You cannot avoid it any longer. You cannot pretend it did not happen. You cannot wish it away. It's real. The President of the United States lied to start a war. Under American system of laws, only Congress has... Full text
Politics: Gaza Posted on Saturday, March 01, 2008 @ Eastern Standard Time by msm
Horror and shame "We heard him screaming day and night. His screams were heart-rending, but we could do nothing to help him," said one detainee who was released following Barghouti's death.
Israel sounds out world opinion on large-scale ground incursion into Gaza Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni also seemed to be preparing the world for an intensified Israeli action, telling visiting Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas Thursday that the international community should "respect" all actions that Israel takes to protect its citizens, according to local daily Jerusalem Post. Translation: Israel is "selling" a war against an impoverished people who have been starved of food, fuel, clean water, and work. They can barely bury their dead hygienically.
This siege of Gaza has, essentially, "softened up the population" to make killing them that much more easy.
And this is precisely the outcome the Israeli government wants.
Israeli-Palestinian clashes kill 46 As many as two dozen civilians died in the fighting, including at least two babies and two other children. Two Israel soldiers were also killed. Gaza Health Ministry official Dr. Moaiya Hassanain said 160 people were wounded and 14 were in critical condition.
Palestinians leaders called the killings "genocide" and threatened to call off peace talks with Israel. The Israelis knew full well that this incursion, coupled with the loss of civilian life, would absolutely stop the talks dead, which is precisely the outcome Israel wants.
Settlers dig tunnels around Jerusalem Jewish settler groups are digging an extensive tunnel network under Muslim areas of Jerusalem's Old City while building a ring of settlements around it to bolster their claim to the disputed city in any future peace deal, anti-settlement campaigners have told The Times.
Holocaust wolf memoir a fake, author admits A Belgian writer has admitted her bestselling memoir about how she lived with a pack of wolves in the woods to escape from the Nazis during the Second World War was fabricated.
Israeli Airstrike in Gaza Destroys Medical Relief Head Office, Kills Baby An Israeli airstrike aimed at the ministry of interior building in Gaza City also destroyed the nearby Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) head office in Gaza and killed a 5-month-old baby in a residential building in the same area. Free world: Nice shooting, boys!
Israel prepares for assault on Gaza As Hamas drew Ashkelon into the circle of communities coming under heavy rocket attacks, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the Foreign Ministry on Thursday began preparing both Israeli and world opinion for the possibility of a large-scale incursion into Gaza. Translation: The Israeli politicians and the military are "selling" their own people - and the world - on the urgent need for the slaughter which is to come soon to Gaza.
