Palestine Thru The Lense Photo's & News January 26, 2008

Palestinian president Mahmud
Abbas on Saturday called on
gunners to stop firing rockets into
Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
In a speech from the presidential
headquarters in the West Bank
town of Ramallah, Abbas also accused
Israel of imposing collective punishment
on the Gazan population by barring
the transfer of food and medical supplies.

"We say to those who fire rockets
-- stop. Do not give them an excuse and do not show the
world that they (Israelis) are the victims," he said.

Palestinian women hold pictures of jailed relatives,
during a demonstration calling for the release of
Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in the West
Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008.
(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Sat Jan 26, 12:40 PM ET

Islamic Action Front supporters take part in a
protest demanding the right of Palestinian
refugees to return to Palestine, in Amman
January 26, 2008. Placard reads:
"I am from Hebron and I have the right
to return to Jerusalem and to Gaza".
REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

Sat Jan 26, 12:47 PM ET

Islamic Action Front supporters take part in
a protest demanding the right of Palestinian
refugees to return to Palestine, in Amman
January 26, 2008. Placard reads:
"No one can remove my right to return to
my country Palestine".
REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

Palestinian youths that crossed from Gaza into Egypt
play on a memorial statue at the Egyptian part of Rafah,
Saturday Jan. 26, 2008. Egyptian riot police and armored
vehicles restricted Gaza motorists to a small border area of
Egypt on Saturday, in the second attempt in two days to
restore control over the chaotic frontier breached by
Hamas militants