Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Today, sewage flooded the streets in Gaza due to an electricity failure — due to a shortage of industrial diesel fuel to run Gaza’s only power plant — due to Israeli military-imposed fuel cuts — to give force to an Israeli government proclamation that Gaza is “hostile territory” or an “enemy entity” … Is this [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Marian Houk
The Jerusalem Post has reported that in today’s meeting of Israel’s Security Cabinet — at which Defense Minister Ehud Barak was not present, to the great annoyance of Prime Minister Ehud Barak, thus apparently preventing the taking of any decisions — “Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilna’i reported that Israel was transferring fuel to the Gaza [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Marian Houk
The IDF spokesperson announced that “In accordance with the Minister’s of Defense decision and in light of security assessments, a general closure of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, began last night, April 29th, 2008 at 12:00am, and will be lifted on Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 12:00am. The lifting of the closure will be [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
