Settler kills Palestinian protester A Neriya resident fired on scores of Palestinian youths demonstrating Monday near the settlement east of Ramallah, part of continued protests against Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, after coming under a barrage of rocks.
Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian student in W Bank
Amnesty International: Children and Civilian Bystanders in Gaza Death Toll Israeli military air strikes and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip during the last few days have killed over 100 Palestinians, including dozens of children and other civilian bystanders. Three Israelis ? a civilian killed by a rocket fired by a Palestinian armed group on 27 February and two soldiers ? were also killed.
B'tselem: Contrary to Israel's Chief of Staff, at least half of those killed in Gaza did not take part in the fighting
Gaza residents tell of sniper attacks on homes Palestinians described yesterday how civilians were killed while hiding in their homes as Israeli ground troops stormed through northern Gaza suburbs this weekend searching for Hamas militants.
Children and civilian bystanders in Gaza death toll The Israeli chief of staff is reported to have claimed that 90 percent of those killed were militants, but the UN and other sources, including those in Gaza, suggest that as many as half of the dead were civilians. More than 250 other people, including scores of unarmed civilians, have been injured.
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Killings of civilians must cease Israeli military air strikes and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip are being carried out with reckless disregard for civilian life, Amnesty International said today.
Gaza / Israel: Stop attacks on civilians, says WCC Attacks across the Gaza-Israeli border have killed more then 110 Palestinia ns and three Israelis since the middle of last week. One third of the mostly civilian dead are reportedly children.
Assault on Gaza: Day of grief and defiance Among those buried yesterday were six members of one family including its head, Abd el-Rahman Mohammad Ali Atallah, and his 60-year-old wife, Suad, two sons and two daughters, who were killed late on Saturday afternoon when their house was destroyed by three aerial bombs which residents near by said also injured four children including a two-day-old infant.
UN rights chief seeks probe into Gaza deaths United Nations human rights chief Louise Arbour called on Israel on Monday to conduct an "impartial" investigation into the deaths of Palestinians during its offensive in Gaza.
Oxfam International warns of dire humanitarian consequences of full scale military incursion into Gaza
Man freed after killing W. Bank teen; two rioters held in J'lem Police last night released a West Bank settler who shot and killed a Palestinian teen, who had been with a group that was throwing rocks along a West Bank road. There's that Israeli democracy for you.
Israeli army kidnaps 14 Palestinians in pre dawn invasion
AT-TUWANI UPDATE, February, 2008: Freedom of Access in the South Hebron The Israeli military has often closed this road as part of the Israeli
government?s pressure on the Palestinian population in this area to leave.
As a result of this pressure and of settler harassment, several smaller
villages in the area have already been abandoned. In one case, over 700
local Palestinian residents were bundled into military vehicles and
forcibly removed.
Large Syria rally denounces "Israeli crimes" Thousands of people attended a government-sponsored rally in the centre of the Syrian capital on Monday to condemn what they called "Israeli crimes" in Gaza.
China urges Israel, Palestine to exercise restraint
Ahmadinejad: Real holocaust is happening in Gaza
Gaza death toll reaches 100; Hebron responds This afternoon in Hebron the Israeli army killed a twelve-year old Palestinian boy with a fragmenting dumdum bullet through the chest.
Bethlehem: ten injured and three kidnapped as Israeli army attack protest
Palestinian militants continue firing rockets into Israel
US plotted to overthrow Hamas after election victory But the project was controversial even within the administration, the magazine reports. "There were severe fissures among neoconservatives over this," David Wurmser, a former Middle East adviser to the vice-president, Dick Cheney, told the magazine. "We were ripping each other to pieces."
Olmert warns of more fighting soon as Israel pulls troops out of Gaza In the Gazan town of Jabalia yesterday, crowds poured on to the streets. Funeral tents were set up outside houses as workmen began to repair electricity cables and rebuild walls. More families emerged with stories of civilian casualties amid the combat. Louise Arbour, the UN human rights commissioner, called on Israel to carry out an impartial investigation into the Palestinian deaths.
Zahalka: 'Israel killing as many as possible' Several MKs, including Ahmad Tibi (United Arab List) and Muhammad Barakei (Hadash), called for "Arab unity" among Israeli Arabs and Palestinians.... Israel Beiteinu and Likud lawmakers accused the Arab factions of treason
Holy Land: Caritas warns of escalating crisis in Gaza
Israel warns it will be back as Gaza incursion is finally ended
Israel rejects truce with Hamas
Gazans discuss Israeli military raids Yesterday [Sunday], they killed a neighbour of mine, he was 15 and was playing football in the street.
UNRWA: Gaza violence - 'horrific' UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen Abu Zayd said on Sunday that she was 'horrified' by the current situation in the Gaza Strip.
Residents held a protest in Khan Younis slamming Israeli attacks, calling for unity
US backs Israeli right to defend itself against rockets What other nations are backing Israel's 'right to defend itself' (from mostly Palestinian civilians, evidently)? Why is the US the only one (again)?
