Monthly Archives: December 2008

Gaza health system in state of collapse

PNN December 31, 2008 ImagePolly Basak for PNN – At the southern Strip’s European Hospital poised between Rafah and Khan Younis, senior oncologist Dr. Zaki Zakzouk says that 30 seriously injured people are suffering from head and neck wounds. After … Continue reading

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The Myth of Israeli Retaliation

December 31, 2008 With the Palestinian death toll from Israel’s latest air and naval assault on Gaza passed 350 and steadily climbing (an estimated 1500 more have been wounded), diplomats, advocates and journalists the world over appear prepared to continue … Continue reading

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In Pictures: Massacre of Gazan Children

December 30, 2008 PNN -Israeli forces killed two girls in an air attack on Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip early Tuesday. Local sources report that a missile destroyed a house belonging to Talal Hamdan in Beit Hanoun today, … Continue reading

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Robert Fisk: Why bombing Ashkelon is the most tragic irony

Tuesday, 30 December 2008 How easy it is to snap off the history of the Palestinians, to delete the narrative of their tragedy, to avoid a grotesque irony about Gaza which – in any other conflict – journalists would be … Continue reading

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Robert Fisk: Leaders lie, civilians die, and lessons of history are ignored

Monday, 29 December 2008 A Palestinian woman walks past a destroyed Hamas police compound after an Israeli air strike We’ve got so used to the carnage of the Middle East that we don’t care any more – providing we don’t … Continue reading

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e4 عماد حجاج – جريدة الغد – الأردن Emad hajaj – alghad newspaper – Jordan

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هل هي معركة حماس؟!

هل هي معركة حماس؟! 29-12-2008 د. أسامة عثمان / كاتب فلسطيني لقد وصل الأمر ببعضهم إلى التلميح، وأحيانا التصريح، بالدعوة إلى عدم التجاوب مع دعوات حماس للتضامن مع غزة، والانتصار لها أمام العدوان "الإسرائيلي"؛ بتلك "الحجج" الواهية، كنوع من "إراحة … Continue reading

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محرقة غزة .. والمتفرجون العرب!

محرقة غزة .. والمتفرجون العرب! 29-12-2008 لن نكون متجنين على القادة العرب، إذا قلنا إن بعضهم ربما ينتظرون الساعة التي يعلن فيها خروج حركة "حماس" من المعادلة الفلسطينية، فهي "أس" المشكلة، لا تبرح تحرض الشعوب العربية على قتال إسرائيل، والقادة … Continue reading

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Why would Israel bomb a university?

Why would Israel bomb a university? Dr. Akram Habeeb writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 29 December 2008 The Islamic University of Gaza, February 2007. (Wesam Saleh/MaanImages) As a Fulbright scholar and professor of American literature at … Continue reading

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Complete families have been wiped out Israeli occupation holocaust in Gaza reaps 360 lives and 1700 wounded

Palestinian Information Center December 29, 2008 GAZA, (PIC)– Death toll resulting from the Israeli occupation holocaust in the Gaza Strip, at dawn Tuesday, has reached 360, and the number of wounded rose to more than 1700, Palestinian sources confirmed. Israeli … Continue reading

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