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| July 10, 2014
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Palestinian president convene leadership to sign request to join International Criminal Court

Palestinian president seeks to sign documents necessary for joining int’l organizations to ‘protect the people in Gaza’ by all diplomatic & legal means.

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will convene the Palestinian leadership at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday at his bureau, during which he expected to sign the necessary documents for joining international organizations. Inter alia, he has requested to join the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior official told Haaretz.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 29, 2014.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 29, 2014. – Photo: AP

“What is happening in the Gaza Strip is a war crime, and it is the right of the Palestinian leadership to protect the Palestinian people in Gaza with every diplomatic means and its jurists,” the official said.

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| July 8, 2014
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BBC Report: Palestinian supporters using false images on Twitter #OperationProtectiveEdge

The BBC has reported that many of the photos are not from the present Gaza conflict & many others are taken from Iraq or Syria conflicts.

 

The BBC has warned that Palestinians in Gaza and their supporters are using false images on Twitter to garner sympathy for their cause.

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Some of the images posted on Twitter under the #gazaunderattack hashtag. – Photo: BBC Screenshot

Many of the images that supposedly show Gaza under bombardment over the past week are neither current nor from Gaza, the global news organization wrote.

“Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza,” the BBC said, “but a #BBCtrending analysis has found that some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq.” Continue Reading »

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| July 7, 2014
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6 Arab terrorists killed in Gaza as IDF foils Palestinian terror attack on Israel

 

Hamas source says 6 Palestinians killed in tunnel explosion were their fighters planning a ‘significant’ operation against Israel.

By Ynet staff

 

A senior military source said that the Palestinians killed overnight Sunday in the Gaza Strip were Hamas members “who were in the tunnel with explosives” and that “the tunnel was intended for a significant terror attack with special infrastructure and an anti-soldier force.”

Vue d'un tunnel creusé en territoire israélien depuis la bande de Gaza, le 13 octobre 2013 ( David Buimovitch (AFP) )

Gaza Tunnel – David Buimovitch/AFP

According to the source, the IDF will continue to attack similar targets in the coming days. The operation against the tunnel was undertaken several days ago; the Hamas members touched the explosives tonight and it caused the tunnel’s explosion.” Continue Reading »

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| July 6, 2014
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Israeli Minister Says Time to Target Hamas Leaders & Cut Aid to Gaza

Israel’s Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz blasts Jerusalem for ‘wrong policies,’ urges it to do ‘what needs to be done’ to Hamas.

By Uzi Baruch, Tova Dvorin

 

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) sharply criticized Israeli government policy on Saturday, insisting that it is responsible for the current salvo of rocket fire from Gaza.

“The policy of all governments since Hamas took power in Gaza is the wrong policy,” Katz began. “The security system has also become too conservative, and [neither] has come and taken revolutionary steps [to combat Hamas].”

“This has been driving the political leadership over the years, this is what has been driving state policy over the years, and this government is not doing what it needs to,” he added. Continue Reading »

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| July 3, 2014
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IAF strikes Gaza rocket-launchers as Hamas assaults Israel with more fire

 

7 mortars fired on Wednesday afternoon inspired tough IAF reaction; continued fire Thursday morning likely to cause another retaliatory IAF strike.

BY Ynetnews

 

The IAF responded quickly to seven mortars fired from Gaza Wednesday evening, striking rocket-launching terrorist cells in the southern Gaza Strip and continuing a general escalation in tensions since the bodies of three Israeli teenagers were discovered in the West Bank on Monday.

Two rockets were fired on Ashkelon after the IAF attack. One was shot down by the Iron Dome system and the other fell in an open area causing no damage. Another two rockets fell in open areas near Eshkol. Continue Reading »

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| July 2, 2014
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Hamas empties its Gaza HQ & bases in anticipation of Israeli reprisals over murder of 3 teens

 

Israel Air Force hits dozens of targets in Gaza.

PA president calls U.S. & European leaders to pressure Israel to show restraint.

By Daniel Siryoti & Lilach Shoval

 

Israel bombed dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, striking at Hamas after finding the bodies of three missing teenagers — Gil-ad Shaer, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Frenkel — whose abduction and killing it blames on the Palestinian Islamist group.

A ball of fire is seen following an Israel airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza, overnight Monday – Photo: AFP

Israel’s security cabinet, which held an emergency session late on Monday and was due to meet again on Tuesday, was currently split on the scope of any further action in the coastal enclave and Judea and Samaria, officials said.

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| July 1, 2014
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Jerusalem once again retaliates with multiple airstrikes after Gaza rocket lands in Israel

 

Even though a single rocket from Gaza struck the Eshkol Regional Council with no damage or injuries reported, Israel will no longer allow attacks go without retribution.

By Ilana Curiel, Yoav Zitun and Elior Levy

 

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked several terror sites in the Gaza Strip late Monday night in response to a rocket fired earlier by Palestinian terrorists that struck an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.

No injuries or damage was reported as a result of the rocket fire.

Earlier in the day the bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teens who were kidnapped over two weeks ago were discovered by security forces just north of Hebron. Continue Reading »

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| June 30, 2014
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Hamas turning Gaza into cesspool of sewage and garbage

Closed Sinai smuggling tunnels force Hamas to buy imported fuel from Israel, so Hamas shuts-down water treatment facility to cut costs.

