Tag Archives: eilat

The outcome of the Israeli threats against Gaza

MEMO | May 7, 2013 150 days after Israel’s last war on the Gaza Strip, security tension has resurfaced without warning. It comes amid preoccupation with pressing regional issues beginning with the enflamed Syria and Lebanon as it heads toward an eruption. Matters will not end with Iran, which will have to deal with the […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli forces fire on eastern Gaza

Maan News Agency | Aug 16, 2012   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli military vehicles crossed into the Gaza Strip east of Rafah on Thursday, as residents heard heavy gunfire but no injuries were reported. Three tanks and four bulldozers crossed near the al-Nahda neighborhood east of al-Shouka, witnesses said. They said forces fired guns […]

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BREAKING – Exclusive by @972Mag : “Political contract” required to enter Israel?

Update below this post! Saturday, April 14 2012|Dimi Reider | 972 Blog Check this out. This is a “contract” that a Swedish citizen was required to sign upon entering Israel via the Eilat land crossing: Please, stop snickering at the “nine-tens,” the “passpot,” and the bizarre grammatical construct in the first sentence. This is quite […]

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Falling for Israeli propaganda hook, line and sinker

Falling for Israeli propaganda hook, line and sinker   Michael Brull ABC NET | March 13, 2012 Israel’s recent attack on Gaza has raised a few interesting questions. One of them is this. Is there any kind of false claim that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu can make, which the Western media will decline to […]

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Do fence me in: Israel closing Sinai loopholes to migrants, “enemies”

February 28, 2012 01:24 AM By Douglas Hamilton When the barrier is complete, it will cover practically the entire border between Eilat and Gaza. SINAI BORDER: It may be only a “dumb” fence, but it’s a big one. Israel hopes it will protect the remote Sinai border from infiltration by enemies exploiting the wandering ways […]

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Israel plans Eilat-Ashdod rail to take Suez overflow

Related: Israel. Not looking for Peace. Nor Talks. But this… By Dan Williams | Maan News Agency | Jan 29, 2012 JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel said on Sunday it plans to build a railway line linking its Red Sea and Mediterranean ports that could handle potential overflow from the Suez Canal on the freight route […]

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Israeli military covers up evidence showing Eilat attack was not carried out by Palestinians

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | What happened to Gaza out of retaliation for  something it never did…. Tuesday October 25, 2011 00:18 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News After a shooting attack on an Israeli bus and truck two months ago which killed five civilians and three soldiers, Israeli military officials immediately claimed […]

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Egyptians Break Down the Wall around the Israeli Embassy

Related: A Nice Friday to Tear Down an Israeli Wall – in pictures A security wall erected around the Israeli embassy, a strong reminder of the West Bank barrier, was totally unacceptable in Cairo. by Ashraf Ezzat | September 12th, 2011 | Dissident Voice Last week, in the wake of  public anger over the killing of […]

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PRESS RELEASE | Reprisals & Collective Punishment against Civilians Israel’s Response to the Aug 18 Eilat Incidents

Gaza Under Attack- in pictures | Part 1 | Part 2 | AL-HAQ PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ref. 274/2011 DATE: 23 AUGUST 2011 As an organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is concerned with the escalation in violence in the Gaza Strip, the […]

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‘Israel’s ‘response’ to the Eilat bus shootings’ – An Interview with Max Blumenthal – Aug 19, 2011 – video

Related: Gaza Under Attack – in pictures Check out Max’s work here: http://maxblumenthal.com/   Special Topic: GAZA UNDER ISRAELI ATTACKS Special Topic : All Israeli Massacres on Palestinians Resources : Never Cast Lead Again | The Memorial of Gaza War 2008-2009 Killed by Israeli Occupation 2011 iRemember… The Martyrs of Occupation 2011 How many more […]

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Of Sycophants and Stenographers: Carrying Water for Israel’s Fraudulent Version of Eilat Terror Attack ~by Richard Silverstein

Related: Gaza Under Attack – in pictures Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place | Aug 23, 2011 | Richard Silverstein Of ships and shoes and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings. –Jabberwocky The journalists which Israeli military-intelligence circles are employing to cover their sins involving the Eilat terror attack and its aftermath […]

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Az-Zahhar: Eilat attack ‘used as pretext to attack Gaza’

Related: Gaza Under Attack – in pictures Maan News Agency | Aug 24, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The series of shooting attacks in southern Israel on Thursday were part of an “ambiguous operation” used as a pretext to attack the Gaza Strip, senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Az-Zahhar said Wednesday. Israel said militants from Gaza were […]

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“A Splendid Little War”: Jingoism And Gaza – OpEd

Related: Gaza Under Attack – in pictures August 22, 2011 |Mondoweiss |  By Paul Mutter | EurasiaReview With an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire tentatively set for Sunday night, will Israel resist the “seductive calls for a show of power in Gaza” (as one Haaretz op-ed puts it)? After excoriating the Egyptians for not doing enough to secure […]

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Israel not after war in Sinai Peninsula

Related: Gaza Under Attack – in pictures PressTV – Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:49PM GMT Interview with Mukhaimer Abu Saada, professor at al-Azhar University Israel mounted its attacks on the impoverished Gaza Strip shortly after accusing Gaza-based groups of taking part in the attack in the Red Sea resort of Eilat where eight Israelis were […]

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Israel kills 15 in Gaza then tries to shift blame to Hamas

  Jalal Abukhater |  08/20/2011 | Electronic Intifada Quoting from Haaretz: “In response to the ongoing rocket fire, an IDF spokesperson stated that the military will not tolerate any attempt at harming Israeli civilians or soldiers, and will continue to “act with determination and strength against any source of terror.” The spokesperson also claimed that […]

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