THE MAPS TELL THE TRUE STORY
ISM video of Israel troops shooting Palestinian paramedics in Jabaliya
A Palestinian medic, traveling with two International Solidarity Movement volunteers, has been shot by Israeli forces in Jabaliya, northern Gaza.
Red Crescent medic, Hassan al-Attal, was shot through the thigh while collecting a civilian killed by Israeli fire from Zemmo, east of Jabaliya refugee camp.
KUHN: When Israel expelled Palestinians
Think about what would happen if San Diego expelled most of its Hispanic, African American, Asian American, and Native American population, about 48 percent of the total, and forcibly relocated them to Tijuana? Not just immigrants, but even those who have lived in this country for many generations. Not just the unemployed or the criminals or the America haters, but the school teachers, the small business owners, the soldiers, even the baseball players.
Hamas accepts Egyptian truce: Spain
Spain says the Hamas movement has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire to put an end to Israel's military aggression in Gaza.
"Hamas is going to publicly express its support and acceptance," Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told the reporters Wednesday after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
The truce calls for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the densely-populated Gaza Strip, which would be followed by negotiations on long-term arrangements including an end to the blockade of the impoverished regional coast.
An unnamed Egyptian official said earlier that the Palestinian resistance group had agreed to the proposal and that Cairo was awaiting Israeli response, AFP reported.
Israel was supposed to end the blockade as part of the LAST cease fire. And they did not do that.
So I am not expecting Israel to agree to this proposal.
Blog of reports from Gaza
In light of the fighting in Gaza and in Israel, Israeli human rights groups are working together to inform the Israeli public of the impact on civilians, particularly regarding events that are not reported by the media. Each group is posting the information at its disposal, which has been verified to our best ability under the circumstances. The data is necessarily limited and should not be taken as a comprehensive picture of the human rights violations currently taking place.
Israel losing 4th Gen War conflict in Gaza
On the moral level, the picture is reversed. Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, is almost assured of victory. As Israeli military historian Martin van Creveld has observed, all it has to do to claim victory is survive, which it will. That claim will not be just propaganda: For Hamas to survive everything a modern state military can throw at it is a legitimate victory. In fact, it not only will survive but also will be strengthened by a worldwide flood of sympathy, which will translate in part into new recruits and more money.
In the end, if Israel wants to stop Hamas' rockets, it will be able to do so only by making a deal with Hamas. Since that was equally true before the war, the question of why it was fought will soon present itself. The real reason is a tad sordid: The current Israeli government is trying to split the "get tough" vote to prevent the Likud Party from winning the next election.
Jordan denies Israel border shooting incident
Jordan denied Tuesday a report by the Israeli army that the Jewish state's troops at a border crossing had come under fire from the kingdom.
'More than 1,000 killed in Gaza'
Nearly a third of the dead are reported to be children and nearly 5,000 people have been injured.
Bolivia cuts diplomatic ties with Israel
Bolivian president Evo Morales said today his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Israel over the offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of Palestinians.
Bolivia cuts diplomatic ties with Israel
Bolivian president Evo Morales said today his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Israel over the offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of Palestinians.
The world after Gaza
According to Israeli intelligence estimates, the time remaining before Iran is capable of producing a nuclear bomb may now be measured in months, not years.
Israel indicts two Iran TV journalists for reporting on Gaza ground invasion
Diplomats: Gaza op causing long-term harm to Israel's image
The straw that broke the camel's back for that ambassador was the Red Cross report from Gaza that small children had been found wounded, near the corpses of their mothers, under the ruins of their homes, and other reports of civilians on the verge of dying in places ambulances could not reach because of the fighting.
"The international organizations in Gaza are talking about 200 dead children," he said. "I don't know how to explain these things to myself, never mind to my government," added the ambassador. "Your action is brutal and you don't realize how much damage this is causing you in the world. This is not only short term. It's damage for years. Is this the Israel you want to be?"
Unfortunately, Israel doesn't give a damn what anyone else thinks, because they feel secure in their belief that the terrible Jewish experience during the Holocaust indemnifies them forever from any repercussions for any acts against any of their neighbors.
And so how is that manifesting right now in Gaza?
We are seeing genocide against the Palestinians, including pre-emptive infanticide of Palestinian kids.
We are seeing the use of weapons like white phosphorous (or whatever they're calling it this week) against Palestinians.
But there are a couple of things which just might get Israel's attention on this:
1. The immediate cessation of military aid from all countries to Israel.
2. The immediate cessation of all financial aid to Israel from all countries.
Israel believes that these things will never happen, because this country has done such a good job of portraying itself as the perpetual victim.
However, due to global communications, Israel is losing the propaganda war, big-time. We're seeing the bodies of civilians, broken and mutilated. We're seeing dead children being buried. And we're seeing the burn victims, courtesy of Israel's use of "white phosphorous-lite" weaponry.
This coverage will continue, and it will be an ongoing PR nightmare for Israel that will not go away.
So, to all those Israeli politicians who felt "butch" about this attack on Gaza; please be careful what you wish for. You may yet reap the bitter fruits of unintended consequences in a very spectacular way.
Gaza-bound Iranian aid ship turned away by Israel
'Three Israeli generals wounded in Gaza'
"They are shooting BACK at us!!! Are they allowed to do that?!?"
Israel Uses Gazans as Human Shields
Osama bin Laden 'Bin Laden' recording calls for holy war over Gaza conflict
'Tony's the kind of guy who looks you straight in the eye and tells the truth'
Israeli troops attack Gaza City
Gazans have nowhere to go
Arab-Jewish tensions rise in France
The conflict in Gaza is provoking tensions between France's large Muslim and Jewish communities, the BBC's Emma Jane Kirby reports from Paris.
Stunning photos capture Israeli bombs falling on Gaza
A just war?
I'm struck by the constant Israeli message that "any other country in the world would do the same". Would they? Comparisons are difficult, because the century-long conflict between the Arabs and the Jews is one of a kind.
Peace will happen in the Middle East when Israel is willing to accord to others only that which it demands for itself, a right to exist, and a nation of their own.
Lebanon (nudge nudge wink wink) rockets fired on Israel
The Israeli army, involved in heavy fighting with Hamas in Gaza, responded with artillery.
Remember back on Christmas day when the Lebanese border patrol found 8 rockets set up, on timers, to launch back into Israel? This was just BEFORE the start of the bombing campaign in Gaza. and as soon as Lebanon destroyed the rockets, Israel started overflying Lebanon, trying to provoke a response.
Last week a few more rockets flew across the border, and Lebanon's President offered the opinion that these rockets were actually launched by Israeli collaborators to allow Israel an excuse to re-invade Lebanon.
I agree.
I have been saying for a while now that Israel is trying to widen Gaza into a regional war while George Bush still has the authority to commit Americans to defend Israel.
Hamas May Survive Offensive, Israel Says
Israeli military officials said their 19-day offensive in the Gaza Strip had weakened Hamas but that a knockout blow was unlikely.
Syria blames Israeli bombs for uranium traces
