{"id":6220,"date":"2009-01-28T22:37:55","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T03:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=6220"},"modified":"2009-01-29T05:48:37","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T10:48:37","slug":"ifamericanskneworg-israel-violated-cease-fire-7-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=6220","title":{"rendered":"IfAmericansKnew.org: Israel Violated Cease-fire 7 Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>US Media Misreport Latest Gaza Violence<br \/>\nPlease phone and ask for correction!<\/p>\n<p>A FLYER about this can be downloaded at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/IfAmericansKnew.org\/download\/gazacfv.pdf\">IfAmericansKnew.org\/download\/gazacfv.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>American media are reporting violence that took place along the Gaza-Israel border on January 27th as, in the words of CNN, &#8220;the first incidents  of violence since last week&#8217;s Mideast cease-fire,&#8221; telling the public that Palestinians broke the ceasefire.\u00a0<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-1' id='fnref-6220-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The reality, however, is that Israel had already violated the cease-fire at least 7 times, the Israeli military killing 2 Palestinian civilians and injuring at least 5, at least one of them a child:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Israeli forces killed a Palestinian farmer in\u00a0Khuza&#8217;a east of Khan Yunis\u00a0on Jan 18<\/li>\n<li>Israeli forces killed a Palestinian farmer east of Jabalia on Jan 19<\/li>\n<li>Israeli naval gunboats shelled the Gaza coast line, causing damage to  civilian structures on Jan 21<\/li>\n<li>Israeli troops\u00a0shot and injured a child east of Gaza City on Jan 22<\/li>\n<li>Israeli gunboat fire injured 4-7 Palestinian fishermen on Jan 22<\/li>\n<li>Israeli shelling set\u00a0a Palestinian house on fire on Jan 22<\/li>\n<li>Israeli tanks fired on the border town of Al Faraheen, causing damage to  homes and farms on Jan 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This list does not include two Palestinian children who were killed on January 20th by unexploded ordnance left from Israel&#8217;s 22-day assault on Gaza.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-2' id='fnref-6220-2' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Additional details about the above cease-fire breaches and citations can be found in the timeline below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts<\/strong><br \/>\nMost of the media seem to have reported this wrong. You may check your local newspaper and contact it if it reported the story incorrectly.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some national contacts:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Associated Press<\/strong><br \/>\nPhone: 212-621-1500 (Ask for  International Desk or for Corporate Communications)<br \/>\nGeneral Questions and Comments: <a href=\"mailto:info@ap.org\">info@ap.org<\/a><br \/>\nRead the AP article:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/M\/ML_ISRAEL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=MAHYC&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" target=\"_blank\">US envoy urges stronger Gaza truce amid airstrikes By Lee Keath<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The New York Times<\/strong><br \/>\nPhone:  212-556-1234<br \/>\nFax: 212-556-3690<br \/>\nLetters to the Editor (for publication): <a href=\"mailto:letters@nytimes.com\">letters@nytimes.com<\/a><br \/>\nWrite to the news editors: <a href=\"mailto:news-tips@nytimes.com\">news-tips@nytimes.com<\/a><br \/>\nCorrections: <a href=\"mailto:senioreditor@nytimes.com\">senioreditor@nytimes.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/ref\/membercenter\/help\/infoservdirectory.html#c\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times Contact Information by Department<\/a><br \/>\nHow to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/ref\/membercenter\/help\/contactpaper.html\" target=\"_blank\">Contact New York Times Reporters and Editors<\/a><br \/>\nRead the <em>NYT<\/em> article:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/28\/world\/middleeast\/28mideast.html?_r=1&amp;hp\" target=\"_blank\">Two Killed in Violence on Gaza Border by Ethan Bronner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington Post<\/strong><br \/>\nPhone:  202-334-6000<br \/>\nFax: 202-334-5269<br \/>\nLetters to the Editor: <a href=\"mailto:letters@washpost.com\">letters@washpost.com<\/a><br \/>\nOmbudsman: <a href=\"mailto:ombudsman@washpost.com\">ombudsman@washpost.com<\/a><br \/>\nContact Washington Post <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.washingtonpost.com\/staff\/email\/\" target=\"_blank\">Writers and Editors<\/a><br \/>\nRead the <em>Washington Post<\/em> article:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/01\/27\/AR2009012700260.html?hpid=topnews\" target=\"_blank\">Violence Erupts at Gaza Border as U.S. Envoy Arrives in Region By Griff Witte<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN<\/strong><br \/>\nPhone:  404-827-1500<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\">Email forms<\/a> for all CNN news programs<br \/>\nRead CNN&#8217;s article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/meast\/01\/27\/gaza.ceasefire.breach\/?iref=mpstoryview\" target=\"_blank\">Week-old Gaza cease-fire is breached<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>NPR<\/strong><br \/>\nPhone:  202-513-3232<br \/>\nE-mail: Jeffrey A. Dvorkin, Ombudsman <a href=\"mailto:ombudsman@npr.org\">ombudsman@npr.org<\/a><br \/>\nNPR&#8217;s article:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=99901347\">Bomb Blast, Shooting Mar Gaza Cease-Fire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>McClatchey  Newspapers<\/strong><br \/>\nMain Phone:  