What then is to be done? Yet another dialogue between "moderate" Arabs and "progressive" Israelis? An umpteenth "peace plan" to be ignored? A solemn declaration from the European Union?
1.10.2009
Gaza Seen from Paris
There are surely millions of us, invisible to each other, enraged and powerless as we watch the massacre of Gaza and listen to our media describe it as a "retaliation against terrorism", "Israel’s right to defend itself". We have reached a point where answering the Zionist arguments is both useless and unworthy of humanity. So long as it is recognized that the shells landing on Ashkelon are likely to have been fired by descendants of the inhabitants of that region who were driven out by the Zionists in 1948, talk of peace is a smoke screen for continued Israeli assault on the survivors of that great injustice.
1.09.2009
Your tax dollars and military at work resupplying Israel with 168 shipping containers full of ammunition
US military re-supplying Israel with ammunition through Greece
The US Military Sealift Command on Dec. 31st published a solicitation for bids from shipping companies to ship two boats, each containing 168 TEU's (twenty-foot equivalent container units) of ammunition, from Greece to Israel.
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Report: US military re-supplying Israel with ammunition through Greece
Thursday January 08, 2009 22:04 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News
As the Israeli occupation terrorist forces continue to pound the crowded, impoverished and imprisoned population of the Gaza Strip with the full force of its military might, Israel's strongest ally, the United States, announced plans to ship large amounts of ammunition to the Israeli forces – as it did during Israel's 2006 invasion of Lebanon, when the Israelis ran out of (internationally-banned) cluster bombs, and the US shipped them tens of thousands more.The US Military Sealift Command on Dec. 31st published a solicitation for bids from shipping companies to ship two boats, each containing 168 TEU's (twenty-foot equivalent container units) of ammunition, from Greece to Israel.
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US Senate supports Israel's Gaza massacre...I mean "incursion"
Of course they do. ($$ wink wink $$) - Ed.
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voiced strong support on Thursday for Israel's battle against Hamas militants in Gaza, while urging a ceasefire that would prevent Hamas from launching any more rockets into Israel.
The chamber agreed on a voice vote to the non-binding resolution co-sponsored by Democratic and Republican party leaders in the chamber.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voiced strong support on Thursday for Israel's battle against Hamas militants in Gaza, while urging a ceasefire that would prevent Hamas from launching any more rockets into Israel.
The chamber agreed on a voice vote to the non-binding resolution co-sponsored by Democratic and Republican party leaders in the chamber.
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Straight from the Ass's Mouth: Israeli Hasbara (Talking Points) Memo
The next stage of Operation Cast Lead
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The achievement: During the first week of Operation Cast Lead the Hamas terror organization suffered a heavy blow – dozens of its commanders and hundreds of terrorists were killed, ammunition stores were destroyed and its arms production capabilities and tunnel smuggling infrastructure were damaged. Hamas’s ability to govern was also impaired. Its senior leaders completely abandoned the population and are concerned only in saving their own skins. (Mohammed Bassiouni, Chairman of the Egyptian parliament’s foreign relations committee asked, “Where is the Hamas leadership? They are all hiding in underground bunkers while Gaza is being attacked.”)
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The achievement: During the first week of Operation Cast Lead the Hamas terror organization suffered a heavy blow – dozens of its commanders and hundreds of terrorists were killed, ammunition stores were destroyed and its arms production capabilities and tunnel smuggling infrastructure were damaged. Hamas’s ability to govern was also impaired. Its senior leaders completely abandoned the population and are concerned only in saving their own skins. (Mohammed Bassiouni, Chairman of the Egyptian parliament’s foreign relations committee asked, “Where is the Hamas leadership? They are all hiding in underground bunkers while Gaza is being attacked.”)
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UN: Israel admits claims about attacked school baseless
UN Relief and Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness reported this evening that the Israeli army is privately briefing diplomats on the fact that its previous claims about their attack on a UN-run girls’ school in the Gaza Strip, which caused over 100 civilian casualties, were baseless.
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The lie of Israeli victimhood revealed
h/t Kenny's Sideshow
The pro-Zionist Western press are playing down Israel’s response to yesterdays Katyusha attack launched from south Lebanon against Israel saying that the “relatively low-key response… indicates that Israel has no desire to escalate the situation”. The reality is that ‘Israel has no desire to be seen to escalate the situation’ preferring, as usual, to manipulate the propaganda in such a way as to make it seem as though Israel was attacked without provocation. Indeed, the article in the UKs right-wing and staunchly pro-Zionist ‘Daily Telegraph’ infers that the attack was unexpected and without provocation. However, the article ignores entirely the overflights by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) into Lebanese airspace prior to the Katyusha launchings. Instead the Daily Telegraph refers only to the IAF overflights made after the attacks thus reinforcing the notion that Israel was attacked without provocation. On this occasion the ‘Daily Telegraph’ has been caught out indulging in a deliberate deceit.
