Gaza Strip
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Kawther Salam – Warning: Israel Plans to Strike Gaza Hospitals
Israeli MP and leader Avigdor Liberman stated that “Gaza has to be erased from the map by nuclear bombs, like what Americans used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Continue reading
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How Israel’s Propaganda Machine Works by James Zogby (Middle East Online)
When events and reality break through, contradicting the Israeli-established narrative, creating stories that run counter to the imposed story line, the propaganda machine works overtime to deny, deny, deny Continue reading
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Harry Feldman: Have your cake
The way the media have been reporting on this, you’d think it went without saying why Israel is entitled to exploit a ceasefire to prepare for its next onslaught and Hamas is not. Continue reading
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Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza: A message from the sky
The Israeli are sticking “Work in progress signs door to door, before razing whole neighbourhoods to the ground, and forever dashing the hopes of a life for the present and future. Continue reading
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Media Advisory: International Law Seldom Newsworthy in Gaza War
The idea that leaders of a military or government force being alumni of a particular school makes that school a military target is not one U.S. media would take seriously in most contexts. The CIA often recruits officers from Yale; does that make Yale a legitimate military target? Continue reading
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Analysis: ISRAEL IN GAZA: A CRITICAL REFRAMING
We do not believe that Israel can either impose an apartheid regime on the Palestinian people nor sustain its Occupation. Continue reading
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Spectator sport – Israeli-Style
Israelis watching the destruction of Gaza Continue reading
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Israelis Rain ‘Phosphorous Bombs’ Over Gaza – by Mel Frykberg
‘There is no doubt that Israel is using phosphorous bombs over Gaza. Israel is flagrantly violating the Fourth Geneva Convention,’ says Raji Sourani, head of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza. Continue reading
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Media Lens: An Eye For An Eyelash: The Gaza Massacre – Part 2
The Israeli historian Ilan Pappé notes that more than half of Palestine’s native population, close to 800,000 people, were uprooted and 531 villages were destroyed. Continue reading
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Muriel Mirak-Weissbach: If the Target is Iran Israel's Latest Gamble May Backfire
The Israelis have argued that the offensive was launched in response to eight years’ of relentless attacks by Hamas rockets into Israel. But then, one asks: why now? Why should they wait eight years? Continue reading
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Muriel Mirak-Weissbach: If the Target is Iran Israel’s Latest Gamble May Backfire
The Israelis have argued that the offensive was launched in response to eight years’ of relentless attacks by Hamas rockets into Israel. But then, one asks: why now? Why should they wait eight years? Continue reading
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PCHR: 17th Day of Continuous IOF Attacks cross the Gaza Strip: 26 Palestinians Killed, Including 6 Children and 3 Women
As the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue their indiscriminate attacks in the Gaza Strip for the 16th consecutive day, the number of Palestinian civilian deaths continues to rise amidst massive destruction of buildings and property. Continue reading
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Richard Kastelein: IFJ Calls for Global Protest Over Media Blockade
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the journalism world to raise its voice in protest over Israeli government pressure on media trying to cover the Gaza conflict. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: TAKE ACTION! to protect civilians in Gaza and human rights and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people
Take Action! CALL the Israeli Government and let them know that the mercy ship SPIRIT OF HUMANITY is coming to Gaza. Continue reading
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GazaFriends : MERCY SHIP DEPARTS FOR GAZA: “WE ARE COMING IN ON TUESDAY”
The Free Gaza Movement ship, “SPIRIT OF HUMANITY,” left Larnaca Port at 3:00 pm, Monday, 12 January, on an emergency mission to besieged Gaza. Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Who killed the peace process?
Rosenfeld says that a “simmering intolerance” for the Palestinian Authority has contributed to anger at the Israeli attack on Gaza and may pave the road for a new intifadah. Continue reading
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DeepDishTV: Heroic Woman blocks Israeli Rifles Aimed at Gaza demonstrators
http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1959219 A Korean camera crew in Gaza documented one of the most heroic actions we have ever seen or heard of. In the spirit of Rachel Corrie, who gave her life to defend a Palestinian home. Unlike the iconic image of the Chinese man standing in front of the tanks come to crush the Tiananmen Continue reading
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Media Lens: An Eye For An Eyelash: The Gaza Massacre – Part 1
The corporate media has been happy to echo the claim that Israel is “targeting Hamas” rather than the Palestinian people. In reality, the Palestinian people elected Hamas as its democratic government in 2006. Continue reading
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PCHR: Israel Uses Internationally Prohibited Weapons
The Total Number of Victims in the Gaza Strip mounts to 852, Including 203 Children, 58 Women and 165 Civil Police Officers Continue reading
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Dan Alba – Will AP Ever Stop Lying for Israel?
On January 9, The Associated Press released a report titled “A look at the Islamic militant Hamas group.” Like virtually all AP reports on Israel-Palestine, it is loaded with examples of journalistic malpractice: omission of the most basic and vital facts, use of the most sensationalistic or flatly wrong language, contradictions, and untruths. Continue reading
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