PNI: Latest Israeli Attack on Gaza Strip Part of Wider "War of Attrition"
August began with the killing of two Palestinians and the wounding of three others during an Israeli military attack on Beit Lahiya today, part of what the Palestinian National Initiative's media spokesperson, Ihab Jariri described as Israel's "war of attrition" on the Gaza Strip.
Another Whitewash: No Trial for Israeli Border Police Officers Suspected of Killing 10-Year-Old Palestinian Girl
The Israeli military's token investigation into the killing of a 10-year-old Palestinian girl became yet another whitewash today, as the Jerusalem District Prosecutor's Office ruled not to indict Israeli Border Police officers suspected of killing Abir Aramin in the Palestinian village of Anata near Jerusalem in January 2007.
Water Crisis Looms over Palestinians as Israel Withholds Water Resources
Parliamentarian and Palestinian National Initiative leader Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi today warned of the severe water crisis that is threatening to unfold in the Bethlehem and Jenin districts as a direct result of Israel's withholding of water resources.
Barghouthi: Opening the Rafah crossing is the only solution for the 6,000 stranded; Israel’s attempt at handpicking who can enter unacceptable
Palestinian medical sources announced today the death of Ahmed Ramadan Diab al-Khatib, 43, a cancer patient who was blocked at the Rafah crossing. More than 6,000 Palestinians seeking to return to the Gaza Strip are stranded at the border in Egypt since Israel completely sealed off the crossing on 10 June 2007.