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Letters: Gaza blockade is far from black and white
15 hours ago ago from A Great President
The report of the 16 NGOs ( Help end Gaza blockade, aid groups urge EU , 22 December) castigates Israel for banning the import into Gaza of materials urgently needed for reconstruction. Israel has certainly been holding back on sending materials like cement that can be used by the Hamas regime for extending its military infrastructure, but it was reported in July that Israel did authorise the import to Gaza of hundreds of tonnes of cement and ...
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20 hours ago ago from BayBak, Voice of a Nation
- BayBak, Voice of a Nation - http://www.en.baybak.com - ياشاسين آذربايجان - Long live Azerbaijan 1st anniversary of human tragedy in Gaza BayBak, Azerbaijan | Thursday, 24th December , 2009 , 01:32 [am] | International . The first air strike killed some 40 police trainees and was followed by dozens of air strikes that increased the death toll to over 270 people in a single day. Over the ...
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6 hours ago ago from OBAMAers Dot Com
Quote: By JOEL BRINKLEY - McClatchy-Tribune News Service WASHINGTON -- While Palestinian Christians in the West Bank celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem, Palestinians in Gaza, no matter their religious affiliation or political bent, are suffering in squalor and growing ignorance. Thousands are trying to flee. Gaza has never been a prosperous enclave; the 140-square-mile territory has always been a poor, dependent state. But for ...
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20 hours ago ago from Foreign Policy Journal
Gazans tore down a section of wall on the border with Egypt after Israel s murderous assault on the civilian population of Gaza in January, 2008. Israel continues to hold Gaza under siege. (Kevin Frayer/AP) Gazans tore down a section of wall on the border with Egypt after Israel s murderous assault on the civilian population of Gaza in January, 2008. Israel continues to hold Gaza under siege. (Kevin Frayer/AP) Hedy Epstein ...
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9 hours ago ago from TIME GOES BY
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman ( bio ) writes the twice-monthly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation. His other column, Gray Matters, formerly published in Newsday , appears each Saturday. I’m not of the Christian faith, but I do have a Christmas story to tell. It takes place in the ...
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Belgian-Israeli dual nationals sue Hamas
4 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Belgian-Israeli dual nationals sue Hamas BRUSSELS (AP) -- Five Belgians living in Israel filed a complaint here Thursday against the Hamas rulers of Gaza, saying militant rocket fire into Israel had violated their human rights. Belgian courts let citizens living anywhere in the world request criminal prosecutions for violations of their human rights. In 1993 Belgium began allowing war-crimes cases to be filed by people in any country ...
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6 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Hamas: Response to Israel count-offer by next week DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A senior Hamas official says the group will respond by next week to Israel's latest counteroffer on swapping Palestinian prisoners for a captured Israeli soldier. The Damascus-based official, Moussa Abu Marzouk, says the militant group is currently studying Israel's offer and will deliver its answer "next week at the latest." Abu Marzouk, deputy head of Hamas' ...
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