Western governments and most of the Western media have accepted a number of Israeli claims justifying the military assault on Gaza: that Hamas consistently violated the six-month truce thatIsrael observed and then refused to extend it

Only a few days after both Israel and Hamas declared unilateral ceasefires, the people of Gaza have awoken to the level of destruction visited upon their homes and lives. 1335 Gazans were killed; most of them civilians including 400 innocent children, and a further 5000 have been seriously injured.

Growing Number Of Israelis, Palestinians Say Two-State Solution Is No Longer Possible. Getting a peace deal in the Middle East is such a priority to President Obama that his first foreign calls on his first day in office were to Arab and Israeli leaders. And on day two, the president made former Senator George

Ramallah, 15-01-09: On the 20th of attacks, Israel has intensified its military campaign by striking over 70 targets throughout the night. Today’s targets shows that no one is safe from the onslaught be they civilian, humanitarian worker or journalist.

Ramallah, 13-01-09: Avidgor Lieberman, the Chairman of Israel Beitenu (Israel Our Home), the 5th largest political party in Israel stated today, regarding the massacre in Gaza, that Israel should “do to Hamas what the US did to Japan. “

Ramallah, 13-01-09: For the 18th consecutive day, Israel continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip. By air, by land and by sea Gazans are besieged.

For the 12th consecutive day, Israel continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip. By air, by land and by sea the Gazans are attacks and besieged.

Gaza. Always the suffering of Gaza, most potent symbol of the tragedy of Palestine. In 1948, during the Nakba – or "The Catastrophe" as Palestinians describe the war that gave birth to the state of Israel – 200,000 refugees poured into Gaza, swelling its population by more than two-thirds. Then Gaza fell under Egyptian control.

We, the PLC members and Parliamentary Lists’ representatives, affirm the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to express themselves including protesting and demonstrating in solidarity with our people in Gaza Strip in confrontation with the aggression, respecting freedoms and rights and not to violate them for any reason

Ramallah, 06-01-09: Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, the Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative strongly condemned this morning the Israelis refusal to allow foreign journalists to enter Gaza and report on the events. “This is a harsh violation of the Freedom of the Press”, he said.