Wednesday, January 7, 2009

PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:

UPDATE FROM THE
ELECTRONIC INTIFADA

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ONGOING GAZA COVERAGE

Now with breaking news via Al Jazeera:
http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/687.shtml

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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:

WITNESSES TO ISRAEL'S WAR CRIMES
By Rami Almeghari, Live from Palestine, 6 January 2009

Israel claims to have attacked 1,000 of what it calls
"Hamas targets." Independent media, UN aid officials and
human rights organizations have documented that most of
these attacks struck private homes, mosques, universities,
schools, government buildings, police stations and
charities. As of 6 January, the death toll from the
Israeli attack approached 600 with thousands more injured.
The Electronic Intifada correspondent Rami Almeghari
reports from the besieged Gaza Strip.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10126.shtml

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PALESTINE : ISRAEL LOBBY WATCH:

ISRAEL'S FABRICATED ROCKET CRISIS
By Jim Holstun and Joanna Tinker, The Electronic Intifada, 6 January 2009

We have heard, and we will continue to hear, a droning
litany of "Qassams! Qassams! Qassams!" The repetition will
be difficult to resist, but for all of us who remember the
reiterated US lies about Iraq of 2002-2003, whether with
pride for our skepticism or shame for our credulity, a
good first step might be for us to think "WMDs!" every
time they say "Qassams!" Like the US Coalition of the
Willing, Israel's Operation Cast Lead has not let the
absence of actual provocation get in the way of a good
bloodbath. Jim Holstun and Joanna Tinker analyze for The
Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10123.shtml

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PALESTINE : COVERAGE TRENDS:

THE BBC: EYELESS IN GAZA
By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, The Electronic Intifada, 6 January 2009

To establish evidence of the BBC's journalistic
malpractice one often has to do no more than pick a random
sample of news related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
currently on its website. In a time of conflict BBC's
coverage invariably tends to the Israeli perspective, and
nowhere is this reflected more than in the semantics and
framing of its reportage. Muhammad Idrees Ahmad analyzes
for The Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10122.shtml

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PALESTINE : ACTIVISM NEWS:

EGYPT GOVERNMENT FEELS ITS PEOPLE'S IRE
By Per Bjoerklund, The Electronic Intifada, 5 January 2009

Thousands of Egyptians have taken to the streets to
protest the continuing Israeli aggression against Gaza and
the participation of the Egyptian regime in the isolation
of its population. Last Wednesday, the state responded
with a major crackdown in which tens of protestors and
journalists were assaulted and arrested. Per Bjoerklund
reports from Cairo.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10121.shtml

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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:

EIGHTY-NINE CHILDREN AND 30 WOMEN AMONGST GAZA'S CONFIRMED DEAD
Press release, Al Mezan, 5 January 2009

On the 10th day of its aggression on the Gaza Strip, the
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has seriously escalated
its military operations, targeting mostly civilian
targets, particularly homes. Air strikes and artillery
shells hit tens of homes. IOF also targeted medical
facilities and ambulances. A Civil Defense team was hit as
it tried to fight a fire following the bombardment of a
clinic.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10120.shtml

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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:

ISRAEL'S BLONDE BOMBSHELLS AND REAL BOMBS IN GAZA
By Yosefa Loshitzky, The Electronic Intifada, 5 January 2009

Israel's oiled propaganda-machine was further lubricated
by its self-acknowledged decision to select women as their
masbirim (misinformation spokespersons) so as "to project
a feminine and softer image." To add some cool glamour to
Israel's hot lies, Tzipi Livni, the state's foreign
minister and a natural blonde, announced, in response to
calls for truce: "There is no humanitarian crisis in the
[Gaza] Strip, and therefore there is no need for a
humanitarian truce." Yosefa Loshitzky comments for The
Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10119.shtml

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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:

RESISTING TO PROTECT OUR OWN
By Safa Joudeh, Live from Palestine, 5 January 2009

All Palestinian factions have united and are out facing
the enemy, using all of their military capabilities that
they collectively have. Although these capabilities are
incomparable to the military strength exerted by Israel,
yet it has made us more certain than ever that
Palestinians will fight to the very end to protect their
own. Safa Joudeh writes from the Gaza Strip.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10117.shtml

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