Press and independent media
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War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields
08/01/2009
[Global Research] The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves.
This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline.
British Gas (BG Group) and its partner, the Athens based Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC) owned by Lebanon’s Sabbagh and Koury families, were granted oil and gas exploration rights in a 25 year agreement signed in November 1999 with the Palestinian Authority.
Why do they hate the West so much, we will ask
07/01/2009
[The Independent] So once again, Israel has opened the gates of hell to the Palestinians. Forty civilian refugees dead in a United Nations school, three more in another. Not bad for a night’s work in Gaza by the army that believes in "purity of arms". But why should we be surprised?
The right to express protest
06/01/2009
[Ha’aretz] In the last few days, the Shin Bet security service questioned dozens of Arab Israelis, while others were subjected to warnings aimed at deterring them from participating in demonstrations against the Israel Defense Forces operation in the Gaza Strip. Those taking part in demonstrations in Jaffa, Sakhnin and Shfaram were brought in for "clarification talks" even in cases when the demonstrations had been authorized.
Israel rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells
05/01/2009
[The Times] Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used as a smokescreen.
Propaganda war: trusting what we see?
05/01/2009
[BBC News] Israel has tried to take the initiative in the propaganda war over Gaza but, in one important instance, its version has been seriously challenged.
