From BBC’s Gaza Correspondent Released After a Four-Month “Appalling Experience”: BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, 45, was released Wednesday by his kidnappers in Gaza after nearly four months in captivity. He said it was “fantastic” to be free after an “appalling experience.” Johnston was abducted on March 12 by the Army of Islam, a group dominated by Gaza’s powerful Dugmush clan. “The last 16 weeks have been the very worst of my life,” Johnston said. “I was in the hands of people who were dangerous and unpredictable.” Johnston said he fell ill from the food he was served. He described his
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One long year has passed since IDF soldiers Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser, and Eldad Regev were kidnapped by Hamas and Hizbullah. Join us in demanding their immediate and unconditional release.Monday, July 16, 200712:00 noon / Rain or ShineDag Hammarskjold Plaza (1st Ave. and 47th St.)New York City For more information contact: Conference of Presidents at 212-318-6111 or info@conferenceofpresidents.org.
Read More +From Palestinian Terrorists Planned to Blow Up Synagogue, Kidnap U.S. Citizens: The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) uncovered a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) cell that had planned a series of attacks, including bombing a Modi’in synagogue and kidnapping U.S. citizens in the West Bank, according to information made public Tuesday. PFLP member Ramzi Sharona, who had been illegally working as a laborer in Modi’in, said he intended to plant an explosive device in a nearby synagogue, blow it up, and then flee to Ramallah. In addition, the cell was planning to kidnap U.S. civilians in order
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From Fatah Man Pushed Off Roof in Gaza: Mohammed Sweirki, 25, who served in the Fatah-linked Presidential Guard, was kidnapped Sunday by Hamas gunmen and pushed off the roof of a 15-story building to his death in Gaza City. In Rafah, hundreds of rival gunmen took up positions on street corners and rooftops, pounding each other’s positions with rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns. Of the more than 39 Palestinians wounded in the fighting, at least nine were in critical condition, hospital officials said.
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No suprise here. Journalists didn’t protest the act of kidnapping. They only protested that the palestinian barbarians used a television truck to kidnap with. From Palestinians Blasted for Media Disguise: Journalists on Sunday condemned Palestinian militants for using a television truck to disguise their assault on an Israeli military position, saying the new tactic would make their jobs significantly more dangerous. In Saturday’s attack, four gunmen drove a white jeep with press markings in English and Arabic to a fence on the Gaza-Israel border, then broke through on foot and attacked a guard tower in a failed attempt to capture
Read More +The arab vampires want more Jewish blood. From Palestinians Attempt to Capture Israeli Soldier: Palestinian gunmen from Gaza, using an armored vehicle labeled “TV,” crashed through the Gaza-Israel border fence at Kissufim crossing on Saturday. One of the Palestinian gunmen was shot dead in a gun battle with Israeli soldiers. A spokesman for Islamic Jihad, Abu Ahmed, said three of the four gunmen had returned to Gaza, and the intention had been to try to capture an Israeli soldier.
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From EU Urges Release of BBC Gaza Reporter: The European Parliament Thursday added its voice to international calls for the release of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, 44, who was kidnapped in Gaza on March 12. The parliament called for the PA to “redouble its efforts to secure Mr. Johnston’s speedy release…and to ensure that all attacks against journalists and other civilians are investigated thoroughly and those responsible brought to justice.”
Read More +A Syrian guerilla organization, the Committees for the Liberation of the Golan Heights, says it is holding missing Israeli soldier, Guy Hever, missing since August 1997. The authenticity of the statement was still unclear.
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