gets its Weapons
Al-Akhbar News 19 Nov 2012 – Israeli soldiers watch as an Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket near the southern city of Ashdod 18 November 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Darren Whiteside) Israeli soldiers watch as an Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket near the southern city of Ashdod 18 November…
Lebanon: The Curse of Ansariyeh Strikes Again
Al-Akhbar Politics 18 Nov 2012 – A Lebanese protestor waves the Hezbollah flag and the Palestinian flag during a protest against the ongoing attack on Gaza outside the offices of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Lebanese capital Beirut, on 17 November 2012. (Photo: Anwar Amro)…
Gaza death toll ‘rises over 100’
BBC 19 Nov 2012 – Israeli air strikes have killed at least 105 Palestinians in Gaza in six days of violence, Hamas officials say, as militants continue rocket fire on Israel.
Islamists reject Syria opposition
BBC 19 Nov 2012 – Islamist rebel groups in the Syrian city of Aleppo say they reject the new Western-backed opposition coalition, and seek to establish an “Islamist state”.
Syria refugees ‘face winter risk’
BBC 19 Nov 2012 – International charity Save the Children warns that 200,000 Syrian refugee children are at serious risk from freezing temperatures as winter sets in.
VIDEO: Blair: Gaza situation ‘utterly tragic’
BBC 19 Nov 2012 – The Egyptian Prime Minister, Hisham Qandil, says he believes Israel and Hamas are close to agreeing on a ceasefire but he said that the nature of the negotiations made it difficult to predict.
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VIDEO – U.N. Special Rapporteur Calls for Global Protection of Gaza Civilians from U.S.-Backed Israeli Assault
Democracy Now! 11/19/2012
“What triggered this war really? What triggered it? The assassination of one of Hamas leaders who was negotiating with the Egyptian and the Israelis the truce.” – Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights
AMY GOODMAN: For more on the attack on Gaza, we’re joined by Richard Falk, United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories. He’s a professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, author of more than 50 books on war, human rights, international law. He now teaches at University of California at Santa Barbara. We’re also joined by Raji Sourani, joining us from Gaza City, the director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights….
RICHARD FALK: I share very much the legal assessment that Raji Sourani has been offering a few minutes ago. There is no question in my mind that to launch this kind of all-out attack on a defenseless civilian society is something that must be viewed with the greatest alarm by those that take international law and international humanitarian law seriously as a way of governing the behavior of sovereign states.
And in this setting, it’s particularly shocking because there existed a diplomatic alternative. It was clear that Hamas had agreed to an informal truce and had proposed, through its Israeli interlocutor, a long-term truce, and there’s no question that this was a choice made by Israel to assassinate a Hamas leader—in fact, the person that had endorsed the truce—a few days after it had been established. So one has to question any kind of recourse to this kind of violence in a setting where a peaceful alternative seems to have existed and was rebuffed. And that’s—that’s a very serious element that’s been almost totally ignored in the media reaction in the West, particularly the United States, and certainly in the Obama misleading presentation of the issue as the right of a country to defend itself. There’s—no one questions that right. The question is: When and how is it appropriate? more.. e-mail
VIDEO – Live Report from Gaza Hospital: As Civilian Toll Mounts, Israel Again Bombs Palestinian Journalists
Democracy Now! 11/19/2012
We get a live report from independent journalist Mohammed Omer from a hospital in Gaza City, where injured journalists, medical workers and civilians — including children — are arriving for treatment. An award-winning journalist based in Gaza, Omer has been covering the latest Israeli assault since it began six days ago. We’re also joined by Richard Falk, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories.
AMY GOODMAN: We have Mohammed Omer on the phone right now at the hospital where the journalists have been brought who were injured in the attacks on the Palestinian media center. And we’re going to try to go to him in one minute. But, Richard Falk, I wanted to get your response and what i means for you to be the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories. I think we have Mohammed, though, so let’s go to him first in Gaza City, because it was hard to get him. Mohammed Omer, where are you, and what are you seeing? Mohammed, can you hear me? Mohammed, can you hear me?
