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UN Security Council for an immediate and durable cease-fire in Gaza as the first plane-load of trade union humanitarian assistance was unloaded in Egypt for distribution in Gaza. “The UN Resolution recognizes just how serious the humanitarian crisis is,...
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The ceasefire called for by the UN Security Council must be implemented immediately. The violence must stop,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told a special session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. “The vicious cycle of provocation...
Tags: conflict, gaza conflict, israel, violence, war, African, palestine
Israeli leaders trying to find a knockout blow for Hamas militants defying a 17-day-old assault on the Gaza Strip have thrown army reservists into battle. With the Palestinian death toll nearing 900 and world pressure for a ceasefire mounting, Israeli...
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The meeting is in line with the call of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nah-yan, Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Chairman of the Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and Chairman of the Foreign Aid Coordination Committee. Dr Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for...
A Fatah official in Ramallah on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Hamas and described its leaders as "criminals." Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on condition of anonymity, the Fatah official denounced Hamas as a "black and bloody militia" that was...
Tags: israel, gaza, war, destruction, peace, world, jerusalem, palestine, Gaza Strip, option
The Israeli government has just announced that it will be escalating its military operations in the Gaza Strip this week. The peaceful non-violent symbolic representation of the loss of life is being organised by Christians for Justice in Palestine to...
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Since the beginning of the war with Hamas, human rights organizations have accused Israel of "genocide," "willful killings," "targeting civilians" and "grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions." Taken at face value, these statements appear to describe...
Tags: human rights, destruction, genocide, palestine, war, gaza, kill, Human Rights Council, Israel, conflict
Steinmeier met over the weekend with officials including his Israeli counterpart, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. He stressed the need to stop the smuggling of weapons to Hamas, saying that it is "the key question...
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The Mideast foreign policy black hole has relentlessly sucked in American diplomacy for more than a half century and now awaits Barack Obama even as he refuses to show his hand before taking office. While the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip puts the...
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MPs have asserted Israel's right to defend itself at a rally in Manchester. More than 2,000 people attended the event outside Manchester Town Hall. Around 150 Palestinian supporters barracked the speakers from the sidelines.
Tags: peace, war, hamas, shield, palestine, conflict, Manchester Town Hall, Israel