InfoAnda - Pressure on Israel to ease Gaza blockade as unrest cools

Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case
Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They

Taiwan denies boycotting Australian film festival
Thursday, August 6, 2009

AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e

Merkel's support dips, regional ally resigns International
Thursday, September 3, 2009

By Sarah Marsh and Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German

Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who

Asian markets mixed after Wall Street rally
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an

Green Hornet never reaches top speed | | 13 January 2011
LA council to revisit medical marijuana ordinance | 8 December 2009
China Mobile says profit up 1.1 percent | 20 April 2010

Fargo calm, confident as Red River completes rise | 21 March 2010

">Forum Views () ">Forum Replies ()

Read more with google mobile : Pressure on Israel to ease Gaza blockade as unrest cools

Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Pressure on Israel to ease Gaza blockade as unrest cools AFP - Sunday, November 16 GAZA CITY (AFP) - - Violence across the Gaza-Israel border subsided on Saturday after three days of bloody exchanges, as pressure rose on Israel to unblock humanitarian supplies for the aid-dependent territory. Even so, one Palestinian militant was killed and another seriously wounded in an explosion as they prepared to launch a rocket into Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics said. Israel said the blast was probably an own goal as it had carried out no attacks in the area. It added that the militants had not succeeded in firing off any rockets. "We haven't carried out a strike in northern Gaza in recent hours," an army spokesman said. "The explosion might be due to mishandling of weapons." A small armed group unconnected to the Islamist Hamas movement that rules Gaza said the dead man was one its fighters. The Popular Resistance Committees, a loose grouping of hardline defectors from other factions, insisted that an unmanned Israeli aircraft had carried out the attack. "Abdullah Hassan Manayia, 35, one of the commanders of a surveillance unit and a member of our faction, was martyred during a raid by an Israeli drone east of Jabaliya," the group said in a statement. Earlier one rocket was fired at Israel from Gaza but the army was unable to say on which side of the border it hit as it was far from inhabited areas. It was the first time in four days that no rockets or mortar rounds had been fired into populated areas of Israel. A series of salvoes over the previous three days had left one Israeli woman wounded and prompted a series of tit-for-tat attacks that threatened to unravel a nearly five-month-old truce between Israel and Hamas. Israel has blocked passage of humanitarian supplies on most days since violence first flared on the border on November 5. The closure of the border crossings, Gaza's sole gateway for vital goods, forced the United Nations to suspend food distribution to 750,000 residents and the territory's sole power plant to shut down. On Saturday, the crossings remained closed as they have been every week on the Jewish day of rest for several years. An aide to Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak told AFP that no decision on reopening them in the coming days would be taken before Sunday. The cabinet holds its weekly meeting on Sunday mornings but the Gaza closure was not on the formal agenda and the decision is normally taken by the defence minister in consultation with field commanders. "Continuing rocket fire on Sderot and Ashkelon is unacceptable and it may be that the time for a widespread operation (against Gaza) is coming," Barak told a public meeting on Saturday. On the closure, he said: "I think it is not possible to reduce this territory to starvation, but nothing prevents us, for example, from giving it a deadline of a year to find resources elsewhere." A range of international organisations and rights movements have urged Israel to ease the punishing blockade on Gaza, which it first imposed when Hamas seized the territory in June 2007 and then tightened earlier this month. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "is deeply concerned at the deterioration of the humanitarian and security situation in Gaza and southern Israel. He calls on all parties to uphold international humanitarian and human rights law," a UN statement said. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas plans to raise the Gaza issue with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when they meet on Monday for their first talks since September 16, Palestinian senior negotiator Saeb Erekat told AFP. Meanwhile, in remarks to commemorate the anniversary of the symbolic proclamation of a Palestinian state 20 years ago, Abbas repeated the oft-spoken statement that there can be no peace until Israel withdraws from Arab lands. Israel has "no other choice, if it wants peace and security, than to make a total and complete withdrawal from all Palestinian and Arab lands ... including east Jerusalem," he said at a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah. "We cannot reach peace and security under the arms of occupation and with a policy based on force," he added. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World Earthquake rattles El SalvadorAP - 25 minutes ago Econ summit vows action _ takes few concrete stepsAP - 26 minutes ago LA police: Fire at trailer park might be deadlyAP - 30 minutes ago Russia wants 'strategic partnership' with US: MedvedevAFP - 42 minutes ago Mobile home park is ground zero of Calif. wildfireAP - 54 minutes ago Most Popular – World Viewed Obama rumored to favor Clinton as top diplomat Bin Laden is isolated, focused on his own security: CIA Earth would be heading to a freeze without CO2 emissions Ancient 4,300-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt US space-funeral company plans to launch lunar cemetery View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

