As pro-war rallies continue across Israel, the Israeli government has announced that it will reject the 48-hour ceasefire proposed yesterday to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to the Gaza Strip. Labeling the truce as 'unrealistic', the attacks on the strip will...
As War Ravages Gaza, Silent Barack Works on Golf Game
With the death toll in the Gaza Strip still rapidly rising, incoming President-elect Barack Obama's initial reaction of "no immediate comment" has seamlessly segued into an official policy of no comment, period. As Obama and family continue to enjoy a luxurious...
Over 400 Killed as Israel Continues ‘Phase One’ of Gaza Attack
Updated 12/31 6:55 PM EST As the aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip moves into its fifth day, the death toll has now crossed the 400 mark. The number is doubtless to rise further as an unknown number remain buried under the rubble in the densely populated strip....
As War Sentiment Grows, Israeli Arabs Increasingly Seen as ‘Traitors’
Israeli Arabs may constitute more than 20 percent of the nation's population, but as the majority loudly cheers on the military's attacks on the Gaza Strip the largely antiwar Arabs are finding themselves a disenfranchised and increasingly distrusted minority. Its...
Israeli Ambassador Blames ‘Octopus’ Iran for Gaza Fighting
Speaking again on the situation in the Gaza Strip Sallay Meridor, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, declared that "what you see in Gaza is made by Iran - its funded by Iran, the terrorists are trained by Iran, it's supplied by Iran, the know-how to create...
Israel, Hamas Both Mull France-Backed Gaza Truce
Israeli ministers say they will consider a proposed 48-hour ceasefire offered by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. The ceasefire is designed to allow time for humanitarian aid to be delivered to the struggling civilians in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Defense...
Israeli Military Declares Online Media ‘Another War Zone’
Across the world, mainstream journalists are expressing increasing disquiet at the way the Israeli government is trying to manage international coverage of its war on the Gaza Strip. Journalists have been barred not just from the strip itself, but the government is...
Israeli Navy Attacks Gaza-Bound Aid Ship
The SS Dignity, the chartered ship the Free Gaza Movement has repeatedly used to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip is no stranger to Israeli threats. Still, despite being condemned as "provocateurs" by an Israeli government that has threatened the use of...
Israeli Military Surprised by Relative Lack of Hamas Response
An Israeli soldier was killed in a mortar strike on a military base in western Negev today, and a civilian was killed in a strike on the city of Ashdod. A handful of others were also wounded in the attacks from the Gaza Strip. The toll in three days of fire from the...
Five Gaza Sisters Killed in Their Beds in Israeli Attack
The latest innocent casualties of the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip were five young sisters, who died this evening when an attack on the mosque of the refugee camp they lived in caused a wall to fall on their small home, killing them and injuring their father...