Palestine
Gaza truce announced; bombing continues
Israel launched new air-strikes across the Gaza Strip, even as Egypt’s foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr announced a ceasefire to end eight days of violence.
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Palestine
More West Bank clashes as Gaza assault goes on
Mourners clashed with Israeli troops at funerals in Hebron and Ramallah as Palestinians across the West Bank continue to protest the Israeli assault on Gaza.
Palestine
Gaza: Israel approaching ‘genocidal threshold’?
Ariel Sharon’s son in the Jerusalem Post calls for “flattening Gaza” and invokes Hiroshima, as Operation Pillar of Cloud continues. Over 100 Palestinians have been killed in the air-strikes.
Palestine
Egypt holds four-way talks on Gaza violence
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi announced that emergency talks are progressing toward a ceasefire in the recent escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel.
Palestine
Anger sweeps West Bank, Jewish dissident censored
As protests over the Gaza assault rocked the West Bank, Peter Beinart, author of The Crisis of Zionism, was barred from speaking at a Jewish book festival in Atlanta.
Palestine
Israel launches new assault on Gaza
Israel’s armed forces launched multiple air-strikes across the Gaza Strip, after killing Ahmad al-Jaabari, the head of Hamas’ military wing the Qassam Brigades.
Palestine
Chomsky sloppy on Gaza —and timid on Palestine’s future
Noam Chomsky, writing on his visit to the Gaza Strip, gets numerous facts wrong. But worse is his acceptance of the "two-state solution," a betrayal of secular-democratic principles.
Palestine
Turkish court opens trial against Israeli commanders
A Turkish court opened a trial in absentia for Israeli military commanders accused of killing nine Turkish citizens aboard a ship attempting to pass through the Gaza blockade in 2010.
Palestine
Israel releases ‘red line’ document
Following a legal battle by rights groups, Israel released the “Red Line” document, establishing minimum daily caloric intake necessary for the survival of Gaza’s inhabitants.
Palestine
Mizrahi Jews as political cannon fodder —again
Israel is explicitly using its own Mizrahi citizens as bargaining chips against the claims of stateless Palestinian refugees in its new “Justice for Jewish Refugees” campaign.
Palestine
Israel shoots down Hezbollah drone?
Israeli warplanes swooped low over Lebanese villages in a show of force apparently aimed at Hezbollah the day after a mysterious incursion by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Palestine
Arab Spring hits the West Bank
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said he would resign if that is the will of the people, amid growing protests across the West Bank over the rising cost of living.