Ahmed Bahar calls for Arab international court to try Israeli war criminals, Turkish Red Crescent inspects destroyed homes

Bahar urges Arab parliamentary union to form int'l court for Israel's crimes

[ 09/03/2009 - 10:12 AM ]

MUSCAT, (PIC)--

Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the acting speaker of the PLC, urged Sunday the participants in the fifth conference of the Arab parliamentary union held in Muscat to adopt a set of steps to support the Palestinian resistance and to form an international court to prosecute Israeli war criminals.

Dr. Bahar underlined that the Arab and Muslim leaders also must assume their responsibilities in defending the occupied city of Jerusalem and providing all forms of support for its people in order to strengthen their steadfastness in the face of Zionist attempts to judaize their city.

The acting speaker called for not politicizing the reconstruction issue, condemning US conditions for reconstructing Gaza as unfair and a political blackmail at the expense of the displaced and homeless citizens.

He also invited the members of the Arab parliamentary union to visit postwar Gaza to see with their bare eyes the reality of the war crimes committed by Israel.

Israeli officials admit losing media war: Meanwhile, Al-Quds newspaper said Monday that Israeli officials admitted that they lost the public relations war against the Palestinians and the images of massacred children settled the battle in favor of the Hamas Movement.

According to the newspaper, the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs stated that the military operation of cast lead carried out by the IOF troops on Gaza led to growing hostility and hatred against Israel all over the world.

Spokesman for the foreign ministry Yigal Palmor told Yediot Ahronot that the European citizens do not care about what Israelis say, but about the pictures from Gaza that exposed the Israeli atrocities, adding that one picture from Gaza equals one thousand Israeli spokespersons.

The newspaper underscored that the new wave against Israel included angry protests around the world, demands for boycotting Israel and severing diplomatic relations with it.

Turkish Red Crescent Society delegation inspects destroyed Palestinian homes in Jabalia

[ 09/03/2009 - 06:49 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

A delegation of the Turkish Red Crescent Society (TRCS) on Monday toured the devastated Palestinian homes in Sumud refugee camp east of Jablalia town north of the Gaza Strip.

The team members listened to testimonies of many citizens who lost their relatives and homes and fled to nearby areas following the Israeli brutal war on the Strip.

The citizens thanked the TRCS delegation for visiting their camp and for providing them with relief assistance. They also hailed the Turkish role during the war on Gaza in support of the Palestinian people.

One of the delegates said that the Turkish government and people would continue to support the Palestinian people, and lauded their steadfastness in face of the ferocious Zionist war machine.

The delegation announced that it would participate in re-building a number of houses as soon as necessary construction materials were allowed access into the Strip.

IOA plans demolition of mosque and six homes in Aqraba

[ 09/03/2009 - 09:27 AM ]

NABLUS, (PIC)--

The Israeli occupation authority has handed inhabitants of Aqraba village, southeast of Nablus city, on Sunday notifications that a mosque and six of their homes would be flattened, locals reported.

They charged that the IOA wants to evacuate the entire village of Aqraba after 90% of its land, used in grazing (the main livelihood for the villagers) was confiscated and distributed to four Jewish settlements surrounding the village.

The sources also pointed out that four of the village inhabitants were killed at the hands of settlers in those settlements over the past few years.

They noted that the settlers recently escalated their attacks and planted roadside bombs, one of which lately blasted killing a man and wounding a child.

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