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Aid flotilla sets sail for Gaza – Gaza

The chorus has been singing songs of falsehood and lies. We are all in the chorus saying there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We are all part of the chorus claiming the occupation of Gaza has ended, and that the flotilla is a violent attack on Israeli sovereignty   Continue

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BBC News – Gaza aid flotilla ‘leaves Cyprus’
Activists aboard an aid flotilla say they have left Cyprus and will reach Gaza on Monday, but Israel says it will not let them in.

ei: The Gaza flotilla and the ironies of history
No one can accuse history of not having a sense of irony. Sixty-three years ago in July 1947 a passenger ship destined for Palestine and named The Exodus was stopped and boarded by the British Navy. The ship was crowded with Holocaust survivors determined to make a new life for themselves in British controlled Palestine.

Gaza flotilla drives Israel into a sea of stupidity
Of course the peace flotilla will not bring peace, and it won’t even manage to reach the Gaza shore. The action plan has included dragging the ships to Ashdod port, but it has again dragged us to the shores of stupidity and wrongdoing

Aid ships launch mission to defy Gaza blockade
A convoy of ships containing pro-Palestinian activists and aid destined for the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday steamed south from Cyprus towards Israeli naval vessels determined to stop them.

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Gaza: Flotilla bound for Gaza delayed, loses key members

An aid flotilla bound for Gaza despite the Israeli regime’s blockade of the city was poised to set sail on Saturday, after a delay caused by technical snags, organizers said.   Read More

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BBC News – UN camp for Gaza children torched
UN camp for Gaza children torched: Masked gunmen attack a summer camp being set up for children in the Gaza Strip,… http://bit.ly/c4Al7D

BBC News – Israel army ‘kills infiltrators’ from Gaza
Israeli army ‘kills infiltrators’- Israeli forces shoot dead two Palestinian gunmen who allegedly entered Israel, a… http://bit.ly/d0KBVc

Gaza aid flotilla to set sail for confrontation with Israel | World news | guardian.co.uk
Israelis promise to stop eight ships carrying 10,000 tonnes of aid, 800 activists and politicians from more than 40 countries

Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Gaza children’s camp destroyed
Gaza children’s camp destroyed: UNRWA chief defiant after masked men ask the UN agency to stop organising such camps. http://aje.me/dfmwh4

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Gaza: Flotilla set for final leg of Gaza blockade

Gaza is a paradise if Foreign Ministry statements are any indication.

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Israel pounds Gaza with missiles

Israeli warplanes carry out at least 13 air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

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Not For Profit: How Hamas Sabotages the Gaza Charities
Hamas is bullying Gaza’s charities to get a piece of the pie. A recent example – Hamas militants forced the Palestine Bank to allow the newly elected chairman of “Friends of the Patient Society”, a Gaza charity that provides medical services, to withdraw $270,000. The bank’s manager was held at gunpoint as he counted the money.

The Gaza Strip: Hamas hangs on | The Economist
Hamas has done well to survive but it is threatened by rivalry among Islamists

Children of Gaza [Video]
A moving, must-see video that first aired on Channel 4 (UK)s Dispatches on 15 March. BAFTA-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann follows the lives of three

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BBC News – Israeli tanks ‘enter Gaza’ after deadly clashes
Israeli tanks ‘advance into Gaza’ http://bit.ly/aaAV6J #news

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Israeli troops and tanks left the Gaza Strip today, witnesses said, ending an incursion into the Hamas-ruled enclave made after the bloodiest clash in 14 months killed two soldiers and at least one Palestinian.

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Israel launches fresh Gaza air raid – Aljazeera.net
Five people have been injured by Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security officials and witnesses say. The five casualties, including one …

Netanyahu Remains Firm on Jerusalem Housing – New York Times
Ashraf Amra/Associated Press Palestinians fled Friday as gunmen and Israeli forces clashed in Gaza. Two Israelis and two Palestinians were reported killed. …

Is Gaza now Netanyahu’s biggest problem– – Ha’aretz
The two offensives lead by Olmert's administration, the Second Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, left the two regions in relative calm. …

12 wounded in Israeli missile strike in Gaza – Washington Post
AP GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas officials say Israeli aircraft have fired five missiles at Gaza's defunct airport and nearby border …

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EU’s foreign chief Catherine Ashton makes Gaza visit – Gaza

http://MOXNews.com/ March 19, 2010 MSNBC   Read More

Gaza: Breaking News

Israeli Man Killed by Gaza-Fired Rocket- LIVESHOTS: Evansky on Gaza PR War
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Gaza bank, TV station see U.S. sanctions
The U.S. Treasury put a bank and a television station — both from Gaza — on its terrorist-financing list, saying they were controlled by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement..

Israel strikes in Gaza after deadly rocket
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft struck two targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday a day after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave killed a Thai worker in Israel, Hamas security officials and witnesses said..

Rocket kills man in Israel as EU envoy visits Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian militants launched a first deadly rocket attack on Israel in over a year, killing a Thai worker on Thursday in a strike that challenged Gaza’s Hamas rulers and prompted Israel to threaten a powerful response..

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Gaza: Rocket kills 1 in Israel while EU top diplomat in Gaza

http://MOXNews.com/ March 18, 2010 BBC World News   Keep Reading

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Seven years after Rachel Corrie death, her parents sue Israel – Christian Science Monitor
The family of Rachel Corrie, an American killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, launched a damages case on Wednesday, stoking controversy over the …

UN sappers detonate leftover shells from Gaza war – The Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — United Nations explosives experts have blown up several Israeli white phosphorous shells as they try to rid Gaza of munitions left …

UN animal conference tackles Mideast animal trade – The Associated Press
Monkeys are hauled through the dark tunnels of Gaza, bound for private zoos. Rare prize falcons are kept in desert encampments by wealthy Arab sheiks. …

Male Hair Stylists Under Threat in Gaza – FOXNews (blog)
Male hair stylists in Gaza are now under threat. A new order from Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, says any man who cuts a woman's hair will face legal …

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