Palestine
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PCHR_e 20 July 2014: Worst and Bloodiest Day Since the Beginning of the Offensive
20 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press ReleasesRef: 91/2014Date: 20 July 2014Time: 07:00 GMT On the 13th Day of the Israeli Offensive: Israeli Forces Continue Ground Operations in the Gaza Strip Covered by Violent Shelling; Mass Killings in al-Shuja’iya Neighborhood in Gaza and Dozens of Dismembered Bodies Are in the Streets; Reports of… Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 18-19 July 2014
19 July 2014 19:13:48 — williambowles.info International activists risk lives to protect Gaza’s ambulances under fire (Mondoweiss) Israel Has Been Bitten by a Bat (The Greanville Post) Protesters join rally for Gaza (BBC) Continue reading
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The Human Price of Neocon Havoc By Robert Parry
Exclusive: Neocons are the “masters of chaos” as they destabilize disfavored governments around the world. But real people pay the price as we’ve seen with Israel’s slaughter of four boys on a Gaza beach and an apparent shoot-down of a Malaysian airliner over war-torn Ukraine, writes Robert Parry. Continue reading
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[PCHR_e] On the 12th Day of the Israeli Offensive: Israeli Forces Continue Ground Operation in the Gaza Strip Covered by Unprecedented Shelling; Israeli Forces Use Flechette Shells; Approximately 50,000 Palestinians Forcibly Displaced in Border Areas
19 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press ReleasesRef: 90/2014Date: 19 July 2014Time: 07:00 GMT On the 12th Day of the Israeli Offensive: Israeli Forces Continue Ground Operation in the Gaza Strip Covered by Unprecedented Shelling; Israeli Forces Use Flechette Shells; Approximately 50,000 Palestinians Forcibly Displaced in Border Areas Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 17-18 July 2014
18 July 2014 20:06:39 — williambowles.info Israel-Gaza conflict: Casualties mount, but Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to expand the military operation (The Independent) Current Issues (Moon of Alabama) Israel-Gaza conflict: French minister Bernard Cazeneuve backs ban on pro-Palestinian protests in Paris (The Independent) Continue reading
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March for Gaza Saturday 19 July 2014, London
Israel’s invasion of Gaza is not the act of a government looking for peace, compromise or any agreement. This is the act of a government committed to pitiless war against a whole people. This is why we need to use the last 24 hours to spread the word even further about tomorrow’s Gaza demonstration. Continue reading
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‘Are you a fucking leftist?’ –Israeli fascists target anti-occupation activists in Tel Aviv By Bekah Wolf
Yossi* wants to make it very clear from the beginning of our discussion that I cannot use his real name. Rotem, his friend who is also translating, explains, “He is afraid. We’re all afraid. The fascists are searching for our Facebook profiles, for any information about us on the internet. They are hunting us.” Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 16-17 July 2014
17 July 2014 21:57:07 — williambowles.info Israel starts ground offensive in Gaza (BBC) Gaza Invasion (Craig Murray) Israeli military starts ground operation in Gaza (RT) Continue reading
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NBC News Pulls Veteran Reporter from Gaza After Witnessing Israeli Attack on Children By Glenn Greenwald
Ayman Mohyeldin, the NBC News correspondent who personally witnessed yesterday’s killing by Israel of four Palestinian boys on a Gazan beach and who has received widespread praise for his brave and innovative coverage of the conflict, has been told by NBC executives to leave Gaza immediately. According to an NBC source upset at his treatment,… Continue reading
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Israeli defense expert: Israel vastly inflating missile numbers By Ralph Lopez
A winner of the Israel Defense Prize, Dr. Moti Shefer, has said that Israel is inserting “virtual” incoming Hamas rockets into operators’ radar screens in order to claim higher than warranted success rates. Continue reading
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Israeli MP: Mothers of All Palestinians “have to die”
17 July 2014 — PressTV A well-known Israeli politician and parliament member has branded Palestinians as terrorists, saying mothers of all Palestinians should also be killed during the ongoing Israeli assault on the besieged Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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PCHR_e: On the 10th Day of the Israeli Offensive: 4 Palestinian Children Killed in Gaza City
17 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press ReleasesRef: 88/2014Date: 17 July 2014Time: 07:00 GMT On the 10th Day of the Israeli Offensive: 4 Palestinian Children Killed in Gaza City Since the Beginning of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza: 221 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 179 Are Civilians, Including 45 Children and 32 Women, and… Continue reading
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How US and Blair plotted ‘ceasefire’ scam By Jonathon Cook
We now have confirmation from the Israeli daily Haaretz[1] of what we should have suspected: that the idea for the so-called Egyptian “ceasefire proposal” was actually hatched in Washington, the messenger boy was arch-war criminal Tony Blair, and the terms were drafted by Israel. Continue reading
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PBS ‘Expert’ Speaks for Both Sides, but Advocates ‘Excessive Force’ Against One Side By Aldo Guerrero
PBS NewsHour (7/12/14) wanted to “put the latest round of fighting between Israel and Hamas in a broader context,” so itinvited Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to consider possible policy options for “both sides.” Continue reading
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[PCHR_e] Interview with Raji Sourani in Gaza: “We are just soft targets: we are very cheap”
Raji Sourani is a human rights lawyer and founder of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, which documents and investigates human rights violations in the Occupied Territories. Jailed on six occasions for his work, Sourani is staying put in Gaza at the moment, and continuing to work under siege. He tells Roma Rajpal Weiss that… Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 15-16 July 2014
16 July 2014 20:49:14 — williambowles.info Israel declares ‘humanitarian truce’ (BBC) Each one is a world (Mondoweiss) Only 14% of Americans Sympathize with Palestinians. 73% of Republicans – and 44% of Democrats – Sympathize With Israel (WashingtonsBlog) Continue reading
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“Iron Dome is a Bluff”, Says Israeli Defense Expert Moti Shefer By Chris Carlson
Prize winning Israeli defense and aerospace engineering expert Dr. Moti Shefer stated, during a recent interview with Radio 103, that the infamous Israeli “Iron Dome” security system was one of the biggest bluffs that he’d ever seen. Continue reading
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PCHR_e 16 July 2014: On the 9th Day of the Offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israeli Warplanes Escalate Attacks on Houses, Especially Those of Political Leaders
16 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press ReleasesRef: 87/2014Date: 16 July 2014Time: 07:00 GMT On the 9th Day of the Offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israeli Warplanes Escalate Attacks on Houses, Especially Those of Political Leaders Continue reading
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Gaza Friends: Israel Attacks Gaza Hospital
Last night, Israel’s army fired five warning missiles at El-Wafa geriatric hospital in Gaza City, Gaza. International volunteers now staying in the hospital in solidarity, have said they, “can hear missiles falling close by”. The volunteers are citizens of USA, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela, France, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The first barrage of missiles hit… Continue reading
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Everything You Don’t Need to Know About Israel/Gaza By Jim Naureckas
ABC News (7/15/15) put a piece on its website headlined “Everything You Need to Know About the Israel/Gaza Conflict.” What’s interesting about it is all the things they think you don’t need to know. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 