Killing in the Name of Peace
After this interlude of 20 corpses, those who watch the farce from their comfortable and safe living rooms, can assume that no Israeli soldier was injured.
http://palestinechronicle.com/story-01180801741.htm
PCHR Weekly Report: 27 Palestinians killed, 51 injured by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 10- 16 January 2008, 22 Palestinians were killed and 51 were injured by the Israeli military.
http://www.imemc.org/article/52354
Seven Palestinians die in Gaza as Olmert vows "war"
Israeli air strikes killed at least seven Palestinians, including a mother and child, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to wage a "war" to stop rocket attacks on the Jewish state.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1730626720080117?rpc=401&
One woman killed and forty injured in an Israeli air strike on Gaza city
Israeli jet fighters attacked the Palestinian Minister of Interior building located in Gaza city; one woman and ten other civilians had been reportedly killed in the attack that took place on Friday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said that the building collapsed completely, sending a huge fire blaze into the air, flying shrapnel and smoke to the surrounding houses, killing a woman and injuring forty civilians.
http://www.imemc.org/article/52361
3 dead in new Israeli airstrike on car in Beit Lahiya
Gaza – Ma'an – Three people were killed, including a woman and her son and several others were injured in a fresh Israeli raid, targeting a civilian car in Beit Lahiyah, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Thursday. Muawiya Hassanein, director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian health ministry told Ma'an that three dead bodies were taken to the Kamal Udwan Hospital, along with four people who are seriously injured.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=27281
Palestinians: Mother and son killed in Israeli strike
IDF launches attack in northern Gaza killing three Palestinian civilians from same family riding donkey cart. Three Palestinian civilians – among them a mother and her son – were killed in an IDF strike in northern Gaza on Thursday, according to Palestinian sources.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3495737,00.html
Fresh Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya in Northern Gaza strip leaves three killed from the same family
Palestinian sources reported that a fresh Israeli air raid targeting a horse carriage in the northern Gaza strip town of Beit Lahiya left three members of a Palestinian family killed and five others injured on Thursday night.
http://www.imemc.org/article/52350
Israel kills Fatah man in Nablus, steps up pressure on Gaza Strip
Israeli troops killed a fighter from the armed wing of Fatah movement in the occupied West Bank on Friday, medical officials and the group said. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades confirmed one of its members was killed by undercover Israeli troops who were operating in the Balata refugee camp near the city of Nablus.
http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Palestine/221161
Troops break into the headquarters of the Popular Resistance Committees in Hebron
Israeli soldiers and members of the Border Guards Units broke on Thursday into the main headquarters of the Popular (Folk) Resistance Committees in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and attacked the employees and volunteers.
http://www.imemc.org/article/52353
Israeli army kidnaps 8 Palestinians from the West Bank
Israeli forces kidnapped eight Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank overnight Thursday and in the early hours of Friday morning. The abduction campaigns were carried out in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Ramallah and Tulkarem.
http://www.imemc.org/article/52359
Army invades Azzoun, uses family home as sniper's post.
At around 15:00, one army jeep and one hummer, with 6-8 soldiers entered the village of Azzoun. Sound bombs were thrown as well as smoke bombs at the entrances of two buildings. After circling the village several times, the army occupied an apartment in central Azzoun which they had invaded two nights previously. The residents, husband, wife and elderly mother, entered their home with two Human Rights Workers (HRWs) to find three heavily armed soldiers using the bedroom as a sniper post. This position overlooked the town centre where young children were congregating. The soldiers detained the family and HRWs in one room for approximately an hour, while one soldier remained at the bedroom window in sniper position.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2008/01/18/army-invades-azzoun-uses-family-home-as-snipers-post/
Nablus, wounded in the war on history
Although it is a small stretch of land, Palestine has many faces, from tiny country villages to bustling cities. Perhaps one of the most impressive places is the city of Nablus. Coming from Ramallah, passage into the city is through the huge, overcrowded Huwwara checkpoint. Having crossed this reversed city gate, set up by the Israeli military in October 2000, the first impression is that of a vivid Arab city, albeit with a sense of tension in the air. In a recent visit, Toon Lambrechts traces Nablus' five millennia of history.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9219.shtml
Fundamental Jewish groups increased their attacks in Jerusalem
Local sources in Jerusalem reported that Israeli military bulldozers, and fundamental Jewish groups increased their attacks against the Palestinian areas in Jerusalem and started on Thursday to dig a street which leads to several buildings which were illegal seized by the groups two days ago. The buildings are located in areas that surround the Al Aqsa Mosque in the Old City.
http://www.imemc.org/article/52352
Massacre of Palestinians: An outcome of Bush-Olmert deal
The recent attacks of the Zionist regime against the residents of the Gaza Strip was a result of U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to the occupied Palestine.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=161439
Israeli Peace group slams Israel for its attacks on the Gaza strip
Latif Douri, founder and secretary of the committee for Israeli Palestinian dialogue, issued a statement on Thursday evening condemning Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip.
http://www.imemc.org/article/52348
Settlers get three more months on 'Worshipers' Way'
The settlers who occupied the building on "Worshipers' Way," in Hebron between Kiryat Arba and the Machpela Cave will remain there for at least three more months, according to a decision handed down by the High Court of Justice on Thursday.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1200572480872&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Human Rights Advocates Meet United Nations Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
On Tuesday, 15 January 2008, Mr. Issam Younis, Director of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Mr. Khalil Abu Shammaleh, Director of Ad Dameer Association for Human Rights, and Talal Oukal, journalist and political analyst, met with Mr. Robert Serry, the United Nations Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. They met at the Office of the Special Coordinator of the United Nations in Gaza city.
