FOCUS: OPINION What Goldstone says about the US

Opponents of the Goldstone report might well be hoping that after its lopsided condemnation in the US House of Representatives and successful relegation back to the UN’s Human Rights Commission, the report will become little more than an historical footnote in a decades-long conflict.
This might in fact occur, given the imbalance of power between the [...]

Abbas and the Goldstone Report Our Shame is Complete

As Israeli bombs fell on the Gaza Strip during its one-sided war between December 27, 2008 and January 18, 2009, millions around the world took to the streets in complete and uncompromising outrage. The level of barbarity in that war, especially as it was conducted against a poor, defenseless and physically trapped nation, united people [...]

VIDEO: UN human rights council backs Gaza war crimes report

UN human rights council backs Gaza war crimes report
A vote to endorse a highly critical report (pdf) on the Gaza war passed at the UN human rights council in Geneva today, despite opposition from the US and Israel.
The council approved a resolution endorsing the report, which was written by the South [...]

Were IDF close-range killings in Gazan justified? ( Israeli soldiers killed 93 Palestinians at close range with rifles)

Among the 1,400 Palestinians killed during Operation Cast Lead last December and January, 1,085 died in Israeli air strikes, according to a study by the Gaza-based human rights group Mezan. Israeli soldiers killed 93 Palestinians at close range with rifles, according to the study, which was requested by Haaretz.
Even assuming a margin of error, Mezan [...]

Barak: There is neither hunger nor crisis in Gaza

Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the cabinet on Sunday that he felt that there was no crisis in the Gaza Strip.
“There is no hunger or crisis in Gaza,” he said during a security briefing. “More supplies pass through the border crossings today than did during some points of the last cease-fire. Only sensitive materials or [...]

Israel’s Cast Lead, Palestine’s Sharpeville

It has been just over three months since Israel unilaterally declared an end to operation Cast Lead and withdrew its forces from the Gaza Strip following its 22 day onslaught there. According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), a total of 1,434 people were killed in the operation, approximately 960 of them civilians. [...]

VIDEO: 2 sides post the Israeli mass murder

Picking up the pieces in Gaza

Israel has mounted another round of air raids on the Gaza Strip, destroying the deserted interior ministry building.
Peace brings mixed feelings in Israel – 18 Jun 08

Hamas leader declares “great victory” over Israel

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said the Gaza war with Israel amounted to a “great victory” for the Palestinians, in a televised speech on Sunday.
“God has granted us a great victory, not for one faction, or party, or area, but for our entire people,” said Haniya, the prime minister appointed by the Islamist movement Hamas [...]

Perspective on Israeli activity in Gaza in march 2008 (same aggression same victim same genocide!!!….)

Anger explodes in West Bank over Israeli raids – 02 Mar 08
“This is a holocaust”

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This was then. The same rethoric.
It seems that the ONLY option Israel always have is MURDER!
From the air.
Coward virtous killers are the worst.
Welcome to Israel!
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Perspective on Israeli activity in Gaza in march 2008 (same aggression….)

Anger explodes in West Bank over Israeli raids – 02 Mar 08
“This is a holocaust”

…
This was then. The same rethoric.
It seems that the ONLY option Israel always have is MURDER!
From the air.
Coward virtous killers are the worst.
Welcome to Israel!
. a