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Gaza militants renew rocket fire toward Israel - Ha'aretz

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - Nov. 06 (Other) - CTV.caGaza militants renew rocket fire toward IsraelHa'aretzBoth rockets launched overnight exploded in open fields south of Ashkelon; rocket attacks come hours after IDF strikes targets in Gaza. By Haaretz Tags: Palestinians Gaza rockets Gaza Strip Hamas Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip renewed their ...Israeli air raids kill Gaza militantAFPIsrael Begins Deportation of Gaza Flotilla ActivistsVoice of AmericaIsraeli air strike kills Palestinian militant in GazaReutersNew York Times -CNN International -TIMEall 1,962 news articles »

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Hamas, Fatah proclaim end to Palestinian split

Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Ap - May. 04 (News) - In a symbolic step, Hamas allowed Fatah-controlled Palestine TV to broadcast from Gaza for the first time since the 2007 takeover. The station's Gaza correspondent, Adel Zaanoun, discussed the excitement that Gazans felt about unity and invited Ismail Radwan, a Hamas leader, onto the program. "Today we end a dark chapter in our recent history," Radwan said. "It's time now to work together ... With the support of our people and the Arab brothers, we will make this agreement work."

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Egypt FM: Gaza border crossing to be permanently opened

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - By Avi Issacharoff - Apr. 30 (News) - Egypt's foreign minister said in an interview with Al-Jazeera on Thursday that preparations were underway to open the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on a permanent basis.

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Obama administration prepares for possibility of new post-revolt Islamist regimes

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Scott Wilson - Mar. 04 (News Report) - The Obama administration is preparing for the prospect that Islamist governments will take hold in North Africa and the Middle East, acknowledging that the popular revolutions there will bring a more religious cast to the region's politics.

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Secret papers reveal slow death of Middle East peace process

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Seumas Milne, Ian Black - Jan. 23 (Special Report) - The biggest leak of confidential documents in the history of the Middle East conflict has revealed that Palestinian negotiators secretly agreed to accept Israel's annexation of all but one of the settlements built illegally in occupied East Jerusalem. This unprecedented proposal was one of a string of concessions that will cause shockwaves among Palestinians and in the wider Arab world.

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Israel Flotilla Raid Was Legal, Turkel Commission Report States

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:36:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Matti Friedman - Jan. 23 (News Report) - JERUSALEM — An Israeli inquiry commission defended the actions of the country's troops during last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound protest flotilla sailing from Turkey, finding in a report released Sunday that Israel had not violated international law

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Gazan youth vent anger with all sides

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - Jan. 02 (News Report) - An anonymous group of students has created a document to express their frustration born of Hamas's violent crackdowns on 'western decadence', the destruction wreaked by Israel's attacks and the political games played by Fatah and the UN The meeting takes place in a bare room in a block of flats in the centre of Gaza City. No photographs, no real names – those are the conditions. This is the first time that a group of young Palestinian cyber-activists has agreed to meet a journalist since launching what it calls Gaza Youth's Manifesto for Change. It is an incendiary document – written with courage and furious energy – that has captivated thousands of people who have come across it online, and the young university students are visibly excited, but also scared. "Not only are our lives in danger; we are also putting our families at risk," says one of them, who calls himself Abu George. Gaza Youth's Manifesto for Change is an extraordinary, impassioned cyber-scream in which young men and women ...

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IDF soldiers convicted of using 11-year-old as human shield in Gaza

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - By Anshel Pfeffer - Oct. 05 (News) - Two soldiers forced Palestinian child to open bags, feared to have been booby trapped, during Operation Cast Lead. A Palestinian opening the door for Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron in 2004. The soldiers were convicted of offenses including inappropriate behavior and overstepping authority for ordering an 11-year-old Palestinian to search bags suspected to have been booby trapped.

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Egypt intercepts shipment of 190 antiaircraft missiles

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Jerusalem Post - Aug. 28 (News Report) - Egyptian authorities intercepted a shipment of at least 190 anti-aircraft missiles in Sinai probably destined for Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian news Agency Ma'an reported.

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IDF blames intelligence for Gaza flotilla 'mistakes', but defends use of commandos

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - By Anshel Pfeffer - Jul. 12 (News Report) - The Israel Defense Force committee investigating the navy's deadly raid on a Turkish-flagged aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip found the incident to be the consequence of failed intelligence and a lack of proper preparation for the operation, according to its report released on Monday.

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With Obama Meeting Tuesday, Israel Eases Gaza Blockade

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Sheera Frenkel - Jul. 05 (News) - Among the prohibited items announced Monday were insulation, many types of cement, steel cables of any thickness and construction forms. Also prohibited were fertilizers and all manner of seacraft, from boats to JetSkis. Humanitarian organizations serving Gaza said that even with increased truck traffic and the new entry regime, the blockade would remain crippling.

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Israel says it will ease Gaza land blockade

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - Jun. 17 (News Report) - Israel agreed on Thursday to ease its land blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, hoping to quell growing international criticism following a deadly sea raid.

