Israel tanks moves from Gaza to W. Bank and battles Fatah
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But the Israelis really, really, and I mean really want peace. Honest, they do… but it would be so much pleasant to have peace if they had ALL the land, the Palestinians were either dead, in prison, or moved over to Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, even Iran…. as Israel’s infrastructure Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s political party writes on T-Shirts: “No Arabs, No Terror”.
The spinsmasters are out in full force, all over Europe, and certainly in the US….Miri, Itzhak, the ambassadors, Olmert, saying things like “democratic elections have to have the right RESULT…. after all, even Hitler was elected”, and “don’t forget what happened to US, WE are the victims here”, “they want to destroy us” (and they can, they have so many STONES, rocks and little missiles, missiles that Israel with all its troops, planes, drones, tanks, and bulldozers just CANNOT seem to find and take out… (a CROCK and everyone knows it…. Israel will gladly sacrifice one or two Israelis in the town of Sderot to keep up the victim image!)
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Israeli army arrest 60 Palestinians, among them, 18 children
Hebron - Ma’an – At dawn on Thursday, Israeli military forces stormed the village of Qalqas, south of Hebron, arresting 60 people, taking them to an unknown area.
Local sources reported to Ma’an that a large military force arrested 18 children, including three tawjihi students. A teacher and two university students were also seized. Most of the abducted citizens were cousins and relatives of one another. (read more!)
Violent Israeli incursion into Nablus
Nablus - Ma’an - Eight Israeli soldiers were moderately injured in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning after explosive devices were hurled at the Israeli patrols, Israeli sources reported. In the ongoing incursion, at least four Palestinians have been arrested and numerous Palestinian houses have been transformed into military bases, eyewitnesses have reported.
The Israeli army also took control of local radio stations in order to issue orders to the local inhabitants over the airwaves.
Israeli sources added that Palestinian activists threw four explosive devices towards Israeli patrols in the Al-Qasaba (old city) neighbourhood, injuring eight soldiers, who were transferred to Israeli hospitals.
Heavy Israeli forces invaded the city on Wednesday evening amidst heavy gunfire. Our Nablus correspondent stated that the Israeli forces also blew up the electricity transformer which supplies power to Amman Street in Nablus.
The Al-Buraq Army, which is affiliated to Fatah, and the Al-Quds Brigades, who are the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, also claimed responsibility for detonating an explosive device next to an Israeli patrol and clashing with Israeli troops near Rafidia hospital on Thursday morning.
Eyewitnesses told our correspondent in Nablus that the Israeli forces transformed dozens of Palestinian homes into military posts and observation towers. The Israeli forces also carried out house-to-house searches.
Eyewitnesses affirmed that several homes were stormed in the Habalah and Qasaba neighbourhoods, and four Palestinians were arrested.
Palestinian sources added that the Israeli forces ransacked the home of Ahmad Tbouq, a former activist who was killed by the Israelis. They arrested all the residents before then detonating an explosive in the house. The Israeli forces also invaded the Sirrisi and Hirzallah neighbourhoods of the city.
Palestinian sources added that the Israeli forces broke into home of the Al-Asaly family in the Rafidia neighbourhood of west Nablus and arrested a young man after searching the house.
The Israeli forces also took control of the frequencies of local radio stations in Nablus and used them to give orders to the local residents.
Nablus TV said that the Israeli forces transmitted the curfew order through the local stations. The TV station called this Israeli practise “illegal” and a violation of the freedom of press. The station called on the international community and humanitarian organizations to exert pressure on the Israelis to stop their violations which damage the freedom of press. (read more!)
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6 Comments on “Israel tanks moves from Gaza to W. Bank and battles Fatah”
Off topic.
Emirati Gulf News would like to hear from you if you are Israeli. But if you are Palestinians, tough luck.
The Letter to the Editor page has a “Country” drop down list. In that list, you will find Israel, but no Palestine, Palestinian Territories, Gaza, Occupied Territories, or West Bank. Despite my many protests, and that of my friends, Gulf News does not even comment or make corrections. On top of that, Gulf News makes a habit of referring to Palestinian resistance as militants, also despite protests.
The assumption is that this is all an minor oversight. If anyone knows the publisher of Gulf News, please pass the comments.
http://www.gulfnews.com/aboutus/contact/letter_to_editor.html
Thanks for this post Haitham…. I will incorporate it into one I just wrote.
http://desertpeace.blogspot.com/2007/06/which-way-palestine_29.html
Jim,
Most probably no one reads that contact form. It’s just a honey bot for some to shout and then goes to trash. What you need to do is:
1. Try to find the editor’s email and write to him directly and pray that he understands what you are talking about;
2. Write a post about it then publish on some blogs and send around to email lists etc… soon someone from Gulf News will hear about the scandal and will react.
desertpeace,
Thank you bro.
Yeah. Peace in their view.
“democratic elections have to have the right RESULT”
Not really my understanding of democracy. The right result is what the people choose, end of discussion.
Democracy: demos “people”, kratos “rule”