The
Gaza Attack - 12 Articles - Monday - [ Day 10 ] ==========
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Have
Bush and the Neocons Ruined it for the Israelis?
Must Read - A
quote...."Monday,
January 05, 2009 -- The Israeli propaganda blitz around their attack on
Gaza has been greeted with uncharacteristic skepticism by the American
public and even by some of the mainstream US press. Even the Jewish
American community is uneasy about this one, in a way perhaps
unparalelled since the 1982 Israeli attack on Lebanon and siege of
Beirut. Jews for Peace in Los Angeles are actively protesting the Gaza
atrocities, and newspaper articles from around the US on local protests
held this weekend often mention mixed Arab-American and Jewish-American
rallies."
Civilian
Toll Soars as Gaza Attacks Continue
A quote...."Posted January 5, 2009 -- 10 days into the Israeli attack
on the Gaza Strip, the violence continues to escalate and there is
still no end in sight. But as the violence moved into the most densely
populated portions of the tiny strip, civilians are increasingly in the
line of fire and increasingly the ones killed in the offensive."
Israel’s
slaughter of innocent Palestinians is morally outrageous
A quote...."Jan 6, 2009, 00:28 -- Israel’s current assault on Gaza has
sparked controversy in the mainstream press. But for all their
differences, critics and supporters share a fundamental assumption:
that Israel, as a Western industrial democracy, accepts the
Enlightenment idea of the absolute value of individual human lives, and
recognizes the inalienable rights that stem from it. Against this
background, Israeli officials are seen as facing a tragic dilemma: how
to confront threatening forces who do not share these values -- Islamic
extremists -- without sacrificing their own moral standards."
Is
Israeli Use of Depleted Uranium and White Phosphorous in Gaza a War
Crime?
Full quote...."Monday, January 5, 2009 -- Israel is reportedly using
both depleted uranium and white phosphorous in Gaza. -- I have
previously argued that the use by Americans of depleted uranium and
white phosphorous in Iraq are war crimes. -- Israel, like the U.S.,
signed the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, but not Protocol
III of the Convention. The two countries are thus in identical
positions with regard to international treaties. -- My analysis of U.S.
war crimes in Iraq therefore applies equally well to Israel's acts in
Gaza. Bottom line: Yes, Israel has committed war crimes."
Fallujah
by the Sea: Aping America, Israel Unleashes Chemical Weapons in Gaza
A quote...."Mon Jan 05 2009 -- The Israeli military is reportedly using
napalm-like white phosphorus shells in its all-out attack on Gaza,
according to the conservative Times of London. The phosphorus in the
smoke-emitting shells causes agonizing, unquenchable burns, sometimes
searing flesh right down to the bone." --
For more on
the two articles shown above see....Specialized
Weapons Systems
Reports:
Khalilzad Ordered to Keep UN From Stopping Gaza War
A quote...."Posted January 5, 2009 -- The French government is
reportedly working with the Arab League on yet another draft resolution
calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, while also urging
the Israeli government to allow humanitarian aid into the strip.
According to America’s ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay
Khalilzad, they shouldn’t get their hopes up."
Americans
Have Learned the Wrong Lesson from the Holocaust
A quote...."Monday, January 5, 2009 -- It is a common pattern among
individuals and societies that the victim becomes the bully. -- Does an
individual bully's background of being a victim justify his later
violence? No, it doesn't. The same is true of peoples and nations."
[Press]
Group: Israel deliberately attacked Palestinian journalists
A quote...."Published: Monday January 5, 2009 -- GENEVA (AFP) — Israel
deliberately targeted Hamas-run media installations in its bombing
campaign on Gaza and is practising media censorship, a journalist
rights group said Monday."
Israel
Arrests Iranian TV Journalist for Reporting Start of Gaza Invasion
A quote...."Posted January 5, 2009 -- Among the first to break the news
Saturday that Israel had begun its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip
was a journalist working for an Iranian television station. What did
this reporter get for is troubles? Arrested, for one."
UPDATED:
Media Commentary Muted as Israel Invades - 'NYT' Fails to Editorialize
A quote...."Published: January 05, 2009 12:20 AM ET updated Sunday and
Monday -- NEW YORK (Commentary) Israel launched its much-anticipated
invasion of Gaza on Saturday. For over a week, U.S. media had provided
largely one-sided coverage of the conflict, with little editorializing
or commentary arguing against broader Israeli actions." --
For more on this issue see....Judeo-Christian
Conflict-Control Within the US
The
struggle against Jerusalem’s quiet ethnic cleansing Palestinians Face
Home Demolitions Spree By Israel
From the History File --
A quote....