UN should talk to Hamas to end Gaza violence: expert "It is imperative that every effort be made to bring the violence to an end. This can be done only by negotiation and mediation," said John Dugard, the special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights.
The time for worldwide boycott is now
Hamas claims Gaza "victory" as Israel pulls back
Barak to hold meeting on legality of striking civilian areas in Gaza It's kind of late to be asking about that now, isn't it? Try 60+ years. Since, that's how long Israel has been deliberately targeting civilian areas.
Rice, confident of Mideast progress, lashes Hamas
Barak seeks legal okay to move Gazan civilians from homes
Norway calls for end to violence in Israel, Gaza
Tiny protesters lament Gaza bloodshed Dozens of demonstrations also took place in Palestinian refugee camps throughout southern Lebanon on Monday.
Jumblatt condemns Israeli assault on Gaza Strip "Such massacres should justly be called a holocaust as described by Palestinian President Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas],"
Around 100 Palestinians gathered at the Nativity church to protest at Israeli attacks on Gaza
Israeli Barak: counter-terror operations to continue Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that counter-terror operations in Gaza would continue, local media reported.
Four Palestinians arrested after attacking police officers in E. Jerusalem
Palestinian militants continue firing rockets into Israel
Gaza medical system at breaking point - aid workers
Israel buys supply of pills to protect against nuclear radiation
Rice urges Mid-East talks renewal US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called on Palestinians to resume peace talks with Israel, on the eve of her latest Middle East visit.
Hebron Reflection: Crosses,flags and murdered children The American flag and the Christian cross are my symbols. I am an American (USonian). I am a Christian. CUFI is an organization that is helping Israel with the ethnic cleansing of the city where Zleekha and her mother live. My government and the presidential candidates have repeatedly given the green light to Israel to massacre Palestinians
Israeli Violence Endangers Us, Not the Presidential Candidates
Jerusalem Diary: Monday 3 March Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas donated blood in his office on Sunday, for the people of Gaza.
Israeli official says comment on "holocaust" was manipulated Strangely, the world says Israel manipulates the Holocaust. Go figure.
What is the USS Cole doing off the Lebanese coast? What's curious, however, is that, while it's big news in the Arab world, this "visit" by a guided-missile destroyer and accompanying flotilla has received scant attention in the U.S. news media. What's going on? We're keeping the rest of the Middle Eastern world in check while Israel continues its holocaust of the Palestinians, perhaps?
German government invests in education of Palestinian refugees
Egyptian chopper strays over Gaza
King Abdullah II Discusses Mideast Peace Process With Arab, Muslim and Jewish American Leaders
Palestinians call drones a deadly weapon
MSF Reopens Gaza City Clinic to Treat Wounded
Apartheid? ban causes ruckus, little action The HRO banned the phrase ?Israeli Apartheid,? citing concerns that it would make students feel uncomfortable. Both the MSU and McMaster University decided to support that decision.
Palestinians, Israelis topic of UAH speaker
McCain backs Israel's right to self defence in Gaza conflict McCain criticized the Security Council for its 'failure to condemn the attacks by Gaza into Israel.'
Palestinian artist's exhibition in Tel Aviv The exhibition was initiated by Israeli businessman Roni Forer, who invited Palestinian leaders to attend the opening, but does not expect them to arrive due to the escalation in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah rally calls for Gaza resistance, not surrender
Muslim protest at Paris book fair Saudi Arabia has become the latest to withdraw, following Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
Obama says U.S. should not meet with Hamas "You can't negotiate with somebody who does not recognize the right of a country to exist so I understand why Israel doesn't meet with Hamas," Both McCain and Obama are jockeying to outdo the other's kowtows to the Israeli lobby.
Several hundred people demonstrate in Paris in support of the Palestinians
Consul General of Israel Visits UC Irvine A man, who declared himself to be Palestinian, spoke against Dayan, arguing that democracy cannot be attained if challenged by Israel. He questioned claims made by Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman, who has been known to call for the expulsion of Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Dayan denied the allegations made toward Lieberman. Lieberman did in fact call for the 'transfer' of Palestinians out of Israel. Dayan wasn't there for putting forward the truth though. He was there to propagandize for Israel.
Obama and the Jews So what exactly is the problem? According to the Times, "some critics" have "expressed concerns" that Obama's repeated statements of support for Israel "are not heartfelt."
Bush administration declines intervention, paving the way for terror victim lawsuits Families of terror victims got the green light to pursue lawsuits against the Palestinian Authority thanks to a personal lobbying blitz and some quiet diplomacy by U.S. lawmakers and the pro-Israel lobby......sources say, the Bush administration reportedly had leaned initially toward intervening on the Palestinian Authority's behalf but was swayed by meetings last month between families and top Justice Department and State Department lawyers, as well as lobbying led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and other Jewish groups.
Ramon blasts 'holocaust' comment by Abbas Ehud Olmert's senior deputy lambasted Mahmoud Abbas for likening Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip to the Holocaust.
Smith concerned by Gaza humanitarian situation
The Middle East's asymmetric war
Israel accused of war crimes in Gaza Lawyers with the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel said in their letter that the "use of inaccurate weapons violates international law," Ynetnews reported.
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