Palestine
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Israel Firing Experimental Weapons At Gaza’s Civilians, Say Doctors By Rania Khalek
Addressing reporters at a press conference on Sunday, Youssef Abul Resh, undersecretary of the health ministry in Gaza said, “Medical teams have registered injuries consistent with those caused by DIME [dense inert metal explosives] and other banned weapons.” Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 14-15 July 2014
15 July 2014 19:11:42 — williambowles.info Falastin: A poem by Mai Zeidani (Mondoweiss) Israel hits Gaza as truce bid fails (BBC) First fatality in Israel as Hamas unleashes barrage of rockets across Gaza border (RT) Continue reading
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PCHR_e: Ongoing Israeli Offensive on Gaza: 181 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 147 Are Civilians, Including 36 Children and 29 Women, and 1,181 Others Wounded, Mostly Civilians, Including 368 Children and 253 Women
15 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press ReleasesRef: 85/2014Date: 15 July 2014Time: 07:00 GMT Ongoing Israeli Offensive on Gaza: 181 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 147 Are Civilians, Including 36 Children and 29 Women, and 1,181 Others Wounded, Mostly Civilians, Including 368 Children and 253 Women; Continue reading
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Gaza: Hamas Rejects Tony Blair’s “Cease-fire” Scam
The war Netanyahoo launched on the people of Gaza has so far killed over 192, 80% of them civilians, wounded 1,400 people, completely destroyed 990 houses, damaged another 1,700 houses, and created billions of damage to the infrastructure in Gaza, including the already fragile water distribution system. For what? Continue reading
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GazaFriends: A plea from Dr. Mona ElFarra
Every day I go to the Red Crescent Society to treat children, women and men who are coming in with terrible injuries—head wounds and missing limbs, severe burns and shrapnel in their bodies. And we are running out of medicine. Continue reading
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Tormenting Gaza: Disappointing Global Response to Israeli Aggression By Richard Falk
While Gaza burns, the fiddlers at the UN worry about the text of a proposed Security Council resolution [EPA]. For the third time in the last six years, Israel has cruelly unleashed the full fury of its military machine against the defenceless 1.7 million people of Gaza, inflicting heavy civilian casualties and further devastation on… Continue reading
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Israel’s Atrocity and the West’s Ignorance. The Tide of Media Lies By Jamal Kanj
Seeing “free” Western media with headlines like “Rockets raining over Israel”, or describing the success of Israel’s Iron Dome defence system in intercepting missiles from Gaza, you would assume there was a war between equals – or even that “poor Israel” was under attack. Continue reading
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Israeli Interior Minister: “The Goal of the Operation Is to Send Gaza Back to the Middle Ages”, “Destroying All the Infrastructure Including Roads and Water”
14 July 2014 — WashingtonsBlog Is Israel Trying to Bomb Gaza Back to the Dark Ages? We noted Friday that Israel is bombing Gaza back to the stone age to get Hamas … But ISIS – NOT HAMAS – claims credit for attacks against Israel. Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 13-14 July 2014
14 July 2014 18:14:00 — williambowles.info The toxic crisis of Israeli society (The Greanville Post) Not In Our Name: The Jewish duty to stand with the people of Gaza (Mondoweiss) A Ground Invasion of Gaza Will Achieve Nothing But More Bloodshed (The Real News) Continue reading
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Israel is deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza By Rania Khalek
The UN says 77 percent of Palestinians killed in Israel’s relentless bombing campaign on the besieged Gaza Strip have been civilians. With over 150 killed, including an alarming number of women and children, and the death toll in Gaza rising by the hour, Israeli officials insist they are doing all they can to avoid civilian… Continue reading
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PCHR_e 14 July 2014: Ongoing Israeli Offensive on Gaza: 162 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 137 Are Civilians, Including 34 Children and 28 Women, and 1,058 Others Wounded, Mostly Civilians, Including 332 Children and 212 Women
Israeli occupation forces have continued their brutal and immoral offensive on the Gaza Strip for the 7th consecutive day, and have continued the policy of collective punishment in disregard for the international law and humanitarian law, which ensure protection for civilians in times of war, and in violation of the principles of necessity, proportionality and… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks: Israel aimed to keep Gaza economy on brink of collapse
Israel told U.S. officials in 2008 it would keep Gaza’s economy “on the brink of collapse” while avoiding a humanitarian crisis, according to U.S. diplomatic cables published by a Norwegian daily on Wednesday. Continue reading
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“Justified Vengeance”, The Pretext for Bombing Gaza: Was the Netanyahu Government behind the Killings of the Three Israeli Teenagers? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
‘Operation Protective Edge (OPE) directed against Gaza is reminiscent of the infamous 2001 Dagan Plan entitled “Operation Justified Vengeance” in which the deaths of innocent Israeli civilians had been envisaged and foreseen by IDF military planners. Continue reading
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Dear PLO… By Stuart Littlewood
As I write, the Israelis have slaughtered 160 Palestinians in their latest mad-dog military adventure, the vast majority being civilians including 35 children. 934 others have been wounded, including 280 children. And still the mighty international community shuffles and mumbles. Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 12-13 July 2014
13 July 2014 22:09:51 — williambowles.info Israel mobilizes 20,000 troops for possible ground attack along Gaza border (SCF) Thousands flee northern Gaza (BBC) Israel-Gaza conflict: Human cost of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza towns continues to rise (The Independent) Continue reading
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PCHR_e: 156 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 132 Are Civilians, Including 35 Children and 26 Women, and 934 Others Wounded, Mostly Civilians, Including 280 Children and 194 Women
13 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press ReleasesRef: 82/2014Date: 13 July 2014Time: 07:00 GMT Another Family Annihilated in Gaza; 17 Members of al-Batash Family Killed by Israeli Airstrike on Their Home 156 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 132 Are Civilians, Including 35 Children and 26 Women, and 934 Others Wounded, Mostly Civilians, Including 280… Continue reading
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Human Rights Watch, taking Israel’s side (again)
The NYC-based organization Human Rights Watch, which has grown increasingly closer to the US government over the years, has sunk to a new low in the kneejerk response it published July 9, to Israel’s deadly ‘Operation Protective Edge’. See how. Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 11-12 July 2014
12 July 2014 20:12:27 — williambowles.info The Carnage of Gaza (The Greanville Post) UN calls for Israel-Gaza ceasefire (BBC) World To Israel: Stop the Mass Murder of Palestinians Now ! (Veterans Today) Continue reading
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On the 5th Day of the Offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israeli Warplanes Attack Civilian Facilities, Including Charities, Parks, Disabilities Rehabilitation Centers, Sport Clubs and Mosque, and Increasingly Target Houses
114 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 94 Are Civilians, Including 26 Children and 18 Women, and 799 Others Wounded, Mostly Civilians, Including 249 Children and 165 Women Continue reading
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Gaza hospital struck by missiles; int’l volunteers gather to protect it By Brandon Davis
International volunteers in Gaza say the IDF has fired five ‘warning’ missiles at el-Wafa geriatric hospital in Gaza City, Gaza. The hospital, which serves as a rehabilitation center for people above the age of 60 – including, in the past, for some victims of Israel’s attacks – currently serves 39 patients over 60-years-old, 14 of… Continue reading
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