The Guardian Newspaper of the United Kingdom has compiled detailed evidence of alleged war crimes committed by Israel during the 23-day offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year, involving the use of Palestinian children as human shields and the targeting of medics and hospitals.
A month-long investigation also obtained evidence of civilians being hit by fire from unmanned drone aircraft said to be so accurate that their operators can tell the colour of the clothes worn by a target.
The testimonies form the basis of three Guardian films which add weight to calls this week for a full inquiry into the events surrounding Operation Cast Lead, which was aimed at Hamas but left about 1,400 Palestinians dead, including more than 300 children.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) refused to respond directly to the allegations made against its troops, but issued statements denying the charges and insisted international law had been observed.
The latest disclosures follow soldiers' evidence published in the Israeli press about the killing of Palestinian civilians and complaints by soldiers involved in the military operation that the rules of engagement were too lax.
Amnesty International has said Hamas should be investigated for executing at least two dozen Palestinian men in an apparent bout of score-settling with rivals and alleged collaborators while Operation Cast Lead was under way.
Human rights groups say the vast majority of offences were committed by Israel, and that the Gaza offensive was a disproportionate response to Hamas rocket attacks. Since 2002, there have been 21 Israeli deaths by Hamas rockets fired from Gaza, and during Operation Cast Lead there were three Israeli civilian deaths, six Israeli soldiers killed by Palestinian fire and four killed by friendly fire.
"Only an investigation mandated by the UN security council can ensure Israel's co-operation, and it's the only body that can secure some kind of prosecution," said Amnesty's Donatella Rovera, who spent two weeks in Gaza investigating war crime allegations. "Without a proper investigation there is no deterrent. The message remains the same: 'It's OK to do these things, there won't be any real consequences'."
Some of the most dramatic testimony gathered by the Guardian came from three teenage brothers in the al-Attar family. They describe how they were taken from home at gunpoint, made to kneel in front of Israeli tanks to deter Hamas fighters from firing, and sent by Israeli soldiers into Palestinian houses to clear them. "They would make us go first so if any fighters shot at them the bullets would hit us, not them," 14-year-old Al'a al-Attar said.
Medics and ambulance drivers said they were targeted when they tried to tend to the wounded; sixteen were killed. According to the World Health Organisation, more than half of Gaza's 27 hospitals and 44 clinics were damaged by Israeli bombs.
In a report released today, a medical human rights group said there was "certainty" that Israel violated international humanitarian law during the war, with attacks on medics, damage to medical buildings, indiscriminate attacks on civilians and delays in medical treatment for the injured.
"We have noticed a stark decline in IDF morals concerning the Palestinian population of Gaza, which in reality amounts to a contempt for Palestinian lives," said Dani Filc, chairman of Physicians for Human Rights Israel. The Guardian gathered testimony on missile attacks by Israeli drones against clearly distinguishable civilian targets. In one case a family of six was killed when a missile hit the courtyard of their house. Israel has not admitted using drones but experts say their optical equipment is good enough to identify individual items of clothing worn by targets. The Geneva convention makes it clear medical staff and hospitals are not legitimate targets and forbids involuntary human shields.
The army responded to the claims. "The IDF operated in accordance with rules of war and did the utmost to minimise harm to civilians uninvolved in combat. The IDF's use of weapons conforms to international law," it said. The IDF said an investigation was under way into allegations hospitals were targeted. It said Israeli soldiers were under orders to avoid harming medics, but: "However, in light of the difficult reality of warfare in the Gaza Strip carried out in urban and densely populated areas, medics who operate in the area take the risk upon themselves."
Use of human shields was outlawed by Israel's supreme court in 2005 after a string of incidents. The IDF said only Hamas used human shields by launching attacks from civilian areas. An Israeli embassy spokesman said any claims were suspect because of Hamas pressure on witnesses. "Anyone who understands the realities of Gaza will know these people are not free to speak the truth. Those that wish to speak out cannot for fear of beatings, torture or execution at the hands of Hamas," the spokesman said in a written statement.
