Isreal shells another school

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http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Confl ... ael-371945

In a desperate attempt at PR propaganda, Hamas's leader is trying to tell reporters in Cairo that Hamas never aims for civilian targets. Fact is, their weaponry makes shelling targets more random, but they -hope- to hit civilians.

[Michael]

Isn't Hamas' leader the idiot who made enemies on both sides of his border while under embargo? Need to know any more about him? Not really. My guess is he got the Quatar money earlier this year and is being played like a fiddle.

[Dajenarit]

http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2014/ ... of-israel/

40 Holocaust Survivors Condemn Gaza Assault & Call for Boycott of Israel in NYT Letter

by: David Harris-Gershon on August 23rd, 2014

In a letter published today in The New York Times as an advertisement, 40 survivors of Nazi genocide and hundreds of their children are publicly deploring “the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza,” Israel’s ongoing occupation and the troubling rise of systemic racism.

The letter, a response to an advertisement posted recently by Eli Wiesel, in which Palestinians were portrayed as championing “child sacrifice,” is the first of its kind to be signed by so many Holocaust survivors, who are making waves by calling for a full boycott of Israel – roundly viewed as anathema by Jewish institutions in both the United States and Europe. Below is the full text of their letter:

"As Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors and victims of the Nazi genocide we unequivocally condemn the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and the ongoing occupation and colonization of historic Palestine. We further condemn the United States for providing Israel with the funding to carry out the attack, and Western states more generally for using their diplomatic muscle to protect Israel from condemnation. Genocide begins with the silence of the world.

We are alarmed by the extreme, racist dehumanization of Palestinians in Israeli society, which has reached a fever-pitch. In Israel, politicians and pundits in The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post have called openly for genocide of Palestinians and right-wing Israelis are adopting Neo-Nazi insignia.


Furthermore, we are disgusted and outraged by Elie Wiesel’s abuse of our history in these pages to justify the unjustifiable: Israel’s wholesale effort to destroy Gaza and the murder of more than 2,000 Palestinians, including many hundreds of children. Nothing can justify bombing UN shelters, homes, hospitals and universities. Nothing can justify depriving people of electricity and water.

We must raise our voices and use our collective power to bring about an end to all forms of racism, including the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people. We call for an immediate end to the siege against and blockade of Gaza. We call for the full economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel. “Never again” must mean NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!"

One of the signatories is Hedy Epstein, the 90-year-old human rights activist who was recently arrested in Saint Louis before Governor Jay Nixon’s downtown office, protesting his actions and the actions of militarized police in Ferguson, MO. Epstein (left) has long been a prominent voice in various civil and human rights movements, including those fighting for the human rights of Palestinians in both the West Bank and Gaza. Her voice is now being joined by many others who survived the horrors of the Holocaust in visible and, by aligning with the BDS movement, controversial ways.

The letter’s appearance in the Times comes on the heels of an op-ed by Anthony Lerman which appeared in those pages on Friday. Entitled “The End of Liberal Zionism,” it echoed many of the same critiques as those found in the letter.

As the death toll in Gaza continues to rise – nearly 2,100 people have died, mostly civilians – a growing number of diaspora Jews, from prominent journalists to community members, are finding themselves pained by Israel’s actions and conflicted by their simultaneous support for and critiques of Israel.

These 40 survivors of one of the worst atrocities in human history have gone a step further, placing themselves in the post-Zionist camp due to what they see in Israel. Such voices have always been looked upon as a moral conscience within the Jewish community. That Holocaust survivors are speaking out in such an extreme way represents something profound taking place amidst the profoundly troubling history being created in the region.

As rockets continue to be fired into Israel and missiles continue to be dropped on Gaza, as innocents on both sides are terrorized, it’s far too easy for such violence to be justified, particularly by a people, my people, who have endured the wrath of history.

These 40 voices should give such justifications pause.

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David Harris-Gershon is author of the memoir What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?, published recently by Oneworld Publications.

[Dajenarit]

http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2014/ ... -gaza-war/

by: David Harris-Gershon on August 16th, 2014 |

In the largest protest of its kind in years, 10,000-15,000 Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv to call for a just peace with Palestinians and to protest Israel’s occupation and Gaza military operations.

The gathering is particularly significant given that, in previous anti-war rallies since the beginning of hostilities in Gaza, right-wing nationalists have attacked and sometimes beaten progressive protesters, leaving anti-war activists in Israel feeling increasingly threatened.

Tonight’s rally, sponsored by a number of left-wing groups in Israel, including the political party Meretz, overwhelmed those extremists who showed up with the volume of participants.

Organizers of tonight’s protest had the following message for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who many protesters addressed with chants of “Bibi, go home”:

“The next round of fighting can be prevented. No to the way of wars – we must have a political solution. After an agonizing month of war and death, in the face of mounting waves of incitement and hatred, which increasingly tear up the Israeli society, we stand up to demonstrate for peace and for democracy.”

Israel and Hamas in Gaza are currently in the midst of a five-day ceasefire as officials from both sides try to hammer out a long-term truce, which will likely only be secured with an end of the blockade in Gaza. It’s precisely this point which famed Israeli novelist David Grossman addressed, telling the crowd, “We won’t be able to breathe deeply in Israel as long as people in Gaza feel choked.”

The next few days will determine whether both Israel and Egypt will agree to lift their metaphorical boots from the throats of Palestinians in Gaza, and whether Israel’s government will recognize the unity agreement between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in the interest of moving forward with diplomatic efforts.

It’s a hope shared by some 10,000 Israelis who protested in Tel Aviv.

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[Interloper]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-officia ... like-isis/

PA official says Hamas executions ‘like ISIS’
Tayeb Abdel Rahim calls killings of suspected collaborators with Israel ‘cold-blooded murders’; 22 said executed in past two days

[Michael]

Somebody is a little too yin in this pushing hands of the news articles. Afraid of engaging? lol

[Interloper]

Since 2007, Hamas has been persecuting Christians living there, including threatening them with rape and violence, and digging up graves in Christian cemeteries in Gaza and burning the bodies.

http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2014/06/08/pa ... ning-them/

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Hamas rocket intercepted today over greater Tel Aviv area.
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Confl ... rea-372029

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/waiting-to ... er-attack/

Arab taxi drivers attacked with rockets and mortars by Hamas while trying to drive injured Gazans to Israel for medical treatment. Israeli medics and doctors are caring for wounded Gazans, and Hamas isn't too pleased about that, appparently.

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Iron Dome just intercepted a Hamas rocket over Jerusalem.

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While Israel delivered goods into Gaza for beleaguered civilians, Hamas bombarded Israel with 83 more rockets.

https://www.facebook.com/idfonline/phot ... =1&theater

[Michael]

At a certain point, one-way communication is just spam.

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Aerial map showing civilian buildings in Gaza housing Hamas artillery and rocket launchers.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=84 ... =2&theater

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"Hamas sets another humanitarian trap"
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Confl ... ays-372288

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Marchers in UK chanting "Death to Jews"...
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Confl ... ore-372323