916-321-1855<br \/>\nRead McClatchey&#8217;s article:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/451\/story\/1003705.html\" target=\"_blank\">Clashes between Gaza militants, Israeli army threaten cease-fire<br \/>\nBy DION NISSENBAUM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more media contacts, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fair.org\/index.php?page=111\">FAIR&#8217;s Media Contact List<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Timeline of Cease-fire Breaches &#038; Important Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, Jan 18<\/strong> \u2013 After a 22-day assault on Gaza in which over 1,300  Palestinians were killed and approximately 9 Israelis were killed, Israel and  Hamas each declared a ceasefire. Within several hours, the first breach took  place, when Israel killed a Palestinian civilian:<\/p>\n<p>The UN reports: &#8220;One Palestinian farmer was killed on the morning of 18  January in Khuza&#8217;a east of Khan Yunis following the Israeli-declared cease-fire.&#8221; <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-3' id='fnref-6220-3' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, Jan 19<\/strong> \u2013 Once again the ceasefire was breached when Israel  killed another Palestinian civilian. Palestinian militants did respond, but  caused no damage or injuries:<\/p>\n<p>The UN reports: &#8220;On 19 January, a Palestinian farmer was killed by Israeli  gunfire east of Jabalia. The same day, Palestinian militants fired a number of  mortars towards Israel and also shot at Israeli troops still inside the Gaza  Strip. No injuries or damage were reported.&#8221; <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-4' id='fnref-6220-4' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Jan 21<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Israeli naval boats fired at the Gaza coastline,  causing some damage.<\/p>\n<p>IMEMC reports: &#8220;On Wednesday, the boats fired shells at the coast line,  causing damage but no injuries.&#8221; <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-5' id='fnref-6220-5' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Jan 22<\/strong> \u2013 A Palestinian child was wounded by gunfire from  Israeli troops, between 4 and 7 Palestinian civilians (fishermen) were injured  when they were fired upon by Israel&#8217;s navy, and a home was set fire by shells  from the Israeli navy:<\/p>\n<p>The UN reports: &#8220;Four Palestinians were injured on 22 January by a shell  fired from an Israeli gunboat off the Gaza coast. The same day, a house was set  on fire by a shell fired from an Israeli gunboat. No injuries were reported.  Also on 22 January, IDF troops shot and injured a child east of Gaza City near  the border.&#8221; <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-6' id='fnref-6220-6' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>6<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>IMEMC reports: &#8220;On Thursday of last week, Israeli Navy forces opened fire  at Palestinian fishermen just off the shore of Gaza City, injuring seven  civilians.&#8221; <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-7' id='fnref-6220-7' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Jan 24<\/strong> &#8211; Israeli tanks  fired on the border town of Al Faraheen, causing damage to homes and farms.  Also, Aid agencies call on Israel to finally open all crossings into  Gaza:<\/p>\n<p>IMEMC reports: &#8220;On Saturday, the Israeli army opened fire at  residents homes and farmlands located in Al Faraheen village located in the  southern part of the Gaza strip. Local residents said that Israeli tanks  stationed at the borders opened fire at their homes and farms; damage was  reported but no injuries.&#8221; <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-8' id='fnref-6220-8' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Maan News reports: &#8220;A coalition of international aid  agencies\u00a0urged the Israeli government on Saturday to open the Gaza Strip&#8217;s  border to allow vital goods into the territory&#8230;\u00a0The agencies, including Oxfam,  Save the Children, and the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) held a news conference  on Saturday at the intensive care unit of Gaza&#8217;s Ash-Shifa Hospital to point up  an ongoing humanitarian crisis stemming from Israel&#8217;s blockade.&#8221;  <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-9' id='fnref-6220-9' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>9<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, Jan 25<\/strong> \u2013 Israeli F-16s flew over Gaza, causing  schools, government offices, and banks to close and causing Egypt to rapidly  evacuate all of its personnel from the Rafah crossing in fear that an attack was  imminent.<\/p>\n<p><em>Haaretz<\/em> reports: &#8220;On Sunday Israeli F-16s flew over Gaza,  terrifying people who thought Israel was launching a new offensive. A number of  banks, government offices and schools were closed, occupants running to their  homes as the Israeli warplanes flew overhead.&#8221; <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-10' id='fnref-6220-10' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Maan News reports: &#8220;Egypt suddenly and rapidly evacuated its  personnel from the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Sunday fearing a possible  Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian side of the crossing, Egyptian security  sources said.&#8221; <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-11' id='fnref-6220-11' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>11<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Violence on January 27th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What appears to have happened today is that a remote device  was detonated near or under an Israeli patrol near the\u00a0Kissufim crossing between Gaza and Israel.  