However, the accounts gathered by the Guardian are supported by the findings of human rights organisations and soldiers' testimony published in the Israeli press.
An IDF squad leader is quoted in the daily newspaper Ha'aretz as saying his soldiers interpreted the rules to mean "we should kill everyone there [in the centre of Gaza]. Everyone there is a terrorist."
Please click on the link below to view three videos on this report.
• This article was updated on Tuesday March 24 2009 to reflect changes made for the first edition of the Guardian newspaper.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/23/israel-gaza-war-crimes-guardian/print
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
International Solidarity Movement Violence Report
Every week I get a report from the International Solidarity Movement on the notable actions and virtually unprovoked violence against the people of Gaza. These are stories written by Palestinians and International activists who journey to the occupied territories to put their bodies between - Palestinians trying to harvest Parsley, Olives, rebuild their homes, or just get delivered to a hospital safely - and Israeli military forces who constantly fire harrassing volleys at their feet in an attempt to drive them not only from their gardens, but out of Palestine altogether. Unfortunately, many International Activists who have come to Palestine to shield the people from Israeli fire, have themselves been wounded or killed. The theory is that Israel doesn't want the bad PR of hitting activists from other countries. But, I think - like a hungry lion who suffers no consequences for his actions - the Israeli's are getting bolder and more deadly all the time.
Here is the pasted link to the website. It reads like one of the best spy or action books, but it is all true.
I suggest subscribing to their weekly summary and if after you do, you may be moved to do as I did and send a donation. They send you back an amazing book full of personal Palestinian stories of faith and courage, but also of devastating loss.
It is good for the soul of those who are trying to make the world a better place and want to know how they can make a meaningful contribution.
Any who knows? Like me, you might meet and make friends with some of the most courageous and moral people in the world. I get so much hope for mankind from my new friends.
http://palsolidarity.org/
Here is the pasted link to the website. It reads like one of the best spy or action books, but it is all true.
I suggest subscribing to their weekly summary and if after you do, you may be moved to do as I did and send a donation. They send you back an amazing book full of personal Palestinian stories of faith and courage, but also of devastating loss.
It is good for the soul of those who are trying to make the world a better place and want to know how they can make a meaningful contribution.
Any who knows? Like me, you might meet and make friends with some of the most courageous and moral people in the world. I get so much hope for mankind from my new friends.
http://palsolidarity.org/
Monday, March 23, 2009
The State of Israel - Nazi Version
"In the name of the ghetto fighters of Warsaw, let us strive to see a world where no one needs to die with a stone in their hand trying to defend a starved, walled ghetto against an army of tanks and planes, where people like Tristan don't need to have their brains blown out for trying to prevent a wall from being built around yet another ghetto."
In this article, David Rovics a singer/songwriter from Portland Oregon, draws in stunningly historical colors the unavoidable similarities between the German/Nazi behavior of WWII and the Present State of Israel.
If you have already been forming a loose association in your mind for some time, then this careful chronology of the similarities will help firm things up for you in a stunning indictment.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=14927
In this article, David Rovics a singer/songwriter from Portland Oregon, draws in stunningly historical colors the unavoidable similarities between the German/Nazi behavior of WWII and the Present State of Israel.
If you have already been forming a loose association in your mind for some time, then this careful chronology of the similarities will help firm things up for you in a stunning indictment.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=14927
Monday, March 16, 2009
Who Profit$ from Israeli Apartheid?
Want to know who Profit$ from keeping Palestinians in the Open Air Prisons that are Gaza and the West Bank?
Well, the same folks that profit from the prison industry anywhere in the world.
Please go to their website and see the list of companies for each category. If you recall, in just the last few months, 30 plus new companies directly involved in the oppression of the Palestinians have been set up and financed by USA tax dollars.
http://www.whoprofits.org/
The settlement Industry:
1. Settlements' Products
Israeli industrial zones within the occupied territories hold hundreds of companies, ranging from small businesses serving the local Israeli settlers to large factories which export their products worldwide. Several settlements, especially in the Jordan Valley and the Golan Heights, produce agricultural goods, such as fruits and flowers, and sell them in Israel and abroad.Settlement production benefits from low rents, special tax incentives, lax enforcement of environmental and labor protection laws and other governmental supports. Palestinians employed in these industrial zones work under severe restrictions of movement or organization, and with hardly no governmental protections, this many times results in exploitative employment practices and labor rights violations.
