Gaza :: Palestine
| about 11 hours ago
| Conflict & Tragedy
I am attaching some original images that I received recently via email. These depict the Israeli brutality towards Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank. As the pictures show, Hamas is not the problem in the Middle East, it is Israeli...
Gaza :: Palestine
| about 2 hours ago
| Political News
Hundreds of embattled Palestinians ventured outside to shop for food on Wednesday during a three-hour Gaza truce, a first step toward an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire under discussion by Israel and Hamas. "Food and milk -- what else can we hope for...
Gaza :: Palestine
| about 18 hours ago
| Political News
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Israel on Wednesday to seriously consider an Egyptian ceasefire proposal as the U.N. Security Council weighed action to end Israel's attack on Gaza. Rice spoke by telephone on Wednesday to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi...
Gaza :: Palestine
| about 3 hours ago
| Political News
The Israeli military halted its operations in Gaza for three hours today to allow residents of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory to obtain supplies. Palestinians in Rafah look over the remains Tuesday of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardment. 1 of 3...
Gaza :: Palestine
| about 3 hours ago
| Political News
Israeli shelling killed more than 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international pressure on Israel to halt the Gaza offensive. People cut down by shrapnel...
Gaza :: Palestine
| about 13 hours ago
| Conflict & Tragedy
Israeli tank shells killed more than 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said. An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was looking into information on the incident at al-Fakhora school in the...
Gaza :: Palestine
| about 5 hours ago
| Conflict & Tragedy
Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal Israel to pause Gaza bombardment Hamas indicates it won't fire rockets during lull I woke up this morning and turned on the news at 5:00 AM. My first thought was about numerous past discussions about...
Gaza :: Palestine
| about 12 hours ago
| Political News
Children make up a quarter of the more than 600 Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on the Hamas rulers of Gaza and aid workers say those who survive will suffer lifelong psychological scars. Whole families have been killed in their...
Gaza :: Palestine
| about 10 hours ago
| Political News
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Wednesday applauded Israel's decision to hold a daily three-hour ceasefire in its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Speaking on Italian radio, Frattini said the initiative was a first step towards a more permanent truce...
Gaza :: Palestine
| about 18 hours ago
| Political News
Ayman al-Zawahiri , who is Osama bin Laden 's second-in-command, used his 10-minute audio tape released on Islamic extremist Web sites to vow revenge for the deaths of Palestinians killed and wounded by the Israeli military, ABC News reported. "We...