Read more Gaza blockade stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22097/gaza-blockade.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:30:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62038/hamas-foiled-carter-assassination-plot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamas, the Palestinian group that rules the Gaza Strip, foiled an attempt by al-Qaeda-linked militants to assassinate Jimmy Carter, a source tells Haaretz . Hoping to kill the former president as his vehicle left Gaza, militants placed a pair of bombs at a border crossing. Witnesses say that they saw Hamas...http://www.newser.com/story/62038/hamas-foiled-carter-assassination-plot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 14:13:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49993/israel-captures-gaza-aid-boat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Israeli navy today intercepted a ship delivering 60 tons of supplies from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip and said it is towing the vessel into an Israeli port. The ship left Lebanon two days ago in a bid to defy Israel's blockade of Gaza. Arab TV reporters who are...http://www.newser.com/story/49993/israel-captures-gaza-aid-boat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 7:42:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49349/mitchell-calls-for-lasting-peace-as-new-violence-hits-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFresh violence in Gaza today threatened the fragile ceasefire as George Mitchell called for a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel, AFP reports. An Israeli air strike wounded 18 Palestinians, including 11 children and a pregnant woman. The Israeli army said it was targeting a Hamas policeman responsible for a...http://www.newser.com/story/49349/mitchell-calls-for-lasting-peace-as-new-violence-hits-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Jan 2009 12:19:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48409/gaza-faces-years-of-reconstruction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow that the guns have fallen silent in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave faces what might be the most difficult reconstruction project in recent history, writes Patrick Cockburn in the Independent . Rebuilding in the densely populated zone will face two major obstacles: the economic blockade by Israel and Egypt, and the...http://www.newser.com/story/48409/gaza-faces-years-of-reconstruction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 8:34:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47346/gaza-blowup-couldve-been-avoided-carter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe destruction being visited upon Gaza could easily have been avoided, Jimmy Carter writes in the Washington Post . The former president, during visits last year, saw both the effects of Hamas rockets on Israeli communities, and the misery and malnutrition caused by the Gaza blockade. He details his own efforts,...http://www.newser.com/story/47346/gaza-blowup-couldve-been-avoided-carter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Jan 2009 14:24:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47016/peace-team-rushes-to-gaza-as-toll-tops-520.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA European peace and humanitarian team and French President Nicolas Sarkozy headed to the region today as Israeli ground-assault tanks pushed further into Palestinian territory, and edged the death toll close to 530, Reuters reports. Hamas militants have retaliated by firing rocket-propelled grenades at tanks in eastern Gaza, and at...http://www.newser.com/story/47016/peace-team-rushes-to-gaza-as-toll-tops-520.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 4:19:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46642/israeli-navy-rebuffs-gaza-bound-relief-boat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Israeli warship collided with a boat of activists defying a blockade to deliver medical supplies to war-torn Gaza today, the Journal-Constitution reports. Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who was aboard, says the "peaceful mission was thwarted by Israel's aggressiveness." An Israeli spokesman denied that the ramming was deliberate. He says...http://www.newser.com/story/46642/israeli-navy-rebuffs-gaza-bound-relief-boat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Dec 2008 12:43:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29240/al-qaeda-calls-for-gaza-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOsama bin Laden's deputy has called on Muslims to launch a holy war to break Israel's economic blockade of Gaza, reports AP. The call was issued in an 11-minute al-Qaeda audiotape by Ayman al-Zawahri, marking the anniversary of the loss of Gaza, the West Bank and the Golan Heights in...http://www.newser.com/story/29240/al-qaeda-calls-for-gaza-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Jun 2008 3:04:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27862/liberate-palestine-bin-laden-demands-on-new-tape.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new audio message apparently from Osama bin Laden blames Arab leaders for “sacrificing” Palestinians and calls for followers to "liberate Palestine," CNN reports. “Each one of us is responsible for the death of our people in Gaza,” the tape says. The message, posted on Islamist web sites yesterday, also...http://www.newser.com/story/27862/liberate-palestine-bin-laden-demands-on-new-tape.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 May 2008 3:03:42 CDT