Caught in Bed with Evil

November 18, 2008 Crossing points into Gaza have been shut down for almost two weeks, forcing the only power plant there to stop functioning, due to the lack of fuel. Last week, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ran out of food and stopped rations’ deliveries to 750,000 residents of Gaza. Though the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is now immanent, Western media refrains from reporting about the emerging disaster. Apparently, there are far more interesting things to write about, much more interesting than millions of Palestinians who are being starved by the Jewish state. However the press was kind enough to report that British foreign minister David Miliband spent some time in Israel this week.. » read more

Knesset MP Calls for Making Lives of Gaza People Insufferable

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UN to Suspend Food Distribution in Gaza

November 13, 2008 The United Nations will suspend its food distribution to half of Gaza's 1.5 million people on Thursday after Israel failed to allow emergency supplies into the Palestinian territory, a spokesman said. Israel initially said it would allow 30 trucks to deliver supplies to Gaza on Thursday after it completely sealed off the Gaza Strip on November 5, but later said mortar fire by Gaza militants made it impossible to do so. "They have told us the crossings are closed today. At the end of today we will suspend our food distribution," said UN Relief and Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness.. » read more

Where There's A Will

6 - 12 November 2008 The Israelis can be defied. But it requires courage, especially from Arab countries, asserts The auditorium of the Rashad Al-Shawwa Cultural Centre reverberated with applause as Joe Fallisi, the Italian tenor, finished his song. Fallisi is one of 27 foreign and Palestinian activists who arrived to Gaza last week aboard the boat "Dignity" in a blockade- busting trip organised by the Free Gaza Movement. Palestinians attend the funeral of five Hamas fighters killed in an overnight Israeli army operation in the Gaza Strip, the most serious violation so far of a fragile truce that went into effect in June During the three days they spent in Gaza, the activists toured the strip, inspecting the damage that two years of blockade and Israeli incursions have incurred. On Thursday, they went to Dar Al-Shifaa, the largest hospital in Gaza, where dozens of patients face death if they are not allowed to receive treatment abroad.. » read more

Gaza's Power Plant Halted as Israel Blocks Fuel

Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 Gaza's sole power plant shuddered to a halt on Monday evening after Israel refused to allow fuel into the besieged territory, a Palestinian official said. "The power station has stopped functioning completely due to a lack of fuel," said Qanaan Obeid, deputy director of Gaza's official energy office. "The power station provides 40 percent of the Gaza Strip's electricity, the remainder comes from Israel," he added. The Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, instituted power cuts in certain districts of Gaza due to the shortages, the official said.. » read more

Boat Breaks Gaza Strip Blockade, Sails Into Port

Monday, November 10, 2008 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A group of European lawmakers sailed from Cyprus into Gaza Saturday, defying an internationally backed blockade of the Hamas-run territory with activists promising to send more visitors and goods to end the coastal strip's isolation. Israel's navy did not try to block the vessel, Dignity, which made its third run from Cyprus to Gaza since August. The 23 passengers included 13 members of various European parliaments and an Israeli journalist, who will stay until Tuesday. Free Gaza protesters unfold a banner on the boat before setting sail for Gaza from the Cypriot port of Larnaca, Cyprus, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008.. » read more

Khudari: Electricity station's stoppage entails humanitarian disaster

9/11/2008 GAZA, (PIC)-- MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular anti siege committee, has warned that the complete stoppage of the sole electricity generation station in Gaza would entail a humanitarian and environmental disaster within the few coming hours. He said in a press conference on Sunday that the Israeli occupation authority was closing all Gaza commercial crossings for almost a week and fuel was running out from that station. The MP pointed out that the IOA was also banning entry of necessary equipment for the maintenance of the power station that was shelled and greatly damaged two years ago in an IOF aerial raid. Khudari appealed to the international community to pressure the IOA to end the siege, adding that the IOA was tightening the siege on Gaza following the successful sea voyages. Kenan Obaid, the deputy director of the Gaza power authority, said on Sunday that one of the three turbines in the power station was already out of work and tomorrow the remaining two would stop due to the lack of fuel.. » read more

Aid Boat Docks in Gaza

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Gaza: The Killing Zone - Israel/Palestine

Posted 11/1/08 May 2003 life in Gaza is a constant gauntlet of Israeli sniper fire, military rockets and army bulldozers. No one is safe. In light of the escalating tensions, we're bringing back one our most moving documentaries, a hard-hitting expose of life in the Occupied territories. We speak to the children caught in the crossfire and find out the true cost of Israel's targeted assassinations policy. TO VIEW THIS VIDEO CLICK ON: http://in.. » read more

If Americans Knew.....

Posted Oct. 24, 2008 The most propagandized country on earth, the US Sixty years of massive, ongoing, coldly calculated human rights abuses against the Palestinian people. That's the legacy of the State of Israel. Americans pay the bills for this tyranny and our hopelessly corrupt news media and elected officials go along with it because it's politically expedient. Note: The videos of IfAmericansKnew.. » read more

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