Daily Archives: January 11, 2009 »

Holocaust in Gaza

Mick Meaney January 11, 2009 0

By Rohini Hensman | In February 2008, Israel’s Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai warned that if Hamas continued firing rockets, they would bring upon themselves a ‘bigger shoah,’ the word used by Israelis to

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Israel Rejected Hamas Ceasefire Offer in December

Mick Meaney January 11, 2009 0

“Contrary to Israel’s argument that it was forced to launch its air and ground offensive against Gaza in order to stop the firing of rockets into its territory, Hamas proposed in mid-December to return

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FREE GAZA TO ISRAEL: “WE ARE COMING IN ON TUESDAY”

Mick Meaney January 11, 2009 0

Free Gaza Movement | (Cyprus) Huwaida Arraf, +357 96 723 999 or +357 99 081 767 - huwaida.arraf@gmail.com Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo. (Gaza) Ewa Jasiewicz, +972

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Police at Gaza demo ‘caused stampede’

Mick Meaney January 11, 2009 0

By René Lavanchy | FURTHER allegations of police brutality at last Saturday’s demonstration against the Gaza violence have emerged, as activists promise to take up complaints with the Metropolitan Police. A steward told Tribune

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Over 100,000 on London’s Gaza demo

Mick Meaney January 11, 2009 0

The London demonstration on 10 January against Israel’s bombing and invasion of Gaza was much bigger than the police estimate of 20,000. The organisers claimed 100,000, and the BBC said 50,000. Certainly, as a

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Israeli missiles hit village

Mick Meaney January 11, 2009 0

By Richard Boudreaux and Rushdi abu Alouf  | Reporting from Jerusalem and Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops and tanks thrust into the Gaza Strip’s densely populated capital from three directions today, drawing

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Events timeline for National Free Gaza demo

Mick Meaney January 11, 2009 0

Indymedia | After 14 days of of Israeli state aggression against the people of Palestine 802 people are dead, over 257 of which are children. Across the world there have been militant protests, Saturday

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Israel accused of using white phosphorus in Gaza

Mick Meaney January 11, 2009 0

Human rights groups have expressed concern that a highly flammable weapon used by Israel could be causing additional casualties among civilians in Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman examines the controversy surrounding white phosphorus munitions

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Both Parties Cheerlead Still More Loudly for Israel’s “War”

Mick Meaney January 11, 2009 1

By Glenn Greenwald | World concern over, and opposition to, the Israeli war in Gaza is rapidly mounting: International pressure intensified sharply on Israel on Thursday, the 13th day of its Gaza assault, after the

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