Rami Almeghari - The Electronic Intifada - The Gaza government is criticizing UNRWA for not putting more pressure on Israel to allow raw materials through Gaza`s commercial crossings -- a condition that the government of Libya imposed on the aid it pledged to UNRWA for the construction of homes destroyed during Israel`s three weeks of bombing of the Gaza Strip in winter 2008-09.
Saed Bannoura -
IMEMC -
" Israeli authorities also put earth mounds back in place on the road between Nablus and Beit Iba, blocking passage to an apartment complex consisting of 200 units constructed to house Palestinian teachers who work in the northern West Bank."
Jack Khoury -
Haaretz -
""The soldiers treated everyone as if they were terrorists. In effect, they reflect the Israeli view of the Palestinians. Everyone is suspected of being involved in terror. This is expressed in the way people are treated: Everyone is a suspect, so this is how they act."" id
As the news rippled across the densely-populated coastal enclave ruled by Hamas, thousands of people rushed into the streets to celebrate, with cars honking their horns and celebratory busts of gunfire punctuating the night. ao