Israel / Palästina
Aktuelle Einsätze
UNTSO
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UN-Geführt)
Beginn: 06/48
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TIPH-2
Temporary International Presence in Hebron (Sonstige)
Beginn: 02/97
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EUPOL COPPS
EU Police Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EU)
Beginn: 11/05
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EU BAM Rafah
EU Border Assistance Mission at Rafah Crossing Point (EU)
Beginn: 11/05
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Progress reported in Gaza truce talks (15.01.2009)
(Quelle:Washington Post / USA)
Diplomats said Wednesday they were closer to bringing about a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, but fighting in the coastal territory persisted as the Palestinian death toll in the 19-day war passed 1,000.
Israel says Hamas is damaged, not destroyed (14.01.2009)
(Quelle:The New York Times / USA)
Despite heavy air and ground assaults, Israel has yet to cripple the military wing of Hamas or destroy the group’s ability to launch rockets, Israeli intelligence officials said on Tuesday, suggesting that Is-rael’s main goals in the conflict remain unfulfilled even after more than two weeks of war.
Ban launches Mideast ceasefire mission as reported Gaza death toll tops 1,000 (14.01.2009)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began an intensive mission today to try to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan, as the reported death toll from Israel’s 19-day offensive against Hamas topped 1,000.
UN human rights body to send fact-finding mission to Gaza (12.01.2009)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
The United Nations Human Rights Council today adopted a resolution strongly condemning the ongoing Israeli military operation in Gaza, and decided to dispatch a fact-finding mission to investigate human rights violations committed in the territory.
France urges European observers to monitor Gaza (12.01.2009)
(Quelle:Haaretz / Israel)
The French foreign minister said Monday that European military observers should be sent to Gaza to monitor any eventual cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Bernard Kouchner said on Europe-1 ra-dio that France is pushing for international observers in the region, despite resistance from Egypt and Israel.
Israel should allow media into Gaza to report on war, UN agency says (12.01.2009)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
The United Nations agency entrusted with defending the freedom of the press, condemning the fatal wounding of a journalist on the first day of the Israeli offensive against Gaza, today called on Israel to allow local and international media professionals to report on events in the area.
Tensions running high on the Egypt-Gaza border (11.01.2009)
(Quelle:Irinnews / International)
With Israel’s two-week military offensive in Gaza showing no signs of abating, patience is running thin among those waiting to get into the Strip from the Egyptian border town of Rafah, the Palestinians’ only access to the outside world that is not controlled by Israel. Every day, local and foreign doctors, nurses, truck drivers and journalists, among others, wait on the Egyptian side of the border for the opportunity to enter Gaza during the daily three-hour ceasefire.
UN agency to resume suspended aid distributions in Gaza after Israeli assurances (09.01.2009)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
The United Nations will resume suspended aid distribution for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza as soon as possible after receiving credible security assurances from “the very highest levels” in Israel following an attack that killed one UN contract driver and injured a second although they had received Israeli clearance.
Israelis arrive in Egypt for cease-fire talks (08.01.2009)
(Quelle:Washington Post / USA)
Israeli representatives arrived in Cairo Thursday for Egyptian-brokered talks on a cease-fire proposal after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza. Egypt's top diplomats said Wednesday that talks would be held separately with representatives of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas on the Egyptian-French cease-fire initiative.
Israel accepts truce 'principles' (08.01.2009)
(Quelle:BBC / UK)
Israel has agreed "on the principles" of a Franco-Egyptian truce proposal, raising hopes of an end to its conflict with Palestinian militants in Gaza. "The challenge now is to get the details to match the principles," Israeli spokesman Mark Regev said while Hamas detected "positive signs".
Red Cross accuses Israel of neglecting Gaza wounded (08.01.2009)
(Quelle:New York Times / USA)
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it had discovered “shocking” scenes — including small children next to their mothers’ corpses — when its representatives gained access for the first time to parts of Gaza battered by Israeli shelling. It accused Israel of failing to meet obliga-tions to care for the wounded in areas of combat.
Frenetic UN diplomacy over Gaza (07.01.2009)
(Quelle:BBC / UK)
As the Israeli offensive in Gaza ended its 11th day, foreign ministers from the key powers arrived in New York for a 48-hour period of frenetic diplomacy. The attack by Israeli planes close to a UN school in Gaza, which left 30 dead, only served to underline the importance of reaching agreement on a ceasefire. … The search for a diplomatic solution to the crisis seems to be coalescing behind the proposal by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, backed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, for a truce followed by talks with Israel and the Palestinians.
Mideast mediators seek anti-tunnel plan (07.01.2009)
(Quelle:Washington Post / USA)
The biggest hurdle to winning a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, according to diplomats and Israeli mili-tary officials, is a problem that has bedeviled Israel for years: how to stop Hamas from digging tun-nels into Egypt in order to bring tons of rockets and other weaponry into Gaza. Mediators are trying to come up with an anti-tunnel plan to satisfy Israel, which has said it won't agree to a truce unless it includes concrete measures to prevent Hamas from rearming.
Israel’s daily 3-hour truces in Gaza good first step, but not nearly enough, UN warns (07.01.2009)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
The daily three-hour pause that Israel began today on the 12th day of its Gaza offensive against Hamas was a good first step but totally insufficient for the United Nations to aid the 1.5 million civil-ians living in “increasingly appalling” conditions amid credible reports of 680 people killed so far and over 3,000 wounded, senior UN officials warned.
Politik hält deutschen Einsatz in Nahost für denkbar (Germany debates role in possible international intervention) (07.01.2009)
(Quelle:Die Welt / Germany)
Soll sich die Bundeswehr an einem möglichen internationalen Einsatz im Gazastreifen beteiligen? Ja, sagen die Außenpolitiker der großen Koalition. Wenn es gewünscht ist, sollte Deutschland eine Rolle spielen. FDP und Linke sehen das anders: Deutsche Soldaten hätten in dieser Region nichts verloren.
