MENA: Rage after Israel Attacks Gaza-bound Flotilla
Emotions are running high across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), after Israel attacked a peaceful flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to besieged Gaza - and the Twittersphere is ablaze.
According to Reuters:
The violent end to a Turkish-backed attempt to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip by six ships carrying some 600 people and 10,000 tonnes of supplies raised an outcry across the Middle East and far
beyond. read more »
Israel okays changes to Egypt gas deal
Israel okays changes to Egypt gas deal
Bikya Masr
29 August 2009
CAIRO: Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) announced that its board members have approved changes to a previous agreement with Egypt. The statement on Thursday says the new deal will create a steady flow of natural gas into the Jewish state.
The IEC said in a statement that as a result of the changes that have occurred in the global fuel market and with new costs of gas production in Egypt, the new deal changes the price of gas for the export deal that has left many Egyptian activists angered.
The IEC did not provide exact details of the new arrangement, but said that it took into account political pressures in Egypt. read more »
Reuters - Egypt border police kill African migrant, hurt two
The killing is the second of an unarmed migrant on Egypt's border with Israel in less than a week.
The security sources said they had spotted three men attempting to slip across the border into Israel and ordered them to stop, opening fire when the migrants failed to do so.
The unidentified African man was killed by a bullet fired into the right side of his chest, and the two Eritreans with him were also shot, the sources said.
اشمعنى غزة
كالعادة تصدمني قدرتنا على الجدل العبثي من زوايا عجيبة في قضايا أنا كنت شايفها واضحة تماما. و كالعادة ترعبني شوفينية دفينة في مجتمعنا ممزوجة باستعداد غير مفهوم لأننا نسمع خطاب دولة و نظام كلنا عارفين أنه شغال ضد مصالحنا و نكبة علينا.
مفيش كلام جديد يتقال في موضوع غزة و الصراع العربي الاسرائيلي، بس الحوارات العبثية اللي شغالة اليومين دول مستفزة جدا. و بالذات الكلام عن الحدود. read more »
Egypt-Israel Gas Pump Resumes, Egyptians Become More Outraged
Ever since Egypt started supplying Israel with natural gas, the average Egyptian literally has no value. This has been a decision that totally conflicts with our pride and heritage. Israel has always been our one ultimate enemy, and will always be.| |
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