January 5, 2009 :: Anjika Sridhar :: No Comment Yet
Doctors without Borders (Medecins sans Frontieres/MSF) says the medical situation in Gaza is becoming dire. Some groups have been able to bring medical supplies into Gaza since the airstrikes began, but distribution has become nearly impossible since the ground invasion, and doctors worry that hospitals will be unable to meet the needs of wounded civilians or the normal population of patients.
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December 29, 2008 :: Webb Tisch :: No Comment Yet
International media are reporting that Israel’s government has declared “a closed military zone” in Israeli territory near the Gaza Strip, massing troops and moving in armored vehicles. The media have been removed from the area and there has been no official comment on the reasoning for the military ground operation.
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December 28, 2008 :: Webb Tisch :: No Comment Yet
Israeli airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 228 people, according to reports from the region. The United States has urged Israel to avoid causing civilian deaths, but has not called for an end to the strikes, and Hamas, the militant faction that controls the Gaza Strip, has said Israel has violated the terms of a truce agreement, and that it will act to defend the people of Gaza. The interior minister for the Hamas government of Gaza told the press that he wants foreign governments allied to Israel and throughout the Arab world, to speak out against the airstrikes and pressure Israel to halt them.
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November 30, 2008 :: Anjika Sridhar :: No Comment Yet
For days, news reports heralded the end of the Mumbai siege, though it continued, with fierce gunbattles and intermittent explosions, amid a raging inferno, at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. There was death and destruction at no less than 9 separate locations in what some headlines termed “the battle for Mumbai”. Diplomatic tensions were high throughout, as foreign governments sought to ensure the safety of their citizens. The dead were of many distinct nationalities, including highly publicized French, American and Israeli victims.
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July 24, 2008 :: staff :: No Comment Yet
Sen. Barack Obama meets with Israeli political leaders, seeks to reassure key US ally he supports its efforts to achieve peace and security without seeking to diminish its influence or impede key political goals of the state. He did say he believes to achieve peace, both sides need to make key concessions, and that “a US administration has to put its weight behind the process” for peace in Israel and Palestine. He added that he felt sure that none of the politicians he met with would come away with the impression he would pressure them to make concessions that would work against the interests of the state of Israel.
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April 21, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
21 April :: Carter says Hamas leaders may be willing to recognize Israel’s right to exist, in exchange for lasting peace, even if negotiated by rival Fatah group, so long as accord is submitted to Palestinian people in referendum; CNN cites Carter saying at the start of his trip: “I’m not a negotiator, I’m just [...]
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March 23, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
23 March :: US military has reported 4,000th soldier killed in Iraq conflict; BBC reports 4 US soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad, “In Baghdad, the heavily-fortified Green Zone suffered sustained mortar and rocket fire, which killed at least 15 civilians”… Dr. James Hansen, NASA’s leading climate scientist, says both Republican [...]
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March 9, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
9 March :: Sharif, Zardari form coalition gov’t in Pakistan, calling into quesiton the viability of Pres. Pervez Musharraf, politically; Musharraf has lost substantial support for his hardline attempts to reform the nation’s government structure in his favor, declaring martial law, throwing out judges who ruled against him, detaining lawyers and muzzling the press; former [...]
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February 14, 2008 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
14 February :: Record-high grain prices will cause an untenable 35% minimum increase in poor nations’ expenditures for cereals imports through July 2008, reports UN Food and Agriculture Organization; prices have increased rapidly due to record oil prices, dramatic deterioration of arable land in China — turning world’s most populous nation into net importer of [...]
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December 19, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
19 December :: Cuban gov’t announces official consideration of Fidel Castro’s retirement; ailing leader will likely not return to power, leading to wide-ranging speculation about successor to the world’s longest ruling dictator; no timetable has been set for his official withdrawal from public life… Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who served as PM in their short-lived [...]
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September 24, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
24 September :: Estimated 100,000 march in Rangoon (Yangon) to support Buddhist monks calling for end to military rule in Burma; some fear junta will impose another harsh crack-down… Iran pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said his nation does not need nuclear weapons and is not headed for war with US; news comes amid heightened tensions [...]
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September 23, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
23 September :: Sunday Times reports “Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem”; nuclear-related material not named, report also says Israel raid carried out with US backing… Newsweek [...]
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September 18, 2007 :: admin :: No Comment Yet
18 September :: North Korea’s gov’t says rumors it provided nuclear assistance to Syria are "conspiracy" designed to prevent its normalizing relations with the US… Russia, China have raised "alarm" over comments by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner that the nation should prepare for war with Iran; Reuters reports "Kouchner sought, however, to play down [...]
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July 5, 2007 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet
Alan Johnston’s ordeal became a global concern, when the BBC and his family organized a campaign to urge his immediate release. The release is a propaganda coup for the Hamas leadership, which after ousting Fatah from Gaza, has been stripped of its role in the Palestinian government. Former PM Ismail Haniyeh appeared with Johnston in a press conference at Haniyeh’s Gaza residence and sought to project a new image of Hamas as keeper of law and order and responsible political leadership.
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