Domestic gas shortage follows Gaza power blackouts

Maan News Agency | March 18, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The ongoing electricity crisis in the Gaza Strip has led to a shortage in domestic-use gas for heating and cooking, as residents exhaust limited supplies permitted into the blockaded coastal strip. Muhammad Al-Abadlah, a member of the board of gas companies association in Gaza, […]

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From Occupation to “Occupy”: The Israelification of American Domestic Security ~ by @MaxBlumenthal

A University of California Davis police officer pepper-sprays students during their sit-in at an “Occupy UCD” demonstration in Davis, California in this 18 November 2011 file photo. (Photo: REUTERS – Brian Nguyen) By: Max Blumenthal | Published Friday, December 2, 2011 New York – In October, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department turned parts of the […]

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Barghouti: Domestic Israeli politics behind Gaza escalation

Maan News Agency | Aug 20, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The escalation in violence by Israel against the Gaza Strip was planned in advance by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, a Palestinian lawmaker alleged Saturday. Mustafa Barghouti said Israel “planned for the attack on the Gaza Strip to escape a social crisis, which Israel is […]

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Israel is accused of using illegal settlements to divert attention from domestic issues

  Wednesday, 10 August 2011 13:30| MEMO A member of the Palestinian Legislative Council member has accused the Israeli government of trying to divert attention from its domestic crises at the expense of the Palestinian people. Mr Qais Abdul Karim, known as Abu Laila, has claimed that the real reason for further construction in the […]

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