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Anger over razing of Gaza zoo "Some people accuse them of behaving like animals, but I cannot say this. Animals are beautiful and would never do anything like what has been done here."...
Posted: Sun, May 23, 2004 4:16am PDT
Surveying the ruins of Rafah The high-level United Nations delegation was making its way down one of Rafah's ruined streets....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:57pm PDT
Israel proposes payment for homes razed in Gaza Strip Israel intends to offer compensation to the owners of hundreds of homes along the Philadelphi route, on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, if the buildings are damaged in the framework of the Israel Defense Forces' operation to broaden the road. The IDF operation is aimed at increasing security and preventing the smuggling of weapons and other military material into the Strip through tunnels from Sinai....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:55pm PDT
Survey: 43% of Israeli teenagers support refusenik stance Nearly half of Israeli teens from both the left and the right support refusing certain military orders, according to a survey conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute two months ago....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:49pm PDT
Palestinians Storm UN Aid Convoy After Israeli Raid RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinians, angry over Israel's bloodiest raid in the Gaza Strip in years, smashed the windows of a U.N. car Saturday and mobbed a shipment of humanitarian aid.
"Where have you been?" one man screamed as others pounded on the cars in the U.N. convoy as it entered a sealed-off neighborhood in Rafah refugee camp to survey damage and deliver aid supplies, including powdered milk....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:46pm PDT
Four year old Palestinian girl shot in the forehead by Israeli sniper 
Rawan abu-Zeid could not be resuscitated at a local hospital after she received two bullets in her head and neck during sporadic shooting in the Brazil refugee camp. Israeli forces had withdrawn some - but by no means all - of its forces from the camp on Friday....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:05pm PDT
Arafat appeals for international protection Arab leaders carried on with a summit in Tunis on Saturday despite a walkout by Libya's Muammar al-Qadhafi....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 3:58pm PDT
Two Exams-Three Months/ Right to Education in Palestine 
They had no alternative but to remain idle, with approximately 60% of the students having to leave Nablus and return to their homes in the different cities and villages of the West Bank. They had hoped that the curfew would soon be lifted and they could complete their exams. It hasn't happened....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 6:52am PDT
Dr. Adnan Idrees Refused Permission to Leave /Palestine 
The Israeli Supreme Court disallowed instructor Adnan Idrees his right to leave the country to visit the Holy Land of Saudi Arabia. Mr. Idrees was informed by the Court....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 6:46am PDT
One Year in Prison/ Story of Faculty of Journalism’s Student/ Palestine 
I got a call from my brother telling me that some Israeli jeeps were on the way to arrest me, and that they had taken two of my brothers as hostages in order to ensure that I did not try to escape....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 6:43am PDT
Arab leaders to condemn attacks on Israelis for first time International Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat reports that in exchange for adopting resolution, U.S. will ease pressure on Arabs for reforms....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 11:32pm PDT
UN: Demolition of Gaza homes is violation of international law Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip is a violation of international law, United Nations Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Kiran Prendergast told members of the Security Council on Friday....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 11:25pm PDT
Peace activists march on Kissufim crossing 
Hundreds of people marched on the Kissufim crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Friday to protest the Israel Defense Forces operation in Rafah, in which 40 Palestinians have been killed as the army works to flush out militants and drug smugglers in the south Gaza refugee camp....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 9:20am PDT
Gaza fury after Israeli pullback 
The scale of the destruction in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza has become apparent after Israeli troops pulled out of two key areas....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 9:14am PDT
Lies About Crimes In Iraq and Palestine Two acts of carnage, one in Iraq and one in Gaza, competed for the world's horrified attention yesterday: more than 40 people were killed by American fire in a village close to the Syrian border in western Iraq, and at least eight Palestinians had died as a result of Israeli gunfire during a peaceful demonstration at Rafah. There is no need here to be reminded that violent and indiscriminate death is not confined to one side....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:58pm PDT
How a family of 14 escaped the Israeli bulldozers The Gaza demolitions are bringing a new catastrophe to Palestinians, reports Inigo Gilmore in Rafah...
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 6:16pm PDT
Rafah: Israeli forces kill 39 Palestinians in four days For the fourth consecutive day, Israeli occupying forces (IOF) have expanded their military offensive in Rafah town and refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Overnight, IOF entered As-Salam and Brazil areas near the border with Egypt. At time of press, eight Palestinians, including a child, have been killed so far today. This brings the number of people killed in Rafah since Monday 17 May 2004 to 39....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 3:04pm PDT
After Massacre In Rafah, Hundreds Protest in Tel-Aviv Left wing demonstrators took to the streets calling for IDF to leave Gaza. Eight protestors arrested in violent confrontations with police in Tel-Aviv....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 11:22am PDT
Israelis round up refugee camp's men One by one, dozens of Palestinian men with their arms raised were searched by Israeli soldiers and handcuffed today, as part of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza’s Rafah refugee camp....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:46am PDT
9 more die in Rafah offensive Gaza - Troops killed at least nine Palestinians in Rafah on Thursday, as the Israeli army widened its offensive on the southern Gaza Strip town to two new neighbourhoods, defying fierce international criticism....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:44am PDT
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