War Crimes

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Forty-Four Years of Occupation

by Stephen Lendman June 4, 2011

Palestine “has been under criminal occupation for 44 years. During that time, (Israel) committed the worst crimes against humanity, violating every international instrument. The occupier has killed tens of thousands of our struggling people, most of them defenseless civilians. There have been over 800,000 instances of imprisonment. Tens of thousands of people have been injured,” 30% left with permanent disabilities.

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We Are The Terrorists

by Haitham Sabbah June 3, 2011

We have an obligation to every last victim of this illegal aggression because all of this carnage has been done in our name. Since World War II, 90% of the casualties of war are unarmed civilians. 1/3 of them children. Our victims have done nothing to us. From Palestine to Afghanistan to Iraq to Somalia to wherever our next target may be, their murders are not collateral damage, they are the nature of modern warfare.

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Why is the UN secretary-general trying to scupper latest flotilla plans for Gaza?

by Stuart Littlewood June 1, 2011

Stuart Littlewood challenges UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to explain why he is trying to scupper plans for a humanitarian flotilla to the besieged Gaza Strip instead of taking effective action to protect the flotilla and compel Israel to end its illegal blockade of the Strip.

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Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

by Stephen Lendman June 1, 2011

The Israeli propaganda machine has reached new highs distributing false information. It embarrassed itself by entering a futile public relations battle….There is nothing to explain, certainly not to a world that will never buy its web of explanations, lies and tactics.

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No-Fly Zone over Gaza – Petition

by Haitham Sabbah April 30, 2011

Petition to the United Nations Secretary General and Members of the U.N. Security Council to Establish a “No Fly Zone” over Gaza under the Principle and Norm of the “Responsibility to Protect”

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A Closer Look at Israel’s Role in Terrorism

by Jeff Gates April 30, 2011

The U.S. is far less secure than before 9-11. Tel Aviv clearly intends to continue its serial provocations. The greatest threat to world peace is not Islam. The most fundamental threat that underlies all others is our “special relationship” with a skilled agent provocateur.

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The Goldstone Affair: The Loyal Zionist Judge Who Came In From the Cold

by James M. Wall April 10, 2011

Whatever initially might have been right about Zionism as a movement, the Goldstone affair is a further indication that Zionism has been badly misused by Israel’s current leadership.

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Shifting focus

by Paul J. Balles April 10, 2011

Harris and his cronies at the AJC have been working the same charade for years: when the rest of the world focuses on Israeli intransigence, Harris shifts attention to Egypt or Libya or Iran.

When Palestinians are starving or being murdered in Gaza, Harris writes about Hamas or Hezbollah as terrorist clients of Iran.

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Israel: Spoiling for Another Fight?

by Stephen Lendman April 10, 2011

Throughout its history, Israel intimidated as a regional menace, preemptively attacking Palestinians and regional neighbors for any reason or none at all. Each time, it’s claimed self-righteousness and “self-defense,” what scoundrels always say.

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Judge Goldstone’s wobble sends wrong signal

by Stuart Littlewood April 9, 2011

Stuart Littlewood explains why judge Richard Goldstone was the wrong person to head the UN fact-finding mission into the conflict in Gaza in the first place, and argues that Goldstone’s latest “wobble” could be the prelude to a new Israeli aggression against the people of Gaza.

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Goldstone’s Rethink: Cleansing Israel’s War Crimes

by Jonathan Cook April 9, 2011

Jonathan Cook considers what judge Richard Goldstone may or may not have retracted from his original report on Israel’s attack on Gaza in 2008, the validity of his apparent retractions and what may lay behind his rethink.

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BREAKING NEWS: Israeli Embassy in Cairo Under Siege

by SR Editor April 9, 2011

Just when the Palestinians in Gaza thought they were facing this new Israeli attacks alone and with their backs against the wall, they found out they forgot, over the years, that they had brothers in Egypt who are willing not only to accompany them in their struggle against Israel but to protect their backs as well.

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Revisiting Israel’s Terror War on Gaza

by Stephen Lendman April 4, 2011

Brazen crimes of war and against humanity were committed. No culpable officials were held responsible. Security Council no-fly zone protection wasn’t ordered. International community leaders approved or were silent. Washington was complicit by supplying Israel with weapons, munitions, and encouragement. Obama acts the same as Bush, waging a quartet of lawless wars and using proxies in others.

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Perpetual hell of the Palestinian refugee camps

by Stuart Littlewood April 3, 2011

Three-quarters of the 11 million Palestinians are refugees. Their plight is at the core of the 63-year struggle against Israel. All other issues, political and humanitarian, arose as a consequence of Israel’s denial of the right of refugees to return to their land.

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MEMO To The Brave Nations Uniting To Defend Civilians In Libya…

by Stuart Littlewood March 29, 2011

Are any of you willing to protect the unarmed humanitarians sailing with latest freedom flotilla to Gaza? The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza – largest flotilla yet – is due to sail for Gaza in late May.

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