01.26.09
EI update
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UPDATE FROM THE
ELECTRONIC INTIFADA
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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
A DECISIVE LOSS FOR ISRAEL
By Mousa Abu Marzook, The Electronic Intifada, 23 January 2009
Israel’s objectives from the war on Gaza were set long
before its launch: to remove the Hamas movement and
government, achieve the reinstallation of the Fatah
leader, Mahmoud Abbas, in Gaza, and end the armed
resistance. Two other objectives were not announced.
First, restore the Israeli public’s wavering confidence in
its armed forces after its defeat by Hizballah in 2006.
Second, boost the coalition government in the coming
elections. Mousa Abu Marzook comments.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10237.shtml
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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:
“MAY GOD TAKE REVENGE ON THOSE WHO DID THIS!”
By Rami Almeghari, Live from Palestine, 26 January 2009
Samira Qishta, a mother of 12, rushed to her house in the
al-Brazil housing project of Rafah City, right after the
Israeli army declared a halt to its attacks on the coastal
region on 18 January. “My God, what has happened? was it
an earthquake? I cant believe my eyes!” This was Samira’s
reaction when she saw her devastated house. The Electronic
Intifada correspondent Rami Almeghari reports from the
occupied Gaza Strip.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10244.shtml
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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:
“LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT PALESTINE, THE WAY IT USED TO BE”
By Sumia Ibrahim, Live from Palestine, 26 January 2009
“Let me tell you about Palestine, the way it used to be,”
my grandmother said in Arabic. “The thing I’ll remember
most is my childhood in the city of Jaffa. Every day we
would go to the beach and play in the sand. It was just
one block from our home, the apartment building that my
father owned. At night we would sit on the balcony and
watch the big ships sail by, listening to them whistle.”
Sumia Ibrahim writes from the US.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10240.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
UNEXPLODED BOMBS HOLD MORE DEATHS
By Erin Cunningham, The Electronic Intifada, 26 January 2009
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) – At first the 44
children that live in the Zani family home in Beit Hanoun
were wary of the unexploded F-16 rocket whose tail has
protruded menacingly from their garden since it landed in
the first week of the Israeli assault on Gaza. Now, they
have grown used to it — playing excitedly near it and
even building fires next to it, a relative says.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10241.shtml
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PALESTINE : ROLE OF THE MEDIA:
BBC VIOLATES ITS OWN PRINCIPLES BY NOT AIRING GAZA APPEAL
By Jinan Bastaki, The Electronic Intifada, 26 January 2009
Recently, the UK-based Disasters Emergency Committee
(DEC), which comprises many aid agencies including the
British Red Cross, Islamic Relief, Oxfam and others,
called on all UK news broadcasters to broadcast a public
appeal for Gaza. The BBC and other broadcasters refused,
stating that “Along with other broadcasters, the BBC has
decided not to broadcast the DEC’s public appeal to raise
funds for Gaza.” The Electronic Intifada contributor Jinan
Bastaki tests the BBC’s argument for refusing to air the
appeal.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10242.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
ISRAELI FORCES ARREST SEVEN CHILDREN IN WEST BANK
Report, Addameer and DCI-Palestine Section, 23 January 2009
Seven children from Toura al-Gharbeiah village were
arrested on Tuesday by the Israeli authorities; they are
currently detained in Salim detention and interrogation
center, in the northern West Bank. A DCI-Palestine lawyer
yesterday visited the children. According to information
collected by the lawyer, between midnight and 4:00am on
Tuesday 20 January, the Israeli intelligence, police and
army entered Toura al-Gharbeiah village and arrested the
seven children from their respective homes.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10239.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
CONSTANT DISPLACEMENT FOR PALESTINIAN-IRAQI REFUGEES
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 23 January 2009
DAMASCUS (IRIN) – The start of 2009 offers little hope to
the residents of al-Tanf, a refugee camp on the
Syrian-Iraqi border housing more than 700 Palestinians who
had fled persecution in Iraq. No country has given any
concrete pledge to take any of the refugees for
resettlement in 2009, leaving them to battle the cold
desert weather this winter with more despair than ever.
The refugees say that despite visits from foreign
delegations, resettlements have been few and far between
since the camp opened in May 2006.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10238.shtml
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