It is not clear on which side of the border the attack took place. One soldier was killed and three were  injured.<\/p>\n<p>(The New York Times is reporting this as\u00a0&#8220;the first  serious confrontations between Hamas and Israel since each declared a tentative  cease-fire 10 days ago.&#8221;<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6220-12' id='fnref-6220-12' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6220)'>12<\/a><\/sup> However, there is no indication that Hamas was responsible for the bomb and seems, despite all the Israeli violations, to be pushing for a cease-fire.)<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military then opened fire on the Palestinian  farmland nearby, killing a civilian: a 27-year-old farmer was killed by tank fire.<\/p>\n<p>Israel also closed the crossings into Gaza, denying the entire population (1.5 million) access to desperately needed shipments of food,  medicine, and other humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>An Israeli drone fired a missile into the city of Khan Yunis, injuring a Hamas  militant on a motorcycle. There are reports that 2 Palestinian children playing  nearby were also injured.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been reported that Israeli soldiers occupied a home near the town of Deir Al Balah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A FLYER about this can be downloaded at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/IfAmericansKnew.org\/download\/gazacfv.pdf\">IfAmericansKnew.org\/download\/gazacfv.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-6220'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-6220-1'> CNN: <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/meast\/01\/27\/gaza.ceasefire.breach\/?iref=mpstoryview\" target=\"_blank\">Week-old Gaza cease-fire is breached<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-2'> UN OCHA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/gazacrisis\/admin\/output\/files\/ocha_opt_gaza_humanitarian_situation_report_2009_01_22_english.pdf\">FIELD UPDATE ON GAZA FROM THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR 1 22-23 January 2009, 1700 hours (.pdf)<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-2'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-3'> UN OCHA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/gazacrisis\/admin\/output\/files\/ocha_opt_gaza_humanitarian_situation_report_2009_01_19_english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">FIELD UPDATE ON GAZA FROM THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR 1 19 January 2009, 1700 hours (.pdf)<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-3'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-4'> UN OCHA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/gazacrisis\/admin\/output\/files\/ocha_opt_gaza_humanitarian_situation_report_2009_01_21_english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">FIELD UPDATE ON GAZA FROM THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR 1 20-21 January 2009, 1700 hours (.pdf)<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-4'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-5'> IMEMC <a href=\"http:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/58644\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli Army kills a Palestinian farmer near Gaza Israeli border by Ghassan Bannoura<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-5'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-6'> UN OCHA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/gazacrisis\/admin\/output\/files\/ocha_opt_gaza_humanitarian_situation_report_2009_01_22_english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">FIELD UPDATE ON GAZA FROM THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR 1 22-23 January 2009, 1700 hours (.pdf)<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-6'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-7'> IMEMC <a href=\"http:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/58644\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli Army kills a Palestinian farmer near Gaza Israeli border by Ghassan Bannoura<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-7'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-8'> IMEMC <a href=\"http:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/58613\" target=\"_blank\">The Israeli army opens fire at resident in southern Gaza by Ghassan Bannoura<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-8'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-9'> Maan  News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maannews.net\/en\/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&amp;ID=35251\" target=\"_blank\">Aid agencies: Continued Gaza blockade will cause crisis to double<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-9'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-10'> Haaretz <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1058525.html\" target=\"_blank\">Egypt evacuates Rafah area, fearing IAF strike on Gaza By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-10'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-11'> Maan  News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maannews.net\/en\/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&amp;ID=35296\" target=\"_blank\">Egypt evacuates Rafah border fearing Israeli airstrike<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-11'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6220-12'> The New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/28\/world\/middleeast\/28mideast.html?_r=1&amp;hp\">Two Killed in Violence on Gaza Border by Ethan Bronner<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6220-12'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Media Misreport Latest Gaza Violence Please phone and ask for correction! 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