Just because Israel is running out of things to bomb in the Gaza Strip doesn’t mean the air barrage will quiet down in anticipation of the ground invasion. Rather today the Israeli Air Force has stepped up its bombings across Northern Gaza, and the military has also begun to shell the densely populated Gaza City [...]
With the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip now entering their second week, the populace at large has yet to show any signs of war exhaustion. Indeed, polls show wide support for continuing the attacks on the Gaza Strip, though they have killed hundreds and have failed in their stated goal of halting Hamas missile [...]
“That’s not why the US sells weapons abroad – for the killing of innocent civilians.” At least, that is the sentiment expressed by CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, who warns that America’s role in arming the Israeli military that is killing a growing number of civilians in the Gaza Strip “is becoming very problematic.” Among [...]
The long-promised Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip seems set to begin at any time, some reports suggest it could be a mere matter of hours. And while in his weekly radio address tomorrow President Bush is going to claim the United States is “leading diplomatic efforts to achieve a meaningful ceasefire,” the United States [...]
Anticipated virtually since the war began, the long-promised ground invasion of the Gaza Strip may begin as soon as Saturday morning, according to The Times. Preparations have been ongoing for the invasion but appear to have been completed as the few hundred Gaza residents holding foreign passports were allowed to flee the country. For the [...]
The Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip continue, but with few targets remaining the air strikes are causing fewer deaths, and more and more of them are civilians. Though earlier in the war the United Nations Relief and Works Agency reported that “a minimum of 25 percent” of those killed in the attacks were civilians, [...]
With its small, perpetually closed border with the Gaza Strip, it is unsurprising that Egyptians as much as the rest of the Muslim world are up in arms about the ongoing Israeli attacks. But with President Hosni Mubarak’s government close with both the United States and Israel, the protests are generally organized by the opposition [...]
It’s the second day of the new year and the United States has launched its second attack in South Waziristan. Tribal sources had been reporting two US drones hovering over the area of Ladha Tehsil, in South Waziristan Agency, before the attack. The two Hellfire missiles fired in the attack killed four militants and injured [...]
With an almost impossible level of control over the media’s access to information regarding its attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military is reportedly quite pleased with the “fair” coverage of the international media. But as it expands its own direct coverage of the images they want the world to see of their war, [...]
As an Israeli High Court hearing got underway on the decision of police to ban an antiwar rally scheduled for late Saturday, police announced that they had reversed their decision, and would allow the rally to proceed as planned. Police initially has said they would only allow the protest to take place if organizers would [...]
