Friday, November 23, 2012

A fragile peace: in pursuit of a solution

After eight days of battle, hopes of a lasting truce rest with a new power axis in the Middle East, writes Ruth Pollard in Gaza City.

Hamas says Israeli troops kill farmer in Gaza after ceasefire

A Palestinian was shot dead in the Gaza Strip by Israeli border guards and 25 were injured, Hamas said, in the most serious clashes since a cease-fire accord ended more than a week of air bombardment.

#WestBankUnderAttack | Israeli forces detain Members of Parliament around West Bank

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained at least five members of the Palestinian parliament in the West Bank who are affiliated to Hamas, among 28 Palestinians detained at dawn Friday.

Palestine: China special role in the Middle East

Palestinian envoy seeks 'special role' for China

 AFP news agency reports that Bassam al-Salhi, a representative of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, at talks in Beijing on efforts to upgrade his people's status at the United Nations and maintain calm in the region, said China can play a "special role" in the Middle East.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

As Gaza is savaged again, understanding the BBC’s role requires more than sentiment

We must understand the BBC as a pre-eminent state propagandist and censor by omission, says John Pilger.
The BBC’s “Reithian values” of impartiality and independence
are almost scriptural in their mythology.

Israel's Violence on Palestenians

Right to Defend itself

Israel has always cried 'holocaust' tears to the world while singing the old tune of "Defending itself and its citizens". How do they do it? By banning or killing international journalists by bribing their supportive governments. Palestine is destroyed as a State so is Gaza. Meanwhile the "chronically suffering Israel" has developed to a point it does not need Uncle Sam anymore, see their infrastructure, see their military development up to nuclear programs... and they are the eternal "poor" in need. -- --