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By: Busy neighbourhoods flattened into moonscapes at Livewire … | Elderly Gear

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:10:39 +0000

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By: New Amnesty report calls for comprehensive arms embargo on Israel and Hamas | Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:44:23 +0000

[...] Their attacks resulted in the death of hundreds of children and other civilians and destoyed homes on a massive scale while Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups fired hundreds of rockets that [...]

By: SHIBYE

SHIBYE — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:48:15 +0000

Israèl is cruel!

By: Donatus

Donatus — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:06:55 +0000

Jonathan. why are you dreaming? of course Israeli Army deliberately destroys civil neighborhoods and lives. Of course Tsahal do not care for Palestinians, as they didn’t care in 1948 ff, not in 1967 and not, by protecting the settler’s land robbery since. Who says attacking Hamas, says attacking Palestinians. If you want to stop hatred, stop OCCUPATION, STRANGLING Palestine! Install Democracy in Israel, for all it’s people, instead of a new monster Jewish Ghetto State. For the sake of sustainable and just peace. Sderot? aren’t the poor people of Sderot misused as human shields by their cynical leaders? On the other hand, where do you suggest palestinian resistant fighters should present themselves to the magnifique israeli army? Should they say, “look, here we are, shoot on us, we like to be killed, as you’ve already killed our children, sisters and brothers, having been sheltered by the UN? Please do not forget Deir Yassin! NEVER AGAIN!

By: Eunice Ordman

Eunice Ordman — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:28:44 +0000

Israel has always maintained a kill ratio of 100 Palestinian deaths for every Israeli death. This does not include Israeli targeted assassinations. Whether we call this war or mass murder, it does not lead to peace, only continual war into the indefinite future. Israelalways refuses to talk with various factions until they surrender in advance. Peace can be negotiated only by talking with and listening to each other. Let’s work for peace!

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:18:57 +0000

# Jonathan:
“So please do not use terms like innocent buildings houses etc as the Hamas intentionally used these as cover as well as the civillian population as living shields for it’s fighters and their weapons.”
I gather you were there and eyewitnessed? Filmed?

By: Busy neighbourhoods flattened into moonscapes at Livewire … | HEALTH AIDS FOR SENIORS

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:51:48 +0000

[...] A smart blogger added an interesting post on Busy neighbourhoods flattened into moonscapes at Livewire …Here’s a small excerptBut so that their clear design does not succeed, funds,including the Saudi money must be used to IMMEDIATELY bring food, water, shelter and clothing to the children,women,men,elderly, the victims of Israel genocide in Gaza. … The blog was an expression of grief and shock at the horror of the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Leave the views regarding justification of commencement of war fare and the crimes which may be committed during to the legal experts … [...]

By: Ciara

Ciara — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:25:28 +0000

This should not descend into a bitter game of tit for tat as some of the comments suggest. There is enough seething bitterness and hatred as a result of years of death and destruction without the international community losing sight of its useful and powerful position. The blog was an expression of grief and shock at the horror of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Leave the views regarding justification of commencement of war fare and the crimes which may be committed during to the legal experts. People should be mobilizing their political establishments to push for large scale and impartial investigations into ANY breaches of international law, whether of armed conflict or humanitarian/human rights violations.
The legal world and bodies such as the UN should be seriously reassessing the international structures that exist to vindicate and protect universal liberties. There is ‘wanton’ abuse of these and questionable justification for them everyday in this world. The international community needs to move quickly and carefully to adopt a fairer and more transparent system of law and custom which will ensure that for example UN compounds containing ANY group of sheltering civilians cannot be a legitimate target.

All blood is blood.

By: Saladino

Saladino — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:26:25 +0000

Now, and in the name of peace: they try not to let more weapons in to Gaza. So the IDF finds no resistance next time? What if they hadn’t found any? Can you make pacific civil resistance in front of the zionists? Like the muslims of Srebenica… May these brave and patient men and women of Gaza not be bereaved of their means to defend themselves. And may Allah Almighty grant them wisdom for more effective strategies than their weapons
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By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:35:40 +0000

Ms. Rovera,
Another bias article that surely “sounds” like Israel bashing. You speak of “Wanton Destruction” as if the Israelis were intentionally trying to inflict hard / damage on the civilians of Gaza - Is this your first visit to a war zone - this is what they look like - trust me (been there done that).
Unfortunately you still haven’t understood that Hamas and the other terrorist organizations in Gaza used civilians, their houses, buildings and playgrounds as well as the schools, mosques and UN installations (especially those of the UNWRA) as cover for their weapons, explosives and of course the Kassam and Grad missiles. Where better to hide them there so the IDF could not hit them and if they did it would be a PR score for Hamas. So please do not use terms like innocent buildings houses etc as the Hamas intentionally used these as cover as well as the civillian population as living shields for it’s fighters and their weapons. Is it just coincidence that the UN warehouse were hit as Ban met with Livni - this of course was planned by Hamas who fired intentionally from the compound in order to draw Israeli fire upon it and at the correct time.
Please explain to your readers that the Israeli’s contacted the civilians by phone, leaflets and megaphones all in Arabic to warn them that they (or their property) were being used by Hamas and to leave in order not to be hurt. No other amy in the world does this not the Americans / Brits / Canadians / NATO forces in Iraq, Afganistan, Bosnia or any other therter of war in this or the last century.

By: An American

An American — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:47:27 +0000

Don’t let the Saudis do that.Get Arab construction companies, the Israelis should not benefit financially from their mass murders.
Also the Israelis pre-meditated wider genocide extending beyond initial massacres. They bombed dairy farms, poultry farms,grocery markets, fish markets, fishing boats, the main UN food storage facility,bakeries, shops, and the tunnels the Gazan fathers risked their lives to build to bring food in for their children,when the Israelis tried to starve their children to death in the illegal blockades. The Israelis bombed residential neighborhoods,and housing projects, they deliberately targeted entire families,even those with infant children. They committed genocide. But the wider genocide they intended was to be AFTER the cessation of bombings-starvation and death by dehydration and thirst.
There are madmen on the order of Adolf Hitler at work in the military in Israel and they must be brought to trial for genocide and mass murder.
But so that their clear design does not succeed, funds,including the Saudi money must be used to IMMEDIATELY bring food, water, shelter and clothing to the children,women,men,elderly, the victims of Israel genocide in Gaza.

By: reyes

reyes — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:36:38 +0000

It,s a crime against Humanity….only that . Like Hitler with Jews ,the same story.

By: A Syrian

A Syrian — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:35:52 +0000

And after all the dead, the Saudis go and give their money… 1 million euros that will go directly into Israel’s construction material companies, what a business they’ve made!