" 02/08/08 "ICH"
---- In the first hours of dawn, Nader Elayan was woken by a call from
a neighbour warning him to hurry to the house he had almost finished
building. By the time he arrived, it was too late: a bulldozer was
tearing down the walls. More than 100 Israeli security guards held back
local residents."
Israel
takes major hit on foreign relations
A quote...."Jan 6, 2009, 00:24 -- (
WMR) -- Two countries
that once enjoyed close diplomatic, military, and intelligence
relations -- Israel and Turkey -- are on the outs over Israel’s
“Operation Cast Lead” attack on Gaza. -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan is currently on a Middle East tour that has taken him to
Syria, Jordan, and Egypt but not to Israel. Erdogan called Israel’s
attack on Gaza a “crime against humanity” and “ruthless” during his
visit to Damascus.
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Gaza Attack - 12 Articles - Monday - [ Day 10 ] ==========
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Every Empire Tries
It
Must Read - A
quote...."The good news is that history always repeats itself – so we
can see what's coming down the pike. The bad news is that history
always repeats itself – so we can see what's coming down the pike. --
Sigh."
Held
Hostage For Six Years In Guantanamo Sami El Haj, Al Jazeera Journalist,
Tells His Story
From the History File --
A quote....
"02/08/08 "ICH"
- -- - Standing straight and tall, an impressive and deeply
introspective man, Sami El Haj walks with a limp and the help of a
walking stick. Neither laughter nor smiles light up the refined face of
this man, old before his time. A deep sadness pervades him. He was 32
years old when, in December 2001, his life, like that of tens of
thousands of other Muslims, became a horrific nightmare."
Bush
Must Be Stopped Before Starting War With Iran
A quote...."The Bush administration, in rhetoric that is eerily similar
to that used to build the case for a war against Iraq, asserts that the
Iranian Quds Force is arming anti-U.S. groups in Iraq and providing
them with high-tech roadside bombs and sophisticated rockets. -- It
dismisses the National Intelligence Estimate conclusion that Iran
suspended its nuclear weapons program." --
also posted at CommonDreams
Kissinger
Calls for a “New World Order” on CNN
A quote...."His task, will be to develop an overall strategy for
America in this period, when really a New World Order can be
created. It’s a great opportunity it isn’t … a crisis. He
(Obama) has appointed an extraordinarily capable group (of advisers and
staff) in both foreign and economic fields.” H. Kissinger"
More
Groups Than Thought Monitored in Police Spying
Police State Alert - A
quote...."The Maryland State Police surveillance of advocacy groups was
far more extensive than previously acknowledged, with records showing
that troopers monitored -- and labeled as terrorists -- activists
devoted to such wide-ranging causes as promoting human rights and
establishing bike lanes." --
also
posted at BLN
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Automakers
Fear a New Normal of Low Sales
A quote...."DETROIT — The historic collapse of the new-car market
dragged on in December, raising questions of whether the auto industry
will ever again have sales levels that it took for granted just a few
years ago. -- The across-the-board decline of 35 percent, reported by
auto companies on Monday, is certain to put more pressure on the
fragile finances of several manufacturers, particularly General Motors
and Chrysler."
The
Gaza Attack - 16 Articles -
Sunday - [ Day 9 ] ========== ========== ========== ====
George
Galloway Stop Gaza Massacre protest lpart 08 - (YouTube - 3
min 37 sec - January 04, 2009)
Must View Video - A
quote...."January 04, 2009 -- George Galloway's speech at Trafalgar
Square London listened
by 100s of thousands of supporters of truth and justice for Gaza."
Gaza
2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars
Must Read - A
quote...."Sunday, January 04, 2009 -- With regard to the Arab-Israeli
conflict, we have entered the
age of micro-wars. -- The first wars that Israel fought with its Arab
neighbors were conventional struggles in which infantry, artillery,
armor and air forces played central roles."
33
Israeli Civlians or 100 Billion Cubic Meters of LNG? What Do You Think
the Gaza Invastion Is About?
Must Read - A
quote...."January 4, 2009 -- Since 2006, there have been 33 Israelis
killed in Israel by Palestinian aggression whereas during that same
expanse of time, there has been 1,485 Palestinians killed by
Israeli troops in the Occupied Territories (that doesn’t include
Palestinians killed by “settlers” in the outposts or Israeli troops
killed in the Occupied territories). At this point during the
current attacks on Gaza, there have been reported over 500 Palestinians
dead, to a total of 4 Israelis. You can do the math."
