Israeli forces battled Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza City, while Israeli warplanes bombed Rafah. More rockets from Lebanon meanwhile fell in the Galilee.
On Jan. 6 the Venezuelan foreign ministry announced that it was expelling the Israeli ambassador, Shlomo Cohen, to express solidarity with the “heroic Palestinian people” after Israeli’s Dec. 27 military assault on the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Before the announcement,… Read moreLatin America: Gaza protests continue
A study by the US Joint Forces Command names Pakistan and Mexico as two states at risk of “rapid and sudden collapse.”
Thousands marched in Jalisco to protest the police killing of 21-year-old Fernando Lopez Alejandre, bassist with the band Arcadia Libre.
On Jan. 7, the Colombian government authorized Senator Piedad Córdoba to participate in the release of six hostages from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The mission will be headed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)…. Read moreColombia: Piedad Córdoba to negotiate FARC hostage release
On Jan. 8 the National Security Archive, a Washington, DC-based research group, released declassified US government documents showing that US diplomats and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) knew at least since 1994 that the Colombia security forces “employ death… Read moreColombia: CIA knew of army-para ties
On Dec. 19 US Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff wrote Haitian president René Préval that “[a]fter very careful consideration” he was rejecting the Haitian government’s request for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for undocumented Haitians in the US. This would have… Read moreHomeland Security rejects “temporary protected status” for Haitians
On Jan. 6 Dominican soldiers removed some 600 Haitian immigrants without incident from the Nuestra Senora del Rosario church in the city of Dajabon, on the northwestern border with Haiti. The immigrants had occupied the church the day before after… Read moreDominican Republic: 600 Haitians occupy church
Israeli tanks rolled deeper into Gaza City from the northern outskirts Jan. 12, approaching the headquarters of Hamas’ security building. “We are tightening the encirclement of the city,” Brig. Eyal Eisenberg, commander of the Israeli offensive, told a small group… Read moreIsrael tightens grip on Gaza City; calls grow for war crimes probe
At least ten Israeli soldiers have opted for 14-day prison terms rather than going through with their deployment to Gaza. The refusals are the first of their kind since Israel launched its massive assault on the Gaza Strip. In a… Read moreTen Israeli soldiers choose jail over Gaza
Via the Israeli anti-occupation online magazine Kibush, Jan. 8: In support of the Palestinian human rights community call for international action A call from within – signed by Israeli citizens As if the occupation was not enough, the brutal ongoing… Read moreIsraeli citizens call for international action against Gaza aggression
Israel poured thousands of reservists called up in recent days into Gaza in the early hours of Jan. 12, after a day in which its troops pushed deeper into Gaza City and warplanes carried out nearly 60 air-strikes. Thousands of… Read moreGaza: Israel pours in reserves as death toll nears 900
