* ERASING HISTORY * UN backtracks on claim that deadly IDF strike hit Gaza school

03.02.2009
HAARETZ
UN backtracks on claim that deadly IDF strike hit Gaza school
... Maxwell Gaylord, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Jerusalem ...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1061189.html

Posted AT 4:00 AM EST on 29/01/09
GLOBE AND MAIL
"Account of Israeli attack doesn't hold up to scrutiny

PATRICK MARTIN

From Thursday's Globe and Mail
JABALYA, GAZA STRIP — Most people remember the headlines: Massacre Of Innocents As UN School Is Shelled; Israeli Strike Kills Dozens At UN School.They heralded the tragic news of Jan. 6, when mortar shells fired by advancing Israeli forces killed 43 civilians in the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wgazaschool29/BNStory/International/



As GLOBE AND MAIL said, "There was just one problem: The story was not quite accurate".
I think just this about HAARETZ and GLOBE AND MAIL articles:
See articles and videos below and maybe You can understand...

PLUS,
WARNING:
ASMA Elementary School in Gaza City 06 JANUARY 2009
JABALIYA - UN SCHOOL 06 JANUARY 2009
BEITH LAHIYA - UN SCHOOL - WHITE PHOSPHOROUS - 17 JANUARY 2009
3 DIFFERENT events


06.01.2009
REUTERS UK
UN official says Gaza school was clearly marked
Tue Jan 6, 2009 5:39pm GMT
John Ging, director of operations in Gaza for UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, said the death toll in the Israeli artillery strike near the school in Jabalya refugee camp was 30 dead with another 55 people injured.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKN06430746


06.01.2009 11:31 PM
GUARDIAN.CO.UK / Associated Press
Israel shells near UN school, killing at least 30
Tuesday January 6, 2009 11:31 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-8204350,00.html

07.01.2009
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Gaza: Israeli Attack on School Needs Full UN Investigation
"... Israel's January 6 attack just outside a UN school housing displaced persons in the Jabaliya refugee camp..."
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/01/07/gaza-israeli-attack-school-needs-full-un-investigation


07.01.2009
Al Mezan Center
According to information verified by Al Mezan Center, at approximately 3:35pm yesterday, Tuesday 6 January 2009, the IOF fired four artillery shells in the vicinity of Al-Fakhoura School, which UNRWA had opened as a shelter for displaced civilians who escaped the fighting in north Gaza. Three shells landed and exploded in an open area opposite to the southwestern schoolyard. The fourth landed 50 meters west to the school, directly hitting two houses, which are inhabited by the families two brothers; Mu'in and Samir Deeb. Most of the members of these two families were killed. In all, the shelling killed 39 civilians immediately, and three others died at hospital from their wounds, raising the number of casualties to 42; including 13 children and 6 women. Another 50 civilians were also injured in this attack. Of whom, 15 were children and 10 women.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/CJAL-7N3NV2?OpenDocument

07.01.2009
UNRWA
John Ging, Director of Operations in Gaza for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), speaking via video-link to a Headquarters press conference. In addition to the 30 people killed, 55 others had been injured by three Israeli artillery shells landing on the perimeter of a United Nations school in the Jabaliya refugee camp, where civilians had fled seeking refuge from the ongoing violence.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/EGUA-7N3MNE?OpenDocument

Mr. Ging said the three Israeli shells impacted right up against the boundary of the school and both he and Mr. Holmes said the conflicting reports underscored why an independent investigation of the incident was so necessary.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29484

http://un.org/unrwa/news/statements/gaza_crisis/fakhura_school_jan09.html

07.01.2009
IDF
The IDF bombed the UNRWA school, Fakhura, on Tuesday after militants fired mortars at troops from inside the school, according to the IDF Spokesman's Office. The bodies of militants were found inside, it added.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053455.html

The Guardian UK
"...The medical director of the hospital in Jabaliya told the Guardian 41 bodies had been brought in so far and more could be on the way. Reuters journalists filmed bodies scattered on the ground amid pools of blood and torn shoes and clothes. In addition to the dead, several dozen people were wounded, hospital officials said..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/06/gaza-israel-death-un

THE INDEPENDENT UK
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/massacre-of-innocents-as-un-school-is-shelled-1230045.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=don8_xjQRBo




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VIDEO CHANNEL 4 NEWS
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1184614595/bctid6543716001

Israelis admit militants not in UN school
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/08/gaza-israelandthepalestinians1

Davos: "THE BLOCKADE, THE VERY SINISTER BLOCKADE"

AMRE MOUSSA
Davos: "THE BLOCKADE, THE VERY SINISTER BLOCKADE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqq8I5wHZYQ

from http://www.youtube.com/marcosdiarios

Davos Annual Meeting 2009
29.01.2009
Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace

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Amre Moussa, Secretary-General, League of Arab States

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Some brackets to say that We are against
anything that would affect children,
women, civilians, even Palestinians or Israelis.
And then,
continuing to say,
that this situation in GAZA and in Palestine.
It is a situation of foreign military occupation.
So people in siege and blockade,
Gaza is living within a blockade,very severe one.
The west bank is under military occupation,
with barriers,
with colonies, that settlements.
So the Palestinians are trying to express themselves
to find a future for themselves.
You cannot ask people in Gaza,
living in starvation and hunger
because of the blockade,
the very sinister blockade.
And then,
ask them to be calm,
and ask them: "Why
do you throw stones against your occupiers?"
It is against the nature of people,
against the nature of people.
You strangle them,
You starve them.
And ask them to be quiet?
And then,
as has been discussed now,
The question of smuggling.
Of course smuggling is illegal,
illicit trade,
illicit movement of things, commodities and so on,
including perhaps arms.
You strangle them -
not a single window of opportunity -
and then,
talk to them about illicit trade.
If you want to prevent this,
you have to open the crossing points,
you have to give them food,
you have to give them water,
to give them medicine.
It is a miserable life that the Palestinians have lived
and that, until now, are living in Gaza.
Because of the blockade that Israel has imposed on them for three years now.

