Israel vs. Palestine

--NEWS--

--2008--

Last Update: 2008 May 2
(Most recent articles at top)

• Lack Of Fuel, Rising Prices Hampering Gaza Efforts Scoop.co.nz
• Internal probe exonerates Israeli army in Gaza family deaths Middle East Times
• Gaza Strip shortages bite hard BBC News
• Israel Urged to End Blockade of Gaza as Talks Begin in London
• April
• No protests or celebrations in Gaza without a permit from Hamas World Tribune
• Palestinian factions agree to defuse tensions in Gaza Strip New Kerala
• Jimmy Carter | Pariah Diplomacy
• Gaza Strip: Militants fire rockets at Israeli targets Adnkronos
• Hamas Gaza Government Vows To Help Distribute Fuel Sent By Israel Nasdaq
• Hamas tightens restrictions in Gaza KRON 4 Bay Area
• Abbas Says No Progress in Talks With Bush
• Russia "Seriously Concerned" Over Halting Of Gaza Aid Nasdaq
• Israelis blow off Hamas offer for cease-fire in Gaza as 'not serious' The Daily Star Lebannon
• Israel accuses Hamas of fabricating fuel crisis in Gaza Strip Khaleej Times
• UN stops distributing food aid in Gaza Strip CNews
• Hamas offers truce in Gaza Strip BBC News
• Israelis Claim Secret Agreement With US Israeli officials say they have clear guidance from Bush administration officials to continue building settlements, as long as it meets carefully negotiated criteria, even though those understandings appear to contradict US policy.
• Israel to pay £1.75m in compensation to family of British filmmaker shot dead by its troops in the Gaza Strip Daily Mail
• Hamas rejects truce with Israel until end to Gaza blockade Russian Information Agency Novosti
• Deadly Israeli raids follow daring Gaza crossing attack Space War
• Carter: Hamas Ready to Live Beside Israel
• Carter Says Hamas May Accept Right of Israel to Exist
• Carter, Hamas discussed Gaza truce at Egypt meeting Middle East Times
• Carter slams Israeli actions in Gaza Strip Detroit News
• Mahmoud al-Zahar | No Peace Without Hamas
• Gaza Fighting Kills 20 Palestinians, Including Five Children
• Israel Again Cuts Off Fuel Deliveries To Gaza Strip Following Fresh Attack
• Arab League Condemns Israeli Strikes In Gaza Strip -AFP Nasdaq
• Jewish Liberals to Launch a Counterpoint to AIPAC
• Clashes as Israeli troops raid Gaza Strip Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Israel refuses Carter Gaza strip access Deutsche Welle
• Palestinian president: Israel ready to reach Gaza Strip truce Al Bawaba
• Israeli military pounds Gaza Strip Kitchener/Waterloo Record
• Israeli Army Withdraws From Gaza Strip After Deadly Raid -AFP Nasdaq
• Hamas beefing up forces in Gaza Strip Khaleej Times
• After Attack, Israel Stops Fuel Deliveries to Gaza Strip KYW News Radio 1060
• Palestinians attack fuel terminal for Gaza Strip The Scotsman
• Hamas vows to breach border again if Gaza siege continues The Daily Star Lebannon
• Gazans' Latest Crisis: Fuel Cuts
• Abbas, Olmert Resume Negotiations Time Magazine
• UAE gives second instalment for UN food aid in Gaza New Kerala
• UN official: Gaza medical system in 'pathetic state' EARTHtimes.org
• Minister: Israel Would Destroy Iran if Attacked
• Let Me Stand Alone: The journals of Rachel Corrie, ed the Corrie family Independent
• Canadians come under fire near Gaza Strip CBC: A delegation of Canadians with an Israeli cabinet minister came under fire near the Gaza Strip Friday morning, escaping injury in an attack that left one Israeli wounded.
