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Sunday, July 09, 2006


News for 07-08-06

07-08-06 - Gaza death toll mounts as Israel rejects ceasefire Three Palestinian family members, including a six-year-old girl, have been killed in an air strike....Armored vehicles fired missiles, killing a member of the Palestinian security forces in Zeitun, while three more Palestinians were reported killed by Israeli tank shelling in the nearby Shujaya neighborhood.


07-08-06 - Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza Israel killed seven Palestinians, including a 6-year-old girl and a policeman, on Saturday, Palestinian witnesses said.


07-08-06 - BOY DIES IN GAZA A PALESTINIAN boy of 11 died yesterday after being shot in the chest in Israel's military operation in Gaza.


07-08-06 - Gaza on 'brink of health disaster' UN aid agencies say that Gaza is on the brink of a public health disaster and civilians were disproportionately paying the price in Israel's military offensive.....The agencies said they were "alarmed by developments on the ground, which have seen innocent civilians, including children, killed, brought increased misery to hundreds of thousands of people and which will wreak far-reaching harm on Palestinian society." Israel deliberately targeted the civilian infrastructure paragraph 3. And don't forget that our government is in total support of Israel's actions.


07-08-06 - Annan warning on Gaza 'disaster' UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has demanded that Israel take urgent action to prevent a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip.


07-08-06 - Iran's Ahmadinejad attacks Israel at Iraq conference


07-08-06 - Elderly man dies at border crossing; thousands of Palestinians stranded on Egyptian side


07-08-06 - Israel denies tanks are in northern Gaza Also early Sunday, Israeli aircraft knocked out a bridge in northern Gaza and a power transformer serving the town of Beit Hanoun, witnesses said.


07-08-06 - Gaza crisis hitting civilians badly, say church aid partners


07-08-06 - British FM expresses 'deep concern' at Gaza airstrike British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said she was "deeply concerned" after hearing of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City that killed three Palestinian family members, including a child


07-08-06 - Israel rejects call for ceasefire


07-08-06 - Anger and grief amid Gaza rubble


07-08-06 - Minister says Israel ready to swap prisoners for abducted soldier


07-08-06 - Journalist targeted by Israeli gunfire, critically injured


07-08-06 - Picking up the pieces in a shattered Gaza Every day of his life, Mahmoud Ankar wears a T-shirt or sweatshirt with his name and the telephone number of his parents printed on the front. "Anyone who finds him please call," reads the rest of the message. Usually, the mentally handicapped 18-year-old lives in a room separate from his family in a walled garden that protects him from getting lost in the confusing, harsh world of the Gaza Strip outside. He can't hear and can't talk and can't survive on his own in the streets without the kindness of strangers. And his special shirts.


07-08-06 - Palestinians Say Their Rockets Create a 'Balance of Fear'


07-08-06 - Turkish FM urges Israel to end Gaza offensive Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul called on Israel on to end its military operation in Gaza, saying he was horrified by the number of Palestinians killed there.


07-08-06 - Gazans hurry to remove traces of Israeli raid


07-08-06 - Rumsfeld visit said scrapped Rumsfeld, who was expected for high-level talks in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv next week, canceled the trip out of concern it could be perceived as open U.S. support for IsraelĀ“s offensive in Gaza Bolton's actions at the UN have made sure this perception holds true.


07-08-06 - Arab nations slam Israeli aggression, international 'silence' The foreign ministers of Arab nations attending a meeting on Iraq in Iran condemned Israel for its "increasing aggression against the Palestinian people" and attacked the "silence" of the international community.


07-08-06 - US Army sparks a fashion craze in militant Gaza "This is the new fashion in the market," says Shorah. "It's a show of force, because the US army is powerful. It's a symbol of strength and of our refusal to put down arms."


07-08-06 - Growing Calls for US to Step Into Mideast Mess Washington had also pressed its European partners in the so-called to Quartet to mute their criticism of Israeli actions


07-08-06 - Dozens of U.S. citizens leaving Gaza One U.S. citizen at the crossing, who gave her name as Haula Luzan, said she and her three children had been frightened by the sound of shelling and stun grenades. "It's very bad. People are scared from the bombings ... sound bombs at night," she said. "That's what made us go out."



07-08-06 - Anti-Americanism Made in U.S. Why should and how could a ?human rights? forum be ?even-handed? between an occupying power and a people under occupation, a violator of human rights and those whose rights are violated, an overwhelmingly crushing military power and civilian population, an invading army and civilian defenders with their meagre, primitive and home-made arms, or between state and individual terrorism? Because we're dealing with a people that believe in the supremacy of their ideology. They feel themselves above the law. Or so it would seem.


07-08-06 - Golani chief: Soldier most likely killed by friendly fire


07-08-06 - ISESCO condemns Israeli archaeological excavations at Al-Aqsa Mosque


07-08-06 - Christian Churches in Jerusalem: Stop the violence and pursue a just peace!


07-08-06 - 2nd Anniversary of the ICJ Ruling and the Israeli Supreme Court


07-08-06 - Are Israeli lives worth more than Palestinian? Furthermore, the media is continuing to portray the current crisis as being triggered by the kidnapping, which is not the case.


07-08-06 - Palestinian, Israeli backers stage LA rallies over Gaza fighting


07-08-06 - Palestine Group Says NZ Government Wrong


07-08-06 - Twisting the truth the Israeli government is doing its best to portray its response to the kidnapping and the continued Qassam rocket attacks from Gaza as measured and not meant to harm the broader Palestinian population. But this, too, is an absurd twisting of the truth.



07-08-06 - Dublin rally to protest at Israeli offensive in Gaza


07-08-06 - ABC NEWS OMITS Mention of AMERICA and ISRAEL The question is why the AP chops off the end of the sentence that mentions Israel. Many news outlets rely on the AP and end up with reports that omit what AP omits. Scroll down a little to read this story. Why else would AP omit that? They are a pro-Israeli outfit - and it's no coincidence since mainstream American news channels, newspapers, etc rely mostly on the AP for their news wire needs.


07-08-06 - Palestinian troupe aims to entertain, enlighten

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