Friday, January 1, 2010

Let Gaza live: US rally lights vigils for Palestine ( By RT)

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Washington calling for an end to Israel's blockade on Gaza. It comes after the first anniversary of the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas.

Gaza's war of words( By Al-Jazera)

A year has passed since Israel's 22 day war on Gaza, but the war of words continues.

Both sides have sophisticated media strategies, and as the message is ever more muddied, distilling the truth becomes yet more difficult.

Al-Jazeera looks at how the War of words between Israel and Hamas is waged.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Gaza Freedom March activists and the Egyptian police

This is what Egypt did to Gaza freedom march.
Gaza freedom march activists and the Egyptian police in Medan Al-Tahrer.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Gaza factions regroup and rearm after war( By Al-Jazeera)

It's one year to the day since Israel unleashed a military camapign on the Gaza Strip.

The stated goal of the action was to stop rocket attacks from the strip into southern Israel. There has been a dramatic decrease over the previous year, but Palestinian factions claim this is a result of the ceasefire, rather than decreased ability.

As Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Gaza, factions remain adamant that their capabilities have only improved.

Gaza aid held up in Jordan(By Al-Jazeera)

Since June 2007 Gaza has been under a crippling blockade with few essential goods making it through. Now an aid convoy of 250 trucks and ambulances is attempting to reach the Strip to deliver much needed supplies. But a bureaucratic argument with Egypt is holding it back in Aqaba in southwest Jordan. Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher reports.