FPJ's Timeline - Article List: War on Gaza
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the Foreign Policy Journal
Updated: 01/26/09 4:00pm GMT +8
Gaza truce broken as Israeli raid kills six Hamas
gunmen
The Guardian - 11/05/08
Israel
Launches Airstrikes in Gaza
AP - 11/16/08
Foreign Reporters’ Group Fights Israeli Prohibition
on Entering Gaza
New York Times - 11/18/08
UN calls Israel's blockade of Gaza 'unacceptable'
Reuters - 11/21/08
UNRWA chief: Gaza
on brink of humanitarian catastrophe
Reuters - 11/21/08
Hamas, Showing Split, Hints It May Extend Truce
New York Times - 12/14/08
Days After Calling Israeli Blockade of Gaza “A Crime
Against Humanity,” UN Human Rights Investigator Richard Falk Detained,
Expelled from Israel
Democracy Now! - 12/17/08
Israel ready to complete apartheid wall
Press TV - 12/24/08
Hamas willing to renew cease-fire; Israel to reopen one Gaza crossing
Haaretz - 12/25/08
Rattling the Cage: Accept Hamas's offer
Haaretz - 12/25/08
December 27
STATEMENT BY PROF. RICHARD FALK, UNITED NATIONS
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
United Nations - 12/27/08
Israelis Say Strikes Against Hamas Will Continue
New York Times - 12/27/08
White House Puts Onus on Hamas to End Violence
New York Times - 12/27/08
IAF strike on Gaza is Israel's version of 'shock and awe'
Haaretz - 12/27/08
December 28
With Strikes, Israel Reminds Foes It Has Teeth
New York Times - 12/28/08
After IAF strike kills at least 230 in Gaza, Hamas chief vows third
Intifada has come
Haaretz - 12/28/08
IDF mobilizes tanks, reinforces troops along Gaza border
Haaretz - 12/28/08
IAF hits Islamic University targets
Jerusalem Post - 12/28/08
Disinformation, secrecy and lies: How the Gaza offensive came about
Haaretz - 12/28/08
Inside Gaza: 'The hospital morgues were already full.
The dead were piled on top of each other outside'
The Independent - 12/28/08
Britain and US refuse to demand end to Israeli
airstrikes on Gaza
The Times - 12/28/08
Delusions of victory in Gaza
by Zvi Barel
Haaretz - 12/28/08
UN human rights chief expresses her grave concern in
the escalating violence in Gaza
United Nations - 12/28/08
IFJ Condemns Israel for Strike on Television During
Gaza Blitz
International Federation of Journalists -
12/28/09
December 29
Why hasn't Hamas responded to Gaza strikes with greater force?
Haaretz - 12/29/08
Barak to MKs: Obama said he would do all to prevent rocket fire on his
own home
Haaretz - 12/29/08
Israel destroys Islamic University in new wave of strikes on Gaza
Haaretz - 12/29/08
Barak: This is an all out war
Haaretz - 12/29/08
UN: Over 50 civilians killed in Gaza op
Jerusalem Post - 12/29/08
IAF uses new US-supplied smart bomb
Jerusalem Post - 12/29/08
Analysis: Don't forget the Iranian connection
Jerusalem Post - 12/29/08
December 30
Israeli Navy Attacking Civilian Mercy Ship
Free Gaza - 12/30/08
France, Britain look to impose cease-fire in bid to halt Gaza operation
Haaretz - 12/30/08
UN official says Israel responsible for breaking truce with Gaza
Haaretz - 12/30/08
Gaza hospitals 'overwhelmed' by wounded from IDF strikes
Haaretz - 12/30/08
Olmert: Gaza offensive to go on until Israel's aims achieved
Haaretz - 12/30/08
From the ashes of Gaza
by Tariq Ali
The Guardian - 12/30/08
Israel's onslaught on Gaza is a crime that cannot
succeed
by Seumas Milne
The Guardian - 12/30/08
December 31
White House: Hamas must cease rocket fire as first step to truce
Haaretz - 12/31/08
Israel Rejects Proposal for 48-Hour Truce
Washington Post - 12/31/08
Statement by Prof. Richard Falk, the UN special
rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Palestine Monitor - 12/31/08
Israel claims success in the PR war
Jewish Chronicle - 12/31/08
We must adjust our distorted image of Hamas
by William Sieghart
The Times - 12/31/08
January 1
IDF coordination chief: There is no humanitarian
crisis
Jerusalem Post - 01/01/09
Livni: Cease-fire in Gaza would grant Hamas legitimacy
Haaretz - 01/01/09
January 2
Israeli Troops Launch Attack on Gaza
New York Times - 01/02/09
Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign
Associated Press - 01/02/09
Israeli bomb kills Hamas leader and six of his family
The Guardian - 01/02/09
CNN: US weapons 'killing innocent civilians' in Gaza
Raw Story - 01/02/09
Backed by the U.S.: Israel Unleashes a Massacre in
Gaza
by Larry Everest
Centre for Research on Globalization
Israel's Policy Is Perfectly 'Proportionate'
by Alan Dershowitz
Boston Globe - 01/02/09
Moral Clarity in Gaza
by Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post - 01/02/09
January 3
Israel bars ICRC entering Gaza
Press TV - 01/03/09
Arab League slams Livni remark 'there's no humanitarian crisis in Gaza'
Reuters - 01/03/09
Israel kills third Hamas leader since start of Gaza offensive
Haaretz - 01/03/09
Sakhnin: Over 10,000 protest Gaza operation
Jerusalem Post - 01/03/09
IDF cuts Gaza Strip in two as it readies expanded
ground operation
Jerusalem Post - 01/03/09
January 4
IDF admits to overestimating Gaza rocket severity, but warns worst may
be yet to come
Haaretz - 01/04/09
International community giving Israel time to weaken Hamas in Gaza
Haaretz - 01/04/09
Shin Bet Chief: Hamas has eased its demands for Gaza truce with Israel
Haaretz - 01/04/09
Peres: No Gaza truce right now, Hamas needs a 'real lesson'
Haaretz - 01/04/09
U.S. quashes Arab-backed Gaza cease-fire resolution in UN Security
Council meet
Haaretz - 01/04/09
U.S. blocks UN cease-fire resolution,
diplomats say
Associated Press - 01/04/09
For Israel, Chance to Strike Before an Ally Departs
New York Times - 01/04/09
Red Cross says its medical team denied access to Gaza
Deutche Presse-Agentur - 01/04/09
Israel launches ground offensive, kills more civilians
Agence France Presse - 01/04/09
Deaths as Israel hits Gaza mosque
Al Jazeera - 01/04/09
Israel strikes Hamas radio station
Press TV - 01/04/09
462 Palestinians killed, 2300 wounded in 8 days of
Israeli offensive on Gaza: official
Xinhua - 01/04/09
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv for and against Israel's Gaza op
Haaretz - 01/04/09
January 5
It breaks my heart to see Israel's stupidity
by Rabbi Michael Lerner
The Times - 01/05/09
Massive artillery, aerial bombardment precedes invasion by IDF ground
forces
Haaretz - 01/05/09
Israel Deepens Gaza Incursion as Toll Mounts
New York Times - 01/05/09
Gordon Brown calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
The Times - 01/05/09
Switzerland calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
Xinhua - 01/05/09
Tens of thousands rally across Europe against Israel's Gaza offensive
Haaretz - 01/05/09
Israel rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells
The Times - 01/05/09
IDF shell kills Palestinian family of seven near Gaza City
Haaretz - 01/05/09
Norwegian doctor: Israel intentionally targeting
civilians
Raw Story - 01/05/09
Gaza Hospital Fills Up, Mainly With Civilians
New York Times - 01/05/09
Warnings Not Enough for Gaza Families
New York Times - 01/05/09
Wounded Gaza family lay bleeding for 20 hours
Haaretz - 01/05/09
Gaza horrors sow seeds for future violence