Aid workers’ movements in Gaza severely restricted (06.01.2009)
(Quelle:Irinnews / International)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has over 10,000 staff in Gaza, but their deployment has been severely restricted due to Israeli bombing and tank shelling, UNRWA spokesman Sami Mshasha said. They are not the only ones. The movements of all aid workers are severely restricted.
Conditioning Gaza: preparing to deploy international forces in Palestine? (06.01.2009)
(Quelle:The Daily Star / Lebanon)
The Israeli attack on Gaza is likely timed to coincide with the February elections in Israel and this month's inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in anticipation of launching a comprehensive Middle East peace plan. The ultimate goal of the Gaza invasion is to create the conditions to intro-duce international troops into Palestine. … The idea for an international military intervention was first proposed by Martin Indyk, the former US ambassador to Israel under presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush 43, in a 2003 Foreign Affairs article, "A Trusteeship for Palestine?"
Ending the war in Gaza – new ICG policy briefing (05.01.2009)
(Quelle:International Crisis Group (ICG) / USA)
Urgent international action must help deliver an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to protect civilians, limit political damage and avoid a further catastrophe. “Ending the War in Gaza”, the latest policy briefing from the International Crisis Group, analyses the bloody developments since expiration of the fragile six-month ceasefire on 19 December and proposes a path to cessation of hostilities and beyond.
Einmarsch in Gaza: Das Schweigen der Araber (Intervention in Gaza: Arabs’ silence) (05.01.2009)
(Quelle:FAZ / Germany)
Der „Nahost-Konflikt“ ist über den Gegensatz zwischen Palästinensern und Israel längst hinausge-wachsen. Die gesamte Region braucht eine neue Sicherheitsarchitektur, in der der Konflikt zwischen Israelis und Palästinensern nur ein besonders wichtiger Punkt ist.
Egypt faces renewed spectre of Gaza responsibility (05.01.2009)
(Quelle:Middle East Times / USA)
Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip may be a thorn in Israel's side, but the embattled territory has for decades also been a headache for Egypt, which fears once more becoming its de facto master.
Israel rejects proposal for 48-hour truce (01.01.2009)
(Quelle:Washington Post / USA)
Israeli leaders rejected a proposal for a two-day cease-fire on Wednesday and vowed to continue at-tacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, including possibly sending in ground forces.
Israel's attacks on Gaza deepen Palestinian rift (01.01.2009)
(Quelle:Washington Post / USA)
Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip has exacerbated the deep divisions between Palestinians who want to make peace with Israel and those who support Hamas's militant struggle against the Jewish state.
Ban calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (31.12.2008)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
With the crisis in Gaza and southern Israel having reached its fifth day, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for an urgent ceasefire to end the violence and to allow crucial humanitarian aid to reach Gazans.
Gaza toll passes 350 in 3rd day of Israeli strikes (29.12.2008)
(Quelle:New York Times / USA)
In a third straight day of deadly airstrikes against the emblems and institutions of Hamas on Monday, Israeli warplanes pounded targets in Gaza, including the Interior Ministry, while in Jerusalem, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak vowed “an all-out war on Hamas and its kind.” The three-day death toll surpassed 350, some 60 of them civilians, according to United Nations officials. Palestinian hospital officials reported that some 1,500 people were wounded.
„Die Hamas ist vorbereitet“ („Hamas well prepared“) (29.12.2008)
(Quelle:FAZ / Germany)
Die Hamas hat die Waffenruhe genutzt, um sich auf einen Angriff vorzubereiten, vermutet das israe-lische Militär. Das Tunnelsystem unter dem Gazastreifen sei ausgebaut worden, „eine eigene Welt“ sei unter der Oberfläche entstanden.
Security Council calls on Israel, Palestinians to end violence immediately (28.12.2008)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
The Security Council on Sunday called on Israel and the Palestinians to immediately end all violence, as Israeli airstrikes in response to rocket attacks by militants in Gaza reportedly killed 270 people and wounded more than 600 in the Strip.
Israel denies entry to UN rights investigator (16.12.2008)
(Quelle:Reliefweb / International)
Israel denied entry on Monday to a special U.N. investigator who planned to travel to the Palestinian territories to document human rights conditions, Israeli and U.N. officials said. Border police pre-vented Richard Falk, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Israeli behavior in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, from entering Israel when he arrived at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Sunday.
Palestinian elections scheduled “very soon”: Abbas (16.12.2008)
(Quelle:Middle East Times / USA)
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Tuesday he will "very soon" schedule Palestinian elec-tions in the absence of reconciliation with the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip. … The Western-backed Palestinian president had earlier given the Islamist Hamas movement until the end of the year to accept reconciliation talks, warning he would otherwise call snap elections.
Agreement in Hamas: cease-fire to end Friday (16.12.2008)
(Quelle:Haaretz / Israel)
After expressing contradictory positions on Sunday, Hamas' leadership on Monday adopted a united stance: The cease-fire with Israel, which expires this Friday, will not be extended. On Sunday, the Damascus-based head of Hamas' political bureau, Khaled Meshal, had said precisely that, but Gaza-based leaders of the movement insisted that no decision had yet been reached.
Intensify peace talks, UN and top diplomatic partners tell Israel, Palestinians (15.12.2008)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
The United Nations and its diplomatic partners in the search for Middle East peace – the European Union (EU), Russia and the United States – called today for an intensification of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, urging both sides to take the necessary steps to reach this goal.