The most shocking aspect of the war on Gaza is Israel’s spin-doctoring

I don’t normally blog on issues such as the war in Gaza, preferring to limit myself to issues closer to home and those that I believe in, but this time it was different.  Now that there is a temporary cessation of violence from both sides of the conflict to allow survivors some breathing room to bury their dead and [...]

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Israel: Attack on Gaza yields a father’s grief and a mother’s fury

A palestinian doctor who works in Israel’s Beer Shevas Soroka hospital Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish lost three of his daughters in Israel’s attack on Gaza. He held a press conference to talk about his grief but was interrupted by an Israeli mother of three IDF soldiers who objected to what he was saying.
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Israel Unilateral Ceasefire: CPJ Urges Olmert to Lift Gaza Press Ban

Al Jazeera reports that despite unilateral “ceasefire”, Israel military activity seen in Gaza

Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announces unilateral ceasefire

Response from Hamas representative Osama Hamdan
Reuters reports here that Israel said on Sunday it will be prepared to sharply increase the flow of food and medicine [...]

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ICRC: International law prohibits “disproportionate” damage to civilians

(source: www.icrc.org)
17-01-2009  Interview  
Phosphorous weapons – the ICRC’s view
Peter Herby, head of the ICRC’s Arms Unit, outlines the rules applicable to phosphorous weapons to explain the organization’s approach to the issue.
Peter Herby, head of the ICRC’s Arms Unit Has the use of white phosphorous weapons by Israel in the current conflict in [...]

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Gaza: A Palestinian father’s grief broadcasted live on Israel TV. Try telling him Israel acted in self-defence!

If you cannot see the subtitles do the following:
1. Play the video
2. Click the triangle button at the bottom-right corner of the video
3. Click the Turn on captions button that looks like the letters CC.
I began blogging on the Gaza humanitarian crisis because, having become totally dissatisfied with mainstream media coverage, I wanted [...]

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Helen Thomas: Journalists Should Have the Courage to Tell the Truth!

Excerpt of Democracy Now Amy Goodman’s interview with veteran White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Source of transcript:  www.democracynow.org Read full interview here 
Helen Thomas, served as White House correspondent for United Press International for almost sixty years and has covered every president since Kennedy. She is the most senior member of the White House [...]

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Gaza: Bush taunt Obama with trail of destruction?

Rob Reynolds, Al Jazeera’s senior Washington correspondent, gives his personal take on the key moments of George Bush’s eight-year presidency.

16 January 2009
UNITED NATIONS PRESS CONFERENCE on humanitarian situation in Gaza (Source here)
The death toll in the Gaza Strip, according to figures from the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health, now stood at [...]

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Message for Obama from Condi and Tzipi?

Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni meets the National Press Club  

Why the rush by outgoing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to sign an MOU with Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni for U.S. technical and logistical support? Guess who Tzipi blames for everything?

Was United Nations Secretary General [...]

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My Open Letter to Malia and Sasha Obama

Dear Malia and Sasha,
               I have just read the open letter that your daddy, President-Elect Barack Obama, wrote to both of you that was published here and as a mother of two children myself, I was deeply touched. You don’t know me and neither do either of us know those hundreds of children who have died [...]

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Israel: Oops, I did it again…!!

Of course, Israel government spokesperson Mark Regev once again insinuates that Hamas is at fault

Reuters reports here that Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak has apologised to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the “grave mistake” of Israeli bombshells hitting UN facilities. An explosion also [...]

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