(Most of these headlines pre-date the current invasion of Gaza.)
Settler who shot a Palestinian in al-Khalil released “OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli radio reported on Wednesday that an Israeli settler who shot a Palestinian in al-Khalil was set free by a magistrate who rebuked the IOF for not arresting the Palestinians who were throwing stones.” (Read more from atheonews.blogspot.com)
Israeli blockade ‘forces Palestinians to search rubbish dumps for food’ “UN fears irreversible damage is being done in Gaza as new statistics reveal the level of deprivation” (Read more from guardian.co.uk)
Gaza families eat grass as Israel locks border
“AS a convoy of blue-and-white United Nations trucks loaded with food waited last night for Israeli permission to enter Gaza, Jindiya Abu Amra and her 12-year-old daughter went scrounging for the wild grass their family now lives on. “We had one meal today – khobbeizeh,” said Abu Amra, 43, showing the leaves of a plant that grows along the streets of Gaza. “Every day, I wake up and start looking for wood and plastic to burn for fuel and I beg. When I find nothing, we eat this grass.”” (Read more from timesonline.co.uk)
from the Guardian: Having built a wall around Gaza before disengagement [in 2005], Israel then imposed a progressively tighter blockade, by barring Gazan labourers from entering Israel in late 2005, then by banning Gazan commercial trade in 2006 and finally in mid-2007 by squeezing humanitarian aid.” (Read more from guardian.co.uk)
Israel expels UN rights envoy Richard Falk – Dec 17, 08
Hmmm. I wonder if his expulsion had anything to do with the invasion which began shortly thereafter.
Britain steps up fight against West Bank settlements “The British government is stepping up measures against settlements in the West Bank in an effort to stop their further expansion. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently instructed the Foreign Office to issue a warning to British citizens against the purchase of houses and real estate in the settlements.
Other measures recently imposed by London on West Bank settlements include tying the upgrade of relations between the European Union and Israel to the cessation of construction in the settlements in the West Bank and putting special labels on products denoting that they were made in West Bank settlements.” (Read more from Haaretz.com)
Austrian president in W. Bank: Settlement construction must stop “[Austrian President Heinz Fischer] was speaking at a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah. “We demand that the settlement expansion stop,” he said, adding that settlements distance the opportunities for a just and comprehensive peace.” (Read more from Haaretz.com)
Settlers to Ethiopian troops: Niggers don’t expel Jews “Not only do they serve long and tiring hours in the reserve forces, and not only are they forced to deal with violent clashes with settlers, but now, Border Guard officers of Ethiopian descent are also faced with rising racism. “Niggers don’t expel Jews! This isn’t what we brought you to Israel for!” are just some of the degrading slurs Border Guard officers reported hearing from masked settlers. ” (Read more from ynetnews.com)
Bulldozing Bedouin (Read more from sundayherald.com)