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The pro-Zionist Western press are playing down Israel’s response to yesterdays Katyusha attack launched from south Lebanon against Israel saying that the “relatively low-key response… indicates that Israel has no desire to escalate the situation”. The reality is that ‘Israel has no desire to be seen to escalate the situation’ preferring, as usual, to manipulate the propaganda in such a way as to make it seem as though Israel was attacked without provocation. Indeed, the article in the UKs right-wing and staunchly pro-Zionist ‘Daily Telegraph’ infers that the attack was unexpected and without provocation. However, the article ignores entirely the overflights by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) into Lebanese airspace prior to the Katyusha launchings. Instead the Daily Telegraph refers only to the IAF overflights made after the attacks thus reinforcing the notion that Israel was attacked without provocation. On this occasion the ‘Daily Telegraph’ has been caught out indulging in a deliberate deceit.
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Wayne Madsen: Israeli foreign ministry coordinating propaganda/media campaign (hasbara)
The Israeli assault on Gaza has been in planning for months, even down to the propaganda details. Wayne Madsen has been documenting the Israeli propaganda campaign in support of "Cast Lead", and here is some of what they are up to. It is incumbent upon journalists, reporters, bloggers and progressives in general working for truth, justice and peace to take note of these strategies so they can effectively counter them.
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The unspoken war of terror on the Israelis
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Israel’s purpose is to be the saviour of the Jews. It has attracted the support of wealthy and powerful Jews everywhere. And we all currently bear witness to the brutality waged on the Palestinians.
But there is also a wider war going on: To maintain the Jewish nation, and that is something larger than the Israeli state. Jews in the Diaspora help Israel, and Israelis return the help for the Jews outside of Israel.
There is such a density of power that it requires agents, fodder and brains. A machine. Every jew with an ability must buckle under. One does not do their service and retire, this is a life long quest. Because humans are humans, there are those that desist. But they learn the terror of pain dished out to those refusing to be a cog.
Loved ones are the first victims, but there are no limits. An Israeli understands very well. Help the mob and then take some crumbs. And so we have a manifestation of, a generation of blood lust. The fear of refusal is taught ruthlessly. And like everywhere else, the true power lies hidden.
Gaza medics describe horror of strike that killed 70
Reminiscent of the war crimes of the Wehrmacht, there have been reports of civilians being rounded up, collected together, and then killed, in areas occupied by the IDF. This is a confirmed report on just one such incident, perhaps the most deadly so far known, of the deliberate butchering of 70 civilians and later Israeli troops shooting at those who tried to rescue the survivors during the brief cease fire, so that at least some wounded had to be left to die. The BBC and New York Times are now reporting on additional war crimes in Zeitoun, this time confirmed by the International Red Cross.
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The brutal force of Israel's "total war" on Gaza
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B’Tselem, the Israeli group that monitors human rights in the occupied territory, spoke to 19-year-old Meysa a-Samuni, a young woman with an infant daughter, who witnessed the massacre of much of her family in the Zeitun neighborhood south of Gaza City. They were killed when Israeli troops shelled a house which they and others had been ordered to enter.
She told B’Tselem: “On Sunday [4 January], around 9 a.m., soldiers came to the house of my father-in-law, Rashed a-Samuni, which is located next to a concrete engineering company. We were 14 people in the house, all of us from a-Samuni family: me, my husband, Tawfiq, 21, our infant, Jumana, nine months old, my father-in-law, Rashed, 41, my mother-in-law, Rabab, 38, and my husband’s brothers, Musa, 19, Walid, 17, Halmi, 14, Zeineb, 12, Muhammad, 11, Shaban, 9, Issa, 7, Islam, 12, Israa, 2.
“The soldiers came to the house on foot and knocked on the door. We opened and then, threatening us with weapons, they forced us to leave the house. They had bulletproof vests on and had automatic weapons. Their faces were painted black. We left the house. Walid ran from another door of the house, but the soldiers caught him.
There oughta be a law....wait! There is!! Against boycotting Israeli goods!!!
