UN hopes its summer camps can hose down extremism in Palestinian territory
Christian Science Monitor Sep 4, 08 1:58 PM CDT
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The UN’s Relief and Works Agency is combating extremism in the Gaza Strip with some unconventional weapons: hula hoops, finger-painting, and sports, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The agency runs summer programs in 350 locations for Gaza’s youth in an attempt to counteract Hamas’ militant equivalent, where young Palestinians learn martial arts, train with fake weapons, and are taught religious intolerance.
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Islamic Jihad militants call Gaza Strip attack revenge for raid
Associated Press Jun 24, 08 9:48 AM CDT
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Police say three Palestinian rockets have hit southern Israel and Ehud Olmert's office says the ceasefire that took effect last week has been broken. Islamic Jihad militants in the Gaza Strip say they carried out the attack to avenge an Israeli military raid that killed one of their fighters in the West Bank early today; two people were lightly wounded in the rocket barrage.
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Power plant terminal opened for deliveries this morning
BBC May 12, 08 10:45 AM CDT
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Israel is allowing fuel shipments into Gaza again after the region's only power plant had to shut down for 2 days due to lack of fuel. The plant's delivery terminal reopened this morning, the BBC reports. "We have received three trucks of industrial diesel for the power station so far," says an official at the plant.
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A third of residents lose electricity; bakeries close
Haaretz (Israel) May 12, 08 3:41 AM CDT
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A fuel delivery delay from Israel has shut Gaza’s only power plant since Saturday, cutting electricity to about a third of the Strip’s residents, Ha’aretz reports. The shortage shut down area bakeries yesterday.
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Egyptians now will try to convince Jewish state on proposal
AFP Apr 30, 08 2:19 PM CDT
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Twelve Palestinian militant groups have agreed to a proposal for a truce with Israel, already backed by Hamas and Fatah. Egypt, mediating talks, will now try to sell the plan to Israel, AFP reports. The proposal calls for a "comprehensive, simultaneous, and reciprocal period of calm to be applied progressively, first in Gaza and then in the West Bank."
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But militants stopping rocket fire could bring de facto ceasefire in Gaza, official says
AFP Apr 25, 08 3:27 PM CDT
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Israel said a Hamas truce proposal yesterday was not genuine, and the Islamist organization would only regroup and strengthen itself during the 6-month ceasefire, AFP reports. "Unfortunately, this appears not to be serious at all," an Israeli spokesman said today, although officials said a prolonged halt in the near-daily rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip could convince them otherwise.
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Offer to Israel, through Egypt, also provides for eventual truce in West Bank
Reuters Apr 24, 08 2:26 PM CDT
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Meeting with Egyptian authorities, Hamas leaders today proposed a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip and, eventually, the West Bank, Reuters reports. A Palestinian source said the group agreed to "a calm” in Gaza and, after a “specified period,” in the West Bank. The deal, supported by other militant groups, would require Israel to end blockades and military action in Gaza.
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Militant faction would follow Abbas-led deal if put to vote
Reuters Apr 21, 08 8:36 AM CDT
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Hamas would accept a peace deal brokered by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas if Palestinian voters favored the agreement, Jimmy Carter said after talks with a Hamas leader in Damascus. "There's no doubt that both the Arab world and the Palestinians, including Hamas, will accept Israel's right to live in peace within the 1967 borders," Carter said, urging reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas leaders as a step in the peace process.
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Reuters journalist among the dead in Israeli offensive
Associated Press Apr 16, 08 5:53 PM CDT
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Three Israeli soldiers and at least 20 Palestinians were killed today as Israeli attacks rocked the Gaza Strip, the AP reports. Fadel Shana, a Reuters cameraman, was among the dead in fighting that undermined an Egyptian-negotiated peace effort and saw the highest death toll in a month.
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Hatred of Jews pervades media in Gaza, worries Fatah
New York Times Apr 1, 08 10:32 AM CDT
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In the 15 years since the Oslo accords, the Palestinian Authority under Fatah has tamped down anti-Semitic rhetoric. But in Hamas-controlled Gaza, incitement to violence against Jews has been amped up in everything from sermons to television cartoons. The New York Times investigates how virulent hatred of Jews—not just Israelis—compounds the difficulties of the peace process.
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Islamic Jihad, Hamas want more concessions before truce with Israel
Reuters Mar 27, 08 3:49 PM CDT
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Egypt’s talks with Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, aimed at establishing a truce with Israel, ended unsuccessfully today, Reuters reports. The militant groups demanded Israel stop Gaza and West Bank raids, end its Gaza blockade, and reopen border-crossings. Hamas and Israel already appear to have instituted a de facto ceasefire, Reuters notes. Islamic Jihad continues to fire rockets into Israel.
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Hamas calls Cheney 'biased' during Jerusalem visit
Reuters Mar 22, 08 7:24 PM CDT
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The US supports recent Israeli strikes on Palestine and "will never pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security," Dick Cheney said in Jerusalem today. On a trip to spur stalled peace talks, Cheney is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leaders this weekend. A Hamas spokesman called Cheney's remarks "inciteful and completely biased in favor of the Israeli occupation."
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GOP candidate supports response to rocket attacks from Gaza
Reuters Mar 19, 08 4:33 PM CDT
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John McCain's tour of the Middle East continued today in Sderot, an Israeli town hit frequently by rockets from the Gaza Strip, Reuters reports. The Republican presidential candidate said he doubts peace between Israel and the Palestinians will be reached this year, and added that he supports Israel's rights to retaliate for the strikes.
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