Robert
Fisk: Keeping out the cameras and reporters simply doesn't work
A quote...."Monday, 5 January 2009 -- What is Israel afraid of? Using
the old "enclosed military area" excuse to prevent coverage of its
occupation of Palestinian land has been going on for years. But the
last time Israel played this game – in Jenin in 2000 – it was a
disaster. Prevented from seeing the truth with their own eyes,
reporters quoted Palestinians who claimed there had been a massacre by
Israeli soldiers – and Israel spent years denying it. In fact, there
was a massacre, but not on the scale that it was originally reported."
The
Invasion of Gaza: "Operation Cast Lead", Part of a Broader Israeli
Military-Intelligence Agenda
A quote...."January 4, 2009 -- The aerial bombings and the ongoing
ground invasion of Gaza by Israeli ground forces must be analysed in a
historical context. Operation "Cast Lead" is a carefully planned
undertaking, which is part of a broader military-intelligence agenda
first formulated by the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in
2001: " --
also posted at ICH
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Obama's
AIPAC Speech Riles Palestinians -
Well,
he told us what he was going to do. - mpg
From the History File --
Posted: Thursday, June
05, 2008 5:16 PM -- A quote...."Sen. Barack Obama's speech to
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Wednesday
shocked many Palestinians, who had hoped he would be a sympathetic
advocate for the Palestinian cause in the White House."
Why
Obama Is Silent On Gaza?
A quote...."Published on 01-04-2009 -- If you look a few months back to
when Obama was speaking at AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, you’ll find your reasons why he is silent on the current
Gaza situation. As of right now, the Israeli government is invading and
pillaging Gaza and not a word from Obama. His spokesman David Axelrod
claims that he isn’t commenting because “..There is only one president
at a time,” yet that didnt stop him with nearly every other issue such
as the Mumbai attacks, and the Russia/Georgia conflict. Here is why:"
Barack
Obama's silence on Gaza bombings is galling to Arabs
The Emperor plays while the
"little people" pay. Ain't it always the truth. - mpg -- A
quote...."January 5, 2009 -- Arab commentators maintain, however, that
Obama did comment on foreign affairs when he issued a statement
condemning the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and that he has given
several news conferences outlining his economic proposals. They suggest
that his refusal to speak out on Gaza—where at least 460 Palestinians
have died, compared with four Israeli deaths from the rockets—implies
indifference to the plight of Palestinians or even complicity with
Israel." --
also posted at Reficultnias
For more regarding the three
articles shown above see....Judeo-Christian
Conflict-Control Within the US
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Gaza
hospital struggles to cope with casualties - 04 - (AJ - YouTube - 3
min 3 sec - January 04, 2009)
Video - A
quote...."January 04, 2009 -- According to the United Nations, at least
507 Palestinians have been killed, and more than 2,400 injured since
Israel began its offensive in Gaza. A quarter of those killed are
civilians. Hospitals are at breaking point, families devastated, people
are being forced from their homes."
Israel
rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells
A quote...."December 5, 2008 -- Israel is believed to be using
controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the
heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and
US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used
as a smokescreen." --
For more on
this issue see....Specialized
Weapons Systems
West
Bank protester shot dead by Israeli troops
A quote...."Sunday January 4, 2009 -- NABLUS, West Bank (AFP) — A
Palestinian demonstrator was shot dead by Israeli troops in the
northern West Bank on Sunday during a protest against the Gaza Strip
offensive, medics and security officials said."
Depleted
uranium found in Gaza victims
A quote...."Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:16:21 GMT -- Medics tell Press TV
they have found traces of depleted uranium in some Gaza residents
wounded in Israel's ground offensive on the strip."
7 IOF tanks
destroyed, one helicopter downed and 11 soldiers killed
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas,
said on Sunday night that its fighters killed 11 IOF soldiers and
wounded 48 others since the start of the land offensive 24 hours ago.
-- The sources said that five soldiers were killed on Saturday night
and six others were killed on Sunday, amongst them an officer with the
rank of Colonel. -- The Israeli occupation admitted to only one soldier
being killed and 30 others wounded."
Israel's
Looming Catastrophe
A quote...."January 4, 2009 -- For the past three decades, Israel has
charted a course that invites its own destruction by relying on two
risky propositions: first, that it could extend its security perimeter
beyond the reach of a devastating missile attack, and second, that it
could permanently control the political debate inside its crucial ally,
the United States."
