Israel Gaza Raid

Chicago Woman On Raided Gaza Ship Returns Home

Chicago Sun-Times | A Pakistan News | Posted 05.25.2011

Fatima Mohammadi walked out of customs at O'Hare Airport on Sunday afternoon with a weary smile on her face. She was happy to be home after a harrowin...

Pixies Cancel Israel Concert After Gaza Raid

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — The U.S. rock band Pixies has canceled a concert in Tel Aviv this week in the wake of Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid floti...

Israeli Military Finds Flotilla Killings Justified

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 05.25.2011

TEL AVIV, Israel — Flawed intelligence-gathering and planning led to Israel's botched and deadly raid on a Gaza-bound protest flotilla, with sec...

Washington Post Journalists Repeat Israeli Claims as Fact

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 05.25.2011

Sanjeev Bery

When journalists assume that they know what officials are thinking, they run the risk of being held captive to a government's talking points. The Washington Post's Scott Wilson and Laura Blumenfeld should bear this in mind.

UN Security Council Members Demand Israel End Blockade

By EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 05.25.2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday on Israel's deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to...

Israel Sending American Ex-Ambassador On Seized Ship Home, Wife Says

By SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former U.S. ambassador aboard a Gaza aid ship seized by Israel commandos is on his way home, his wife said Monday evening. Edwar...

Israeli Raid: 'Bloody, Bungled Takeover' Deepens Israel's Isolation

Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's bloody, bungled takeover of a Gaza-bound Turkish aid vessel is complicating U.S.-led Mideast peace efforts, deepening Israe...

Why Did the BBC Censor a Cry to Help Gaza Victims?

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

Erik Ose

The BBC has let down its worldwide viewership by refusing to broadcast this charity appeal to help Palestinian victims of the violence.

G-d/Allah Please Tell Us If Israel or Palestine is Right or Wrong?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Yvonne R. Davis

Dear G-d/Allah, It's me Yvonne, are you there? As you know since December 27th, 2008, Hamas and Israel have been at war. Over 800 Palestinians and...

BBC -- Subtle Indoctrination of the Inexperienced Viewer

Hannah Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Hannah Fisher

BBC coverage of the events in Gaza portrays Israel as causing humanitarian crises by refusing supplies into Gaza. In reality, Israel was providing almost 4000 trucks of aid a month to Gaza.

Hamas Calls For Third Intifada In Response To Airstrikes

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

Khaled Meshaal, Hamas's political leader, has called for an uprising against Israel after an unprecedented attack on the Gaza Strip killed at least 22...

'The Hospitals In Gaza City Cannot Cope'

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

Russia Today has a video on the situation in Gaza, where Israel has launched an air strike attack. It reports that the strikes happened while children...

Israel Preparing Tanks, Infantry Troops For Possible Ground Incursion

Ynetnews | Posted 05.25.2011

The Israeli Air Force struck a total of 100 Hamas targets in Gaza on Saturday with the launching of the operation dubbed 'Cast Lead.' Palestinian medi...