British academics: 'Israel must lose' war with Hamas
"We must do what we can to stop Israel from winning its war," the letter said. "Israel must accept that its security depends on justice and peaceful coexistence with its neighbors, and not upon the criminal use of force."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100170557&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Gaza's Baffling Burnt Organs, Torn Tissues (Sat, 17 Jan 2009)
Doctors, Arabs and foreigners, who have been to the Gaza Strip in recent days are scratching their heads trying to figure out the cause of the abnormal injuries suffered by Palestinian civilians.
Doctors believe Israel is using DIME, an experimental type of explosive with increased lethal effects to people in its immediate vicinity.
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/173370-Gaza-s-Baffling-Burnt-Organs-Torn-Tissues
Gaza rockets hit southern Israel: Israeli TV (Sun Jan 18, 2009)
Palestinian rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Sunday, the first such attack since a unilateral Israeli ceasefire went into effect, Channel 10 television reported.
Seconds after Israel Radio announced that a rocket alarm had sounded in Sderot, a Channel 10 reporter in the town said he heard two explosions. Channel Two television said six rockets had been fired at southern Israel.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSLI21700220090118
Rocket fire tests Gaza ceasefire (Sunday, 18 January 2009)
A volley of rockets has been fired into southern Israel from Gaza, hours after a unilateral Israeli ceasefire began.
At least four out of five rockets landed near the town of Sderot, the Israeli military said. There were no reports of casualties or damage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7835981.stm
Fresh evidence of Israeli phosphorus use in Gaza emerges (Saturday 17 January 2009)
Fresh evidence of the firing of white phosphorus weapons by Israeli forces in Gaza has emerged from witnesses heard by the Guardian and first hand accounts by human rights groups of their use against civilians
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/17/israel-gaza-phosphorus-civilians
Israel accused of war crimes over 12-hour assault on Gaza village (Sunday 18 January 2009)
White flags ignored and houses bulldozed with families inside, claim residents Israel stands accused of perpetrating a series of war crimes during a sustained 12-hour assault on a village in southern Gaza last week in which 14 people died.
In testimony collected from residents of the village of Khuza'a by the Observer, it is claimed that Israeli soldiers entering the village: • attempted to bulldoze houses with civilians inside; • killed civilians trying to escape under the protection of white flags; • opened fire on an ambulance attempting to reach the wounded; • used indiscriminate force in a civilian area and fired white phosphorus shells. If the allegations are upheld, all the incidents would constitute breaches of the Geneva conventions.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/18/isr...
Israel Declares Cease-Fire; Hamas Says It Will Fight On (January 17, 2009)
Israel declared late Saturday that a unilateral cease-fire would begin in Gaza within hours, but said its troops would remain in place for now.
After 22 days of war against Hamas, and the deaths of more than 1,200 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert insisted that “we have reached all the goals of the war, and beyond.” Speaking to the nation late Saturday night, he said that Hamas had “suffered a major blow” and that if it continued to fire rockets into Israel, “the Israeli Army will regard itself as free to respond with force.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/world/middleeast/18mideast.html?_r=2
Christians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on them
A few weeks ago, a senior Greek Orthodox clergyman in Israel attended a meeting at a government office in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul quarter. When he returned to his car, an elderly man wearing a skullcap came and knocked on the window. When the clergyman let the window down, the passerby spat in his face.
http://engforum.pravda.ru/showthread.php?t=238407
Israel's Gaza ceasefire may set stage for next conflict (Sat Jan 17, 2009)
Israel declared an end to its first war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, but few think it will be the last, according to the news agency Reuters.
Determined to deny the Islamist group any gains from the 22-day conflict, Israel opted for a unilateral ceasefire that leaves largely unsettled the issues at the heart of the conflict -- Israel's blockade and Hamas's future role.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE50H02320090118
Gaza residents: IDF troops posing as Hamas men (Jan 11, 2009)
The testimonies of Gaza Strip residents are revealing new details about the Israel Defense Forces' mode of operation there. In the past two days, Beit Lahia residents forced from their homes said soldiers were posing as members of Hamas' armed wing while advancing on the ground.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/world/middleeast/18doctor.html
Fresh evidence of Israeli phosphorus use in Gaza emerges (Saturday 17 January 2009)
Fresh evidence of the firing of white phosphorus weapons by Israeli forces in Gaza has emerged from witnesses heard by the Guardian and first hand accounts by human rights groups of their use against civilians.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/17/israel-gaza-phosphorus-civilians
Proof Positive: Israel Using White Phosphorus in Gaza (January 16, 2009)
"According to a story published by The Times UK, stockpiles of white phosphorus (M825A1 WP) shells have been identified from high-resolution images taken of Israeli artillery units on the Israeli-Gaza border this week.
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/proof-positive-israel-using-white-phosphorus-gaza
Israeli Spokesman "Hamas killed Palestinian children to make us look bad" (17 januari 2009)
Rocket salvo tests Gaza ceasefire (18 January 2009)
A volley of rockets has been fired into southern Israel from Gaza, hours after a unilateral Israeli ceasefire began.
At least four out of six rockets landed near the town of Sderot, with no reports of injuries. Israel launched an air strike on Gaza in response. The exchange puts an immediate strain on the ceasefire, which followed three weeks of fighting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7835981.stm
Israel declares unilateral Gaza truce (01.17.2009)
After 21 days, Israel declares end to fighting: The National Security Cabinet voted Saturday evening to end the military operation in the Gaza Strip. Seven ministers supported the decision, two others objected, and one abstained.
In a statement following the vote, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel fully achieved the operation's objectives, adding that the IDF will end its military operations at 2 am Sunday.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-36577...
Israel declares unilateral cease-fire in Gaza
Israel has declared a unilateral cease-fire in the fighting in Gaza beginning at 2 a.m. Sunday (7 p.m. ET Saturday), Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said.
Hamas has been dealt a very serious blow," Olmert said. "We can say that the conditions have been brought about that enable us to say that the aims that we laid down for the operation have been completely achieved."
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/17/israel.gaza/index.html