• Peace-Builders Delegation: Report Two: A Landscape of Conflict and Voices for Peace
• Hamas rule brings stability to Gaza life, but also fear JTA
• Israel activates unmanned video-directed machine gun stations on Gaza border World Tribune
• Flurry of Arab diplomacy after Damascus summit Khaleej Times
• Voices of the Peacebuilders Delegation Arrives in Israel
• Israel Will Consider Opening Gaza Crossings If Rocket Attacks End
• Puppet child 'kills' Bush on Gaza TV show MSNBC
• Israel Planning to Build Hundreds of New Homes on Occupied Land
• March
• Israel to Build on Contested Land
• Israelis Agree to Reduce West Bank Roadblocks The New York Times
• US says Mid-East peace on track BBC
• Hamas storms Fatah-affiliated university in Gaza Russian Information Agency Novosti
• Great Lake of Gaza: A New Crisis in the Making Middle East Online
• Hamas gets Iranian plans for improved Qassams Haaretz Daily
• Barred From Main Road, Palestinians Fear Two-Tiered System
• Syria Sends Aid To Gaza Palestinians - AFP Nasdaq
• Hamas,Islamic Jihad Reject Truce With Israel In Just Gaza-AFP Nasdaq: Hamas and Islamic Jihad rejected an Egyptian- brokered truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip after fresh talks in Egypt, saying it must include all Palestinian territories.
• Israel Approves West Bank Trailers For Gaza Evacuees Nasdaq
• Senior Islamist leader found dead in Gaza Strip Russian Information Agency Novosti
• Blair: Urgent need for Mid East progress TVNZ
• Cheney's visit to Gaza strip leaves some unimpressed North Texas Daily
• Israeli defense sources: Hamas wants to maintain Gaza quiet Haaretz Daily
• Gaza's sewage system in crisis AlertNet
• Al-Qaida No. 2 calls on Muslims to strike US, Jewish interests to avenge Gaza violence WAVE 3 Louisville
• The Yemeni peace initiative Aljazeera
• Hamas leader looks to strengthen hold on Gaza AlertNet
• Lavrov slams Gaza Strip blockade, Jewish settlements The Daily Star Lebannon: Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized Israeli settlement activity in the Occupied West Bank and called for an end to the Jewish state's "unacceptable" blockade of the Gaza Strip.
• The Gaza Strip is susceptible to major power cuts with Israel blocking fuel supplies [EPA] Aljazeera: Egypt is expected to build a power line to supply 150 megawatts of electricity to the Gaza Strip, which has previously depended on Israel for much of its power supplies.
• Gaza Strip to be connected to regional power system Russian Information Agency Novosti
• Israel can stop rocket attacks without taking Gaza: Olmert China Daily
• McCain backs Israeli reprisals in Gaza USA Today
• Israel, Palestinians resume peace talks Perth Now
• Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to meet this week Chief Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators plan to meet this week, restarting talks that were suspended after a deadly Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
• Methodist groups target Israel; pressure on China urged BPNews.net
• Truce ends as Israeli jets hit Gaza Borneo Bulletin
• Gaza Strip: Israeli copter hit as Hamas insists on truce conditions Al Bawaba
• Israel resumes strikes against Gaza Strip Middle East Online
• Abbas accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing
• Israelis follow up lull in Gaza with four assassinations in West Bank The Daily Star Lebannon
• Israel to Hold Hamas Responsible for All Rockets Fired From Gaza Voice of America
• Gaza's isolation gives rise to growing legion of poor Middle East Times: Humanitarian agencies say Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip has aggravated poverty, with 80 percent of people now dependent on food aid.
• Egyptian-brokered Gaza cease-fire possible UPI
• Rocket attack as Blair prepares to urge Israel to ease stance on Gaza Independent
• The World As It Is by Chris Hedges
• Israel halts troops, airstrikes in Gaza Strip The Monterey County Herald
• Unofficial Truce Takes Hold in Gaza Strip Voice of America
• Israel Reduces Activity in Gaza Strip Time Magazine
• Egypt allows aid to Gaza via Israeli-controlled crossing EARTHtimes.org
• Israel agrees ceasefire with Palestinian gunmen in Gaza Russian Information Agency Novosti
• Egypt discovers and destroys six smuggling tunnels Khaleej Times
• Mid East peace talks to resume next week Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• BibleLands joins calls for end to Gaza blockade Christian Today
• During spring break, don't forget Gaza Strip Penn State Collegian: As thousands of Penn Staters ready to blast off for spring break, the people of Gaza continue to suffer because of our government's unconditional support of Israel.
• Gaza Strip abuzz over unmanned airstrikes Detroit News: Gaza Strip -- Palestinians say they know when an Israeli drone is in the air: Cell phones stop working, TV reception falters and they can hear a distant buzzing.
