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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.

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".

YNET, Israel's biggest news website has just given viewers a peek at life in a place the Israeli media tends to ignore - Gaza. Only humanitarian aid staves off hunger and disease in Gaza and with the exits bolted shut and the economy in tatters, there is a feeling of having been forsaken.
Ynet posted five videos under the headline "Gaza: An inside look." Little from Gaza makes it into the Israeli news media -- Israeli journalists, and all Israelis, are banned by their government from entering and the videos have lifted a veil on a tragedy taking pace a haf and hour from Tel Avid.
The New York Times Ethan Bronner has written a thoughtful piece on the issue and gone to Gaza to do so. read his piece below or go straight to the Times here
See the videos from B'Tselem:

			Palestinians displaced by Operation Cast Lead living in tents view video
			Settler fires at Palestinians in Hebron view video
			Settlers raid 'Asira al-Qibliya and attack residents view video
			Settlers attack shepherds in Southern Hebron Hills view video
			Ruin and Humiliation - Qalqilya view video
			Settlers at the Door - Hebron view video
			Life in a Cave - southern Hebron Hills view video
			Saturday Violence - A-Tuba view video
			Masked Attackers - A-Tuba view video
			Stoning Neighbors - Hebron view video

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