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Emotions
over Gaza spill into S. Florida streets
Action Update - A
quote...."Posted on Sunday, 01.04.0 -- Taunts, jeers, vulgar gestures
and curse words filled the air Sunday afternoon as supporters of both
sides in the Gaza conflict waged dueling protests outside the Israeli
consulate in downtown Miami."
Reportback
From Vancouver Rally Against Israeli Assault on Gaza
Action Update - A
quote...."Mon, 2009-01-05 06:25. -- Amidst a heavy snow storm and some
of the coldest weather in Vancouver yet, approximately 800 residents of
Vancouver gathered to express their outrage at the latest Israeli
massacre in Gaza."
End - The Gaza Attack - 16
Articles -
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The
New Iraqi Sovereignty - Just like the Palestinians have in Gaza
A quote...."There's got to be some irony in the U.S. transference of
control to Iraqi security forces while the Israelis pound Gaza. Why?
Because, despite the hoopla in the U.S. press and its Iraqi clones, the
nature of the control being "given back" to the Iraqis seems quite
similar to the control given back to the Gazans by the Israelis when
they withdrew their forces in 2005. In other words, any control the
Iraqi government and its security forces might now have can be removed
at any time by U.S. forces. Indeed, the U.S. forces are not even
withdrawing. They are merely turning the security details they
performed for the past five years or so to Iraqi security forces whose
existence depends on the presence of U.S. forces populating bases
around Iraq." --
also posted at
ZNet & MostlyWater
Obama
Looking to Submit the Largest Tax Cut (for Big Businesses and the
Wealthy) In History
A quote...."President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats
are crafting a plan to offer about $300 billion of tax cuts to
individuals and businesses, a move aimed at attracting Republican
support for an economic-stimulus package and prodding companies to
create jobs."
FDNY Lieutenant
Admitted Plan To ‘Take Down’ WTC 7
Special Note - A
quote...."Newly uncovered video from 9/11 featuring an interview with
FDNY lieutenant David Rastuccio on MSNBC confirms that there was a plan
to deliberately demolish WTC Building 7, as was originally indicated in
Larry Silverstein’s infamous statement on the PBS documentary, America
Rebuilds." --
For more on this issue
see....9/11
- WTC7
Portrait
Emerges of Anthrax Suspect’s Troubled Life
Special Note -- A
quote...."With the F.B.I. preparing to close the case, The New York
Times has taken the deepest look so far at the investigation, speaking
to dozens of Dr. Ivins’s colleagues and friends, reading hundreds of
his e-mail messages, interviewing former bureau investigators and
anthrax experts, reviewing court records, and obtaining, for the first
time, police reports on his suicide in July, including a lengthy
recorded interview with his wife. -- That examination found that unless
new evidence were to surface, the enormous public investment in the
case would appear to have yielded nothing more persuasive than a strong
hunch, based on a pattern of damning circumstances, that Dr. Ivins was
the perpetrator." --
For a fun look
at this issue see....9/11
the Sequel - Return of the Jihadi - 08-23-08 - mpg
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Germany - You Are Free of Your Shame Now
01-01-09
mpg
An Open Letter to the German People
You are free! You are free of your guilt in regards to the
“Jewish
people”, you are released from your bonds, you are no longer bound by
accusation to them, you no longer have to hang your heads with shame,
if
you had any
guilt, its heavy weight has now been lifted from your collective
shoulders by the actions
of the Jewish state of Israel.
You once carried out pogroms against the Jews, you belittled them, you
made them into sub-humans, you made them carry separate identification
to
mark them as a Jews, you herded them into ghettos, you starved them,
you expropriated their property, their land and their homes, you shot
them, you brutalized them, you carried out collective punishment
against them, you laughed and danced as their children died, you bombed
them, you tortured them, you destroyed and mocked their culture, and
you took away all their
rights to be a free people.
You have done all these things to them exactly as they have done to the
Palestinian people except for one heinous act. The Jews of Israel
have
not created the death camps….not yet. But let us be clear about
this,
they
have not done so because of their conscience, or due to any moral
restraint on their part, or out of the goodness of their hearts, but
because it is the one act the "Western World" would not, and could not
tolerate. But be absolutely assured of this fact….if the Jews of
Israel could get away with constructing death camps for the
Palestinians, they would do so without the slightest twinge of guilt, a
moments hesitation or the least bit of remorse.
