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“An audio recording ostensibly by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden calls Israel’s recent offensive in Gaza a “holocaust.” Arabic-language news network Al-Jazeera aired the message Saturday but could not verify whether it was from bin Laden. The network did not say how it obtained the recording.” Link
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“Israel entered the second week of its offensive against rockets from Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday evening by launching a much-expected ground operation into the coastal strip. The invasion was preceded by the firing of artillery shells into the strip from military preparation sites dotted along the Gaza-Israel border. ” [Link]
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“Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of the Gulf state, called off festivities yesterday in response to the violence in Gaza. He ordered “all public New Year’s celebrations” should be stopped “in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are currently enduring death, suffering and destruction in Gaza”. ” [Link]
“Egyptian border guards have opened fire on Palestinians who breached the border to escape Israel’s assault on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. An Egyptian security official said there were at least five breaches along the nine-mile border and hundreds of Palestinian residents were pouring in.” [Link]
“After weeks of preparations for the largest sex event of its kind in Israel, organizers were forced to cancel it this week due to pubic pressure and threats exerted on the owner of the venue where the sex fest was to take place. The event in question, which was scheduled to take place on ‘International Orgasm Day,’ aimed to bring together some 250 participants seeking to promote world peace through multiple orgasms reached by masturbation or sex.” [Link]
“Israel’s foreign minister declared victory Thursday in a tight race to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as the head of the governing party, getting a chance to be the country’s first female leader in 34 years.” [Link]