• West Bank Barriers Keep Rising Despite Promises of Relief
• Open Letter from IUSY to Palestinian and Israeli Leaders on Gaza Crisis
• Le Monde | Inescapable Hamas
• The Gaza Bombshell
• Egypt builds new wall along its border with Gaza Strip Straits Times
• Gaza Strip Suffering Under Grip of Israeli Siege Policy St. Petersburg Times: A human rights coalition charged Thursday that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has reached its worst point since Israel captured the territory in 1967.
• Rice calls to resume talks as Olmert vows to continue Gaza Strip raids Al Bawaba
• No peace talks until truce in Gaza Strip, says Abbas Khaleej Times
• More than 120 Palestinians were killed during the Israeli raids across the Gaza Strip [AFP] Aljazeera
• Israel attacks Gaza Strip during Rice visit The Washington Times
• Israeli tanks roll into Gaza Strip, clash with militants Detroit Free Press
• PM: Israel reserves right to act freely in Gaza Strip Haaretz Daily
• Israel continues to pound Gaza Strip Deutsche Welle
• Israeli troops stage Gaza Strip pull-out The Scotsman
• Jumblatt condemns Israeli assault on Gaza Strip The Daily Star Lebannon: Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt on Monday condemned the "Israeli killing machine" for killing "unarmed Palestinian people" in the Gaza Strip
• Israel Pulls Troops Out of Gaza
• Israeli Strikes Kill 54 in Gaza
• EU condemns violence in Gaza Strip Khaleej Times
• Canada expresses deep concern at the growing escalation of violence in the hotly contested Gaza Strip GlobalTV Ontario
• Supreme Leader expresses grief at human tragedy in Gaza Strip Islamic Republic News Agency: Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday night expressed grief at the human tragedy going on in Gaza Strip.
• Clashes rage in Gaza Strip, White Hous calls for restraint JTA
• February
• Israel Sees Escalation in Gazans’ Longer-Range Strikes
• U.N. chief condemns Israel after bloody day in Gaza
• Israeli strikes kill 54 in Gaza
• Israel air strikes on Gaza Strip intensify Deutsche Welle
• Gaza Strip about to feel Israeli shock tactics Calcutta News
• Israeli forces pound Gaza Strip BBC News
• Israel Kills 18 Palestinians in Gaza
• Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza BBC News
• With no chlorine, Gazans must boil water
• UN Envoy Critical of Gaza Living Conditions
• Jen Marlowe | Gaza Under Hamas, Gaza Under Siege
• Gaza Protesters Form Human Chain BBC News reports: "Thousands of Palestinians are forming a 'human chain' in Gaza in protest at Israel's blockade of the territory. The protest's organisers say they expect up to 50,000 women and children to join the 40km (25-mile) chain, which is to link Rafah and Beit Hanoun."
• Fighters who fled Gaza feel neglected in the West Bank
• Israel Increases Its Gaza Forces New York Times
• Israel preparing for Gaza Strip protestUPI: Israeli officials are discussing how best to react to a planned protest in the Gaza Strip where an estimated 40,000 Palestinians will create a human chain.
• Gaza merchants strike in protest at Israeli blockade Middle East Times
• Thousands rally for Israel town in firing line of Gaza rockets Middle East Times
• Envoy: Egypt won't blockade Gaza Cleveland Jewish News
• Israel faces growing international pressure to change Gaza Strip policy Haaretz Daily
• European pressure on Israel to end Gaza Strip blockade Al Bawaba
• Olmert promises humanitarian help for Gaza Strip - Summary EARTHtimes.org
• Israel criticises U.N. envoy over Gaza comments The Star -- Israel criticised on Monday comments by a visiting United Nations envoy, accusing him of equating Israeli military operations in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with the rockets fired by militants into the Jewish state.
• New Israeli air force chief seen key to plans on Gaza World Tribune -- The Israeli military has approved the appointment of Maj. Gen. Ido Nehushtan as the new commander of the Israel Air Force. Military sources said Nehushtan would play a major role in the military's plans for an invasion of the Gaza Strip.
• Olmert: Israeli army has free hand to attack Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip San Diego Union-Tribune
• UN shocked by 'grim' life in Gaza BBC News: The UN's top humanitarian affairs official says he is shocked by the "grim" situation in the Gaza Strip.
• Gaza Palestinians march against Danish Muhammad cartoons International Herald Tribune
• Israel bombs suspected rocket sites UPI
• Gaza Strip: Sheep swallow Valentine's Day profits Adnkronos
• AFT's Support for Bush Foreign Policy: Teachers and the War
• Barak says ministerial calls for action in Gaza are 'dangerous' Haaretz Daily
• Israelis seek support for Gaza attack, abduct 70 in West Bank The Daily Star Lebannon Wed, 13 Feb: While arresting 70 Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank, Israel took nearly 70 foreign ambassadors to its border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as part of a diplomatic campaign to enlist international support for tougher action against the enclave's Hamas rulers.
