Over 30 Palestinians killed in Gaza

Over the past week, Israel’s occupation army in the West Bank and Gaza Strip has killed an average of five to eight Palestinians a day.

Their most recent bombardmant has claimed at least 30 civilian lives, as always including women and children.

The media has gotten used to somehow justifying Israel’s genocidal tendencies, or “raids” as they are often referred to. But when a politician actually lets it slip and threatens holocaust hours before murdering 30 civilians it really puts things back into perspective.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Saturday denounced a deadly Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip that has killed at least 32 people as “more than a holocaust.”

“It’s very regrettable that what is happening is more than a holocaust. We tell the world to see with its own eyes and judge for itself what is happening and who is carrying out international terrorism,” Abbas told reporters in Ramallah.

He appeared to be referring to remarks made by Israel’s Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai, who used the Hebrew word “shoah” — generally used only for the Nazi Holocaust — in remarks to army radio on Friday.

“By intensifying the rocket fire and extending their reach (Gaza militants) are bringing onto themselves a worse catastrophe (shoah) as we will use all means to defend ourselves,” Vilnai said.

“It is regrettable that Israel uses this word, banned for more than 60 years, the word ‘holocaust,’ and we demand that the world respond,” Abbas said.

But Vilnai’s spokesman took strong exception to media reports that quoted the minister calling for a “Holocaust” in Gaza.

“The minister used the Hebrew term ‘shoah’ which…

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