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In his foreign policy speech, Sunday 6/14 at the religiously extremist Bar Ilan University, the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu did not only put the cart of [...]
by Susan Abulhawa*
Following Netanyahu's much anticipated policy speech, politicians and journalists, like mindless automatons, have set about repeating Israel's tired mantra that Palestinians should recognize Israel's right to exist. Never mind the fact that the PLO and Palestine Authority have obliged this ludicrous call, not once, but four times. And never mind that Israel has [...]
No Right to Life:
With the lack of medical services in Gaza, critically ill patients must travel into Israel for treatment. Many are asked to collaborate with Israeli intelligence services before they receive aid. It has been alleged that if they refuse to become informers they are refused medical treatment. Inigo Gilmore reports
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This 70 pages document try to summarize Israel military aggression into Gaza Strip (December 2008 - February 2009). It contains photos, data, report and artworks related to the war. More then 30 artist involved and more then 40 artworks featured. This is the third project done [...]
Also tagged Art, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, presentation, slide, Terrorism, Zionism, Zionist
On the festive and felicitous occasion of the 61st anniversary of Israel's existence which is being celebrated with much fanfare from Tel Aviv to Washington D.C.; today, on the 61st anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, Gaza is still representing a living "day of the catastrophe" and remains a bleeding wound in our Palestinian body.
Today, [...]
This is not a Hollywood or Bollywood movie!
This is a real news report from Gaza that shows a sample of the inhuman result on our Palestinian health system caused by the the Zionist-Israeli occupation siege on Gaza, which continued even after the Israeli genocide war there.
But first, here is a description of what you expect [...]
The United Nations has once again delayed disclosing the findings of its investigation into the recent Israeli bloodshed of the Palestinians.
Having missed two previous deadlines, on Thursday, the world body said the results from its probe into the 22-day Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip were not yet ready.
"It is not done yet. As we [...]
An Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson has confirmed to Al Jazeera that it will not co-operate with a United Nations investigation into alleged war crimes during the 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip.
Up to 1,300 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed before Israel ended the offensive in January.
Thirteen Israelis, 10 of them soldiers, were killed [...]
CHILLING testimony by Israeli soldiers substantiates charges that Israel's Gaza Strip assault entailed grave violations of international law. The emergence of a predominantly right-wing, nationalist government in Israel suggests that there may be more violations to come. Hamas's indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israeli civilians also constituted war crimes, but do not excuse Israel's transgressions. While [...]
Also tagged Gaza, George Bisharat, Hamas, Israel, soldiers, TrialCivilians, medics and investigators talk to the Guardian about allegations of war crimes during Israel's 23-day campaign in Gaza.
The first part focuses on the infamous Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles - the dreaded drones - which caused at least 48 deaths in Gaza during the 23-day offensive.
The second part focuses on three teenage brothers who were [...]
[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts are considered illegal under Israeli law.]
The Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Hebron issued a press release on Monday accusing Israeli soldiers of not [...]
Newspapers publish fuller recollections of what happened during the 22-day offensive, including the killings of an elderly woman and a mother and her two children.
By Richard Boudreaux - LAT
Israelis on Friday got a fuller dose of rank-and-file angst over their army's winter assault on the Gaza Strip, as newspapers elaborated on allegations that commanders created [...]
How serious can the international community's commitment to eliminating racism be taken when it succumbs to Israeli pressure to boycott the Durban II conference, asks Amira Howeidy
Fresh from its bloody war on Gaza, Israel is actively pressuring the international community to boycott the Durban Review Conference due to convene in Geneva, Switzerland between 20 and [...]
Army veterans reveal how they gunned down innocent Palestinian families and destroyed homes and farms
March 20, 2009 "The Independent" — - Israel was last night confronting a major challenge over the conduct of its 22-day military offensive in Gaza after testimonies by its own soldiers revealed that troops were allowed and, in some cases, even [...]
