Fatah a new beginning or an imminent end?
By Ramzy Baroud (source: Ma’an News) fatah Signs read: “Fatah the government,” “Fatah the revolution” This is hardly the rational… Read More »Fatah a new beginning or an imminent end?
Palestine – Breaking News
Thousands of Gazans left without electricity
Thousands of Gazans have been left without electricity following Israel’s suspension of fuel shipments to the Hamas-controlled territory’s only power plant.
The power station was shut down on Monday evening after Israel refused to restart deliveries, despite warnings that fuel supplies were almost exhausted.
About 800,000 of the Gaza Strip’s 1.5 million residents lost power when the plant was shut down, the official from the territory’s sole power plant said.
An EU official said the power plant was running very low on fuel. The facility uses a special type of industrial fuel, not regular diesel. The EU’s last shipment was made on Nov 4.
Late on Monday, Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, revised his decision to keep the crossing completely sealed and authorised a "limited resumption" of supplies to the Gaza Strip.
The partial resumption of fuel shipments, expected to begin on Tuesday at 06:00 GMT, followed a request by Tony Blair, former UK prime minister and envoy of the Middle East Quartet – comprising the European Union, the US, Russia and the United Nations.
Fighters said they fired the rockets in response to an Israeli raid that killed six fighters on Nov. 4, but no damge.
Israel increased its economic and military siege of the Gaza Strip.
Under the terms of the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, Israel has to lift some restrictions on aid but humanitarian groups say conditions in the coastal enclave continue to deteriorate.
Agencies
Barack Obama owes jimmy carter an apology
By Ralph Nader
Now that the season of electoral expediency is over, Barack Obama owes Jimmy Carter an apology.
At the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the Party denied Jimmy Carter the traditional invitation to speak that is accorded its former presidents.
According to The Jewish Daily Forward, “Carter’s controversial views on Israel cost him a place on the podium at the Democratic Party convention in late August, senior Democratic operatives acknowledged to the Forward.”
Silencing Carter, who negotiated the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement, involved behind the scenes tensions between supporters of the hard-line AIPAC lobby and those Democrats who argued both respect and free speech to let Carter join Bill Clinton on the stage and address a nationwide audience.
New anti semitism and moral casualties of Gaza war
New anti-Semitism and moral casualties of Gaza war
By Prof. Ali A. Mazrui
Who were the losers in the Gaza war prior to the changing of the guards in Washington and Israel? The most tragic casualties were of course the people of Gaza who were killed in their hundreds.
The next losers were the majority of Israelis who supported one of the most inhumane conflicts even by the Middle East standards.
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