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Gaza blockade to be eased within days declares Tony Blair

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Geoff Meade - Jun. 14 (News) - Emerging from talks with EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, he repeated his belief that the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip will be eased within days.

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Israeli navy kills four Palestinians off Gaza coast

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Harriet Sherwood, Adam Gabbatt - Jun. 07 (News Report) - At least four Palestinians were killed when Israeli naval commandos opened fire on what they said was a squad of militants in diving suits off the coast of Gaza today. The Palestinians "were on their way to carry out an attack in Israel", a military

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Israel's seizure of Gaza aid boat Rachel Corrie sparks further condemnation

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Harriet Sherwood - Jun. 06 (News) - Autopsy reports on the dead activists yesterday revealed that five had gunshot wounds to the head. The US joined the growing international chorus for the siege to be eased.

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Gaza blockade: Israel deports activists from the Rachel Corrie aid ship

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Kristen Chick - Jun. 06 (News) - This time, no one was killed or injured when Israeli commandos boarded the ship and took its crew and activists into custody. But last week's incident continues to have far-reaching consequences as thousands protest Israel’s actions across the world, and Turkey threatens to cut relations with Israel.

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Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Robert Booth - Jun. 05 (News) - Israel was tonight under pressure to allow an independent inquiry into its assault on the Gaza aid flotilla after autopsy results on the bodies of those killed, obtained by the Guardian, revealed they were peppered with 9mm bullets, many fired at close range. Nine Turkish men on board the Mavi Marmara were shot a total of 30 times and five were killed by gunshot wounds to the head, according to the vice-chairman of the Turkish council of forensic medicine, which carried out the autopsies for the Turkish ministry of justice today. The results revealed that a 60-year-old man, Ibrahim Bilgen, was shot four times in the temple, chest, hip ...

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Passengers of 'Rachel Corrie' reject Israel-Ireland deal

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - By Barak Ravid - Jun. 04 (News Report) - Passengers on board the MV Rachel Corrie ship have rejected a proposed agreement made between the Israeli and Irish governments to divert the ship to the Israeli port of Ashdod instead of the coast of Gaza. Following the passengers' rejection of the agreement, the forum of seven high ranking ministers decided to go ahead with the plan to stop the ship and take it over, as was done with the previous Gaza flotilla.

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Henning Mankell on Gaza flotilla attack: 'I think they went out to murder'

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Kate Connolly - Jun. 04 (News) - Swedish crime writer describes the ?horrifying moment? when he realised Israelis had chosen to attack the ships The bestselling Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell today accused Israel of murder, piracy and kidnapping after describing how the aid ship he was travelling on was seized by Israeli forces this week. Mankell, whose detective novels featuring the commissar Kurt Wallander have sold almost 30m copies worldwide, was aboard the Swedish ship Sofia, one of six ships in the flotilla carrying aid to Gaza. The 25-strong crew, including Mankell, were all arrested and held in custody. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian in Berlin, Mankell, 62, described the "horrifying moment" when he realised the Israelis had chosen to attack ...

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Israeli troops raid aid flotilla headed for Gaza, killing nine

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Janine Zacharia - Jun. 01 (News Report) - Flotilla organizers, who for a week had been girding for a confrontation with Israel, said that the troops used excessive force and that those killed were unarmed, while Israeli officials insisted that the commandos acted in self-defense. Israel now faces widespread international condemnation and fresh calls for it to end its blockade of Gaza, which is intended to isolate the Islamist Hamas movement that rules the territory.

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Egypt lifts its side of Gaza blockade for aid

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jun. 01 (News) - An Egyptian official says the government is temporarily lifting its blockade of the Gaza Strip to allow aid into the area a day after Israel raided an international flotilla carrying supplies to the Palestinian territory and killed nine activists. The governor of northern Sinai, Murad Muwafi, says President Hosni Mubarak ordered the opening of the border crossing to Gaza in the town of Rafah for several days. Muwafi says the opening of the crossing — which Egypt sealed after Gaza was taken over by Hamas militants in 2007 — is an effort to "alleviate the suffering of our Palestinian brothers after the Israeli attack" on the flotilla.

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Deadly Israeli raid on aid fleet

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - May. 31 (News Report) - Israeli commandos have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships off the coast of the Gaza Strip, killing up to 19 people on board.

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Israeli PM 'regrets' deaths as troops storm aid ships

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 31 (Breaking News) - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed regret after at least nine people died when troops stormed ships trying to break the Gaza blockade.

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Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 31 (Breaking News) - More than 10 people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army says.

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Gaza's real humanitarian crisis - Focus - Al Jazeera English

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Gregg Carlstrom - May. 31 (News Analysis) - The Israeli government has, for weeks, insisted that the 10,000 tonnes of supplies on board the Gaza aid flotilla are not necessary. Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's foreign minister, reiterated that claim on Friday, telling reporters "there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza".

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