Date: May 7th 2008

Palestine : Opinion/Editorial:

THE ANZAC-PALESTINE CONNECTION
By Sonja Karkar, The Electronic Intifada, 7 May 2008

"ANZACS BACK AGAIN" was the front-page headline of
Jerusalem's Palestine Post on 13 February 1940. The ANZAC
reputation for courage and daring was legendary after
their victory at Beersheba in 1917. That was the Palestine
Campaign that saw the celebrated charge of the 4th Light
Horse Brigade on the unsuspecting Turks. It was a battle
that turned the tide of that campaign and led to the
subsequent end of Ottoman rule in Palestine. EI
contributor Sonja Karkar comments.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9514.shtml

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Palestine : Diaries: Live from Palestine:

SIXTY YEARS AGO IN BATTIR (PART 2)
By Hasan Abu Nimah, Live from Palestine, 7 May 2008

For a long time any discussion of the "Arab-Israeli
conflict" has skipped one basic fact: Israel, whether one
loves or hates it, was created at the expense of the
Palestinians. An entire people and hundreds of communities
that had lived for centuries in tranquility had to be
ruthlessly and unjustly shattered to make room for the
Zionist state. The story of my village, Battir, southwest
of Jerusalem, is only one of hundreds. EI contributor
Hasan Abu Nimah recalls his village's story.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9513.shtml

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Palestine : Human Rights:

GAZA IMPROVISES UNDER SIEGE
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 7 May 2008

JERUSALEM/GAZA, 6 May (IRIN) - Intense political divisions
in the Gaza Strip have split people on most issues, except
one: the situation has never been worse, nearly everyone
agrees. "I never remember Gaza being this bad," said one
man in his early 40s. "Living here has become a game of
survival." With fuel supplies nearly dry, many people no
longer have cooking gas in their homes, leading some to
search for alternative methods to make a meal.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9520.shtml

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Palestine : Development:

EGYPT BRACES FOR NEW GAZA INFLUX
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, The Electronic Intifada, 6 May 2008

CAIRO, 6 May (IPS) - With next-door Gaza Strip in a
humanitarian crisis, the government is desperate to avoid
a repeat of January's Palestinian influx into the Sinai
Peninsula. In recent weeks, the security presence along
Egypt's 14-kilometer border with the hapless territory has
been significantly reinforced.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9517.shtml

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Palestine : Multimedia:

PHOTOSTORY: THE MONTH IN PICTURES, APRIL 2008
Slideshow, The Electronic Intifada, 5 May 2008

The following slideshow is a selection of images from the
month of April 2008. The month in pictures is an ongoing
feature of The Electronic Intifada. If you have images
documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and
culture, or of solidarity with Palestine, please email
images and captions to photos A T electronicintifada D O T
net.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9512.shtml

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