Given the size of their respective peoples, qualitatively what the Jews
of Israel have done to the Palestinian people is no different then the
acts the German peopled carried out against the Jews. In fact
it’s
actually worse, the Palestinians were a much larger component and owned
much more
land than the Jews of Germany or Europe ever did in respect to those
countries overall populations. In other words, given the respective
size of
their populations, the Jews of Israel have taken more land and property
from the Palestinians then the German people ever took from the Jews.
Some would argue that there is a difference between Jews and the state
of Israel, one would counter argue there is not now, nor has there ever
been, any distinction made between Germans and the country of Germany
by anybody, ever.
By the Israelis’ own choice to distinguish between Jews and non-Jews,
to
make one status a mark of citizenship with all of the rights attendant
upon
that designation, the other into a stateless person subject to
degradation,
humiliation, poverty, torture and death, all the while doing so with
the full
acquiescence and knowledge of all
Jewish people throughout the world, THEY have chosen to make being a
Jew and an Israeli one and the same. They of course have no
option in
the matter, for if they did not do so the state of Israel would
quickly no longer be Jewish and would rapidly cease to exist.
If
Jews who have so far not offered support for the state of Israel wish
to absolve themselves of their collective guilt for what is being done
in their name, and in that of their religion,
all they need do is renounce that state
and all it's pretensions to be exclusively Jewish. It is a simple
choice. You either support the abominations being done or you
don't,
it's time for many of them to choose.
Many Jewish people however, in what can only be described as a
deliberate act of deception,
continue to support the state of Israel with their money and votes, a
state
which distinguishes between Jew and non-Jews within its border with
dire consequences for all those who are non-Jews, all the
while claiming the convenient fiction that as Jews they are not
responsible for the acts of the very state they offer their support to.
This is an absurd farce, an immoral charade of mental gymnastics worthy
of
a
circus trapeze artist; it is a convenient, viciously mendacious
act of pure sophistry, plain and simple. It
is the
Jewish peoples attempt to cowardly distance themselves from the
barbarous acts
being carried out in their collective names, with their collective
monies,
enabled by their collective votes, empowered by their collective voice,
promoted by their collective religion, encouraged by their collective
will, enforced by their collective state, yet
they insist they bare no collective
responsibility. That is a shameful lie.
And it is also a collective lie. A lie that WILL not stand, nor
WILL it be permitted to stand. The Jewish people in this country
and
throughout
the entire world
will be forced to
bare their collective guilt,
just as the German people have been forced to do so for oh these many
years. Both peoples are responsible for what their two states have done.
So to the German people, you are now free of your guilt in respect to
the Jewish people. This is now an established
FACT, an act which has been
DONE, and,
CANNOT NOW BE UNDONE.
By their collective actions
the Jewish people in Israel and all those
throughout the world have shattered the chains of your collective guilt
that weighed you down and tied you to their policies of mayhem and
murder, that
which bound you in shame to them for so long has been
SUNDERED FOREVER. Its broken
pieces now lie scattered across the political landscape, lost and
NEVER
to be re-forged again. It is over for
you as it is for them, their cliam on you can never be used or
discussed again, your guilt has now become their guilt. Your
shame is now at an end....their shame is just beginning.
You can now hold your head high and look any Jew directly in the eye
and state as clearly and calmly as you can to them. “There is no
difference between us,
what our forefathers have done in the past to your people, you have
done, and are continuing to do to the Palestinian people, we are
brothers now in
our collective guilt but you can no longer judge us for the very acts
you
are now committing
and for which we
are not. You can no longer shame us for that which you have now
done. We may owe you
our remorse….but we no longer owe you our shame or accept your
accusation against us ever again.”
You are free now....forever. - mpg
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The Gaza Attack - 28 Articles -
Thursday - [ Day 6 ] ========== ========== ========== ====
Dahlia
Wasfi about the agenda in the Middle East - (YouTube - 9 min 57 sec
- November 05, 2008)
Must View Video - A
quote...."Wasfi was a speaker at the Iraq Veterans Against the War
(IVAW) 'Winter Soldier' eyewitness testimony, March 2008, in Maryland.
Snowshoefilms had some questions for the young physician and caught up
with her in Chicago a few months later."
B’Tselem
questions Israeli account of attack - 1 Jan 09 - (YouTube - 2 min
37 sec - January 01, 2009)
Must View Video -- A
quote...."January 01, 2009 -- The Israeli military says it bombed a
lorry which Hamas fighters were loading with rockets on Monday. -- But
an Israeli human rights group says civilians were killed as they tried
to protect their goods. -- Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid talks to a
Palestinian who says the vehicle was his and that it was being loaded
with gas canisters by his family."
