The Catastrophe in Gaza - English
A debate on situation in Gaza. An episode of PressTv program Middle East Today.
A debate on situation in Gaza. An episode of PressTv program Middle East Today.
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Mumbai Attacks orchestrated from outside the region - Ahmadinejad...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has questioned the motive behind the prolonged seven-year Washington presence in Afghanistan.
"By...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has questioned the motive behind the prolonged seven-year Washington presence in Afghanistan.
"By keeping its forces in Afghanistan, the US has inflicted a heavy financial burden on its economy," the Iranian president said in a televised interview on Tuesday.
Washington and its allies seek a long-time strategy with regards to their policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he continued.
Seven years of occupation have not made Afghanistan any safer, as this year alone over 5,000 people have been killed and US military casualties have increased to the highest levels since the 2001 invasion.
Since the US invasion of the country, Afghanistan has also seen a phenomenal increase in the cultivation of opium, which is used to make heroin. The country now feeds the world with nearly 90 percent of its heroin.
"Their ulterior motive is to weaken India and China," suggested the president, adding that extra-regional presence can only help create a launching ground for further problems.
President Ahmadinejad said the 60-hour assault on Mumbai which killed nearly 172 people and injured almost 300 others was also orchestrated by elements outside the region.
"The main motive behind the terrorist attacks, which were orchestrated from outside the region, was to strain relations between Indian and Pakistan," he said.
India last week blamed Pakistani-based "elements" over the attacks across its financial capital, saying the terror bore the fingerprint of Lashkar-e-Taiba -- a group blamed for previous attacks in India.
"Even if the militants are linked to Lashker-e-Taiba, who do you think we are fighting?" commented Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in reference to his government's operations against al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked militants near the Afghan border.
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Jewish settlers act like terrorists in Hebron - Sub English
The film recorded by a Palestinian resident in Hebron shows settlers attacking his house which was in a valley close to the three storey building...
The film recorded by a Palestinian resident in Hebron shows settlers attacking his house which was in a valley close to the three storey building where dozens of settlers were evicted by Israeli riot police. In the hours after the eviction Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron throwing stones at police and Palestinians and setting fire to Palestinian trees and attacking Palestinian homes. Most of the violence took place between the evicted house and the nearby hardline Jewish settlement of Kirya Arba
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The Intifada of Ships - 09Dec08 - English
An episode of Middle East Today program on PressTv about Israeli siege of Gaza
An episode of Middle East Today program on PressTv about Israeli siege of Gaza
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60 Years since Resolution 194 was passed - The Right to Return -11Dec08-...
Afshin Rattansi interviews Palestinian academic Ghada Karmi on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the passing of United Nations General Assembly...
Afshin Rattansi interviews Palestinian academic Ghada Karmi on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the passing of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 guaranteeing the right of return and compensation to Palestinian refugees.
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300000 attend Hamas 21st anniversary - 14Dec08 - English
Around 300000 Gazans gather to celebrate Hamas 21st founding anniversary as the Hamas premier promises to defend Palestinian rights.
Around 300000 Gazans gather to celebrate Hamas 21st founding anniversary as the Hamas premier promises to defend Palestinian rights.
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Pro-Hamas rally in Gaza - 14Dec08 - Arabic
Tens of thousands of Hamas loyalists gathered in a Gaza City arena to celebrate the militant groups 21st anniversary
Tens of thousands of Hamas loyalists gathered in a Gaza City arena to celebrate the militant groups 21st anniversary
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Shoe Bush on January 19th - Follow Muntazir Zaidi - English
We are collecting shoes to bring to the gates of The White House on Monday January 19th Bushs last day in office. The visual of masses of people...
We are collecting shoes to bring to the gates of The White House on Monday January 19th Bushs last day in office. The visual of masses of people hurling shoes at Bush as he exits the White House will be seared into the minds of people throughout the world. Join us for this cathartic action. If you cannott be in DC. send us your shoes.
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Gaza-Israel Massacres More than 300 Palestinians-800 Wounded Part 5-English
In a statement on Sunday, Iran called for restraint and an immediate halt of the large-scale Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
Israel attacked the...
In a statement on Sunday, Iran called for restraint and an immediate halt of the large-scale Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
Israel attacked the impoverished strip on Saturday, leaving 800 people in a critical state. The Saturday attacks are widely believed to be one of the worst in the 60-year history of the Israeli occupation.
"The international community is duty bound to defend Gaza civilians in the face of Israel's genocide and crimes against humanity," the Foreign Ministry statement reads according to press tv.
"Tel Aviv's bombardment of the Gaza Strip is yet another brazen example of Israel's terrorist mindset and its gross violation of human rights," it adds.
The statement condemns the barrage of Israeli attacks on civilian non-military targets as being in stark defiance of the Geneva Convention and UN resolutions.
Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that no protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed, hence collective punishment and all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.
The Saturday onslaught came after a six-month truce between Israel and the democratically-elected Palestinian government of Hamas expired on December 19 - and after repeated violations by Tel Aviv.
The Arab world reacted in shock to the Israeli incursion into Gaza and stepped up calls for retaliation against Israel.
"Today everybody has to stand by the side of the Palestinian people and stop this blind military action," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
Russia and France have also decried the large-scale operations, demanding that Israel immediately halt its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, however, snubbed international appeals for an end to the attacks and asserted that operations against Gaza will go on for "as long as necessary".
"There is a time for cease-fires and a time to fight, and now is the time to fight," said Barak, adding that the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and security forces have been masterminding the Gaza invasion "for months".
In a televised speech on Sunday, Barak confirmed that Tel Aviv may even send ground troops into Gaza to help in carrying out fresh attacks on the coastal strip.
The UN Security Council held emergency consultations Saturday night and early Sunday to outline a resolution, by which Israel would be obliged to halt its military operations "without delay".
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