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The Independent, 10.01.09 02:00 UTC

Robert Fisk & squo;s World: Wherever I go, I hear the same tired Middle East comparisons

It all depends where you live. That was the geography of Israel's propaganda, designed to demonstrate that we softies we little baby-coddling liberals living in our secure Western homes don't realise ...

Belfast Telegraph, 10.01.09 01:32 UTC

Ceasefire in shreds as war in Gaza rages on

The Gaza conflict raged on yesterday after both sides dismissed a UN call for an immediate ceasefire, and Israel indicated it may move its forces deeper into densely populated urban areas. A meeting ...

Belfast Telegraph, 10.01.09 01:31 UTC

Bush ordered ceasefire retreat at UN

Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, was forced to step back from voting in favour of the Gaza ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council after orders from Washington, diplomatic sources ...

Belfast Telegraph, 10.01.09 01:31 UTC

Gaza: Massacre of a family seeking sanctuary

Bitterly cold, famished, and thirsty they may have been. But the dozens of men, women, children and elderly of the extended Samouni family, sheltering in the unfinished warehouse-like building owned ...

NPR, 10.01.09 01:02 UTC

Red Cross Official Details Gaza Situation

All Things Considered, January 9, 2009 · The International Committee of the Red Cross has criticized Israel for restricting access to civilians in Gaza. Katharina Ritz, head of mission for the ICRC ...

NPR, 10.01.09 01:02 UTC

Protests Against Gaza Operations Grow

by Peter Kenyon All Things Considered, January 9, 2009 · Across the Arab and Muslim worlds, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets today in anger at Israel, the United States and ...

NPR, 10.01.09 01:01 UTC

Israel, Hamas Ignore U.N. Cease-Fire Call

by Mike Shuster All Things Considered, January 9, 2009 · Israel and Hamas have ignored a U.N. Security Council call for an immediate cease-fire. Israel continued attacks in Gaza and Hamas kept up ...

CNN Top Stories, 10.01.09 01:01 UTC

Israel says map shows Hamas risks civilians

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- The Israeli military says it has found a "sketch" detailing "the deployment of explosives and Hamas forces" in the Al-Attara neighborhood in northern Gaza.

guardian.co.uk, 10.01.09 00:38 UTC

Naomi Klein: Enough. It's time for a boycott of Israel

. It's time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South ...

guardian.co.uk, 10.01.09 00:34 UTC

UN human rights chief accuses Israel of war crimes

. The United Nations ' most senior human rights official said last night that the Israeli military may have committed war crimes in Gaza . The warning came as Israeli troops pressed on with the ...