By REUTERS

 

GAZA – This summer, access to the cooling waters of the Mediterranean is gradually being closed off to Gaza’s 1.8 million residents, due to pollution stemming from fuel shortages that have halted work at sewage treatment facilities.

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Palestinian children swim where sign warns against swimming on a beach in Gaza – Photo: REUTERS

Baha al-Agha of the Gaza Environment Quality Authority said about 100,000 cubic metres of untreated waste water are being pumped into the Gaza shore daily. Continue Reading »

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| June 29, 2014
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Israel responds with IAF airstrikes after Gaza’s five rockets hit southern Israel

One of the rockets shot from Gaza caused a fire destroying a paint factory in Israel’s southern city of Sderot.

 

For the second time in 24 hours, the Israel Air Force struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday night after several rockets hit southern Israel.

An Israeli aircraft targeted three underground rocket launchers in the Strip’s center. The strike came in retaliation for rockets fired from Gaza earlier in the evening, the IDF said, adding that it holds Hamas responsible .

One rocket caused a fire in a paint factory in the city of Sderot.

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| June 27, 2014
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€1Million a year, & 7 years later, the EU still funds Gaza employees that have no work

The EU’s Gaza farce marches on: Although 7 years later, the EUBAM mission is still on ‘standby’, and the euros are still flowing.

 

In the Sir Humphrey-esque world of European Union waste, the EUBAM mission in Gaza might just be the jewel in the crown.

At the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. September 19, 2013.

At the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. September 19, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

Sir Humphrey, you may recall, took great pride in the perfect efficiency of a hospital that operated within budget and had no waiting-lists. Its only problem and the reason for its success: No patients.

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| June 25, 2014
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Israel responds to Gaza rocket fire with multiple airstrikes on terrorist targets

Two Gaza rockets intercepted by Iron Dome system, 3rd hits a building in Israel & 4th falls short killing 3 yr-old Palestinian girl.

 

Air force jets late on Tuesday struck targets in the Gaza Strip following missile fire on southern Israel.

Smoke billowing from sites targeted by Israel Air Force - AFP - November 16, 2012.

A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from sites targeted by Israel Air Force strike in the Gaza Strip, November 16, 2012. – Photo: AFP

Earlier, two rockets were launched from Gaza at Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. Two were intercepted by an Iron Dome anti-rocket defense battery. A third rocket fell at Sdot Negev Regional Council, damaging a building.

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| June 24, 2014
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal: ‘The kidnappers must be saluted’

 

Hamas leader Meshaal: ‘We have no knowledge of the kidnapping but we applaud the kidnappers’.

Vice chairman of Hamas political bureau, Haniyeh: ‘The 3rd intifada has already started’

By i24news

 

 
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addressed for the first time Monday the kidnapping of three Israeli teens 11 days ago, saying Hamas has no information regarding the kidnapping. Meshaal also said: “If, indeed, any Palestinian group is behind the kidnapping, those who did it must be saluted.”

Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal gives a press conference at the Journalist Syndicate building - Photo: AFP/Gianluigi Guercia

Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal gives a press conference at the Journalist Syndicate building – Photo: AFP/Gianluigi Guercia

In an interview with Al-Jazeera Meshaal, who lives in Qatar, said he “congratulates whomever kidnapped them [the teens] because the Palestinian prisoners should be released.” Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2014
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Photo Album of Camouflage & Guns: Hamas’ terrorist summer-camp for teens is open

 

Embedding another year of military indoctrination of Gaza’s teenage population, Hamas’ official terror summer-camp set to host some 100,000 children this summer.

By Ynetnews

 

Hamas in Gaza Strip showcased Thursday their annual summer-camp for Gaza children, inviting journalists to take pictures of the different activities offered to the strip’s youths.

Photo: AP

Photo: AP

However, instead of classrooms and swimming lessons, the camp boasts military training facilities and uniform-clad children and teens.

The terror camp will host roughly 100,000 children aged 12-16 for seven days a week, three hours a day, Al-Monitor reported. The kids don camouflage fatigues and green berets, and are instructed by some forty members of Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Continue Reading »

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| June 17, 2014
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Israel Retaliates with Airstrikes in Gaza Following Rocket Attack

 

Following terrorists rocket-fire towards Ashkelon Israel’s Air Force targets several weapons storage sites in Gaza.

By Elad Benari

 

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) targeted several terrorist-related sites in Gaza on Monday night.

In a statement, the IDF Spokesperson said the airstrikes targeted a center of terrorist activity and a weapons storage site in southern Gaza, as well as two other weapons storage sites, one in central Gaza and one in northern Gaza.

Direct hits at the targets were identified and all aircraft returned safely to their bases, the statement indicated.

The airstrikes came in response to a rocket attack on southern Israel on Monday evening. Continue Reading »

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| June 9, 2014
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Israel seeks dismantling of Hamas military arm forces with PA’s return to Gaza

 

Israel launched diplomatic campaign last week in effort to pressure Abbas to assert PA control over Gaza, following his formation of a Hamas-Fatah unity government .

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Israel launched an international diplomatic campaign last week aimed at putting pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the new Palestinian government to assert its control over the Gaza Strip and take security responsibility for what happens there.

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (6th L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (5th L) with ministers at the unity government’s swearing-in ceremony, Ramallah, West Bank, June 2, 2014.- Photo: Reuters

On Thursday, June 5, the Foreign Ministry issued an order to Israel’s diplomatic missions worldwide, regarding diplomatic activity following the wave of international recognition for the new Palestinian unity government.

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