Gaza

Thumbnail image for 2011 Ends on a Sour Note… Is Hamas Really a Mean-Minded Christmas Scrooge*?

2011 Ends on a Sour Note… Is Hamas Really a Mean-Minded Christmas Scrooge*?

by Stuart Littlewood January 4, 2012

In the past Hamas has shown great respect for the Christian tradition of Christmas and, I hear, Hamas officials in Bethlehem used to dress up as Santa Claus to distribute gifts to Christian children. So the question remains: has Hamas really become such a Scrooge* as to torpedo Christmas with a tree ban?

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Thumbnail image for No need for New Year’s Resolutions for Israel – they can use the old UN ones

No need for New Year’s Resolutions for Israel – they can use the old UN ones

by SR Editor January 4, 2012

A good place to start their 2012 New Year resolutions would be with this list borrowed from the United Nations Security Council – all of the resolutions directly critical of Israel for violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international terrorism, and other violations of international law.

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Thumbnail image for Israeli navy attacks international observers, injures Palestinian, on monitoring boat in Gaza waters

Israeli navy attacks international observers, injures Palestinian, on monitoring boat in Gaza waters

by SR Editor December 28, 2011

Israeli naval warship attacked the international observers and Palestinian captain of the Civil Peace Service Gaza (CPSGAZA) boat Oliva, injuring its captain in an apparent attempt to capsize it.

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Netanyahu Rejects Peace After Hamas and Fatah Reconciliation

by Stephen Lendman December 28, 2011

Netanyahu: If Hamas joins the Palestinian government, we will not hold negotiations with the Palestinian Authority….The peace process can only advance while maintaining security arrangements, which is becoming more difficult in light of the current situation in the region.

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What happens when a Gazan wants to marry a West Bank woman?

by Amira Hass December 19, 2011

Did you know that Israel allows Gaza residents to enter the West Bank to attend their relatives’ weddings but not to get betrothed themselves? You don’t believe it?

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Thumbnail image for The Washington – “Moderate Islam” Alliance: Containing Rebellion Defending Empire

The Washington – “Moderate Islam” Alliance: Containing Rebellion Defending Empire

by James Petras December 16, 2011

The West have agreed to a kind of “power-sharing’ with Islamist parties. The Islamists would be responsible for imposing orthodox economic policies and re-establishing ‘order’ in partnership with pro-multinational bank economists and pro US-EU generals and security officials. In exchange the Islamists could take certain ministries, appoint their members, finance electoral clientele among the poor and push their ‘moderate’ religious, social and cultural agenda.

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Critical Health Issues in Gaza

by Stephen Lendman December 11, 2011

Since locked down and isolated by Israel, Gaza’s experienced systemic crisis. Its health system especially was gravely harmed. Many services and life-saving treatments aren’t available.

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Thumbnail image for Drones spotted above Gaza as Israel breaks truce; death toll at 5

Drones spotted above Gaza as Israel breaks truce; death toll at 5

by SR Editor December 11, 2011

Israel’s Gaza offensive cannot be legally justified by any right of self-defense and instead constitutes aggression and a forcible deprivation of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.

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Thumbnail image for O Captain My Captain: America’s Aid for Israel’s Political ‘Continuum’

O Captain My Captain: America’s Aid for Israel’s Political ‘Continuum’

by Clive Hambidge December 4, 2011

The question for the Obama administration, Congress, is if, the American public, who should be asked first, were informed of the extent, nature and illegality of U.S Aid to Israel, would the American public then sanction any military aid to Israel at all?

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Thumbnail image for Nida’ Mohammed (Mohammed’s Cry): Help Kickstart a Gaza Video Documentary

Nida’ Mohammed (Mohammed’s Cry): Help Kickstart a Gaza Video Documentary

by SR Editor November 13, 2011

Why did they do this to us? Why did they kill us? Why did they kill the animals?…The bodies of my mother and father were left on the road for five days. The Israelis killed the cows, all the animals died, Why?…What did we do to the Israelis to make them do this? We are not from Hamas or the resistance, and none of my brothers or their children are from Hamas or the resistance. We are farmers, peaceful farmers.

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NEWS ALERT: Israelis Prevent Irish Activists From Boarding Flight Home

by SR Editor November 10, 2011

The seven Irish human rights activists due home in Ireland this afternoon were at the last minute prevented from boarding their flight out of Ben Gurion airport by Israeli armed guards. All seven are now being detained indefinitely, with no further news available from Israeli authorities or the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs about when they will be released.

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Thumbnail image for Israel Deports Democracy Now! Correspondent Jihan Hafiz; Most Gaza Flotilla Activists Still Detained

Israel Deports Democracy Now! Correspondent Jihan Hafiz; Most Gaza Flotilla Activists Still Detained

by SR Editor November 9, 2011

“All of the [Israeli] commandos on all of these boats were heavily armed… It looked like they were taking on an army of a foreign country,” says Hafiz, noting the masked soldiers pointed their guns at the heads of those on board.

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Captured in international waters en route to Gaza: An eyewitness account

by SR Editor November 7, 2011

I was strip-searched and had my flip cam, personal diary, USB stick, mobile phone and voice recorder confiscated. I heard Heap screaming inside the facility. “Ehab, can you hear me?,” “Majd, can you hear me?,” “Kit, can you hear me?,” “Karen, can you hear me?,” “Michael, can you hear me?” But I heard no responses from fellow activists.

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Israeli Navy Seizes Ships Bound For Gaza, Detains Passengers

by SR Editor November 4, 2011

Canadian and Irish ships, the Tahrir and the Saoirse, sailing with Freedom Waves to Gaza have been illegally boarded by the Israeli military in international waters, about 50 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza, around 9:30 am EDT.

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Thumbnail image for Exclusive: Video from Gaza Flotilla as Israeli Navy Prepares to Intercept Boats

Exclusive: Video from Gaza Flotilla as Israeli Navy Prepares to Intercept Boats

by SR Editor November 4, 2011

We are approaching the 100-nautical-mile point away from Gaza, which is usually the point where Israel declares—starts the blockade … Will they try to come and board us? All these questions are now at the moment of truth. The major preparation we did is to prepare that we don’t want anybody to act in any violent way or in any way that can even induce violence by the Israelis.

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