Israel approved a cutoff of fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip.
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Archive for the ‘palestine’ Category
Israel cuts humanitarian fuel supply to Gaza Strip further
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007UN warns of deteriorating situation in Gaza
Thursday, October 25th, 2007The UN warned that the situation in Gaza was deteriorating fast in a way that undermined potential progress in planned peace talks, and Israel’s defense minister approved sanctions against Gaza, including cuts in the supply of electricity and fuel.
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Gaza hospitals shut-down operations due to lack of supplies
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Hospitals throughout Gaza have shut down their operating rooms due to a lack of essential anaesthetic drugs, the Hamas de facto administration in the Strip said.
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Israel seizes more Palestinian land
Thursday, October 11th, 2007The Israeli military ordered the seizure of vast new swaths of Palestinian land in the West Bank.
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Israel declares Gaza a “hostile entity”
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Israel declared the Gaza Strip a “hostile entity.â€
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Israel cabinet set to free 90 Palestinian prisoners
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007The Israeli cabinet agreed to free about 90 Palestinian prisoners in a move aimed at boosting support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Palestinian death count
Thursday, August 30th, 2007An Israeli tank shell killed three Palestinian children as they approached a rocket launcher in the northern Gaza Strip Wednesday afternoon, witnesses and paramedics said.
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Gaza in fifth day of blackouts
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are enduring a fifth day of power blackouts. The power outages began after the European Union suspended its funding of Gaza’s main electricity plant.
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Israelis launch food fight with Palestine
Sunday, August 5th, 2007Israeli civilians started launching tomatoes, eggs, cucumbers, mangoes, corn on the cob, and eggs into Palestine. “We decided to take things into our own hands,” they said.
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Palestine welcomes Palestinian Iraq refugees
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007A number of Palestinians who have fled war-torn Iraq will be allowed to come to live in the West Bank, Israeli officials said Monday, presenting the decision as the latest in a series of gestures meant to bolster the moderate Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
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Fighting resumes in Lebanon
Thursday, July 12th, 2007The Lebanese army has resumed attacks on a Palestinian refugee camp that was the scene of intense fighting last month. More than 150 civilians have fled the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp since clashes broke out Wednesday.
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Israel to free 250 Palestinian prisoners
Monday, July 9th, 2007Israel’s cabinet voted Sunday to release 250 Palestinian prisoners from President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah organization, as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinian leader who is locked in political battle with the rival Hamas movement.
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Report: Israeli settlements exceed boundaries
Friday, July 6th, 2007One third of occupied Israeli territory lies outside of their legally allocated land.
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Palestinian civil servants receive first salaries in 17 months
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Palestinian government workers received full salaries for the first time in seventeen months. Palestinian President Mahmound Abbas is refusing to pay salaries to nineteen thousand government workers allied with Hamas.
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BBC’s Alan Johnston is released
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been released by kidnappers in the Gaza Strip after 114 days in captivity.
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Palestinian death count
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007At least ten Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip earlier today.
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Kidnapped journalist issues warning to rescue team
Monday, June 25th, 2007A new video of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston shows him wearing an explosives vest and warning he will be blown up if Hamas continues to surround the area where he is being held, the US-based Intel Center said Sunday in an e-mail to news organizations.
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Palestinian update
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Hamas offered a ceasefire with Israel if Israel halted operations in Gaza and the West Bank, and Abbas refused to engage in diplomatic discussions with Hamas, calling Hamas: “murderous terrorists, killers and coup seekers.†He also told Israel to back off. “Our problems are not only with Hamas — I emphasize my rejection of any Israeli attempt aiming to take advantage of this disdain, perpetrated by the coup militants, to choke our people,” he said.
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US, Israel launch new policy on Palestine
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Israel and the United States tacitly agreed on a policy to treat the West Bank and Gaza as separate entities.
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EU restores funding to Fatah government
Monday, June 18th, 2007The EU said today it would resume financial aid to the new Fatah-led Palestinian government, as part of international efforts to isolate Hamas in its Gaza stronghold. Meanwhile, Israel has blocked all cargo shipments into Gaza where supplies of fuel, food and medicine are running low. Many areas of Gaza have been without electricity since last week’s fighting.
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