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06-18-2010, 02:09 PM
100,000 Ultra Orthodox On The Move In Jerusalem. (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:9f3738a6-cee2-466c-b2bf-c8d8b8f36137)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 17, 2010 4:26 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
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It was an extraordinary sight, tens of thousands of black hats bobbing up and down in brilliant sunshine through the streets of Jerusalem.
And it adds up to a serious political challenge for the Israeli government.
Israel's ultra-Orthodox are a political force to be reckoned with but they are rarely mobilised quite like this.
They were protesting what they see as the unacceptable intervention of Israeli courts into religious affairs, in particular in a school segregation row....
Starving Gaza? 'Don't Believe The Hype'. (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:b314c362-73b5-4f1b-bd3d-71591a494630)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 10, 2010 7:27 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
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I was sent one of those email circulars this week mocking the media’s portrayal of Gaza.
This one was in French. Under the title ‘Gaza Affame’ or ‘Starving Gaza’ and alongside captions like ‘Gaza, une prison a ciel ouvert!’ (Gaza, an open air prison!), were a series of pictures showing smiling Gazans living the good life.
The shops are full, market stalls groan under the weight of sweets, fruit, herbs and spices. Grinning children play in the sea,...
Gaza (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Gaza) blockade (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/blockade) Israel (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Israel) UNRWA (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/UNRWA) Hamas (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Hamas)
Now...The Reverse Flotilla. (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:ea7c92c7-3aa7-46d2-966a-5b29b56db3ed)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 09, 2010 6:30 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
Flotilla. Not a word in much use until a few weeks ago then rarely far from our lips. Now we have reverse flotilla. And even aid fauxtilla.
Some Israelis are so fed up with what they see as the hypocrisy of the international community and Turkey in particular that they are planning a flotilla of their own.
Haim Har-Zahav and his father plan to sail as many as twenty yachts to the Turkish controlled north of Cyprus this weekend....
Israel (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Israel) Flotilla (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Flotilla) Gaza (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Gaza) Turkey (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Turkey) Cyprus (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Cyprus)
"Go Back To Auschwitz", Mavi Marmara to Israeli Navy (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:a10f8817-7d5b-481c-8657-5aac3efe60e4)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 04, 2010 6:24 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
The Israeli Defence Forces Spokesman's Unit has released disturbing audio footage of the communications between the Israeli Navy and the Mavi Marmara shortly before the Israeli commando operation that went so wrong killing nine people.
“This is the Israeli Navy. You are approaching an area which is under a naval blockade” begins the recording
“Shut up, go back to Auschwitz”, comes a reply from the ship.
“We have permission from the Gaza Port Authority to enter”,... Israeli Commandos' Parents Demand Answers (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:e3a8095d-3547-4b8f-a31d-d6a28e02f6b1)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 03, 2010 12:02 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
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Intelligence failure does not quite do it justice. Especially if you’re a young Israeli commando languishing in a hospital bed with stab wounds learning quite how bungled the operation was that put you there.
It is clear the Israelis knew exactly the nature of the people on board the Mavi Marmara because for weeks they had been talking about their alleged links with radical militant Islam.
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, for instance,...
What Doesn't Add Up About Israel's Story (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:ff431b77-ed33-4245-b90c-7b9a8f2427e7)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 17, 2010 4:26 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
http://sl.sky.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/3/904eeaa1-ded2-45ff-b3da-88826dd9a66b.Full.jpg (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:9f3738a6-cee2-466c-b2bf-c8d8b8f36137)
It was an extraordinary sight, tens of thousands of black hats bobbing up and down in brilliant sunshine through the streets of Jerusalem.
And it adds up to a serious political challenge for the Israeli government.
Israel's ultra-Orthodox are a political force to be reckoned with but they are rarely mobilised quite like this.
They were protesting what they see as the unacceptable intervention of Israeli courts into religious affairs, in particular in a school segregation row....
Starving Gaza? 'Don't Believe The Hype'. (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:b314c362-73b5-4f1b-bd3d-71591a494630)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 10, 2010 7:27 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
http://sl.sky.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/8/3c24e15d-1d63-4fb8-a8bd-2641ab9d090c.Full.bmp (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:b314c362-73b5-4f1b-bd3d-71591a494630)
I was sent one of those email circulars this week mocking the media’s portrayal of Gaza.
This one was in French. Under the title ‘Gaza Affame’ or ‘Starving Gaza’ and alongside captions like ‘Gaza, une prison a ciel ouvert!’ (Gaza, an open air prison!), were a series of pictures showing smiling Gazans living the good life.
The shops are full, market stalls groan under the weight of sweets, fruit, herbs and spices. Grinning children play in the sea,...
Gaza (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Gaza) blockade (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/blockade) Israel (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Israel) UNRWA (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/UNRWA) Hamas (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Hamas)
Now...The Reverse Flotilla. (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:ea7c92c7-3aa7-46d2-966a-5b29b56db3ed)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 09, 2010 6:30 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
Flotilla. Not a word in much use until a few weeks ago then rarely far from our lips. Now we have reverse flotilla. And even aid fauxtilla.
Some Israelis are so fed up with what they see as the hypocrisy of the international community and Turkey in particular that they are planning a flotilla of their own.
Haim Har-Zahav and his father plan to sail as many as twenty yachts to the Turkish controlled north of Cyprus this weekend....
Israel (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Israel) Flotilla (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Flotilla) Gaza (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Gaza) Turkey (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Turkey) Cyprus (http://blogs.news.sky.com/editors/tags/Cyprus)
"Go Back To Auschwitz", Mavi Marmara to Israeli Navy (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:a10f8817-7d5b-481c-8657-5aac3efe60e4)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 04, 2010 6:24 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
The Israeli Defence Forces Spokesman's Unit has released disturbing audio footage of the communications between the Israeli Navy and the Mavi Marmara shortly before the Israeli commando operation that went so wrong killing nine people.
“This is the Israeli Navy. You are approaching an area which is under a naval blockade” begins the recording
“Shut up, go back to Auschwitz”, comes a reply from the ship.
“We have permission from the Gaza Port Authority to enter”,... Israeli Commandos' Parents Demand Answers (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:e3a8095d-3547-4b8f-a31d-d6a28e02f6b1)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif
June 03, 2010 12:02 PM - Written by Dominic Waghorn (http://blogs.news.sky.com/profile/Dominic%20Waghorn)
http://sl.sky.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/1/b82cc641-8112-42b8-812f-124b11ecb470.Full.jpg (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:e3a8095d-3547-4b8f-a31d-d6a28e02f6b1)
Intelligence failure does not quite do it justice. Especially if you’re a young Israeli commando languishing in a hospital bed with stab wounds learning quite how bungled the operation was that put you there.
It is clear the Israelis knew exactly the nature of the people on board the Mavi Marmara because for weeks they had been talking about their alleged links with radical militant Islam.
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, for instance,...
What Doesn't Add Up About Israel's Story (http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:ff431b77-ed33-4245-b90c-7b9a8f2427e7)http://blogs.news.sky.com/images/chv_20_red.gif