Monday, January 5, 2009
Conditioning Gaza: preparing to deploy international forces in Palestine?
Hani Asfour, Daily Star
1/6/2009
The Israeli attack on Gaza is likely timed to coincide with the February elections in Israel and this month’s inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in anticipation of launching a comprehensive Middle East peace plan. The ultimate goal of the Gaza invasion is to create the conditions to introduce international troops into Palestine. Part of the purpose is to prop up the regime of President Mahmoud Abbas and allow the Palestinian leader to extend his mandate across all of Palestine. By calling for international military support, Abbas is seeking to end both the violence and the Israeli occupation at once. The hope is that he will re-establish his legitimacy and provide the grounds for a two-state solution as prescribed in President George Bush’s 2002 UN Security Council Resolution 1397, "of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side within secure and recognized borders," a proposition openly... more.. e-mail
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| › | U.S. to foil any Arab bid to push Security Council resolution for Gaza cease-fire |
› | Israel trying to delay UN Security Council meeting |
› | UN contradicts Israel over depth of crisis in Gaza |
› | Arab ministers hold UN Gaza talks |
› | Livni: Deal with Hamas would abolish peace process |
› | Israel seeking ceasefire arrangement that excludes Hamas |
› | Ehud Barak: Operation going as planned |
› | Al-Qassam Brigades threaten to target Israeli nuclear site, take more prisoners |
› | Hamas delegation visits Cairo to discuss means of halting IOF aggression |
› | Hamas: We accepted an Egyptian invitation for talks in Cairo |
› | Egypt’s Mubarak to EU: Hamas must not be allowed to win |
› | Egypt government feels its people’s ire |
› | Jordan ’reconsidering Israel ties’ |
› | Jordan’s Queen Rania: Palestinian lives not collateral |
› | Cairo aborted proposal for holding emergency Islamic summit |
› | Sarkozy chastises both sides, insists ’violence must halt’ |
› | Erdogan blames Israel, Hamad charges ’war crime’ and Mauritania pulls envoy |
› | Israel: Erdogan’s words ’unacceptable’ |
› | Sarkozy to make lightning visit to Israel |
› | Gaza battles rage as envoys appeal for truce |
› | Sarkozy heads out for Gaza peace push |
› | Sarkozy calls for Gaza ceasefire |
› | Israeli airline secretly flying UN peacemakers around the world |
› | Gaza diplomacy gathers pace |
› | Olmert claims his army discriminates between fighters and civilians |
› | Hariri confident Hizbullah won’t be suckered into new war |
› | Israel intensifies violations of Lebanon’s airspace |
› | Hezbollah will stay out of fight |
› | Lebanese official: Beirut won’t be dragged into war with Israel
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› | Ahronoth: Israel started to look for a political solution to the war on Gaza |
› | Hamas to Israel: You began killing your children the day you started killing ours |
› | Hamas: You cannot stop the rocket fire |
› | Olmert: We do not aim to topple Hamas |
› | Hamas official: We must lay foundation for a tomorrow without Zionists |
› | President-elect Obama says he’s being updated on Mideast |
› | In the US, Gaza is a different war |
› | Report on Sunday’s Free Gaza protest in Portland, one of hundreds held worldwide |
› | Bush: Israel has right to protect itself against Gaza attacks |
› | Jordan and Egypt should take over Palestine - Bolton |
› | POLITICS: Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault |
› | Mahathir blames US for Gaza war |
› | Abbas: Ending Israeli Gaza assault PA’s top priority |
› | Emir of Qatar: IOF aggression Gaza war crime |
› | Aid gets to Gazans, sometimes |
› | Israel to open Gaza crossings to allow food, fuel |
› | UN secretary-general presses Israel on Gaza crossings |
› | World press dismayed over assault on Gaza |
› | EU diplomats seek elusive Gaza truce in Egypt |
› | PICTURE GALLERY / Gaza incursion sparks protests around world |
› | Mauritania recalls ambassador from Israel in wake of Gaza offensive |
› | Jordan’s Queen Rania calls for aid to Gaza |
› | Egypt denies Gathafi’s son to head to Gaza |
› | Fifty arrested for organising protests |
› | ANALYSIS / Egypt emerges as big winner from Gaza crisis |
› | Iran: We have 70,000 suicide bombers ready to strike Israel |
› | A setback for Obama’s plans |
› | Syria: Israel proved it doesn’t want peace |
› | Qatar accuses Israel of ’war crime’ in Gaza |
› | Anglo Arab Organisation slams Israel’s Gaza raids |
› | Mauritania calls back Israel ambassador for talks |
› | Hackers take battle with Hamas to cyberspace |
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› | US opens new embassy in Iraq |
› | New US embassy inaugurated in Iraq |
› | U.S.: Networks’ Int’l News Coverage at Record Low in 2008 |
› | Parliamentary elections set for single day: June 7 |
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Panic grips Gaza residents as Israel vows to press bloody offensive
Agence France Presse - AFP, Daily Star 1/6/2009
GAZA CITY: Heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters broke out in a densely populated area of Gaza City on Monday evening, as at least 12 children became some...
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ISRAEL-OPT: Water, sewage system 'collapsing' in Gaza, says official
ICRC, IRIN - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 1/6/2009
GENEVA, 5 January 2009 (IRIN) - The UN has warned that power networks were down in large parts of the Gaza Strip on 4 January, with hospitals relying on generators. Without...
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Eighty-nine children and 30 women amongst Gaza’s confirmed dead
Press release, Al Mezan, Electronic Intifada 1/5/2009
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...
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Gaza hospitals under fire
Ma’an News Agency 1/5/2009
Gaza/Bethlehem Maan Israeli forces fired in the immediate vicinity of three hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Monday, witnesses and medical personnel told Maan. The Al-Wafa Hospital eastern Gaza...
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Hundreds of thousands in Strip without water
Amira Hass, Ha’aretz 1/6/2009
Between 600,000 and 700,000 Gazans have no water, some of them going on a week. About one million have no electricity, raw sewage is running in the streets in some...
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Injured Gaza family still awaits evacuation
Amira Hass, Ha’aretz 1/6/2009
As of last night, almost 48 hours after a shell struck the isolated A’aiedy family home in a farming area in the eastern Gaza Strip, all attempts to...
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