Two more videos shot by the International Solidarity Movement taken by The Guardian as proof of use of banned weapons by Israeli forces in Gaza. Robert Booth | The Guardian Ayman al Najar, 13, tells how he lost his sister, ...
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Israel admits troops may have used phosphorus shells in Gaza
Amnesty warns Israel could be guilty of war crimes Peter Beaumont | The Guardian Israel has admitted – after mounting pressure – that its troops may have used white phosphorus shells in contravention of international law, during its three-week offensive ...
Read More »French company loses €3.5 billion contract over involvement with Jerusalem light railway
Joakim Wohlfeil | Diakonia Stockholm, 20 January 2009 Today the Stockholm community council in Sweden announced that the French company Veolia who has been the current operator at the Subway’s in Stockholm County for 10 years lost the contract to ...
Read More »Guardian: Words and deeds in the Middle East
Joshua Rowe | The Guardian The leaders of the western world are wringing their hands in despair at the sight of the horrors inflicted on Gaza (Gaza crisis, 16 January). The UN general secretary, the French president and others are ...
Read More »Israel bombs University Teachers Association in Gaza – Boycott Now!
Palestinian Campaign for the Cultural & Academic Boycott of Israel (PACBI) January 18, 2009 Occupied Palestine – PACBI learned today from its Steering Committee member, Dr. Haidar Eid, that the headquarters of the University Teachers Association-Palestine, in Gaza, was bombed ...
Read More »Evidence of white phosphorus use on Gazan civilians
The Guardian published videos recorded by ISM volunteers in Gaza as proof of Israeli use of white phosphorus in civilian areas. Richard Norton-Taylor | The Guardian Dr. Ahmed Almi of al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis examines patients wounded by white ...
Read More »Jan 18: At the Samouni house
Sharon Lock | ISM Volunteer The planes are still buzzing overhead, but there have been no explosions near me today. However this supposed ceasefire from Israeli’s side since 2am does not seem to have extended to Beit Hanoun, where there ...
Read More »Summary execution in southern West Bank
Palestine News Network During the killing of over 1,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the demonstrations against them the occupation remains in the West Bank. This week a family lost their father in Hebron. Yasser Saqr Ismail Tameizi had ...
Read More »Waiting
Eva Bartlett | In Gaza Today was the first day that medics and journalists were able to reach areas occupied by the invading Israeli troops. Palestinians by this point, by weeks ago, were desperate for any semblance of a normal ...
Read More »Saturday January 17 – Starting again
Sharon Lock | Tales To Tell Let me start with the good news. I found it surprisingly destabilising having to evacuate the hospital. Since the strikes began, I have spent more nights here than anywhere else, and it began to ...
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