Gaza Protest New
Zealand - (YouTube - 8 min 46 sec - January 01, 2009)
Must View Video -
Protest in New Zealand
Israeli
Troops Prepare to Invade Gaza as American “Progressives” Dance the
Night Away
Must Read - A
quote...."January 1, 2009 -- While Americans are distracted by the New
Years Eve celebrations and football games, Israel is going to launch a
massive military invasion against a starved and defenseless
nation. Israel is moving into the next stage of ethnic
cleansing while you let yourselves be distracted by flashing lights in
the sky."
2009
is Starting Off with a Shameful and Criminal Bang
Must Read - A
quote...."January 1, 2009 at 11:29:41 -- The deafening silence from
American government officials and from the US media regarding the
criminal Israeli assault against civilians in Israel’s ghetto of Gaza,
where nearly 1.5 million Palestinians are trapped every bit as brutally
as were the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto, is beyond unconscionable."
Israel announces
84 hour closure of West Bank starting midnight Thursday
A quote...."January 2, 2009 -- Bethlehem - Ma’an - The West Bank will
be closed for 84 hours and Israeli police are on "high alert" as Israel
moves into its seventh day of Operation Cast Lead."
‘Israeli
attacks, holocaust of Gazans
A quote...."Thursday, January 1, 2009 -- Turkey and Syria have
described the Israeli campaign against Gazans as a ‘holocaust’, calling
for an immediate end to the ‘massacre’. Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on
Wednesday to discuss ways to stop the “massacre committed by Israel” on
Gaza Palestinians."
Palestinian
official: Israeli offensive so far leaves 400 dead, 2,000 wounded
A quote...."2009-01-01 18:06:33 -- The Israeli attacks on the Gaza
Strip continued on Thursday for the sixth day in a row."
Gaza
and the rise of the Fourth Reich
A quote...."Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:59:01 GMT -- One would think that
a people who have historically been on the receiving end of heartless
treatment would have chosen to shun such techniques rather than to
embrace them. - Ironically, Israel has become the Fourth Reich, dealing
with basic human rights and dignity in a brutal and arrogant manner,
much as their unexpected mentors taught. - The Nazis would be proud and
yet horrified that the evil torch of their methods is being carried
onward by some of the very people they sought to repress."
Gaza
cries for united Arab action
Some quotes...."Jan 1, 2009, 01:22 -- Sometimes I feel ashamed to be a
member of the human race. And never more so than now when an
impoverished, starving population whose only weapons are stones and
homemade rockets are being mercilessly pulverised by the fourth most
powerful nation on earth. We pride ourselves as having evolved beyond
the bestial level of survival of the fittest. But have we really?" --
"More than 300 Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip have been killed
and up to 1,000 wounded yet all the so-called leader of the free world,
the US, can say is to request Israel to avoid civilian deaths. When
Gaza is known to be one of the most heavily populated areas of the
planet and more than half its population are under 18 such a comment is
nothing more than lip service. This callous stance is a replay of that
taken by Washington in 2006 when it patted Israel on the back as it
slaughtered over 1,200 Lebanese innocents with “Made in America”
weaponry."
Israel
accused of downplaying food crisis
A quote...."Last Updated: 5:51PM GMT 01 Jan 2009 -- The director of the
World Food Programme operation said she was "furious'' when she learned
Israel was claiming warehouses were full of supplies. Christine van
Nieuwenhuyse said WPF stocks in Gaza showed a 30 per cent shortfall of
dry goods such as flour and a much greater shortfall of 'ready-to-eat'
goods which are in dire need in Gaza because of the acute shortage of
power and gas for cooking."
Unfair
and Unbalanced: The US Response to the Gaza Crisis
A quote...."January 1, 2009 -- Moral relativism, political double talk,
and a military juggernaut blind to its violence against an occupied
people highlight the most recent, tragic conflagration in Israel and
Palestine. In justifying Israel's most brutal and bloody salvo against
Gaza in decades – which has so far killed nearly 400 Palestinians and
wounded more than 1800 – Israel's UN ambassador stated that Israel was
"rightfully defending itself from continued Hamas rocket attacks within
her borders." Furthermore, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert forewarned that
the offensive "is liable to continue for some time" and Defense
Minister Ehud Barak declared it as an "all-out war against Hamas and
its branches."
