A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
To Block Gaza Tunnels, Egypt Lets Sewage Flow (The New York Times) – By Fares Akram and David D. Kirkpatrick GAZA —The Egyptian military is resorting to a pungent new tactic to shut down the smuggling tunnels connecting Sinai and Gaza: flooding them with sewage. Along with the stink, the approach is raising new questions about […]
Egyptian forces flood Gaza tunnels with water (Al Arabiya) – By REUTERS Egyptian forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to shut them down, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said. The network of tunnels is a vital lifeline for Gaza, bringing in an estimated 30 percent of all […]
- By Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada Israel spends a lot of time talking about secure borders and how the need for them drives its policies regarding the Palestinians. With few exceptions, the media act as willing promoters of this perversion of reality. Between 11 and 15 January, four young Palestinians — aged 17 to […]
The Rights Forum | Dec 4, 2012 (Translation from original Dutch resource at The Rights Forum) End of october 2012, 22 European social organisations presented the report “Trading Peace Away- How Europe helps sustain illegal Israeli settlements” The preamble of this groundbreaking report was written by Hans Van Den Broek, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the […]
- By HT Afghanistan Hundreds of Takhar University lecturers and students gathered on Tuesday, 20th November, declaring their unity and support to their brothers and sisters in Palestine and demanding the Ummah’s unity. While condemning the Jewish state’s brutality in Gaza, the demonstrators commenced from the Takhar University yard and ended after a short walk. […]
- By Gilad Atzmon In the past week, the people of Gaza have been subject to some serious Israeli attacks. Some Hamas leaders and militants have been murdered and many more Palestinians - innocent civilians, babies, kids women and elders – have lost their live. Yet, Gaza is celebrating with the Hamas leadership never more […]
- By Mike Riggs Speaking in Thailand Sunday, President Obama defended Israel‘s counter-assault on Hamas in the Gaza Strip by saying, “There’s no country on Earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders.” More from MSNBC: “Let’s understand what the precipitating event here that’s causing the current crisis and that was an ever-escalating […]
A spirited exchange between an Associated Press reporter and spokesperson Victoria Nuland marked the U.S. State Department’s daily briefing Monday on the continued violence between Israel and Hamas. (Nov. 19) MATTHEW LEE, AP REPORTER: You say that it would not be helpful for you to discuss any of your conversations that quiet diplomacy is the […]
- By Mustapha Ajbaili Syrian opposition figures expressed concerns on Wednesday that the dramatic resumption of Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip was designed to save the crumbling regime in Syria by shifting global attention from its crimes. Anas al-Abdi, a Syrian National Council (SNC) official, told Al Arabiya that the opposition was “always […]
