...in Western Georgia As of 18:00 - August 30, 2008 The Russian Army has illegallyestablished 23 checkpoints deep within sovereign Georgian territory, contravening the six-point ceasefireagreement brokered by France. Twelve of the checkpoints are located in central Georgia and eleven in western Georgia. There are an estimated 970 Russian soldiers and 73 heavily armored vehicles...
Violence engulfs Swat as truce collapses Saturday, July 26, 2008 By our correspondent MINGORA: As the peace accord between the NWFP government and the Swat Taliban has virtually become ineffective,...of Kabal. Sources told The News that the eight-room building of the girls’ high school in Tutano Banda completely caved in after the blast. The perpetrators – as usual – could not be arrested. --MORE--
Who violated the Gaza truce first? 25Jun08 According to Israeli officials cited by Ha’aretz , Israel did: ‘The mortar shells were fired...injuring him in the shoulder and neck. One of his relatives, Abu Ziad Al-Ghoul, said that the man was seriously injured and was taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north of the sector.’ --MORE--
Such Israeli actions are a provocation to undermine the ceasefire in Gaza. How can a ceasefire remain in place when Israel conducts so many menacing operations in the West Bank, kidnapping, wounding and killing Palestinian civilians? Hamas' demand that the ceasefire also apply to the West Bank was very sensible, yet one didn't hear the Palestinian Authority collaborators making a similar demand. The...
Slater Slams 'Times' for Imbalanced Coverage of Breaches in Truce Jerome Slater, the scholar of press coverage of Israel in the Times and in Haaretz , had an incisive take on the Times coverage... Here's how the Times played the story, entitled : "Rockets Hit Israel, Breaking Hamas Truce": Continue reading "Slater Slams 'Times' for Imbalanced Coverage of Breaches in Truce" »
...for firing on Sderot; report does not include most recent rocket fire Roi Mandel Published: 06.27.08, 00:31 / Israel News Since it went into effect last week, at least eight violations of the new ceasefireagreement with Hamas and the Palestinian factions have been recorded, a UN source told Ynet on Thursday. According to the source, seven violations were committed by the IDF, while the Palestinians...
Related Agha: Closure of crossings a message to Egypt Khudari: The closure of Gaza crossings is a flagrant violation of the truce [ 25/06/2008 - 07:43 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)-- MP Jamal Al-Khudari... The lawmaker also called on the Palestinian factions to exercise prudence and restraint in order to suspend the aggression and break the siege on one and a half million people. --MORE--
'Israel has violated truce 15 times' Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:18:40 The Palestinian Islamic Jihad accuses Israel of violating Gaza ceasefire more than 15 times since it went into force officially a week ago. The Israeli breaches include the hovering of Israeli reconnaissance buzzes, flying of F-16 jets over Gaza, shooting at fishermen in the sea and firing at Palestinian farmers in their lands,...
Hamas urges factions exercise restraint; condemns IOF crimes in W. Bank [ 24/06/2008 - 09:22 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas Movement has urged on Tuesday Palestinian resistance factions for self-control... and calls on all Palestinian resistance factions to abide by what had been agreed-upon nationally", explaining that Hamas was discussing the truce with Palestinian factions to keep it intact. --MORE--
Israelis are nuts, as if you need more proof... w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 09:28 22/06/2008 Quiet is muck By Gideon Levy A great disaster has suddenly come upon Israel: The...only a cease-fire. This is about Israel's image. The negative Israeli response to the cease-fire once again raises a deepsuspicion: Perhaps Israel actually does not want peace? " --MORE--