2. Israeli Construction on Occupied Land
In the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, Israeli housing and infrastructure projects effectively serve two goals: annexing more land and resources to Israel, and cutting off the local residents from the same. In the West Bank, the jurisdiction area of the settlements takes up approximately 40% of the area while the built-up area covers only 3%. The construction of an Israeli road system, the use of which is forbidden for Palestinian residents, supports the creation of a separate Jewish-Israeli space on top of the fragmented Palestinian space. The roads and the settlements thus become part of the separation system, which also includes fences, walls, gates and checkpoints. The Israeli construction industry in the West Bank and the Golan Heights includes real estate dealers and realtors, contractors, planners, and suppliers of materials, security and maintenance services to the construction sites.
3. Services to the Settlements
This section of the database includes companies that provide services to the settlements, with an emphasis on discriminatory services that are provided solely to the Jewish settlements and not to their surrounding Palestinian neighbors, services that help connect the settlements to Israel and normalize their status, and security services dedicated to keeping Palestinians out of the settlements.
Economic Exploitation:
1. Exploitation of Palestinian Labor
Israeli employers of Palestinian workers in the West Bank directly benefit from employing people under conditions of occupation. Restrictions on Palestinian movement limit the workers' employment choices, and the workers' dependency on security permits makes organizing almost impossible. Palestinian workers have no effective legal redress, and labor laws are not enforced. Kav Laoved has documented reports of companies in the Israeli industrial zones that have paid sub-standard wages, forced Palestinians to work overtime for no pay, employed workers in hazardous conditions or denied them of adequate social benefits. Of course, not all the Israeli employers of Palestinians workers would abuse the situation as severely, but all of them benefit from it nonetheless. Since Palestinian workers are effectively prevented from changing employers, organizing or suing for their rights, we would consider all such cases as cases of exploitative employment.
2. Palestinian Captive Market
This category includes companies providing services or goods to Palestinians at high costs, exploiting the restrictions on movement imposed on the Palestinians who cannot purchase these goods and services at a competitive price locally or abroad. Most Israeli retailers in the occupied territories would fall under this category. This category also includes companies using their ties to the Israeli authorities to gain commercial advantages over Palestinian companies, and companies that collect Palestinian debts using their ties to the Israeli government (for example, Palestinian import and sales tax moneys collected by Israel, were illegally retained and then used to pay various debts to Israeli companies such as the Israeli electricity company).
3. Exploitation of Occupied Production and Resources
This category includes companies that pay below market prices for Palestinian products because Palestinian producers are restricted to selling to companies that can cross Israeli checkpoints or borders. It also includes companies that use or exploit Palestinian or Syrian natural and environmental resources under the protection of the occupation. With present conditions, almost all Israeli companies buying Palestinian products or using Palestinian natural resources would fall under this definition.
Control Of Population:
1. Private Security in the Occupation
One of the fastest growing industries in Israel is that of private security. In recent years, many military responsibilities were handed over to civilian companies. Private security firms guard settlements and construction sites in the occupied territories; some are also in charge of the day-to-day operation, security and maintenance of some of the checkpoints.
2. The Wall and Checkpoints
This section of the database includes all companies involved in the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of the intricate mechanisms of physical separations and restrictions of movement. This includes businesses ranging from contractors that build the ditches, civil engineering firms that supply ready-made watch towers or raise razor wire fences, to suppliers of biometric identification systems and high-end surveillance technologies.
3. Specialized Equipment and Services
At this stage in our project, we have decided not to investigate the arms trade and supply of weapons to the Israeli army. We will focus our attention instead on civilian firms that supply the Israeli army with equipment and services specific to the needs of the military occupation. This will include, for example the specially armored D9 bulldozers supplied by Caterpillar, specially designed simulators and software, specialized anti-demonstration equipment, and services to soldiers stationed in the occupied territories.