• Valentine flowers wilt behind Gaza's walls Middle East Times Wed, 13 Feb: A Palestinian man carries carnations to feed animals at a farm in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
• Olmert, Merkel Agree on Sanctions on Gaza, Vow to Pressure Iran Bloomberg.com
• Barak issues new warning about heavy assault on Gaza The Daily Star Lebannon
• Barak earlier warned of an impending military operation in the Gaza Strip Aljazeera
• Barak Tells Army to Prepare for Gaza Invasion Arab News
• Olmert Seeks German Support for Peace Effort, Vows Gaza Action Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought German support for peacemaking efforts with the Palestinians while vowing to use his nation's superior military strength to crush threats from the Gaza Strip.
• Olmert rules out Gaza invasion to stop Palestinian rocket attacks Straits Times
• Israel suspected Mohammed Mutar of smuggling arms across the Gaza-Egypt border Aljazeera: An Israeli air raid in the southern Gaza Strip has killed a leader from the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, which took control of the Gaza Strip in June.
• Leaving Gaza Guardian Unlimited
• Violence in Gaza Threatens to Overshadow Talks NPR
• Seymour M. Hersh | A Strike in the Dark
• Russia concerned over Gaza Strip stalemate (RIA Novosti) - Russia condemns Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, as well as Tel Aviv's move to blockade fuel and food supplies to the Gaza Strip, a top Russian diplomat said
• UK Presses Israel To Restore Electricity To Gaza Strip Nasdaq
• Rockets again fired from Gaza Strip UPI
• Gov't task force mulls international presence in Gaza Strip Haaretz Daily
• Gaza Strip: Israel insists on economic and military pressure Al Bawaba: Israel launched airstrikes against Palestinians firing rockets from the Gaza Strip and vowed to maintain the siege of the coastal territory until its Hamas rulers stop attacks.
• Eight Die in Israeli Strikes in Gaza
• US imperialism, the `Israel' lobby and the limits of solidarity by Michael Shaik
• Massive quantities of weapons transferred to Gaza Strip WorldNetDaily: Large quantities of advanced weaponry were transferred into the Gaza Strip after the territory's border wall with Egypt was breached by Palestinians Yuval Diskin, chief of Israel's Shin Bet Security Services announced.
• Egypt closes border to Gaza Strip Deutsche Welle
• Gaza's past holds lessons for the future The Japan Times: When the Gaza Strip was plunged into darkness as a result of the Israeli fuel blockade, many people around the world were surprised.
• Feces Change the Face of Gaza
• January
• Gaza blockade amounts to collective punishment: HRW Middle East Times
• Gaza Strip: UN warns border crisis threatens peace efforts Adnkronos
• Israeli Court Rejects Appeal to Ease Restrictions on Gaza Human rights groups had petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to block Israel from sharply reducing supplies of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip.
• U.S. blocks U.N. statement on Gaza Strip crisis Al Bawaba: The U.N. Security Council ended a week of discussions and abandoned efforts to adopt a statement on the crisis in Gaza Strip after Libya and the United States were unable to agree on the wording.
• High Court okays reducing fuel and power supply to Gaza Strip Haaretz Daily: The High Court of Justice gave the state a green light to reduce the supply of power and fuel to the Gaza Strip, ruling that the reductions are legal as they still meet the humanitarian needs of the population.
• Security Council Drops Effort For Gaza Statement The U.N. Security Council abandoned efforts to adopt a compromise statement on the crisis in the Gaza Strip after failing to reach consensus on last-minute amendments offered by Libya.
• Peace Malaysia starts Gaza Strip humanitarian fund The New Straits Times
• Arming the Middle East
• Israel Vows Not to Block Supplies to Gaza New York Times
• Israeli incursion into Gaza aims to deter terrorists prior to pullout JTA
• Israeli "Economic Warfare" to Include Electricity Cuts in Gaza
• MP: Gaza Strip on verge of biggest humanitarian catastrophe Islamic Republic News Agency: Majlis deputy and member of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hamid-Reza Haj Babaei said that continuation of heinous crimes by the Zionist regime in Gaza Strip would create a humanitarian catastrophe for one and a half million people in that region.