Bureau of Industry and Security, US Department of Commerce
The Bureau is charged with administering and enforcing the Antiboycott Laws under the Export Administration Act. Those laws discourage, and in some circumstances, prohibit U.S. companies from furthering or supporting the boycott of Israel sponsored by the Arab League, and certain Moslem countries, including complying with certain requests for information designed to verify compliance with the boycott. Compliance with such requests may be prohibited by the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and may be reportable to the Bureau.
Boycott Alert
U.S. companies continue to report receiving requests to engage in activities that further or support the boycott of Israel. U.S. companies may receive similar requests in the future. If you have questions, please call (202) 482-2381 and ask for the Duty Officer or you may contact us by email.
http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/antiboycottcompliance.htmStates of emergency declared across Europe over gas
Governments across Europe declared states of emergency and ordered factories to close as Russia cut all gas supplies through Ukraine yesterday in their worsening dispute over unpaid bills.
José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, accused the two countries of taking the EU’s energy supply “hostage” amid a cold snap across the Continent, and urged them to reopen the pipelines immediately.
Plato's allegory of the cave
People in the “Awakening movement” fully understand the concept of Plato’s Cave. They feel they are living in “The Matrix” once they see all the lies around them. There are many different paths out of the cave. Uncovering the fraud of the Federal Reserve system can be one path. 911 truth is yet another. Eugenics, GMO foods, chemtrails, secret societies and esoteric symbolism, false-flag terror, how the U.S. Corporate media covers the Israeli Palestinian Conflict, and the Ron Paul freedom movement can all be paths out of the cave. Once people’s minds are stimulated with seeking the truth they tend to want to seek more. It is up to us, the ones who have ventured out of the cave already to illuminate the path for those still in chains inside of the cave. Enjoy this short film of Plato’s Allegory of the cave.
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1.08.2009
Israel's UNFORGIVABLE Crimes
Simply beyond the pale. What kind of monsters are these Israelis? - Ed.
(CNN) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross called on Israel to allow it immediate access to Gaza, saying a trip into Gaza City revealed weak children laying with their dead mothers and other "shocking" scenes.
(CNN) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross called on Israel to allow it immediate access to Gaza, saying a trip into Gaza City revealed weak children laying with their dead mothers and other "shocking" scenes.
Red Cross workers and four ambulances from the Palestine Red Crescent Society managed to enter the Zaytun neighborhood of Gaza City on Wednesday, according to a written release. The crew found four children, too weak to stand, next to their dead mothers in a house containing 12 corpses, the statement says.
Other houses revealed more wounded and three more corpses, the release said. It said Israeli soldiers posted near the houses ordered the rescue team to leave the area -- an order the team refused.
AP: Civilian deaths are just bad Israeli PR
Just when you think the W. Jerusalem bureau was beginning to defy the IDF censors to spite the Israeli authorities for their Bolshevik media clench on Gaza, Associated Press editor and senior correspondent, Karin Laub, put out a report that violates major principles of journalism while showing disregard for the victims of state aggression.
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Congress' plan would let AG 'ban guns at will'
A perfect storm is developing for Second Amendment opponents that could allow President-elect Barack Obama's choice for attorney general – Eric Holder – to "ban guns at will" despite the 2008 affirmation from the U.S. Supreme Court that U.S. citizens have a right to bear arms.
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Heneghan report, Wayne Madsen report
United States of America – Notes from Tom Heneghan:
Below this intelligence briefing is a must read report from Wayne Madsen, who describes clearly the criminal events going on in the United States of America.
Russia working tirelessly for truce in Gaza
MOSCOW, January 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will continue its efforts in the UN Security Council and across the Middle East to bring about a settlement to the conflict in the Gaza Strip, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
"Russia will not for a minute stop its efforts in the Security Council of the United Nations and directly in the region to stop the escalation of military conflict and to reach a humanitarian, and then long-term ceasefire," Andrei Nesterenko said.
Controversy arises over alleged Hamas-Iran ties
While moderate Arab states have been largely quiet about the conflict in the Gaza Strip, Iran has been sharply vocal in its criticism of Israel and has offered support to Hamas. Most analysts agree there are links between Iran and Hamas, but they differ about the nature and depth of those ties.
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Feds attempting to entrap truthers?
A bizarre bar room conversation related to us by a reader suggests that ex-military personnel may be being used to provocateur 9/11 truthers and liberty activists into making violent statements as a potential pretext for entrapment.
A reader who wishes to remain anonymous informs us about a strange individual who entered his local bar and suddenly started spouting off in a loud voice about Jews, 9/11 and even allegedly made death threats against Barack Obama.
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