Well, the same folks that profit from the prison industry anywhere in the world.
Please go to their website and see the list of companies for each category. If you recall, in just the last few months, 30 plus new companies directly involved in the oppression of the Palestinians have been set up and financed by USA tax dollars.
http://www.whoprofits.org/
The settlement Industry:
1. Settlements' Products
Israeli industrial zones within the occupied territories hold hundreds of companies, ranging from small businesses serving the local Israeli settlers to large factories which export their products worldwide. Several settlements, especially in the Jordan Valley and the Golan Heights, produce agricultural goods, such as fruits and flowers, and sell them in Israel and abroad.Settlement production benefits from low rents, special tax incentives, lax enforcement of environmental and labor protection laws and other governmental supports. Palestinians employed in these industrial zones work under severe restrictions of movement or organization, and with hardly no governmental protections, this many times results in exploitative employment practices and labor rights violations.
2. Israeli Construction on Occupied Land
In the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, Israeli housing and infrastructure projects effectively serve two goals: annexing more land and resources to Israel, and cutting off the local residents from the same. In the West Bank, the jurisdiction area of the settlements takes up approximately 40% of the area while the built-up area covers only 3%. The construction of an Israeli road system, the use of which is forbidden for Palestinian residents, supports the creation of a separate Jewish-Israeli space on top of the fragmented Palestinian space. The roads and the settlements thus become part of the separation system, which also includes fences, walls, gates and checkpoints. The Israeli construction industry in the West Bank and the Golan Heights includes real estate dealers and realtors, contractors, planners, and suppliers of materials, security and maintenance services to the construction sites.
3. Services to the Settlements
This section of the database includes companies that provide services to the settlements, with an emphasis on discriminatory services that are provided solely to the Jewish settlements and not to their surrounding Palestinian neighbors, services that help connect the settlements to Israel and normalize their status, and security services dedicated to keeping Palestinians out of the settlements.
Economic Exploitation:
1. Exploitation of Palestinian Labor
Israeli employers of Palestinian workers in the West Bank directly benefit from employing people under conditions of occupation. Restrictions on Palestinian movement limit the workers' employment choices, and the workers' dependency on security permits makes organizing almost impossible. Palestinian workers have no effective legal redress, and labor laws are not enforced. Kav Laoved has documented reports of companies in the Israeli industrial zones that have paid sub-standard wages, forced Palestinians to work overtime for no pay, employed workers in hazardous conditions or denied them of adequate social benefits. Of course, not all the Israeli employers of Palestinians workers would abuse the situation as severely, but all of them benefit from it nonetheless. Since Palestinian workers are effectively prevented from changing employers, organizing or suing for their rights, we would consider all such cases as cases of exploitative employment.
2. Palestinian Captive Market
This category includes companies providing services or goods to Palestinians at high costs, exploiting the restrictions on movement imposed on the Palestinians who cannot purchase these goods and services at a competitive price locally or abroad. Most Israeli retailers in the occupied territories would fall under this category. This category also includes companies using their ties to the Israeli authorities to gain commercial advantages over Palestinian companies, and companies that collect Palestinian debts using their ties to the Israeli government (for example, Palestinian import and sales tax moneys collected by Israel, were illegally retained and then used to pay various debts to Israeli companies such as the Israeli electricity company).
3. Exploitation of Occupied Production and Resources
This category includes companies that pay below market prices for Palestinian products because Palestinian producers are restricted to selling to companies that can cross Israeli checkpoints or borders. It also includes companies that use or exploit Palestinian or Syrian natural and environmental resources under the protection of the occupation. With present conditions, almost all Israeli companies buying Palestinian products or using Palestinian natural resources would fall under this definition.
Control Of Population:
1. Private Security in the Occupation
One of the fastest growing industries in Israel is that of private security. In recent years, many military responsibilities were handed over to civilian companies. Private security firms guard settlements and construction sites in the occupied territories; some are also in charge of the day-to-day operation, security and maintenance of some of the checkpoints.
