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Gaza residents surviving off animal feed and rice as food dwindles Meanwhile, in a performance that would make Goebbels proud, Adolf Netanyahu's propagandists chime in: This would be laughable if it wasn't so sick and untrue. Many Israelis seem to think that any level of inhumanity...

Where does the 18-foot long Fajr-5 missiles launched from Gaza come from? Iran denies they supply them, only the technology to make them. I find it difficult to believe they could be produced in Gaza. Other sources say they are smuggled thru tunnels. I also find this difficult to believe since...

Since nobody have started a thread about this, I will. In the last few years, some small Al Qaeda affiliated groups have appeared in Gaza. Initially, they got along well with Hamas. Now they are fighting each other. The tensions between the groups and Hamas have risen sharply following the...

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072040.html I applaud these Israelis for having the courage to admit to what they had done...and what they were ordered to do. They will be attacked as self-hating Jews, Arab-lovers, Judenrat, traitors, etc. But the only thing they have exposed is an ounce of...

Gaza homes destruction 'wanton' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7926413.stm Human rights investigators say Israeli forces engaged in "wanton destruction" of Palestinian homes during the recent conflict in Gaza. Amnesty International has told the BBC News website the methods used...

The Israelis have been given messages from US Sec'y of State Hillary Clinton to allow many more humanitarian shipments to get through than are currently being trans-shipped into Gaza at the crossing points. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066821.html Within the article, was this part: When...

Israel allows export of 25,000 flowers from Gaza to Europe for Valentine's Day -- (AP report) That news, together with the announcement of a new agreement on a long-term 'tadiyyeh' (lull) from Gaza's HAMAS leadership, makes it seem that things are coming up roses.

Since it's doubtful the burning powderkeg will remain .. well, burning and not KABLOOM.. maybe, in an effort to stop the Gaza threads from multiplying like rabbits, I'm creating a general discussion thread. If nothing, it'll make refrencing posts on the matter easier on all of us.

Did Israel Shell a UN School? The Truth Exposed Followup investigation that didn't quite get the news press its deserved. Link to Patrick Martin article at Globe and Mail: Account of Israeli attack doesn't hold up to scrutiny Follow the first link to the full article. Didn't see this on...

Hamas violates Cease-Fire with Israel Incident 1: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657876,00.html forum member ddt had said in another thread that he will keep monitoring violations of cease-fire between Israel and the terrorists. Here's the first one for you.

Everyone has been clamoring for Israel to stop Operation Cast Lead and declare a cease-fire. So, that's exactly what the IDF has done, as of 2 a.m. local time. Now what?

Without an Israeli escort, this time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7834419.stm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090114/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazahealth But the good news is, it appears Israel has not used white phosphorous against the Palestinians. That's a relief. And he says there are enough medical supplies in Gaza: "He said medical supplies are holding up in...

NPR reported this morning that Abbas has been losing support in the West Bank secondary to his criticism of Hamas at the beginning of the Gaza operations and ongoing suppression of protests against Israeli actions, that have turned into protests against his government: If Abbas's popularity...

The Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5470047.ece quotes an expert (Neil Gibson, technical adviser to Jane’s Missiles and Rockets) saying that shells marked with M825A1 are white phosphorus shells. The IDF says that the shells photographed near an Israeli...

This is no joke. Check out this live Gaza City Webcam! This webcam is provided by the alaqsa News Agency, specifically their Ramattan News Agency & Media Services division. For a more complete context, here is the current time and date in Gaza City, and, via Google Maps, here is the location...

4 children found in a house with their dead mothers: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5474016.ece

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/09/zeitoun.gaza.israel/index.html First Israel orders them into the shelter..and they they attack the shelter. Sounds like something that happened in WW2. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054009.html Not only that, but the intelligence stating Hamas...

Things just might get much worse.

Lots of controversy over this video and whether or not it's legitimate: Q9pRu-sRPb0 The criticisms are: 1. Presence of Norwegian Hamas supporter doctor Mads Gilbert, who is on record as saying doctors should take sides in conflicts and that he supports the 9/11 attacks. 2. The guy doing...

This afternoon, the UNRWA decided to suspend its humanitarian aid operations in Gaza. From the BBC: An article in Haaretz adds: In other news, the ICRC accuses Israel of breaking international law. Per the Haaretz:

I'm confused how Obama gave the offensive to Israel.

Hafrada is Hebrew for seperation -- eg: Geder Ha'hafrada "Seperation Fence". Wiki's description of Hafrada: In Israel, the term is used to refer to the concept of separation, and to the general policy of separation the Israeli government has adopted and implemented over the Palestinians in...

What will be accomplished from the Israeli strikes on Gaza?

Gaza is Israel’s largest concentration camp. Anyone have a problem with that?

Two small ships have set off for Gaza, attempting to challenge the Israeli Navy blockade. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1014413.html The wooden boats are due to arrive in Israeli territorial waters over the next 24 hours. Should Israel just ignore them and let the ships reach Gaza...

Things have gone from bad to worse in the gaza strip over the past 72 hrs. HAMAS exploded 2 car-bombs inside the Kerem Shalom crossing, as part of a coordinated muli-pronged attack on IDF troops at various points. The bombing at the Kerem Shalom crossing was the fifth attack at Israel-Gaza...

These guys will grasp at any straws --- the IDF is giving its forces a rest after a successful incursion, where they eliminated terrorists wholesale. The IDF Chief of Staff claimed that 90 out of 100 palestinians killed over the past weekend were involved in direct combat. Yeah, they declare...

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905000.html A new play has opened in the Gaza Strip, and it is encouraging the people living there to question what the future of their Homeland (Watan) is destined to be.... It is an extremely positive turning-point in the way the palestinians look at...

This just in ---- IDF commando forces are now using laser-guided ground-to-ground missiles inside gaza and pursuing terrorists from close range. Six Hamas militants were just killed Monday in a unique Israel Defense Forces strike on a car travelling in the central Gaza Strip. It was a unique...