Gaza Strip
A powerful bomb exploded outside the UN building in Gaza
June 26, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- The UN mission headquarters’ wall was damaged by the powerful blast in Gaza. No casualties and injuries have been reported yet. Blast made a hole depth of two meters in the wall surrounding the building...
Blaming Israel completely unacceptable
June 16, 2010by David J. Smith Early morning on May 31, Israeli commandoes slid from hovering helicopters onto the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara. They prevented embarked so-called peace activists from gaining the shore of the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the terrorist...
Obama Calls for Better Approach to Gaza Strip
June 10, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama has called the situation in the Gaza Strip "unsustainable," and called for a new approach to improve conditions in the Palestinian territory. Mr. Obama made the remarks Wednesday following his meeting at the White...
Clinton urges caution in Aftermath of Gaza Flotilla raid
June 02, 2010Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday appealed for caution by all those involved in the aftermath of Israel's lethal raid against a flotilla that tried to deliver aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell is being...
Israel deports activists seized on Gaza Aid Flotilla
June 02, 2010Israel says it is speeding up the deportation of nearly 700 foreign activists it detained during a deadly commando operation to stop a convoy of aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip. Buses carrying more than 120 of the deported activists crossed from Israel...
Israeli minister says Gaza Strip is 'lost'
November 18, 2007Israel's public security minister says the Gaza Strip is "lost" and the militant activities of Hamas continue to go unchecked by the Egyptians. The comments by Avraham Dichter came as he toured a border community that is the target of continued...
Israel declares Gaza an 'enemy entity'
September 19, 2007Israel's Security Cabinet voted Wednesday to declare the militant Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip an "enemy entity" and enacted a number of sanctions. The move came as a result of a barrage of rocket attacks from the strip, highlighted by one...
10 most important world events of 2005
December 29, 2005The following list is what many RIA Novosti correspondents consider the 10 most important world events of 2005. 1. The failure of the European Constitution. By voting against the European Constitutional Treaty at a national referendum, France caused...