http://www.imemc.org/article/52351
Israel locked down the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the same day its air strikes killed at least nine Palestinians there in a bid to halt near daily rocket fire and as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to keep up raids on gunmen in the impoverished Hamas-run territory.
http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/080117214955.cm0wj873.html
EU urges Israelis to ease Palestinian movement
Senior European official Benita Ferrero-Waldner says she understands Israel's security needs, but Jewish state should look to gradually lift restrictions, hand security responsibility in West Bank to Palestinians with international monitoring.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3496019,00.html
Gazan family to sue Israel over man's death from denial of medical treatment
The Al-Jamal family from the Gaza strip is suing the Israeli security services, claiming that they caused the death of fifty-three-year-old Mustafa Al-Jamal by denying him a permit to go an Israeli hospital for treatment.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=27267
ISRAEL-OPT: Gaza power cuts leave people cold physically, metaphorically
The Israeli government decided earlier this month to permit the Gaza Strip to import industrial diesel - in similar quantities to those permitted prior to the fuel import restrictions imposed in October 2007 - but the impoverished enclave continues to suffer from power cuts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76295
Fatah lawmakers from the Gaza Strip ask Fayyad to deliver funds
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has pledged to investigate the problem of civil servants whose salaries have not been paid recently. Fatah's Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members from the Gaza Strip met with Fayyad on Wednesday to discuss the disbursement salaries, unemployment and agricultural issues.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=27265
Canada puts U.S., Israel on torture watchlist
Canada's foreign ministry has put the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured and also classifies some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17388465.htm
Haniyeh's political advisor invites Abbas to visit Gaza Strip
Bethlehem – Ma'an exclusive – Ahmad Yousef, political adviser to prime minister of the de facto government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, told Ma'an on Thursday that he expects dialogue between Fatah and Hamas to take place, especially after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas contacted Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to express his sympathy for the death of his son.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=27283
The recent outbreak of violence in Gaza only serves Hamas' enemies
The past week has seen a rapid degeneration from bad to worse in the Gaza Strip, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's vow to continue waging "war" on the besieged territory does not bode well for more than one million civilians who live there. Having already been half-starved into submission by the economic strangulation imposed on them by Israel and the international community, Gazans now find themselves caught between an escalating battle between militants and Israeli forces.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&article_id=88138&categ_id=17
Hamas Police Force Recruits Women in Gaza
The policemen of Hamas now have company: since the Islamic group took over here last June it has been recruiting policewomen as well. Since mid-August, 60 women have been accepted into the force. Unlike policemen, the women have not played any role in resisting the latest Israeli incursions, instead working mostly on cases that involve dealing with women, like drugs and prostitution, and helping out at police headquarters and the central jail.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/world/middleeast/18gaza.html?ref=middleeast
Third of J'lem families live in poverty
Jerusalem has the highest incidence of poverty in Israel as 33 percent of the capital's families and 56 percent of its children live below the poverty line. The new Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem published yesterday by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies indicates that the city's Arab population is even poorer, with 62 percent of Jerusalem Arab families living in poverty compared to 23 percent of Jewish families. Among children, 76 percent of Arab children live below the poverty line while 44 percent of Jewish children are impoverished.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/945853.html
British Gas explains exit from Israel
Under the deal, 15% of BG Group's natural gas field offshore from Gaza was due to be marketed in Israel and to the power station in Gaza.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=1000299196&fid=942
Kaffiyeh-wearing protesters greet new Israeli U.K. Ambassador
LONDON - Israel's ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, was met by dozens of protesters against the Israeli occupation when he arrived Wednesday to speak at a bastion of anti-Israel criticism in British academia - the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/946030.html
Punitive engineering
Reports of grave humanitarian consequences following phased cuts in the supply of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip forced Israel's Ministry of Defence to tweak its action on 10 January. The ministry has now authorised a restoration of diesel fuel supplies for Gaza's main power plant, back up to levels provided before Phase I fuel cuts went into effect 28 October. While not enough, as the winter cold began to bite the news came as a relief to many in Gaza. The densely populated and now near totally isolated coastal strip is completely dependent on Israel for fuel, and partially dependent for electricity.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/880/re03.htm
Art attack: Banksy attracts the press attention, but around him is an increasingly influential movement of political artists operating outside the mainstream
The phone rings; the number is withheld. It's Banksy. He wants to know whether I can go to Bethlehem over Christmas. He is putting on an exhibition, bringing together like-minded artists from all over the world to raise awareness of the situation in Palestine. Like the annual guerrilla art shows that have taken place in London for the past six years, it will be called "Santa's Ghetto". Two weeks later, I find myself involved in an experience that transforms my ideas about what artists can do in the face of oppression.
http://www.newstatesman.com/200801170028
This Time Next Year?
For Palestinians, whether living in East Jerusalem, Hebron, Jenin, Rafah or Gaza, everything is meaningless unless they see a true reversal of the negative results of Israel's 40-year-old occupation.
http://palestinechronicle.com/story-01180800831.htm
On Walls, Castles and Embassies
The cultural rift between the U.S . and the Arab World has widened with each successive administration since the days of Eisenhower years of the early 50s.
http://palestinechronicle.com/story-01180801619.htm
