Gazans denying shark reports

If it wasn't the Nine Days, I would open this one with the theme from the movie Jaws. Hamas is denying the presence of sharks off the Gaza coast. Gaza official Mahmoud Kabarati on Tuesday denied media reports that sharks had been spotted on the Gaza Strip's coastline.According to reports in the Israeli media on Tuesday, sharks had ventured near the Gaza shore because of environmental changes in

Surprise: 'Palestinians' agreed that no foreign ships would be allowed within 12 miles of Gaza

Forget for a minute that the United Nations is about to issue the Palmer Commission report that finds that the Israeli blockade of Gaza is legal. The 'Palestinians' themselves AGREED as part of the Oslo accords that no foreign ship would be allowed within 12 nautical miles of the Gaza coast! Pursuant to the Oslo Accords negotiated and signed between Israel and the PLO, the Palestinians agreed