MOHAMMED OMER: Yes, I hear you right now. [inaudible] Shifa Hospital at the moment, where a number of people just arrived with injuries, severe injury, and one of them was completely burned. The target is—this moment, is the building which belongs to all the journalists in Gaza City, in Gaza City. But right now I’m seeing—I’m seeing—I’m seeing all the ambulances and its passengers. They are bringing more casualties at this stage. And I’m just looking inside—I’m just looking inside to see what is this—OK, it’s coming now, the car. And one of the injuries is actually a medical staff who was trying to rescue the life of the journalists who were injured in the attack just a few minutes ago. The situation is deteriorating at the moment with a F-16 firing missiles on the Gaza Strip. And I am right now at the Shifa Hospital. It’s—it’s quite panic for all the journalists to see their colleagues being attacked at this stage. more.. e-mail
Israel’s Gaza Attack: Not Defence But Murder of Unarmed Civilians
Mairead Maguire, Belfast, CounterPunch 11/19/2012
A Nobel Laureate on Israel’s Operation Cloud Pillar
It is with the greatest sadness, mixed with frustration, and a sense of helplessness, that many people around the world, myself included, watched on television the horrific scenes of death and destruction perpetrated, yet again, by the latest Israeli military assault on Gaza and its besieged, mostly young population.
The question on many people lips is; ‘When is the Israel government going to stop this bombing and continual wars and threat of war, against the Palestinians, and its neighbours, admit that there will be no military solution to the Palestinian Occupation, and begin to talk seriously with their enemies, in order to solve the problems for the sake of the Palestinians, Israelis, and indeed the whole of the middle east and world!’?
Watching Israeli bombs landing on Gaza and hearing the death toll rise to fifteen Palestinians with countless people injured, (including the Israeli targeted assassination of a Hamas leader), in spite of all of Israeli and western media propaganda, many of the worlds people realize that this is Israel’s continuation of its policies of war, illegal occupation of Palestine, siege of Gaza, carrying on building illegal settlements and confiscating Palestinian land. The Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu argues Israel’s ‘Right to defence’ and the Obama Administration continues, yet again, to support this bogus claim, and pledges to oppose those who would question Israel’s illegal policies. The Israeli Government, and Military, do not have a right to carry out indiscriminate bombing and killing of Palestinian civilians, nor under International law, does any government have a legal right to do so. Israel has an obligation to abide by International Law and uphold the rights of occupied Palestinian people, and since they refuse to do so, third party Governments have a legal responsibility to take action and see Israel is not allowed to act with impunity. more.. e-mail
My people, who say yes to death
Yuval Ben-Ami, +972 Magazine 11/19/2012
A survey conducted in Gaza this September showed that a majority of its residents would prefer Fatah to Hamas if elections were held. Early this month President Mahmoud Abbas spoke again of a two state solution and even hinted at compromising on the right of return.
What could Israel do in light of this but start a war? Israel can’t deal with peace. It has become a war machine, and I’m not referring only to its over-militant decision makers and those who take their orders. Decades of media bias and dogmatic education managed to turn its citizens into a blinded mob that always support violence: today’s Haaretz poll shows 84 percent back the current offensive. A foreign television crew with which I work interviewed passersby today on the situation in Gaza. “We know they die by the score there,” one Tel Aviv resident told the camera, “It’s not that we don’t know. We just don’t care.”
Of course Palestinians can be extremely militant and violent. You would be too, after decades of enslavement, and if you believe you could overcome such wrath, well then, you’d be like the majority of Palestinians. As for Hamas, I am not fond of them one bit — notice this piece begins with my faith in a survey that showed it weakening. The thing is, it is (or was, until recent events) weakening.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Right is only becoming more powerful. True, it lies, diverts attention, misinforms and uses fear-mongering to gain power and support. The media effectively dehumanizes Palestinians and fosters our sense of victimhood, and the media is run by powerful people with links to Jerusalem high brass, but the simple people have heads on their shoulders and hearts in their chests. They too share responsibility. We have all been failed by the Israelis in recent days, again, all of us – the world, the Israeli Left, and especially the Palestinians. more.. e-mail
Gaza under Zionist bombs: day 6 since Nov 14 (but not including all those Zionist attacks leading up to the 14th)
In Gaza: 19 Nov 2012 – The drones are at it, that grating sound of multiple UAVs (“drones”) circling in the sky, the disharmony of their buzzes clashing into one’s psyche, ramping up levels of frustration and terror. And since the 2008-2009 Israeli massacre of the Gaza Strip (killing over 1500 when all had succumbed to their Israeli army-inflicted wounds) I had still heard the zananas ‘ whine, but it had been a while since their presence was so continuous, abrasive and terrifying. When on Nov 14 the Zionist army assassinated Hamas’ Ahmad al-Jabari and body guard, I wasn’t in Gaza, nor earlier on Nov 5 th when an Israeli soldier shot and killed a mentally disabled man in his early twenties on land near the border, nor the days in between when Israeli soldiers killed 13 year old soccer-playing Ahmed Abu Daqqa , then days later shelled a mourning tent killing 4 and injuring at least…more
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