2. The Wall and Checkpoints
This section of the database includes all companies involved in the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of the intricate mechanisms of physical separations and restrictions of movement. This includes businesses ranging from contractors that build the ditches, civil engineering firms that supply ready-made watch towers or raise razor wire fences, to suppliers of biometric identification systems and high-end surveillance technologies.
3. Specialized Equipment and Services
At this stage in our project, we have decided not to investigate the arms trade and supply of weapons to the Israeli army. We will focus our attention instead on civilian firms that supply the Israeli army with equipment and services specific to the needs of the military occupation. This will include, for example the specially armored D9 bulldozers supplied by Caterpillar, specially designed simulators and software, specialized anti-demonstration equipment, and services to soldiers stationed in the occupied territories.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
UN and 7 Nations Don't Block Israeli Arms Shipments
The casualty report in the ongoing Gaza Massacre on day 75 stands at:
Palestinian: 6805, Israel: 153.
In an ironic act, given the disproportionate statistics, the UN and 7 nations have decided to send warships to the coast of Gaza in an attempt to block Gaza from receiving weapons.
There is no mention of any kind of any action by any nation, to block weapons shipments to Israel...the overwhelming aggressor, who operates as an outlaw nation, rejecting any adherence to international law.
Gaza is still an open air prison where the inhabitants are subject to Israeli aircraft bombs and missiles, and cannon fire and missiles from Israeli warships off Gaza's coast.
Israel controls all borders and the people are being starved of the basics of life.
Extra judicial executions are common place.
In other words, Israel is a terrorist occupying force and has enlisted the support of the UN and 7 other nations to further isolate Gaza.
For the rest of the story:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070950.html
Palestinian: 6805, Israel: 153.
In an ironic act, given the disproportionate statistics, the UN and 7 nations have decided to send warships to the coast of Gaza in an attempt to block Gaza from receiving weapons.
There is no mention of any kind of any action by any nation, to block weapons shipments to Israel...the overwhelming aggressor, who operates as an outlaw nation, rejecting any adherence to international law.
Gaza is still an open air prison where the inhabitants are subject to Israeli aircraft bombs and missiles, and cannon fire and missiles from Israeli warships off Gaza's coast.
Israel controls all borders and the people are being starved of the basics of life.
Extra judicial executions are common place.
In other words, Israel is a terrorist occupying force and has enlisted the support of the UN and 7 other nations to further isolate Gaza.
For the rest of the story:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070950.html
Friday, March 13, 2009
Friday the 13th Demons Got Me
I knew something was different when I woke up. It seemed like I had slept DEEP.
You, know, the kind of deep sleep aliens put you into just before they stick a big, cold, shiney, stainless steel probe up your butt...and then erase your memory.
So, not knowing any better, and forgetting what day it was, I thought it was a good feeling.
I put the kettle on, warmed up my laptop, lit a cigar and started to look in my favorite places on the WWW for Israeli Atrocities I could showcase on my blog.
Yeeeooooow!
The sound of cats either being raped or murdered outside my window blasted me off my chair and outside to see tufts of fur being thrown into the air from behind a tall daisy hedge. The dozen or so tufts continued their upward travel by catching a morning sun thermal.
The yeeooowling was a constant, though modulating wail and the tufts continued to rise as I looked over the daisy hedge to see a cartoon image of a yeeooowling blur of what I guessed had to be two cats in a mid-air cyclone of screaming, clawing, and flying body parts.
Honestly, I don't think they ever touched ground. I think they had reached the point where their bodies had become a sort of helicopter or propeller and they just spun in mid-air.
I was mezmerized. It was the most amazing and entertaining thing I ever expected to see.
But then my beautiful next door neighbor opened her door and began to scream. She obviously thought part of the cyclone was hers.
Where it comes from I don't know, but there I was, watching myself approach the tumbling ball of sharp teeth and nails, intent on saving her cat.
So I kicked at it.
EEEEEEEeeeeeekkkkkk!
Now she was screaming and firing indignant and outraged photon torpedoes of death at me from her blue eyed missle silos.
All the while, my slipper had sailed off my foot and landed harmlessly on the hood of her car about 30 feet away.
