GAZA – A column of Israeli tanks, some firing their weapons, rolled into the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, a Palestinian witness said, in what appeared to be the beginning of a ground offensive against Islamist Hamas.
Photo: Carole Kerbage. Thousands in the Barbès district Paris in solidarity with Gaza.
Protests have swept the globe in response to the current Israeli attack on Gaza and thousands have taken to the streets in France this past week, including multiple demonstrations in Paris. Thousands gathered in the Barbès district Paris for a demonstration, while a major protest was staged in downtown Paris to protest the visit of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who was hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy last week.
report by Sameh A. Habeeb, photojournalist and peace Activist in Gaza Strip.
Photo: Sameh A. Habeeb. Palestinian youth in Gaza.
Gaza Strip, 3 January, 2009: In the recent reporting period of this report, Israeli army is using all naval, ground and air forces to attack Gaza. With the early hours of Saturday morning, Israeli army started to shell and launch heavy air strikes against Gaza. Most of the bombings targeted buildings, farming and agricultural fields. The bombings range dramatically increased midday leaving 5 dead and ten other wounded.
Le gouvernement canadien a réagi aux attaques meurtrières contre la population de Gaza exactement de la même manière qu’il l’avait fait quand Israël avait bombardé sauvagement le Liban à l’été 2006: en claironnant «qu’Israël a le droit de se défendre» et en affirmant mollement sa préoccupation pour la catastrophe humanitaire vécue par les Palestiniens.
La propagande du gouvernement israélien a été complètement intériorisée dans le discours dominant des médias québécois et canadiens. On explique la violence actuelle par le fait que le Hamas aurait brisé la trêve avec Israël, et qu’il est donc responsable de la violence israélienne présentée comme une « riposte », Israël ne faisant que se défendre contre un ennemi implacable qui veut toujours le détruire. Dans les meilleurs des cas, on déplore les excès de la dite « riposte », mais on ne remet pas en question qu’il s’agit bien d’une riposte. Le dossier entier de La Presse sur la situation actuelle a pour titre : Riposte d’Israël à Gaza.
rendez-vous derrière la bannière ‘Solidarité Gaza’, devant le Pavillon Jacques Cartier.
Photo: Per Bjorklund. Demonstration in downtown Cairo in solidarity with Gaza.
Protests erupted on the streets of Cairo, Egypt only hours after the first air strikes hit in the current Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. Special focus has been directed at the Egyptian government’s role in the ongoing crisis in Gaza, as protesters across the Middle East denounced Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak collusion with Israeli authorities in maintaining a complete closure on Gaza throughout the past year. Gaza remains under siege and completely cut-off from the outside world as Egyptian police and military maintain a complete closure on the Gaza Strip in coordination with Israeli along the southern Rafah border crossing.
Photo: Fil Kaler. Protesters pray for Palestine outside Israeli embassy, London.
As protest swept the globe in solidarity with Gaza this past weekend an estimated 2000 people attended a noisy demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in London, England on Sunday in response to Israeli air strikes that left hundreds dead in the Gaza Strip.
