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PCHR: 3 Journalists Killed in 2 Separate Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah
21 November 2012 — PCHR – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights PRESS RELEASETime: 10:30 GMTRef: 135/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the killing of 3 journalists in two separate airstrikes on Tuesday, 20 November 2012, in Gaza City and the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah. PCHR believes that such crimes are aimed… Continue reading
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Video: Gaza War is Cover for Israeli Occupation by grtv
A UN special Rapporteur tells Press TV that by waging the current deadly war on Gaza the Zionist regime of Israel is trying to divert attention from its illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. Continue reading
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A Living Hell: Death in Gaza, Déjà Vu By JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN
Forty-six-year-old Ahmad Jabari and his companion, Mohammad al-Homs, were together in their car when Israel incinerated them with the astonishing accuracy of its high-tech, precision-strike weapons. Were they conscious in those last seconds? Did an instant of suspended animation allow them to bid their world good bye? On the dark side of the Manichaean universe… Continue reading
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The US-Israeli Attack on Gaza By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
There is evidence that Operation “Pillar of Cloud” was implemented in close liaison with Washington in the context of the broader process of allied military planning. Senior US military officials were on location in Israel working with their IDF counterparts in the days leading up to the attack. Continue reading
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Video: Israel’s Media Joins the War
The Israeli media has adopted the government’s line that only military targets are being hit regardless of the rising Palestinian casualty toll, reported at 115 on Monday night. The Real News’ Lia Tarachanky summarizes the coverage of Operation Pillar of Defense in the Israeli press, quotes Editor-in-Chief of Ha’aretz Aluf Benn, and speaks to Michael… Continue reading
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Video: Israel's Media Joins the War
The Israeli media has adopted the government’s line that only military targets are being hit regardless of the rising Palestinian casualty toll, reported at 115 on Monday night. The Real News’ Lia Tarachanky summarizes the coverage of Operation Pillar of Defense in the Israeli press, quotes Editor-in-Chief of Ha’aretz Aluf Benn, and speaks to Michael… Continue reading
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Exposed: UN agency rips IDF for video alleging militants use its Gaza schools to launch rockets
A UN relief agency has shot down allegations levied by the IDF via an animated film posted on their official YouTube channel saying Hamas used UN schools and facilities to fire rockets at Israel. Continue reading
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Why a new war on Gaza? By Thierry Meyssan
Once again Israel attacks Gaza, and the international media relays the images of desolation. But the outrage provoked by these daily horrors must not prevent us from analysing the situation and understanding its aims. Continue reading
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Who is Jonathan Sacerdoti, the BBC’s Go-To Man on Gaza? by Hilary Aked
The BBC presented Sacerdoti as a neutral Middle East commentator, the director of an innocuously named organisation called the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy; this neutrality was clearly implied by the lack of any alternative perspective offered and the failure to identify him as affiliated to either the Israeli or Palestinian ‘camp’. Each time he… Continue reading
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Who is Jonathan Sacerdoti, the BBC’s Go-To Man on Gaza? by Hilary Aked
The BBC presented Sacerdoti as a neutral Middle East commentator, the director of an innocuously named organisation called the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy; this neutrality was clearly implied by the lack of any alternative perspective offered and the failure to identify him as affiliated to either the Israeli or Palestinian ‘camp’. Each time he… Continue reading
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As Israel assaults Gaza, BBC reporting assaults the truth By Amena Saleem
The panel, chaired by Sir Quentin Thomas, a senior figure in the British Home Office, found “identifiable shortcomings, particularly in respect of gaps in coverage, analysis, context and perspective and in the consistent maintenance of the BBC’s own editorial standards.” Continue reading
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Dissecting Israeli Military Propaganda: The Numbers behind the Rocket Attacks by Phan Nguyen
In this brief study, I examine the many numbers cited by the Israeli military relating to Gaza rocket attacks into Israel. Continue reading
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PCHR_e: Palestinian Civilian Deaths Rise to 58, Including 18 Children and 12 Women, and 622 Wounded, Including 175 Children and 107 Women
19 November 2012 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights PRESS RELEASE 012 012 Time: 12:00 GMT Ongoing Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Palestinian Civilian Deaths Rise to 58, Including 18 Children and 12 Women, and 622 Wounded, Including 175 Children and 107 Women Continue reading
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IDF wipes out Palestinian family in Gaza: claims ‘technical error’
The Israeli Defense Force has confirmed that while targeting Hamas’ rocket chief it mistakenly bombed the home of the Al-Dalou family, killing at least 11 civilians, four of them children and toddlers. “Israel has killed a family of eleven people this evening, and many, many more. If Israel wants to stop its aggression, then we… Continue reading
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Gaza and the Politics of “Greater Israel” By Nile Bowie
The number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank has almost doubled in the past 12 years, with more than 350,000 residing illegally under international law. [3] While Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman asserts Tel Aviv’s unwillingness to permit Palestinians any right to return to their lands, emphasizing, “not even one refugee,” apartheid enforced on… Continue reading
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PCHR_e: Israeli Occupation Forces Destroy House over Its ResidentsPalestinian Centre for Human Rights
On Sunday afternoon, 18 November 2012, in an example of blatant targeting of civilians during their offensive on the Gaza Strip, that has been ongoing for the 6thconsecutive day, Israeli Occupation Forces killed 8 members of the al-Dalu family in Gaza City. Another 2 members of the family are still missing, since Israeli warplanes bombarded… Continue reading
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“Anonymous” Winning Cyber-War Over Israel
When the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) this week began taking military action in the Gaza strip against Hamas (as the IDF announced on Twitter), Anonymous declared its own war as part of #OpIsrael. Among the casualties are thousands of email addresses and passwords, hundreds of Israeli Web sites, government-owned as well as privately owned pages,… Continue reading
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History is repeated as the international community turns its back on Gaza By Raji Sourani
In Gaza today, we are sitting, waiting for the next phase of Israel’s offensive. For more than three days now, the attacks have relentlessly continued. The streets are deserted as people are too afraid to move. But still civilians are being killed and injured. The precise number is impossible to know at this stage, as… Continue reading
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PCHR: Palestinian Civilian Deaths Rise to 27, Including 10 Children and 5 Women, and 520 Wounded, Including 140 Children and 83 Women
PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights PRESS RELEASE Ref: 129/2012Date: 18 November 2012Time: 12:00 GMT Continue reading
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Video/Photos: Bombing press: Israeli strike on Gaza media center injures at least 6
An Israeli airstrike on a media compound has injured at least six journalists, Palestinian medical authorities say. Among the outlets damaged are local, Italian, German, Lebanese and Kuwaiti channels. RT’s office in Gaza was affected too. Continue reading
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