Not about to give up, I did the next thing my quickly cramping brain could think of and threw my cigar at the spinning cats.
That did it, she came charging out of her doorway screaming at either at me or the cats...I still don't know which.
But the cats stopped and ran about 10 feet and and stood with their backs arched, hissing and growling at the same time and then BOOOM, for no reason or signal I was able to discern they were instantly a levitating ball of screaming fury again.
A dozen random thoughts came and went: of the garden hose coiled in the garage for the winter, throwing my hat, throwing the garbage can, stomping...I'd already tried yelling.
While I was standing there frozen, my beautiful neighbor walked to the ball of cats and somehow came out with her cat. She paid a price, but she got him.
It was at that moment, I found some more courage and ran after the Terrorist Cat...and he ran too. But then he stopped at the fence and turned around and it seemed like he kind of dared me and said "Okay Pal, let's do it". So I pulled up short and we had a little shouting and stomping and hissing match that I finally won when he jumped through the hole in the fence.
For several weeks, I had been trying to develop a relationship with my neighbor, it was only yesterday that she had asked: "Hey, when are we gonna have a barbeque?" I had been stunned. I'd had no idea I was so close to success.
But as I turned around from winning my standoff with the Bad Cat, I could see the look in her eyes and it meant my stock had fallen into the worthless range.
Sure, she thanked me and was nice, but I could tell she had more respect for the bad cat than me. She wasn't looking in my eyes anymore.
I decided against bringing up the barbeque. It just seemed like I would even look more lame.
As I sit here thinking about all the things I could have done, I think I should have run to the garage, grabbed my .380 semi-auto and shot that fucking cat.
Sure I'd be in jail for the weekend, but when I got out, I bet we'd have had that barbeque.
You, know, the kind of deep sleep aliens put you into just before they stick a big, cold, shiney, stainless steel probe up your butt...and then erase your memory.
So, not knowing any better, and forgetting what day it was, I thought it was a good feeling.
I put the kettle on, warmed up my laptop, lit a cigar and started to look in my favorite places on the WWW for Israeli Atrocities I could showcase on my blog.
Yeeeooooow!
The sound of cats either being raped or murdered outside my window blasted me off my chair and outside to see tufts of fur being thrown into the air from behind a tall daisy hedge. The dozen or so tufts continued their upward travel by catching a morning sun thermal.
The yeeooowling was a constant, though modulating wail and the tufts continued to rise as I looked over the daisy hedge to see a cartoon image of a yeeooowling blur of what I guessed had to be two cats in a mid-air cyclone of screaming, clawing, and flying body parts.
Honestly, I don't think they ever touched ground. I think they had reached the point where their bodies had become a sort of helicopter or propeller and they just spun in mid-air.
I was mezmerized. It was the most amazing and entertaining thing I ever expected to see.
But then my beautiful next door neighbor opened her door and began to scream. She obviously thought part of the cyclone was hers.
Where it comes from I don't know, but there I was, watching myself approach the tumbling ball of sharp teeth and nails, intent on saving her cat.
So I kicked at it.
EEEEEEEeeeeeekkkkkk!
Now she was screaming and firing indignant and outraged photon torpedoes of death at me from her blue eyed missle silos.
All the while, my slipper had sailed off my foot and landed harmlessly on the hood of her car about 30 feet away.
Not about to give up, I did the next thing my quickly cramping brain could think of and threw my cigar at the spinning cats.
That did it, she came charging out of her doorway screaming at either at me or the cats...I still don't know which.
But the cats stopped and ran about 10 feet and and stood with their backs arched, hissing and growling at the same time and then BOOOM, for no reason or signal I was able to discern they were instantly a levitating ball of screaming fury again.
A dozen random thoughts came and went: of the garden hose coiled in the garage for the winter, throwing my hat, throwing the garbage can, stomping...I'd already tried yelling.
While I was standing there frozen, my beautiful neighbor walked to the ball of cats and somehow came out with her cat. She paid a price, but she got him.
