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| Gaza ceasefire in jeopardy as six Palestinians are shot | ||
| 2009-12-27 | ||
The shootings, the most serious violence in months, came a day before today's first anniversary of the outbreak of Israel's war against Gaza in which almost 1,400 Palestinians died – and as allegations have emerged from Israeli human rights campaigners who opposed the war that they are facing concerted attempts to silence them. Three of the Palestinians were killed in an airstrike just inside the Gaza border. According to Israeli officials they had been scouting the area for a possible infiltration operation, but according to Hamas officials and medics they had been searching for scrap metal to salvage. More serious in its implications, however, was the shooting dead of three members of Fatah's armed wing – the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades – in a raid on the northern West Bank city of Nablus, apparently in retaliation for the shooting of an Israeli driving near the settlement at Shavei Shomron. Relatives who witnessed the Nablus shootings said soldiers fired at two of the men without warning. An Israeli army spokesman, Major Peter Lerner, said troops fired after the three men failed to respond to calls to surrender. It also follows the discovery of an improvised explosive device on a busy road leading to the huge Israeli settlement at Modi'in with a letter from an al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades unit claiming responsibility. The two incidents have followed recent warnings from both Israelis and Palestinians that frustration among a younger generation of al-Aqsa members – which signed an amnesty deal with Israel in 2007 – over the lack of progress in the almost moribund peace process was in danger of boiling over. An aide to Abbas described the killings as a "grave Israeli escalation" which showed "Israel is not interested in peace and is trying to explode the situation".
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Angleton, you could give Bill Faulkner a run for his money. When is your novel coming out? |
| Posted by: lex 2009-12-27 08:24 |
| #2 Angleton9, please bury me on a steep grade between the Toccoa and the tracks of the Blue RR. Near some gentle rapids please. Mrs. Besoeker will send you the check. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-27 07:12 |
| #1 There are only a few people authorised by custom to contract to dig Graves in several mountain Counties here in the North Georgia mountains. Maybe one could vacation in Israel and find work in Gaza. I hear the climate is sunny and the area is historic and full of tourist attractions he could visit. Most are older men who have been digging Graves for years. You bring your own tools, pack a Lunch. The Funeral Homes and the local Churches with the Graveyards for the community employ a local man who does the work. You get about $475 per grave. The work is year round and regular. Cash money and low overhead. Everybody in the Community knows who the grave diggers are. A few shovels or a specialized back hoe. A pickup truck and some canvas drapes and a pocket tape measure...you dont need much. It takes an honest hard working experienced man to dig a proper grave. Not a whole lot of Jews or A-rabs up here really (absolutely no Synagogues or Mosques a-tall for some reason...not even one ), but digging Graves in Gaza cant be all that different from digging Graves anywhere, surely. Steady work in Gaza. You gotta put 'em somewhere. |
| Posted by: Angleton9 2009-12-27 06:07 |