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Davos Annual Meeting 2009
29.01.2009
Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations, New York
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey
Amre Moussa, Secretary-General, League of Arab States
Shimon Peres, President of Israel

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Listening Post - Manipulating the media - 30 Jan 09

from AlJazeeraEnglish

In the aftermath of the Gaza conflict, The Listening Post asks whether the media were manipulated and speaks to Avital Leibovich, a prominent Israeli spokesperson during the latest attacks.
Part 1

Listening Post - Manipulating the media - 30 Jan 09 - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAclsrthXwo

Part 2

Listening Post - Manipulating the media - 30 Jan 09 - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbAHDggRkGo

"The mood in Gaza has moved from grief to anger" (John Ging, UNRWA)

from United Nations TV


"The mood in Gaza has moved from grief to anger" (John Ging, UNRWA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnRvSQTgJc

United Nations, New York, 30 January 2009: Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. John Ging, Director of the Operations in Gaza for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), is updating on the humanitarian situation in Gaza via video conference link.

UNRWA website:
http://www.un.org/unrwa/


View the entire video (Real Media, 1 hour and 6 minutes):
http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressbriefing/2009/brief090130.rm

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UNICEF: Back to school in Gaza

UNICEF: Back to school in Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUOjqUglsx8

from http://www.youtube.com/unicef

NEW YORK, 26 January 2009 With the return of hundreds of thousands of children to school in Gaza, UNICEF is providing essential educational equipment and materials to reinstate learning and recreational activities, create safe environments and help restore a sense of normalcy for children in Gaza.

On the first day of my return to school I was expecting to find damage and destruction because I know that war machine didnt leave anything in place no human, no stone. When I first entered, I was shocked from the scenes that I saw—classrooms damaged, windows broken, every corner in the school reminds us of the war, said Hanady Akeela, 17.

On 26 January, UNICEF Occupied Palestinian Territory Representative Patricia McPhillips visited Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza where two UNICEF tents serve as temporary learning spaces for girls whose school was completely destroyed. Four additional tents will be set up in the coming days to accommodate additional students.

UNICEF is working with partners to establish safe areas and to supply educational material for children in Gaza, said Ms. McPhillips. Returning to school provides an important opportunity for children to interact, play, rebuild their routines and overcome distress.

To read the full story, visit:
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/oPt_47592.html

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"Every Gazan has a tale of profound grief to tell" (Karen AbuZayd, UNRWA)

from United Nations TV


"Every Gazan has a tale of profound grief to tell" (Karen AbuZayd, UNRWA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCEDQoxxFLw

United Nations, 27 January 2009 - Security Council meeting: With fragile ceasefires holding between Israel and Hamas, Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), appealed to the Security Council to press all the parties for the political action needed ensure safe humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and the immediate opening of the Strips crossing points to allow the free flow of aid, supplies and commerce.

Press Release:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2009/sc9585.doc.htm


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"Help is urgently needed in Gaza" (Ban Ki-moon, Davos)

from United Nations TV


"Help is urgently needed in Gaza" (Ban Ki-moon, Davos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX-IhE6nvow

United Nations, New York, 29 January 2009: Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. The Secretary-General today announced in Davos an appeal for $613 million to cover the immediate recovery needs of the people of Gaza for the next six to nine months. A formal appeal will be launched next week (February 2) in Geneva.

Related:
UN appeals for $613 million to help Gaza recover after Israeli offensive
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29707

from United Nations TV


"There is a need for a massive humanitarian effort in Gaza" (John Holmes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBjbMRdOllA

United Nations, 27 January 2009 - John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Kaaren AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) brief the press following a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Gaza.

News Story:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29690&Cr=gaza&Cr1=holmes

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MAAN NEWS AGENCY::Hamas agrees: Gaza reconstruction funds to be depoliticized

from Ma'an News Agency
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=35354

Hamas agrees: Gaza reconstruction funds to be depoliticized
Date: 28 / 01 / 2009 Time: 17:35

Gaza – Ma'an – Hamas has accepted a plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip in which funds would be given to international agencies and kept out of the hands of Palestinian factions, a participant in the Cairo negotiations said on Wednesday.

Talal Abu Tharifa, a member of the central committee of the leftist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), said that Hamas had agreed to the proposal, which is based on “the Lebanese experience.”

Palestinian political leaders are in Cairo to discuss a ceasefire with Israel, Palestinian reconciliation, and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. The question of how to distribute reconstruction funds has been contentious because of an international aid boycott of the Hamas government. At the Cairo negotiations, Hamas had previously demanded that it be allowed to handle the reconstruction funds.

Abu Tharifa told Ma’an that Hamas leaders Abu Hashem, Salah Al-Bardawil and Ayman Taha had agreed to the plan. He also said that the UN’s relief agency for Palestinian refuges, UNRWA, would handle much of the money.

Abu Tharifa also repored that the Hamas delegation had welcomed a DFLP proposal to negotiate any truce with Israel as a united Palestinian front. He also called for Palestinian factions to prepare for national reconciliation talks in Cairo on 22 February.

To read the full story, visit:
Ma'an News Agency
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=35354

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