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Convoy aid British MP George Galloway arrives in the Gaza Strip
Egypt   Food   Gaza   Government   Photos		  Al Jazeera 
Gaza aid convoy awaits Egypt nod
Sat 26 Dec 2009
An aid convoy that has travelled over 3500km to deliver vital medical and food supplies to the Gaza Strip is currently stranded because of Egypt's refusal to grant it easy passage. The Viva Palestina... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Palestinians react during a funeral of four men killed in Israeli military operations, at the mosque in Beit Lahiya northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Israel showed no signs of slowing its bruising 19-day offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, striking some 60 targets on Wednesday. Israel launched the onslaught on Dec. 27, seeking to punish the Hamas militant group for years of rocket attacks on southern Israel. The offensive has killed more than 940 Palestinians, half of them civilians, according to Palestinian hospital of
Bank   Gaza   Israel   Palestinians   Photos		  The Star 
Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank,Gaza
Sat 26 Dec 2009
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians on Saturday in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in the bloodiest violent outbreak in months. Three of those who were... (photo: AP / Fadi Adwan)
Snowstorm  The Examiner  Sat 26 Dec 2009
Weather History: December 26: Record Warm/Heat, Cold, Snowstorm/Blizzard and Ice.

Meteorological events that happened on December 26th: You have probably heard the saying, "it's too cold to snow", but is there any truth to the statement? Actually, it's not true but, as... (photo: Creative Commons / Kathleen Conklin)
History   Meteorological   Photos   Storm   Weather
Palestinians received assistance from the refugee relief agency UNRWA  BBC News  Sat 26 Dec 2009
No celebration as UNRWA turns 60

By Barbara Plett BBC UN correspondent The UN agency which looks after Palestinian refugees commemorates its 60th anniversary this month. But there's no celebration.... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Israel   Palestine   Photos   Refugees   UN
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In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in a meeting in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iran, Friday, July 31, 2009. Houston Chronicle Sat 26 Dec 2009
On Iran, another year squandered
On Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not just reject President Barack Obama's latest feckless floating nuclear deadline. He spat on it, declaring that... (photo: AP / ISNA,Amin Khosroshahi)
Floating   Iran   Photos   Politic   President
Israeli President Shimon Peres delivers a speech during the Israeli Presidential Conference, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Asahi News Sat 26 Dec 2009
Peres seeks peace talks with Abbas
JERUSALEM--Israeli President Shimon Peres said he is eager to resume peace negotiations with Palestinian chief Mahmoud Abbas, and urged the moderate leader to remain in... (photo: AP / Gali Tibbon, Pool)
Israel   Jerusalem   Peace   Peres   Photos
Photo Opportunity: The Secretary-General with H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel Taipei Times Sat 26 Dec 2009
Livni mulls Netanyahu’s offer
ISRAELI ALLIANCES: Benjamin Netanyahu said whether or not Tzipi Livni joins his team, he intends to continue trying to poach her party’s members of parliament Israeli... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Israeli   Leader   Minister   Parliament   Photos
Backdropped by Gaza, Israeli soldiers stand on tanks as they prepare for combat missions in Gaza as they gather on the Israel-Gaza border during Israel's military offensive, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Israeli aircraft pounded militants' rocket-launching pads, weapons arsenals and dozens of arms smuggling tunnels near the Gaza-Egypt border, the military said Wednesday, as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region to lend his heft to diplomatic efforts to wrest an end to Israel's bruising, 19-day-old assault. The Times Fri 25 Dec 2009
Threat from Salafists emerges as Hamas and Israel break from fighting

Neither Israel nor Hamas can claim any real victory a year after Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli offensive to stamp out rocket fire in the south. Neither believed that... (photo: AP / Kevin Frayer)
Extremism   Gaza   Hamas   Israel   Photos
Palestinian children play in front of their ruined houses, hit during Israel's 22-day offensive over Gaza, on July 05 2009 WorldNews.com Fri 25 Dec 2009
The Old Testament and the War Crime in Gaza by Gilad Atzmon

To mark one year to the Israeli Christmas Massacre I re-post a text I wrote in early January 2009. Published originally on Jan 8 2009 as: 'The Old Testament and the... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Gaza   Israel   Photos   Religion   War Crime
Convoy aid British MP George Galloway arrives in the Gaza Strip Al Jazeera Fri 25 Dec 2009
Egypt blamed for Gaza convoy delay
British politician George Galloway has criticised Egypt for denying a humanitarian aid convoy permission to enter the Gaza Strip. The Viva Palestina convoy,... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Britain   Egypt   Gaza   Photos   Politics


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Incoming Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israel's Foreign Minister and Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni, left, are seen prior to their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Netanyahu is trying to convince the centrist Livni to join the government he is forming, but the two differ on their approach to peace talks with the Palestinians. Netanyahu asks rival Livni to join government The Guardian
United Nations staff members pay their last respects to the two United Nations Development Programme – Elect UNV’s killed on October 28th when gunmen stormed the Bakhtar Guest House in Kabul’s Shar-e-Now District being used by UN and other international workers. Gunmen kill Israeli in West Bank shooting attack Khaleej Times
Palestinian refugees walk from their refugee camp, Pass by the Lebanese army check point at the entrance of the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared in the north city of Tripoli, Lebanon Saturday, May 26, 2007. Palestinians lose all hopes while Israel defies world opinion Arab News
With a poster of hardline Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu seen at right, Israeli Foreign Minister and Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni adjusts her collar prior to an interview at Israel's Channel 2 studio in Neve Ilan, near Jerusalem, Saturday Jan. 31 2009. A new Israeli poll shows Netanyahu ahead as a national election approaches. The poll gives Netanyahu 28 seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament. That's five seats more than his closest rival, moderate Foreign Minister Livni. Friday's poll results mean Netanyahu is most likely to win the Feb. 10 election and will have the best chance of forming a governing coaliti Israeli PM asks opposition leader Livni to join govt Khaleej Times
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Netanyahu on Sunday called for creation of a limited Palestinian state for the first time, saying it would have to be disarmed.Netanyahu made the call during a major policy speech about his Mideast peacemaking intentions. Israel's single largest party Kadima on verge of a split Zeenews
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Palestinians inspect the remains of a building following an Israeli strike on Gaza. An Israeli helicopter has fired missiles at the home of a Palestinian resistance fighter in Gaza, wounding at least four people nearby. WN/Ahmed Deeb Israel threatens another large-scale Gaza war The Siasat Daily
Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a faction meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 16, 20 EXCLUSIVE - Israel wargame sees U.S. sidelining Netanyahu on Iran The Star
Palestinians
Christian worshippers carry the cross of the Latin Patriarchate in the Christian Quarter towards the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 10, 2009. Worshippers gather to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem BBC News
Christian pilgrims look up during a tour of the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007. The numbers of foreign visitors this Christmas is expected to swell to levels seen before fighting with the Palestinians broke out seven years ago, Israeli tourism officials said. Palestinian officials also anticipate more pilgrims will visit the biblical West Bank town than in recent years. Blame Hamas more than Israel for Gazans' plight San Fransisco Chronicle
Christian pilgrims wait to get into the Grotto inside the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. Bethlehem celebrates Christmas Al Jazeera
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' bodyguards stand guard outside the Church of Nativity, background, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. The top Roman Catholic cleric in the cradle of Christianity delivered Christmas wishes Thursday for the peace that has eluded the Middle East, and prayed for the day when Palestinians would no longer be confined by Israeli barriers. Bethlehem: Upbeat celebration The Salt Lake Tribune
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