Other News on Saturday, 15 November 2008
Gaza militant killed readying rocket
U.N. envoy says Congo crisis talks going well | International |
Israeli, Palestinian leaders to meet Monday
Iran wants OPEC to cut output | International |
Pakistan to get at least 7.6 billion dollars from IMF: govt
US space-funeral company plans to launch lunar cemetery
Pakistan seeking at least $7.6 billion IMF loan | International |
IMF agrees Seychelles $26 million rescue package | International |
Gaza explosion kills Palestinian gunman: medics | International |
Myanmar jails democracy activists | International |
Sri Lanka army seizes entire west coast | International |
Pakistan agrees to IMF credit of at least $7.6 bln
Afghan girl says acid attack won't stop her lessons | International |
Thai car sales fall 15.4 percent in October
Yemen sentences Iranian drug smuggler to death | International |
Japan's Sharp to reduce LCD panel production: report
Tens of thousands pay respects to Thai princess | International |
Pressure on Israel to ease Gaza blockade as unrest cools
Iraq car bombs kill 10
Russia's Medvedev pins hopes on new U.S. president | International |
IMF agrees on loan for Iceland
Car bomb in northern Iraq kills at least seven
North Korea reports Kim attending army art festival | International |
UN envoy in Congo peace bid
Darfur rebels accuse Sudan of bombing despite truce | International |
South Africa bids farewell to music legend Miriam Makeba
Opel, German govt to hold crisis talks on Monday
Islamist rebels whip 32 dancers in Somalia | International |
Russia wants 'strategic partnership' with US: Medvedev
Car bomb kills 10 in northern Iraq | International |
World leaders agree action plan for reform, global growth
Russia's Medvedev calls for talks with Obama
Japan's Aso backs dollar-centred currency system
Medvedev hopes Obama will warm up chilly US-Russia ties
Sarkozy backs down from missile defense criticism
G20 leaders agree reform action plan, pledge to boost growth
Obama pushes new rescue plan for US economy
Pakistan secures IMF loan of at least 7.6 billion dollars
Hundreds of homes destroyed in California firestorm
EU slaps trade charges on Chinese candles
British PM says progress being made at summit
James Bond set for record opening in North America | Entertainment |
IMF board to meet on $7.6 bln Pakistan credit
Officials: 2 Gaza militants killed in airstrike
Afghan attacks kill international soldier, wound two
Australian scientist to unveil skin cancer vaccine: reports
Israeli air strike kills 4 militants in Gaza | International |
Democrats face White House opposition to new economic plan
Blackouts mark North Korea's real power struggle | International |
Hundreds of homes destroyed in California firestorm
New Zealand Nationals sign deal to form government | International |
Prince Charles wants to speak out as king: biographer
At least 3 dead in China subway tunnel collapse | International |
Obama thinking big, despite crisis
Somali pirates seize Japanese cargo ship: report | International |
Pakistan cuts petrol, diesel prices from Sunday
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200
Japan to seek to take lead in creating new financial order: Aso
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 555
Japan's Aso backs dollar-centered currency system
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights

USD EUR - 1 year graph		BlogMeter 1.01