Israel
defies peacemakers and prepares for invasion
A quote...."Thursday, 1 January 2009 -- Israel has defied a formidable
international consensus in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza by opting to
continue its unprecedentedly fierce air attacks on Hamas targets and
stepping up preparations for a possible ground offensive. As the
security cabinet rejected an EU-backed French proposal for a 48-hour
humanitarian halt to the bombing, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said: “We
did not begin the Gaza operation in order to finish it with rocket fire
continuing like it did before. Israel has restrained [itself] for years
and given plenty of chances for a calm.”
Israel
Pursues Diplomacy to Gain More Time for Attacks
A quote...."Posted January 1, 2009 -- Israel ratcheted up diplomatic
activities across the world today, as its attacks on the Gaza Strip
continue to net a growing death toll of both militants and civilians.
As its ground forces prepare for an invasion of the strip, the
diplomats hope to win international acquiescence for continuing the
attacks far into the future."
Sometimes
a Patriot… Sometimes a Legend… But Always There is Defiance
A quote...."January 1, 2009 -- Israel’s military took out an 8-story
apartment building last night, in order to kill one man. 12 others
died, including 2 of his wives and 4 of his children. Other
civilian casualties from the attack are unclear at this time. What is
clear, is that this Hamas leader, Nizar Rayan, was a popular figure
among Palestinians. His crime? “…Rayan was known for openly
defying Israel.“ MSNBC"
Gazans
fight cold and hunger as supplies run dry
A quote...."January 1, 2009 -- Their windows smashed in the dead of
winter by bomb blasts, Jihad Hamed, his wife and seven children huddle
together every night in one bedroom of their freezing house, trying to
keep warm and as far away as possible from the next explosion, wherever
it might come from." --
also posted
at ICH
Israeli army
tells foreign journos to blog off
A quote...."Russian war correspondent Sergey Grankin has reported from
Iraq, Kosovo and West Bank, but right now he can’t get into Gaza - and
it’s not because he’s afraid to go there. - Since Monday journalists
have been unable to film tanks on the Gaza-Israel border, as the area
has been declared a closed military zone."
US
military aid underpins Gaza offensive - 31 Dec 08 - (YouTube - 1
min 24 sec - December 30, 2008)
Video - A
quote...."December 30, 2008 -- Israel receives billions of dollars in
military aid from the US each year, much of it spent on American
weaponry which US law says must only be used in self-defence. But
experts say there is little chance of cuts in aid to Israel despite its
military operation in Gaza. Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports."
Gaza:
A personal account - (AolVideo - 7 min 10 sec - December 30, 2008)
Video - A quote...."Gaza:
A personal account -- Palestinian journalist Laila El-Haddad updates
the situation in Gaza after talking to her relatives who live there."
Witnessing
the devastation in Gaza as Israel kills at least 225 Palestinian people
- (YuTb - 3m13s - December 27, 2008)
Video - A quote...."27th
December 2008 - International Solidarity Movement (ISM) volunteers
witness the devastation caused as over 200 Palestinians were killed by
Israeli air-strikes
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The
Truth From American Militia
Hundreds
killed or wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Witness
describes Gaza attacks
Israel
launches air strikes on Gaza
The
truth about those Hamas rockets
A quote...."Jan 1, 2009, 01:24 -- Five years ago, the Bush
administration lied about weapons of mass destruction to dupe us into
supporting an illegal, immoral invasion of Iraq. -- A few days ago,
Israel trotted out only an infinitesimally more credible excuse -- the
Hamas rockets case -- as justification for its own murderous shock and
awe in Gaza, a long-planned campaign perniciously aimed at ousting a
“regime” that came to power via popular, democratic vote." --
also posted at ICH
& WarInIraq
Israel
Attacks US
Satire - A
quote...."January 01, 2009 "Information Clearinghouse"' -- The
government of Israel today launched a massive air assault on suspected
terrorist targets along major coastal cities in the United States of
America. In an operation termed “Friendly Enemy,” hundreds of Israeli
F-16 fighter jets streaked across the Atlantic in precise formation and
fired surgical air strikes at alleged terrorist strongholds in densely
populated Muslim communities all along the northeast corridor of the
United States. The American-made Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets then
continued south, inflicting massive destruction in densely populated
Muslim communities along many southeastern US states as well."
Hospital
in Gaza City Engulfed by Suffering
A quote...."JERUSALEM, Dec. 30 -- Rawiya Ayad lay in a bed on the
ground floor of Gaza City's Shifa Hospital on Tuesday, connected to a
respirator. A bandage covered her head, and dried blood scarred her
face. Shrapnel from an Israeli airstrike was embedded in her brain,
poisoning her blood. She was in a coma."
