Archive | August 22, 2014

Names of the 2,090 Murdered by Israeli Attacks on Gaza: 22-Aug-2014

Originally posted on Occupied: Headlines From Palestine:
Tuesday, July 8: 1. Mohammed Sha’aban, 24, was killed in a bombing of his car in Gaza City. 2. Ahmad Sha’aban, 30, died in the same bombing. 3. Khadir al-Bashiliki, 45, died in the same bombing. 4. Rashad Yaseen, 27, was killed in a bombing of the Nusseirat…

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#GazaUnderAttack | Netanyahu’s self-inflicted Gaza conundrum

By Uri Avnery | Redress | Aug 22, 2014 The war was over. Families returned to their kibbutzim near Gaza. Kindergartens opened up again. A ceasefire was in force and extended again and again. Obviously, both sides were And then, suddenly, the war came back. What happened? Well, Hamas launched rockets against Beersheba in the […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | The grand failure of Israeli hasbara

Israeli attempts to shape the narrative of the Gaza war have failed in the face of global solidarity with Palestinians. By Jamil Khader The genocidal war that the apartheid Israeli state has waged on the Gaza Strip has generated an unprecedented wave of international public condemnation and international solidarity with the Palestinians. Graphic images of unimaginable destruction and heaps […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Ridding Britain of Israel’s stooges

Free Palestine? First we must free ourselves from the Enemy Within Western leaders “nobble” the International Criminal Court By Stuart Littlewood | Redress Online | Aug 22, 2014 Was anyone surprised to hear that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is under pressure not to investigate Israel’s war crimes in Gaza? The British government wouldn’t even […]

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While Gaza war rages, Israel quietly speeds up settlement construction in the West Bank and Jerusalem

MEMO | Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:46 The correspondent said that according to eyewitnesses, there is ongoing construction work in the northern Jordan Valley and in Bethlehem, south of the West Bank Israel started construction on hundreds of housing units in the West Bank and Jerusalem since its assault on the Gaza Strip began in […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | MADA: July bloodiest month in history of Palestinian media

Ma’an News Agency |  (updated) 22/08/2014 17:53 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian media watchdog on Thursday said that July was the bloodiest month on record in the history of the Palestinian press, as nine journalists were killed and eight media outlets shelled during the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza. The Palestinian Center for Development and […]

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In Gaza havens are far, heavens are closer

Originally posted on Epiphanies !:
Palestinian medics carry a casualty as they run past a burning building in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighborhood, Sunday, July 20, 2014. (Photo: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis) Israel bombed the ice vendor. The blazing summer, made worse by the absence of electricity, drove dozens of people to gather around a small store which used…

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A Letter from A Palestinian Christian To EWTN

Friday August 22, 2014 05:49 by Mary Alshomaly  | IMEMC News Church Of Nativity – Bethlehem, Palestine – Photo By Saed Bannoura -IMEMC Dear Raymond Arroyo, I was watching your world over segment last night on EWTN and I had some concerns. My name is Mary I’m a conservative Catholic from Bethlehem Palestine. I know […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Haniyeh: Hamas will not accept less than end to blockade

Maan News Agency – Aug 22, 2014 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday said that the Palestinians would not accept anything less than an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza, as Israeli forces continued to attack the besieged enclave. Haniyeh accused Israel of using negotiations as a cover for their […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Fresh Israeli airstrikes kill more Gazans

Palestinians observe the crater of a destroyed house following an Israeli military strike on the center of Gaza City on August 22, 2014.   PRESSTV | Fri Aug 22, 2014 3:53PM GMT Several Palestinians have been killed and dozens more injured in fresh Israeli aerial attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip over the past few […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Emir of Qatar to meet Mishaal, Abbas today

[ PIC 22/08/2014 – 03:25 PM ] DOHA,(PIC)– Member of Hamas’ Political Bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk said that a second meeting is expected to take place today between head of Hamas political bureau Khaled Mishaal, Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas, and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Ben Hamad Al Thani. On his Facebook page, Abu […]

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Look @ the Birdy: Egyptian style

Originally posted on Words Reign Supreme:
‘Look at the birdy‘ is a phrase few childhoods, the world over, are free of. But, whereas, those languid memories bring smiles and pleasure as children when we encounter the same dynamic, as adults, only trouble is our partner. Egypt, historically, has provided a perfect example of this and…

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