Attacks condemned as supplies dwindle and deaths rise

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Attacks condemned as supplies dwindle and deaths rise

Battered Hamas police struggle to keep order amid chaos

Archbishop speaks of anger at further resort to violenceIsrael weighs up option of sending in the tanksYoung Israelis observe the northern Gaza Strip from a hill near the southern town of Sderot during an air strike yesterday. The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the latest spate of attacks has been put at 417, while 2,070 have been wounded. Both fatalities and injured include a large number of women and children. Photograph: Nikola Solic/Reuters

Photograph: The Irish Times MICHAEL JANSENDEPOSED PALESTINIAN prime minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh yesterday called for an immediate halt to the Israeli attack on Gaza, lifting of the siege and opening of all crossings.

"This war does not target just Hamas and the government, it is targeting Palestinians and their cause," he stated in a televised address as Gaza's death toll rose to 417.

Some 2,070 Gazans have been wounded since Israel's offensive began on Saturday. Among the latest targets were the Palestinian legislative council building and a complex housing the ministries of health, education and transport, all facilities belonging to the Palestinian National Authority and built with donations from Europe and elsewhere.

Dr Ziad Abu Amr, an independent legislator from Gaza, said he and colleagues had made fruit- less protests against the "total destruction" of Gaza but there is international "complicity" with Israel. He said these institutions will have to be rebuilt before governance can be restored.

A doctor who lives in Gaza city asserted, "We have never, never, never heard such explosions." His family survives by staying home. They eat rice and vegetables. Meat cannot be stored because there is no electricity: "I managed to get a small bag of bread because the lady had promised me a few loaves."



http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0102/1230842350607.html

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1. thanks Irish Times, K&R

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2. K&R

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3. "international 'complicity' with Israel." I'm shocked .. shocked I tell you.

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5. I was just going to repeat that quote . . ..

Who needs a change of management more . . . ? Israel or America---???

The rise of the right has brought a world of violence.

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4. A week ago Barak was trailing so badly in Israel's election. Boy has that changed

The defense minister's public approval rating shot up this week, from 34% to 53%, in a weekly survey conducted for Haaretz.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-barak2-2009jan02,0,7057353.story


Funny how that works.

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6. There are reports also that the liberal, peace-loving Israelis are

trying to re-organize.

Nixon armed right-wing religously fanatical Israelis which finally

totally suppressed liberal Israelis. Finally, these religious warmongerers

killed Isaak Rabin -- "Murder In The Name of God."


There is also some resistance from the youth of Israel as some begin to

refuse to serve in the military . . .

VIDEO -- http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/509.html