Archive for April, 2008
Massacre in Gaza
Earlier this week Hamas, with the backing of Islamic Jihad and other militant organisations, formally offered Israel a six-month ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Today, Israel delivered its response:
‘Seven Palestinians were killed, including a mother and her four young children, and at least seven others were injured when Israeli tanks shelled [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics | 8 Comments
Tags: "peace process", Gaza, massacre, occupation, Terrorism, war crimes
U.S. Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, just days after threatening Iran with “massive retaliation” should it attack Israel, has now gone one further:
‘Clinton further displayed tough talk in an interview airing on Good Morning America Tuesday, ABC News’ Chris Cuomo asked Clinton what she would do if Iran attacked Israel with nuclear [...]
Filed under: Iran, Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, Quote of the Day, US, Videos | 15 Comments
Tags: Democrats, Hillary Clinton, neocons
“So we got hold of just some [10 year-old] Palestinian kid nearby, we knew that he knew who it had been. Let’s say we beat him a little, to put it mildly, until he told us. You know, the way it goes when your mind’s already screwed up, and you have no more patience for [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, Torture | 6 Comments
Tags: "purity of arms", Hebron, Human Rights, IDF, occupation, Terrorism
Quote of the Day
“It’s an atrocity what is being perpetrated as punishment on the people in Gaza. It’s a crime… I think it is an abomination that this continues to go on…I think politically speaking this has worked even to strengthen the popularity of Hamas and to the detriment of the popularity of Fatah.”
Former President Jimmy Carter, speaking [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, Quote of the Day, US | 2 Comments
Tags: collective punishment, Gaza, Hamas, Jimmy Carter
Shooting back
Last year B’Tselem, the Israeli centre for human rights in the Occupied Territories, distributed video cameras to Palestinians living in the West Bank to enable them to document the realities of life under military occupation. The returned footage illustrates vividly the systematic humiliation, intimidation and abuse suffered by Palestinians on a daily basis. When the [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, Videos | 5 Comments
Tags: B'Tselem, Hebron, Human Rights, occupation, settlements, Terrorism
Carter meets the Devil
“It was obvious to me that the Israelis did not want the elections to go forward and that Fatah did not want the elections to go forward, but that the U.S. did want the elections to go forward. Hamas’ position is that they are perfectly willing for [Palestinian President] Abu Mazen to represent them in [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics, US | 5 Comments
Tags: Hamas, Jimmy Carter, Khaled Mesha'al
“Been a lot of applauding over the last few years. They applauded our total movement; they’ve applauded me. America and most of its newspapers applauded me in Montgomery. And I stood before thousands of Negroes getting ready to riot when my home was bombed and said, we can’t do it this [...]
Filed under: US, Videos | 12 Comments
Tags: imperialism, Martin Luther King, Racism, US, War
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