Palestine Thru The Lense Photo's & News January 25, 2008

Palestinian residents in
Beit ul-Moqaddas held a
protest on Thursday evening
against the ongoing Zionists'
siege and attacks against the
Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip.
Most agreed that "Israel does not want peace," - "Israel
wants Palestinians to surrender and remain silent."




Majid in Tashkent, Uzekistan
Uzbek children walk in snow, with a
mosque in the background, in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.
The blistering cold assailing Central
Asia in one of the worst winters in living
memory has claimed hundreds of lives,
disrupted electric supplies and blocked
transportation in much of the region,
officials said Friday.

A candlelight vigil in Barcelona against
the Israeli imposed siege on Gaza.

Al Quds University students sit in their campus with the
Israel separation barrier in the background in the West
Bank village of Abu Dis on the outskirts of Jerusalem,
Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. The Israel studies program at
Al Quds University claims to be the first in the Arab world,
drawing an eclectic mix of grizzled ex-prisoners, veiled
women and top political operatives. Some seek knowledge
to better fight their enemy, while others believe learning
more about Israel increases the chances of peace.
(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Mahmoud
Awadh, 17, during his funeral in the West Bank village
of Beit Ommar near Hebron January 25, 2008.
A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli troops
on Friday during a raid into a village near the West
Bank city of Hebron, hospital officials said. Witnesses
said troops opened fire at residents of Beit Umar
village after they hurled rocks at troops, killing
the teenager.REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun (WEST BANK)

Opposition party supporters shout slogans
during a protest against Israeli economic sanctions
and military attacks on Gaza Strip in Amman
January 25, 2008. The placard reads:
"Down with the blockade, yes to resistance".
REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

Turkish demonstrators chant Islamic slogans
during an anti-Israeli protest in Istanbul,
Turkey, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. Hundreds of
Islamic demonstrators gathered outside of
a mosque following the Friday prayers to
protest Israel and to show their support to
Palestinians.(AP Photo/Serkan Senturk)

A Palestinian Hamas militant runs as a bulldozer
destroys part of the border wall between Egypt
and Gaza, to allow Palestinians to cross into
Egypt, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday,
Jan. 25, 2008. Thousands of Palestinians
rushed into Egypt Friday after the bulldozer
knocked over a new section of the border
wall under the watchful eyes of Egyptian
troops on the other side who shot in the air
in an attempt to hinder the flow of Gazans
into Egypt

A Palestinian security personnel (C) loyal to
Hamas stands in front of Egyptian riot police
near the destroyed section of the border wall
between the Gaza Strip and Egypt January
25, 2008. Egypt began closing its breached
border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza
Strip, using barbed wire and water cannons
to keep Palestinians from crossing into Egypt
in defiance of an Israeli blockade.
REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

A Palestinian Hamas militant tries to disperse
the crowds of Palestinians, as Egyptian border
guards, bottom, look on at the border between
Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza
Strip, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. Egyptian border
guards with riot shields formed human chains
Friday, trying to hinder the flow of Gazans
into Egypt in an apparent attempt to
gradually reseal the breached border,
but thousands of Palestinians managed
to sneak through other openings.
(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

A Palestinian Hamas militant shoots in the
air with his automatic rifle trying to disperse
the crowds, as Egyptian border guards and riot
police officers clash with Palestinians trying to
cross the border between Gaza Strip and Egypt
in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.
Egyptian border guards with riot shields formed human
chains Friday, trying to hinder the flow of Gazans
into Egypt in an apparent attempt to gradually
reseal the breached border, but thousands of
Palestinians managed to sneak through.
(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

A Palestinian Hamas militant,
holding a weapon, tries to disperse
crowds, in front of Egyptian border
guards and riot police officers,
trying to cross the border between
Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah,
southern Gaza Strip, Friday,
Jan. 25, 2008. Egyptian border
guards with riot shields formed human
chains Friday, trying to hinder the flow
of Gazans into Egypt in an apparent
attempt to gradually reseal the breached
border, but thousands of Palestinians
managed to pass through.
(AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

A masked Palestinian Hamas militant, right, talks
to Egyptian border guards and riot police officers
at the border wall between Egypt and Gaza, in
Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.
The gunman then shot at the direction of the
police dogs, seen left, killing 3 of them according
to witnesses. Hamas-backed militants driving
bulldozers knocked down more Egyptian
border fortifications on Friday in a brazen
challenge to Egyptian forces who are trying,
with little success, to gradually reseal the
breached border using human chains,
dogs and water cannons.
(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Israeli police officers prevent a Palestinian
Muslim worshipper from entering the Al-Aqsa
Mosque compound for Friday prayers in the
Old City of Jerusalem January 25, 2005. The
Israeli police limited access to the Al-Aqsa
Mosque compound to worshippers over 40
years of age.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM)

Mounted Israeli police officers
prevent Palestinian Muslim
worshippers from entering the
Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Friday prayers
in the Old City of Jerusalem January 25, 2005.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM)

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