Hamas
accuses senior Palestinian aides of spying for Israelis
A quote...."Thursday, 1 January 2009 -- Hamas has accused senior aides
of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, of spying for Israel,
underscoring an intensification of Palestinian infighting even in the
face of Israel's bombardments in the Gaza Strip. -- The charges are
part of a wider Hamas media campaign depicting Fatah leaders as
colluding with the Israeli military onslaught that has taken the lives
of 390 Palestinians in Gaza. This includes allegations that the former
Fatah strongman in Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, whose forces were defeated by
Hamas in its June 2007 takeover of the Strip, met Israeli intelligence
officials several weeks ago to discuss Israeli plans for a strike in
Gaza."
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More Gaza Support
Actions and Contacts
Action Alert -
Actions you can take....mpg
Russia
to send humanitarian supplies to Gaza Strip soon – Lavrov
Action Update - A
quote...."MOSCOW, December 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov spoke in favour of rallying the Palestinian forces, the
Russian Foreign Ministry said after a telephone conversation between
the Russian foreign minister and head of the Political Bureau of the
Islamic movement Hamas Khaled Mashaal on Wednesday. The sides discussed
in detail a sharply deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip after
Israel had launched a large-scale military operation."
Iran
to set up hospital near Gaza
Action Update - A
quote...."Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:19:50 GMT -- Iran is to set up a
field hospital near the Gaza Strip in Egypt as the death toll from
Israeli raids stands at 420, Iran's Red Crescent Society says."
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Military
Keynesianism to the Rescue?
Must Read - A
quote...."Writing in the Wall Street Journal on December 24, 2008,
Martin Feldstein gives us an article entitled "Defense Spending Would
Be Great Stimulus." The title tells you everything you need to know:
military Keynesianism is the medicine being prescribed by a leading
figure of the politico-economic Establishment – a Harvard professor,
former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, former president
of the American Economic Association, president emeritus of the
National Bureau of Economic Research, and member of the President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. That a man so drenched in
professional honors and attainments would be peddling such
long-discredited claptrap speaks volumes about the state of mainstream
economics. When you think it can't sink any lower, it does." --
For more on this entire issue see....Effective
Fed Funds Rate & Total Nonfarm Payrolls - 03-24-07 - mpg
NATO
seeks deal with Russia for flights to Afghanistan
Why? So more tens of thousands
of Afghans can be killed? For what purpose? -
mpg -- A quote.... "BRUSSELS: NATO
is seeking to seal an agreement with Moscow to allow the military
alliance to fly equipment over Russian airspace to Afghanistan, an
official said Wednesday."
War
chronicles
Timeline - A quot...."A
round up of the beginning of 2008 conflict in South Ossetia by the
hour."
Editor
Parry on LBJ's 'Treason' Tapes
A quote...."December 28, 2008 -- The Lyndon Johnson library recently
released audiotapes from 1968, revealing President Johnson complaining
about Richard Nixon’s campaign trying to block Vietnam peace talks and
thus help Nixon win the presidential election over Hubert Humphrey."
Bolivian
president defends expulsion of U.S. ambassador
A quote...."LA PAZ, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales
said Tuesday that the September expulsion of U.S. Ambassador Philip
Goldberg was "a success and not a mistake because it "thwarted " an
opposition coup plot."
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Muni
Sales Dry Up as States Face $42 Billion Deficit (Update1)
Financial Update - A quote...."Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The worst year
for municipal bond investors since 1999 may further reduce demand for
tax-exempt debt just as state governments face the biggest budget
deficits in at least a quarter-century. "
'Financial
9/11' struck over $6.9 trillion from US economy during 2008
A quote...."2008 is over, and we have survived it. Though for some of
us, just barely. -- 2008 saw the greatest financial losses in
generations, as $6.9 trillion poured from investors' coffers in the
worst series of cascading disasters since the Great Depression." --
also posted at RougeGov
U.S.
Treasury Opens Door To Aid Broad Array Of Firms
A quote...."The U.S. Treasury threw the door open to taxpayer financing
for a widening array of companies and industries by drafting broad
guidelines on aid to the auto industry."
Living with Hamilton's Curse
Book Review - A
quote...."After you read the dedication of Hamilton's Curse,
[Gogl
Srch]
you know that the book is going to be good: "Dedicated to the memory of
Professor Murray N. Rothbard, a brilliant scholar and tireless defender
of the free society." DiLorenzo proves to be an outstanding
practitioner of a Rothbardian brand of history, a fact that should come
as no surprise to readers of his earlier books, The Real Lincoln,
Lincoln Unmasked, and How Capitalism Saved America."