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Israel threatens to cut off power, water to Gaza
Israel warned on Saturday that it would cut the supply of water and electricity to the Gaza Strip if rival Palestinian movements Fatahand Hamas form a unity government. “The foreign ministry is examining the possibility of Israel pulling out of the Gaza Strip in terms of infrastructure,” Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told the daily Yediot Aharonot website. A…
Israeli ships surround French boat near Gaza: organiser
At least three Israeli military ships surrounded a French-flagged yacht as it neared Gaza, seeking to breach Israel’s blockade on the territory, an organiser told AFP on Tuesday. “The boat is surrounded by at least three Israeli ships and since 9:06 am (0706 GMT) all the communications have been jammed.…
Greeks stop third freedom flotilla ship bound for Gaza
ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek coastguard intercepted a small French boat with Pro-Palestinian activists aboard on Thursday, the third flotilla ship to be prevented from sailing to Gaza to challenge an Israeli blockade. Greece, just over a year after nine people were killed when Israeli marines stormed a pro-Palestinian flotilla,…
US captain of Gaza ship held in ‘shocking conditions’
The captain of a US vessel intercepted after it tried to defy a ban and sail for Gaza from Greece was being held in “shocking conditions” Sunday and has not received consular assistance, a lawyer said. Captain John Klusmer was arrested when the US boat Audacity of Hope — the…
Activists in disarray over Greece ban on Gaza-bound ships
Greece coastguards enforced a ban on all Gaza-bound ships setting sail from their ports for a second day on Saturday, throwing pro-Palestinian activists’ plans increasingly into disarray. Dissension spread among the remaining passengers of the international Freedom Flotilla hoping to breach Israel’s sea blockade on Gaza, after the US boat…
Israel arrests 4 Hamas MPs in northern West Bank
Israeli troops on Tuesday arrested four Hamas MPs in the northern West Bank, Palestinian security sources and officials from the Islamist group said. Three of them were arrested in the early hours in the northern city of Nablus, while a fourth was picked up in Salfit, a town some 15…
Israel threatens to punish journalists who cover Gaza flotilla
Israeli officials have threatened to punish activists who plan to set sail from Greece to Gaza, with the aim of breaking the Israeli embargo on the Palestinian territory. Journalists, the Israeli officials say, will also be punished if they choose to cover the activists’ mission, the Christian Science Monitor reported.…
US denounces ‘irresponsible’ plans to break Israel blockade
The United States warned Friday that a pro-Palestinian aid flotilla would be taking “irresponsible and provocative actions” if it carries out plans to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. The flotilla seeks to mark the anniversary last month of an Israeli commando raid that killed nine Turkish activists aboard a…
Protester who heckled Netanyahu in Congress allegedly beaten, arrested at hospital
CODEPINK activist Rae Abileah was arrested at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C. after heckling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the anti-war group. The 28-year-old Jewish American woman was allegedly tackled by members of the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) during Netanyahu’s speech to Congress after…
Israel ‘to invest $1 bn’ in Iron Dome missile system
JERUSALEM — Israel plans to invest $1 billion in the development and production of batteries for its Iron Dome rocket interception system, a top Israeli defence official said in an interview published Monday. Defence Ministry director-general Major General Udi Shani told the daily Haaretz newspaper that five countries have already…
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