CNN - 01/05/09
In Fatah-Governed West Bank, Solidarity With Hamas
New York Times - 01/05/09
Media Ban in Gaza a Recipe for Censorship, Ignorance
and Fear, Says IFJ
International Federation of Journalists -
01/05/09
And there lie the bodies
by Gideon Levy
Haaretz - 01/05/09
Israel’s self-defeating Gaza offensive
by Gideon Rachman
Financial Times - 01/05/09
Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault
by Gareth Porter
Inter Press Service - 01/15/09
January 6
Israeli Forces Push Deeper Into Gaza
New York Times - 01/06/09
Israel is on its way to reoccupying all of the Gaza Strip
Haaretz - 01/06/09
Israel under pressure at UN to halt Gaza assault
Reuters - 01/06/09
Egypt announces Israel-Palestinian ceasefire plan
Reuters - 01/06/09
Paul: Israel had US OK for war on Gaza
Press TV - 01/06/09
UN refugee chief calls for open borders for Gaza
civilians
Xinhua - 01/06/09
Media rights group slams Israel's treatment of press
in conflict
Agence France-Presse - 01/06/09
Ban condemns ‘unacceptable’ Israeli strikes on UN
schools in Gaza
United Nations - 01/06/09
Israel hits UN-run Gaza schools
Middle East Online - 01/06/09
Israeli army strikes Gaza's UN School, 40 killed:
Medics
Xinhua - 01/06/09
Israeli shells kill 42 at U.N. school: Gaza medics
Reuters - 01/06/09
Israeli Shells Kill 40 at Gaza U.N. School
New York Times - 01/06/09
IDF: Mortars fired from bombed school
Ynet News - 01/06/09
At least 30 Gazans killed in strike on UN school; IDF: Troops fired in
self-defense
Haaretz - 01/06/09
Zawahri urges attacks on Israeli, Western targets
Reuters - 01/06/09
Venezuela expels Israel envoy over Gaza attacks
Reuters - 01/06/09
IFJ Slams Israel Over Targeting and "Cynical
Violations" of Media Rights
International Federation of Journalists -
01/06/09
This brutality will never break our will to be free
by Khalid Mish'al
The Guardian - 01/06/09
January 7
How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian
catastrophe
by Avi Shlaim
The Guardian - 01/07/09
What You Don’t Know About Gaza
by Rashid Khalidi
New York Times - 01/07/09
IFJ Condemns Killings of Journalists and Backs Media
Protests over Israeli Actions
International Federation of Journalists -
01/07/09
Rice Heads to U.N. for Talks on Gaza Cease-Fire
New York Times - 01/07/09
Israel May Face Charges for War Crimes
Inter Press Service - 01/07/09
UN rights body calls special Gaza session
Reuters - 01/07/09
Israel approves tougher war on Hamas
Agence France-Presse - 01/07/09
'There's nowhere safe in Gaza'
Associated Press - 01/07/09
UNRWA: IDF knows gunfire didn't emanate from Jabalya
school
Jerusalem Post - 01/07/09
U.N. official says Gaza school was clearly marked
Reuters - 01/07/09
Scores killed as Gaza UN school hit
Al Jazeera - 01/07/09
Israel Hits U.N.-Run School in Gaza
Washington Post - 01/07/09
Israel shells near UN school, killing at least 30
Associated Press - 01/07/09
Israel
turns back Jordanian truck carrying blood units
Jordan Times - 01/07/09
IDF ban on reporters in Gaza combat zones leads to limited coverage
Haaretz - 01/07/09
January 8
Security Council overwhelmingly calls for immediate
Gaza ceasefire
United Nations - 01/08/09
Gaza Children Found With Mothers’ Corpses
New York Times - 01/08/09
Red Cross Reports Grisly Find in Gaza
Washington Post - 01/08/09
Red Cross: Israel breaking int'l law, letting children starve in Gaza
Haaretz - 01/08/09
U.N. and Red Cross Add to Outcry on Gaza War
New York Times - 01/08/09
Israel attacks UN convoy amid ceasefire
Press TV - 01/08/09
