Flashes;From Daily Life In The Gaza Strip
A few days ago, we could finally manage to get school books to all the kids at the SOS Children’s Village in Rafah; it was really hard at first; because books were not allowed to get into Gaza Strip. The shelves at the book shops and the printing companies are almost out of printing supplies due to the shortage of supplies that are not coming to the Gaza Strip. In the streets; there is a state of eagerness and anxiety prevails the street about what

Former Afghan Detainees Speak Out About U.S. “Acts Of Torture”
Abdul Raqeeb, a former prisoner held for two years by US forces in Afghanistan, is speaking out against his brutalization at the hands of his captors. The International Justice Network, in papers filed in an effort to free Raqeeb, charge that his “custodians have subjected him to acts of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, and outrages upon his personal dignity.” Raqeeb was released without explanation, on August 13, 2009, from a military prison in Bagram that continues to hold hundreds of Afghans without charges. Now freed, Raqeeb recounted his experience in

Trainee Mossad Spy Arrested By Police While Trying To Bomb A Car
A Mossad training operation has ended in a fiasco after a trainee spy for the secret service agency was arrested while trying to bomb a car. The trainee was booked on Monday after a female passerby noticed him plant a fake bomb under a vehicle on a street in Tel Aviv and reported the suspicious behavior to the police. Israeli authorities have refused to comment on the incident. But Israeli media outlets have expressed their surprise at the incident, saying they hoped the agency’s operatives were “more effective abroad”. Up to three Mossad employees were believed to have been suspended fol

69 Cases Of Palestinian Olive Trees Destroyed, But No Prosecutions
The human rights organization Yesh Din says not one of the 69 complaints filed during the past four years on damage to Palestinians’ trees in the occupied West Bank has resulted in an indictment. The organization released a report on the matter Tuesday and makes specific reference to damage caused to olive groves, central to the livelihood of Palestinian villagers. The olive harvest season is coming to an end in most parts of the West Bank this week, with the exception of those areas at higher elevations. Attacks targeting trees harvested by Palestinians – olive trees in particular, but also almond, fig, lemon and others – has been on the rise in recent yea

Two NATO Commanders Wore Nazi Regalia In Afghanistan
It has just been discovered that two commanders of the Czech military working under NATO command used Nazi symbols on their helmets during their deployment in Afghanistan. The story was made public after Czech police serving in Afghanistan reported the case, the Russia Today website