Mon. 1 Aug. 2011 @ 10.23 - Israeli sources claim Lebanese troops opened fire on IDF soldiers due to border confusion, echoing high-profile incident this time last year. Israeli news sources are reporting that Israeli and Lebanese troops have exchanged fire on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Haaretz describes what is alleged to have occurred: 'Israel Defense Forces troops traded fire Monday with forces from Lebanon's army in the Mount Dov region on the border between the two countries. 'According to initial reports, Lebanese soldiers shot at IDF paratroopers on the border, prompting them to return fire. In contrast with Lebanese reports, UNIFIL reported that the incident included gunfire and no injuries.' Fri. 29 Jul. 2011 @ 16.08 - Masked men vandalise UN summer camp in the latest of a series of similar attacks. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has condemned yesterday's attack on a UN-run summer camp for children in the Gaza Strip, in what has become a regular occurrence in the Islamist-controlled territory: 'PCHR strongly condemns this attack which is part of the state of security chaos and misuse of weapons plaguing the Occupied Palestinian Teritory [sic], and calls upon the Palestinian government in Gaza to open immediate and effective investigations into this attack and prosecute perpetrators'. The human rights organisation also noted that this incident is just the latest in a string of attacks on UN-run summer camps in the area - none of which have been successfully investigated by Hamas authorities: '... [D]uring the summer of 2010, two attacks were launched on UNRWA summer camps by unknown persons. The first attack was launched on 23 May 2010 on a summer games camp on the beach in the west of Gaza City while the second attack was launched on 28 June 2010 on a camp in the west of Zawaida village in central Gaza Strip. No results of investigations were officially published with regard to these two attacks.' Hamas foreign minister reiterates Hamas' rejection of two-state solution and commitment to gaining 'Palestine in its entirety' by force. Hamas' foreign minister, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, recently conducted a television interview in which he once more set out Hamas' rejection of Israel's right to exist. According to Memri, Al-Zahar used the interview, from 21 July, to argue that 'Palestine in its entirety is Islamic waqf land, which cannot be relinquished': 'At this moment in time, we say to you, first of all: We want Palestine in its entirety - so there will not be any misunderstandings. If our generation is unable to achieve this, the next one will, and we are raising our children on this. Palestine means Palestine in its entirety, and Israel cannot exist in our midst.' Al-Zahar also declared that Hamas would view any Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, or a compromise agreement with the Palestinian Authority, as only a 'first stage' towards the destruction of Israel in its entirety. He asserted that this was the key difference between Hamas and their secular rivals, Fatah. Thurs. 28 Jul. 2011 @ 17.52 - British media fails to report campaign of harassment against AFP in Jordan following latest protests outside French embassy Ma'an News agency yesterday reported on the continued protests in Jordan against the Amman bureau of Agence France Press (AFP), with the latest demonstration occurring outside the French embassy. According to 'Jordanians protest against AFP outside French embassy', the approximately 100 protestors were calling for the closure of the AFP's offices and 'urge[d] the government to take legal action against bureau chief Randa Habib'. The AFP has been the subject of some controversy since 13 June, when it reported that the motorcade of the Jordanian monarch, King Abdullah II, was allegedly targeted by stone-throwers. That incident, which occurred in the southern city of Tafileh, was reported at the time by The Guardian and the BBC News website. According to 'Jordan: Officials deny protesters attacked king' on the BBC News website, an 'unnamed security official' told the AFP that: '[p]art of the king's motorcade was attacked with stones and empty bottles by a group of men in their 20s and 30s after the king's car entered Tafileh'.
August 01, 2011 The Wire Breaking news: Israeli and Lebanese soldiers exchange fire on border
The Wire Attack on UN children's camp in Gaza unreported
The Wire Hamas in Gaza: 'Palestine means Palestine in its entirety, and Israel cannot exist in our midst'
Fri. 29 Jul. 2011 @ 13.06 - The Wire Latest attacks on AFP in Jordan go unreported
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