Gaza: ICRC demands urgent access to wounded as
Israeli army fails to assist wounded Palestinians
International Committee of the Red Cross -
01/08/09
Gaza: life-saving ambulances must be given
unrestricted access to the wounded
International Committee of the Red Cross -
01/08/09
Babies cling to life in stricken hospital
The Independent - 01/08/09
US Senate supports Israel's Gaza incursion
Reuters - 01/08/09
U.S. Senate voices strong support for Israel's Gaza battle against
Hamas
Haaretz - 01/08/09
Rocket Fire From Lebanon Unsettles Israel, but Fears
of a Hezbollah Attack Subside
New York Times - 01/08/09
Gaza op has put an end to Israel's honeymoon with Turkey
Haaretz - 01/08/09
Israel's PR war
Haaretz - 01/08/09
January 9
Israel Rejected Hamas Ceasefire Offer in December
by Gareth Porter
Inter Press Service - 01/09/09
Testimony: Israeli army bombs home in Gaza City,
killing 21 members of a single family, Jan. '09
B'Tselem - 01/09/09
Another Gaza Journalist Killed, IFJ Calls for Global
Protest Over Media Blockade
International Federation of Journalists -
01/09/09
CPJ condemns attack on Gaza media building
Committee to Protect Journalists - 01/09/09
Two Israeli channels, BBC permitted brief access to
Gaza strip; IFJ denounces "cynical attempt to ensure that media tell
the story from the Israeli side only"
Relief Web - 01/09/09
'Hard' for Israel to spare Gaza civilians : Rice
Agence France-Presse - 01/09/09
Gaza bloodshed continues despite UN calls for
ceasefire
The Guardian - 01/09/09
UN: IDF officers admitted Gaza school shelling was by mistake
Haaretz - 01/09/09
January 10
Israel rejects UN truce resolution, says Gaza operation to continue
Haaretz - 01/10/09
Ban on foreign journalists skews coverage of conflict
The Guardian - 01/10/09
Gaza official toll rises to 854 as airstrikes
continue, bodies recovered
Ma'an News Agency
Israel: Stop Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza
Human Rights Watch - 01/10/09
As Talks Falter, Israel Warns of More Extensive
Attacks
New York Times - 01/10/09
Plenty of smoke but no ceasefire
Sydney Morning Herald - 01/10/09
January 11
Israel denies banned weapons use
BBC News - 01/11/09
Attack on UNRWA school firing of indiscriminate
weapon
B'Tselem - 01/11/09
January 12
In solidarity with Gaza
The Lancet - 01/12/09
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DECIDES TO DISPATCH FACT-FINDING
MISSION TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN OCCUPIED
TERRITORY
United Nations - 01/12/09
SPECIAL SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS
RESOLUTION ON GRAVE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN GAZA STRIP
United Nations - 01/12/09
UN Rights Council Condemns Israeli Action in Gaza
Voice of America - 01/12/09
Israel arrests 700 people, mostly Arabs, in protests against IDF Gaza
op
Haaretz - 01/12/09
Israel is using phosphorous illegally in Gaza Strip
bombings
B'Tselem - 01/12/09
1 dead, dozens injured in Gaza by suspected white
phosphorus munitions
Los Angeles Times - 01/12/09
Group accuses Israel of firing white phosphorus into
Gaza
CNN - 01/12/09
Hamas reportedly rejects Egypt bid for long-term Gaza truce
Haaretz - 01/12/09
Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert
Agence France-Presse - 01/12/09
January 13
Deprived and Endangered: Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip
Human Rights Watch - 01/13/09
Israel: End Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis at Once
Human Rights Watch - 01/13/09
Effect of Gaza conflict on children "devastating" –
CRC
United Nations - 01/13/09
