Palestinians read a sign on the gate of the United Nations distribution center at the Jabalia refugee camp. The camp was established after the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict for 35,000 refugees who had fled from villages in southern Palestine.
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A nation - forced off their land & subjected to military-occupation by Israel.
> "Palestine Is Still The Issue": One - Two - Three - Four
A nation - forced off their land & subjected to military-occupation by Israel.
> "Palestine Is Still The Issue": One - Two - Three - Five
A nation - forced off their land & subjected to military-occupation by Israel.
> "Palestine Is Still The Issue": One - Two - Four - Five
Residents in the Gaza-Strip are facing the closure of the territory's only power plant as Israel continues a shutdown of its border crossings. "There is no fuel coming in and we have no reserves," Kanaan Abeid, deputy chairman of the Palestinian Energy Authority in the Gaza Strip, said.
However, Arye-Mekel, the Israeli foreign ministry spokesman, said that supplies of petrol used in cars, as well as diesel, had been halted but not essential-fuel.
The UN organisation supporting Palestinian refugees, warned that the shortages would drastically affect hospitals and water facilities. "The logic of this defies basic humanitarian standards," Christopher Gunness, UNRWA spokesman, said.
Via Al-Jazeera
The ultra-orthodox anti-Zionist group, Neturei Karta, on Thursday condemned "the recent Zionist terrorist massacre" in Gaza.
The statement read, "Anti-Zionist Jews condemn the Zionists in no uncertain terms for their violent and bloodthirsty behavior."
"We cannot understand why great world powers seem to give the Zionists a free hand to commit such crimes against the indigenous Palestinian people from the comfort of their F-16 fighter jets, helicopter gun ships and Merkava tanks."
It went on to call on "great world powers" to "restore the rights of the Palestinians throughout historic Palestine."
The statement concluded: "Zionism is doomed!
Via Jerusalem-Post
The UN agency for Palestinian-refugees on Friday appealed to Israel to lift its lockdown of Gaza and open crossings into the impoverished territory where most of the residents depend on food aid.
"It is imperative that these crossings are opened so that the dire situation in Gaza does not deteriorate further, inflicting further misery on one and half million people" who live there, Christopher Gunness, the spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), told AFP.
Two Palestinians, including a woman, were killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza on Thursday. More than two dozen people have now been killed in the three days of military action. Al Jazeera's David Chater reports from Jerusalem.
1991: Iraqi Scud missiles hit IsraelIraq has attacked two Israeli cities with Scud-missiles, prompting fears that Israel may be drawn into the Gulf-War.
Israel's largest city, Tel-Aviv, and Haifa, its main seaport, were hit in the attacks, which began at 0300 local time, when most residents were asleep.
In-Context
Iraq fired Scud missiles at Israeli cities again the next day and throughout the Gulf War, but failed to provoke Israel into unilateral retaliation.
After more than a month of intensive air attacks, the Allies launched a land offensive on 24 February. One day later, the Iraqis began retreating.
Via BBC
Iranian President Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad has accused US President George Bush of "sowing the seeds of division" during his recent Middle-East visit.
"The Zionist entity is not lacking new weapons in its arsenal, but I believe it will not save it from its doomed collapse," - Ahmadinejad
Mr Ahmadinejad said Mr Bush had brought a "message of confrontation" during his tour, during which he warned Arab allies that Iran posed a threat.
Israel says Tehran could have a nuclear bomb by 2010 and has warned an Iranian nuclear weapon would threaten its existence.
A nation - forced off their land & subjected to military-occupation by Israel.
> "Palestine Is Still The Issue": One - Three - Four - Five
A nation - forced off their land & subjected to military-occupation by Israel.
> "Palestine Is Still The Issue": Two - Three - Four - Five
Q: Mr. President George Bush — you launched war against Iraq after the Iraqi leadership refused to implement UN resolutions.
My question now is, what is the problem to ask Israel just to accept and respect the United-Nations resolutions relating to Palestine?
Bush: Yes, but tell me the-part about the U.N. thing again?
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King Solomon, the wisest man in the world, said that there is a time and a season for everything.
Yesterday, the Olmert-Barak-Livni government announced that it is going to begin-negotiations on the 'core-issues' with 'moderate' Mahmoud-Abbas.
Via Israel Matzav
President-Bush opened his first presidential trip to Israel, seeking to build momentum for stalled Mid-east peace talks.
"We see a new opportunity for peace here in the holy land and for freedom across the region," Bush said at Ben-Gurion International Airport just before noon.
> Extensive coverage of George Bush's visit in Israel
Via AP
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that he was ready to "open a new-page" with Hamas if the Islamist movement gave up its control of the Gaza-Strip.
"I call on those who carried out the putsch... to open a new page," Abbas told Fatah officials gathered to mark 43 years since the secular party first declared itself an armed Palestinian resistance movement. Abbas also said that before talks could start Hamas needed to accept international resolutions and the 'Arab Peace Initiative', which calls for normalisation of relations between Arab states and Israel in exchange for its withdrawal from occupied Arab land.
Via AFP