• Israel lifts fuel sanctions on Gaza Strip UPI: Israeli officials announced the restoration of fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem Post reported.
• In Gaza, Borderline Insanity Newsweek: A debate has opened among Israeli policymakers about how best to deal with the newly porous border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Hamas militants blew down part of the barrier, letting thousands of Palestinians pour into Egypt. The exodus was seen as a PR coup for Hamas and a setback for U.S. efforts to turn Gazans against the party.
• Egyptian Security Forces Withdraw from Gaza Border Voice of America
• Lebanon, Gaza focus of Arab League talks UPI
• Egypt's Efforts to Restore Gaza Border Falter
• Timeline: Gaza blockade crisis BBC News
• Border crisis key to Gaza's future BBC News
• Egypt buying sprees follow Gaza Strip fence breach Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• Yemeni president phones Libya's Gaddafi to discuss Gaza Strip EARTHtimes.org
• IRGC warns of real holocaust in Gaza Strip Islamic Republic News Agency
• Israel debates cutting all contacts with Gaza Strip WorldNet Daily
• Egypt Starts Controlling Gazan Crowds
• Israel: Only emergency aid will be allowed into Gaza Strip Haaretz Daily
• More Yemenis rally against blockade of Gaza Strip EARTHtimes.org
• Thousands pour into Egypt from Gaza Strip Detroit News
• Gaza Border Breached, Thousands Flood Into Egypt
• UN Security Council Opens Session On Gaza Strip Crisis Nasdaq
• Food, fuel crosses into Gaza Strip CBC
• Israel to suspend blockade for a day to allow aid into Gaza Strip Israel decides to ease blockade of Gaza, saying it will allow food and fuel in for one day.
• Arab officials meet amid Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip Deutsche Welle
• Mubarak warns Olmert over deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza Strip Al Bawaba
• International Outcry Calls for End to Israeli Blockade of Gaza Strip Voice of America
• Gaza Strip: Crisis worsens despite Israel's new fuel pledge Adnkronos
• Iranian FM concerned over current situation in Gaza Strip Payvand Iran News
• Lack of fuel causes Gaza Strip to shutdown Lack of fuel has closed down the only power plant in the Gaza Strip.
• Palestinian PM Appeals For International Protection For Gaza Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad appealed Saturday for international protection for the Gaza Strip, target of deadly Israeli raids.
• Gaza Strip: Israeli missile attacks follow border closure Adnkronos
• Israel flattens Hamas ministry in Gaza Strip Reuters.co.uk
• Bush in Israel/Palestine: Still No Peace
• Israel vows to continue pressure on Gaza Strip Al Bawaba
• Israeli PM against invasion of Gaza Strip Russian Information Agency Novosti
• Vandals smash and loot private American school in Gaza, link seen to Bush visit Gunmen smashed windows, burned buses and looted computers belonging to a private American school in Gaza Saturday, an attack officials believed was linked to President Bush's visit to the West Bank.
• Hamas rejects Bush's promises The Hindu
• Gaza food supplies 'getting worse by the day' The Daily Star Lebannon
• Bush expects to see Palestinian state before he leaves office USA Today
• Palestinian president Abbas calls on Hamas to give up Gaza Russian Information Agency Novosti
• Barack Obama on the Middle East
• Olmert says Gaza must be part of any accord Chicago Tribune
• Attack With Grenade Launchers On U. S. College In Gaza Muslim American Society
• Egypt to Bolster Gaza Border Egypt has agreed to spend $23 million in U.S. military aid on robots and other advanced technology to detect smuggling tunnels along its border with the Gaza Strip.
• Israel Lifts Sanctions On Fuel To Gaza StripAFP
• Israeli Intransigence to Greet Bush Aljazeera Tue, 08 Jan 2008
• Hundreds Of Gazans Protest Bush Visit, Israeli Siege AFP
• Thousands protest Gaza seige in Nazarath Khaleej Times
• Israel ends Nablus sweep as Gaza Strip fighting continues Detroit Free Press
• UK Min: Palestinian, Israeli Gaza Attacks Risk Peace Moves-AFP Nasdaq
• The perilous path to peace NY Daily News
• Egypt let Palestinian pilgrims return to Gaza Strip Al Bawaba
• Rival Palestinian factions clash in Gaza International Herald Tribune
• 6 killed in Gaza despite Abbas speech toward Hamas USA Today