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By Kawkab al-Thaibani in Sanaa
Basam al-Haidari is 26-years-old,. He has little education but dreamed of supporting his big extended family - ten siblings, five of whom are deaf.

Instead of leading his family to security al-Haidari has walked himself into a death sentence.

Last April, al-Haidari was behind the bars of the Specialized Criminal Court of Appeals when he heard the Judge confirm the death sentence, for a crime committed while messing around on the internet.

He was sentenced to death for offering to spy for Israel.

Wry photo on P1 of the New York Times: "During Mideast Talks, Another View"

NIGEL ROBERTS runs the World Banks WDR 2011 is one of relatively few independent witnesses allowed by the Israelis to visit Gaza since 'Operation Cast Lead' took place over a year ago. 

This is not Munich, but an extraordinary investigation by the Dubai authorities into the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh

There are clashes every week as demonstrators protest the security barrier Israel is building near Bilin, a the West Bank village. This time the Na’vi came and so did the world's Hollywood obsessed media. The rest is viral as they say.

By Leonard Doyle

Evidence that a blundering Mossad hit squad used Irish passports to get themselves in and out of Dubai to carry out a hit on a top Hamas official has tarnished the allure of the Irish laissez passer.

Ma'an News- A four-person squad of Israeli Shin Bet and Mossad operatives arrived in Dubai on European passports to assassinate Muhammad Al-Mabhouh, the alleged liaison between Iran and Hamas it emerged at the weekend.. The assassination squad interrogated Al-Mabhouh in his hotel room before killing him, according to the Israeli news-site Inyan Merkazi. Dubai police also have a lead in the investigation of the assassination according to London-based newspaper Al-Hayat. Al-Mabhouh is believed to have been involved in the abduction and murder of two Israelis soldiers in 1989

Israel's military has submitted a rebuttal of the United Nations report which accused it of committing war crimes in Gaza over three weeks last January. The accusation of grave violations of international and humanitarian law has greatly rankled Israel and triggered a sustained assault on the integrity of the investigation led by the esteemed South African judge Richard Goldstone over recent months. Israel's response has thus far been kept secret, but it is expected to list what Israel sees as essential flaws in the report and attempt to persuade that it is biased and tainted against Israels. The Goldstone Report -- the details Human Rights Watch a year on

The US editor for the Palestinian news agency Maan has returned to the United States yesterday, after spending a week in a detention cell at Ben-Gurion International Airport and being booted out of the country. The Israeli authorities had questioned him about his "anti-Israeli" views. Jared Malsin had been detained with his girlfriend after returning from a holiday abroad last Tuesday. Malsin was questioned, and the interrogator recommended not allowing him into Israel, commenting on his "critical reporting" on events in the territories. The interrogator also noted, "We believe he used his Jewishness to secure a visa."

International Aid agencies have strongly criticised the international community for failing to help bring an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza.

The charities made the accusation in a report published just ahead of the anniversary of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.

However the aid agencies did not confine themselves to condemning just Israel, but included the world community.

Jeremy Hobbs, Oxfam's director, said, "world powers have failed and betrayed Gaza's ordinary citizens".