H16868
Headlines : InternationalOver 112 Palestinians Killed in Five-Day Israeli Attack
As Israel pulls ground troops from Gaza, Israeli aircraft continue to carry out bombing raids. On Sunday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally suspended contacts with Israel to protest what he called a criminal war on the Palestinian people. Democracy Now! speaks with Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer and Israeli journalist Amira Hass.
[Posted By ShiftShapers]Republished from Democracy Now! Independent Unembedded Alternative Media Collaborative
AMY GOODMAN: Israeli troops have reportedly pulled out of northern Gaza after days of fighting that killed more than 112 Palestinians in the deadliest military assault on Gaza in years. The assault drew worldwide protests for excessive use of force, but Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned the withdrawal of troops does not mean Israel’s military operation there is over.
The clashes reached a peak on Saturday, after Israel sent in a regiment of ground troops in an operation dubbed “Hot Winter” that killed seventy-seven Palestinians in two days. According to Gaza health ministry statistics, twenty-two children were killed. More than 350 people were wounded. Since last week, three Israelis have died: one civilian and two soldiers.
Amid the bloody assault, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended peace negotiations and cut off all contacts with Israel.
On Monday, Hamas claimed victory over Israeli forces and mounted a rally in Gaza City. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to arrive in the region for talks tomorrow. Meanwhile, a senior Israeli official told Reuters, “This very limited (Gaza) operation was intended to show Hamas what could happen, what you may call a ‘prequel.’” He went on to say, “If they continue to fire the…
Posted by ShiftShapers
Welcome to (A)utonomous Resistance, GNN’s exclusive one-stop infoshop for radical resources and information. This blog primarily serves as a vehicle with which to bring greater exposure to repressed and marginalized voices and ideas. Much of what I post here...
RELATED ITEMS
- Over 30 Palestinians killed in Gaza
Posted by Antistar on Saturday, March 1st 2008
The Time For Worldwide Boycott Is Now: On Friday, 29 February 2008, Israel’s deputy defense minister Matan Vilnai threatened Palestinians in Gaza with a ‘‘holocaust,’‘ telling Israeli Army Radio: ‘‘The more Qassam fire intensifies and the rockets reach a longer range, [the Palestinians] will bring upon themselves a bigger holocaust because we will use all our might to defend ourselves.’‘
Islamofascists, Judeofascists—-who cares? A Nazi is a Nazi.
This is how they do:
Kill women and children indiscriminately, then blame them for it.
Imagine past or future transgressions by rivals to invent reasons to go to war.
Create your own WMD, lie about it to the world, then conveniently ignore peace treaties and UN Resolutions while you castigate your rivals for imaginary WMD
Hypocrisy has become so ingrained in that society that I guess people there don’t realize how full of shit they really are. Propaganda…it’s a beautiful thing!
Teach your children from a young age how much better you are than the Arabs and the Gentiles (everyone else, really), remember, the Chosen People can do no wrong in the eyes of Sky God #1.
Keep killing and lying, whining and playing the victim. America the Benefactor has to be kept dumb and believing these benevolent fairytales—-forking over those monthly extortion checks.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Israel’s Illegal Assault On The Gaza “Prison”: Since last Wednesday (February 27), 112 Palestinians have died under Israeli air attacks and ‘incursions’ by Israeli troops. The dead include many women and children, such as four boys who had been out playing football and even babies killed in their homes. Last Saturday alone saw the deaths of 60 Palestinians under Israeli attacks. Three Israelis have died — one a civilian killed during a rocket attack by Hamas last Wednesday and, since then, two Israeli soldiers.
Israel’s Right To Terrorism: A “holocaust” will not bring peace to Palestine. Peace will return to Palestine only if Israeli leaders end their genocidal policy and the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. Under the international Genocide Convention adopted in 1948 after the defeat Nazism, incitement to genocide is punishable war crime. Hence, Israeli leaders should abide by international laws and revoke terrorism and violence.
Gaza’s Descent Into Darkness: Since when did the shooting death of a two-week old baby not make headline news? Imagine the absolute horror of seeing, of feeling your child die in your arms of an easily preventable disease. The necessary drugs are just a few kilometers away, but for all that, they might as well be on the moon.
It’s Still The OCCUPATION, Stupid! After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former and current U.S. officials, David Rose reveals how President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy National-Security Adviser Elliott Abrams backed an armed force under Fatah strongman Muhammad Dahlan, touching off a bloody civil war in Gaza and leaving Hamas stronger than ever.
Canada’s Response To Israel’s Actions In Gaza – Biased, Ignorant And Ineffective: Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier issued a news release expressing his concern about the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip. It does nothing to help resolve the situation and only demonstrates that the Canadian government is only putting out more face-saving rhetoric for the international community and to placate the home crowd with platitudes about the non-existent peace process. It is an empty statement, devoid of any real suggestions to improve the situation in Gaza.