It was at that moment, I found some more courage and ran after the Terrorist Cat...and he ran too. But then he stopped at the fence and turned around and it seemed like he kind of dared me and said "Okay Pal, let's do it". So I pulled up short and we had a little shouting and stomping and hissing match that I finally won when he jumped through the hole in the fence.
For several weeks, I had been trying to develop a relationship with my neighbor, it was only yesterday that she had asked: "Hey, when are we gonna have a barbeque?" I had been stunned. I'd had no idea I was so close to success.
But as I turned around from winning my standoff with the Bad Cat, I could see the look in her eyes and it meant my stock had fallen into the worthless range.
Sure, she thanked me and was nice, but I could tell she had more respect for the bad cat than me. She wasn't looking in my eyes anymore.
I decided against bringing up the barbeque. It just seemed like I would even look more lame.
As I sit here thinking about all the things I could have done, I think I should have run to the garage, grabbed my .380 semi-auto and shot that fucking cat.
Sure I'd be in jail for the weekend, but when I got out, I bet we'd have had that barbeque.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Bribes and Coersion or Death and Starvation = USA Foreign Policy
Clinton says U.S. Gaza Aid Tied to Recognition of Israel.
Some $900 million pledged by the United States to the Palestinians will be withdrawn if the expected Palestinian Authority coalition government between Fatah and Hamas does not recognize Israel's right to exist, Western and Israeli diplomats said Wednesday.
Let me get this straight:
1. Israel bombs Gaza into smithereens using USA supplied weapons.
2. USA makes a big supposedly humanitarian gesture of pledging $900 million to help rebuild Gaza.
3. AIPAC and other pro-Zionist lobbies start jumping up and down and holding their breath about it and demand that to get the money, the massacred people of Gaza have to recognize Israel or starve and continue to live in cardboard boxes and under blue plastic tarps.
4. Cowardly USA politicians in terror of the Israel lobby, agree to continue the enslavement and destruction of the native indigenous population.
5. No mention whatsoever of the Israeli Occupation Forces - recognizing the native indigenous people right to exist, have a homeland, be free from 2nd class status, have equal rights, not be discriminated against, etc. etc. etc.
Clinton and her masters are obviously afraid of elections - given their disasterous campaign in 2006, in which the people of Gaza, in a fair election, monitored by Jimmy Carter, voted in Hamas - and is discouraging them in favor of a PA/Fatah dictatorship. DICTATORSHIP!!!
USA Foreign policy is obviously:
"Do what we say or we will directly or indirectly bomb and starve you back into the stone age."
Ain't it wonderful how we spread Freedom and Democracy throughout the world?
Here's the link to the whole miserable article:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070450.html
Some $900 million pledged by the United States to the Palestinians will be withdrawn if the expected Palestinian Authority coalition government between Fatah and Hamas does not recognize Israel's right to exist, Western and Israeli diplomats said Wednesday.
Let me get this straight:
1. Israel bombs Gaza into smithereens using USA supplied weapons.
2. USA makes a big supposedly humanitarian gesture of pledging $900 million to help rebuild Gaza.
3. AIPAC and other pro-Zionist lobbies start jumping up and down and holding their breath about it and demand that to get the money, the massacred people of Gaza have to recognize Israel or starve and continue to live in cardboard boxes and under blue plastic tarps.
4. Cowardly USA politicians in terror of the Israel lobby, agree to continue the enslavement and destruction of the native indigenous population.
5. No mention whatsoever of the Israeli Occupation Forces - recognizing the native indigenous people right to exist, have a homeland, be free from 2nd class status, have equal rights, not be discriminated against, etc. etc. etc.
Clinton and her masters are obviously afraid of elections - given their disasterous campaign in 2006, in which the people of Gaza, in a fair election, monitored by Jimmy Carter, voted in Hamas - and is discouraging them in favor of a PA/Fatah dictatorship. DICTATORSHIP!!!
USA Foreign policy is obviously:
"Do what we say or we will directly or indirectly bomb and starve you back into the stone age."
Ain't it wonderful how we spread Freedom and Democracy throughout the world?
Here's the link to the whole miserable article:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070450.html
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