Paul Mason, Channel 4 News (Gaza City) “In the destroyed suburb of Zeitoun in Gaza City Paul Mason finds local support for Hamas still strong.” They look you in the eye and say we are not giving up our support for the Resistance (Hamas) and there will be no peace until the Israeli siege on […]
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Israel’s Indiscriminate Killing of Civilians is a Feature, not a Bug of its Strategy (The Young Turks)
By Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks “As Israel showed signs of scaling back its ground offensive in Gaza, its war from the skies continued Sunday, as an airstrike outside a U.N. school in southern Gaza killed at least 10 people. The bloodshed sparked some of the harshest U.S. criticism of Israel since the war began. […]
Top 5 Ways the US is Israel’s Accomplice in War Crimes in Gaza
By Juan Cole The US State Department became a little testy with Israel on Sunday over the 6th school shelling by the Israeli military, which killed 10, saying “The United States is appalled by today’s disgraceful shelling outside an UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons, in which ten more Palestinian civilians were […]
When will the Madness Stop? Inside the Collapsing Hospitals of Gaza
Channel 4 News: “Paul Mason meets some of the victims of the latest shelling in Gaza, including a two-year-old child, as the outside of a UN school in Rafah is hit. The UN says the strike is a ‘criminal act’ and ‘the madness must stop’.” Channel 4 News: ‘This madness must stop’ – inside the […]
Israel’s Repeated Bombing of Schools and Schoolchildren Is a War Crime & Should be Punished
By Alan Smith, University of Ulster The shelling of Jabalia Elementary Girls’ School in Gaza on July 30 by Israeli forces was a shocking example of modern military action. The shelling was the sixth time a United Nations school has been struck since the current hostilities began. Increasingly and tragically, education is at the centre […]
The Hateful Likud Charter Calls for Destruction of Any Palestinian State
By Jonathan Weiler Since virtually every comment on Hamas in American media includes the assertion that the group’s Charter rejects Israel’s right to exist, it’s worth noting the following from the Likud Platform of 1999: a. “The Jordan river will be the permanent eastern border of the State of Israel.” b. “Jerusalem is the eternal, […]
“Mr. Netanyahu is Engaged in the Liquidation of an Entire Nation” – Powerful Palestinian Statement from West Bank
BBC: Spokesman for Fatah, Dr Husam Zomlot tells the BBC News that Israeli PM Netanyahu is guilty of ‘ liquidation of an entire nation’. ‘We haven’t got any rockets in West Bank yet Israel kills everyday’ – BBC News
UN on Gaza: Health System Collapse, 25% Displaced, 5% w/ Clean Water, Epidemic Threat, Generally Mad Max
By United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory: Gaza Emergency Situation Report Highlights • The Rafah area was subject to the heaviest shelling and fighting recorded since the start of the emergency, resulting in dozens of fatalities; many of the bodies could not yet be recovered or identified. • The […]
“Dead Children Names Too Threatening For Israel” – Something being Covered Up (Young Turks)
The Young Turks: “”The Israeli Broadcasting Authority has banned a radio advertisement from a human rights organisation which listed the names of some of the scores of children killed in Gaza since the conflict began 17 days ago. B’Tselem’s appeal against the decision was rejected on Wednesday. It intends to petition Israel’s supreme court on […]