Demands grow for Gaza war crimes investigation
The Guardian - 01/13/09
American public backs Israel firmly in war with
Hamas, poll finds
McClatchy Newspapers - 01/13/09
U.N. Warns of Refugee Crisis in Gaza Strip
New York Times - 01/13/09
Israel
testing ‘extremely nasty’ weapon: Norwegian doctors
Dawn - 01/13/09
January 14
Osama bin Laden calls for new jihad over Israeli
offensive in Gaza
The Times - 01/14/09
UNICEF: 300 Children Killed in Gaza
Voice of America - 01/14/09
'More than 1,000 killed in Gaza'
BBC News - 01/14/09
Gaza: Israel under fire for alleged white phosphorus
use
Christian Science Monitor - 01/14/09
Hamas accepts cease-fire 'in principle'
Jerusalem Post - 01/14/09
IFJ Calls on Israel to Release Journalists Arrested
in Gaza
International Federation of Journalists -
01/14/09
IFJ Launches Gaza Solidarity Campaign: Calls for UN
Action Over Targeting of Media
International Federation of Journalists -
01/14/09
January 15
Eyewitness: Gaza's medical crisis
BBC News - 01/15/09
Children suffering most in Gaza conflict: UNICEF
Agence France-Presse - 01/15/09
UNICEF: Children bearing brunt of Gaza war
CNN - 01/15/09
Egypt Cites Progress Toward Truce as Gaza Toll
Exceeds 1,000
New York Times - 01/15/09
Explosion hits media offices in Gaza
Reuters - 01/15/09
Brown condemns Gaza attack on UN
BBC News - 01/15/09
UN accuses Israel over phosphorus
BBC News - 01/15/09
UN headquarters in Gaza hit by Israeli 'white
phosphorus' shells
The Times - 01/15/09
Israel attacks UN compound, hospitals
Reuters - 01/15/09
Iran says oil embargo over Gaza is good idea
Ynet News - 01/15/09
Civil Rights Associations condemns attack on Gaza
hospital
Ynet News - 01/15/09
Olmert and Rice put spat over UN vote on Gaza behind them
Haaretz - 01/15/09
January 16
Israel: Stop Shelling Crowded Gaza City
Human Rights Watch - 01/16/09
Gaza: lives in ruins
The Guardian - 01/16/09
UN: Gaza Conflict Will Have Long-Lasting
Psychological Impact on Children
Voice of America - 01/16/09
Israel Shells U.N. Site in Gaza, Drawing Fresh
Condemnation
New York Times - 01/16/09
Journalists call Livni 'terrorist' during press conference on Gaza
operation
Haaretz - 01/16/09
U.S. and Israel sign pact to stem Gaza arms smuggling
Reuters - 01/16/09
GAZA: Israel bars aid boat again
Los Angeles Times - 01/16/09
January 17
Israel holds fire in Gaza but no end to disputes
Reuters - 01/17/09
Fresh evidence of Israeli phosphorus use in Gaza
emerges
The Guardian - 01/17/09
The medical conditions in Gaza
The Lancet - 01/17/09
Medical facilities under intense pressure in Gaza
The Lancet - 01/17/09
UN says Gaza hospitals in crisis
Associated Press - 01/17/09
Turkish PM: Israel should be barred from UN
Associated Press - 01/17/09
UN General Assembly adopts resolution urging immediate Gaza cease-fire
Haaretz - 01/17/09
January 18
U.S. deserves blame for Gaza slaughter
Tehran Times - 01/18/09
Israel accused of war crimes over 12-hour assault on
Gaza village
The Guardian - 01/18/09
Rights groups to ask world court to probe Israel 'war
crimes'
Agence France-Presse - 01/18/09
Gazan Doctor and Peace Advocate Loses 3 Daughters to
Israeli Fire and Asks Why
New York Times - 01/18/09
IDF bomb kills three daughters, niece of Gaza MD working at Tel
Hashomer
Haaretz - 01/18/09
Analysis: Hamas will never change. Will Egypt?
Jerusalem Post - 01/18/09
Israel Declares Cease-Fire; Hamas Says It Will Fight
On
New York Times - 01/18/09
Israel calls a halt to its assault on Gaza
The Guardian - 01/18/09
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