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Israeli Pillar of Cloud War Crimes
On May 8, B'Tselem published a report titled "Human Rights Violations During Operation Pillar of Defense: 14 - 21 November 2012." Israel's Operation Pillar of Cloud (aka Cloud Column/Pillar of Defense) was naked, premeditated aggression. Previous articles discussed it. "And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them the way, and ...
Israeli Gaza Airstrikes Violated Laws of War
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said so. Rarely does HRW do the right thing. Exceptions prove the rule. Most often it's a reliable imperial partner. Connections in high places and corporate funding keep it that way. Services rendered in return are expected. Conflicts of interest are rife. HRW and likeminded sources followers rely on operate like their scoundrel ...
Israel’s Likely Coalition Partner Government Threatens Humanity
Extremist Israel officials favor wealth, power, privilege and dominance. Tuesday's elections hardened fascism. Palestinians have the greatest cross to bear. Jews have their own. Humanity very much is threatened. More on that below. Expect occupation harshness to be worse than ever. Palestinians are blamed for Israeli crimes. World leaders target them. On January 20, Electronic Intifada contributor Amena ...
Premeditated Israeli Violence
Merriam-Webster calls a police state "a political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an arbitrary exercise of power by police and especially secret police in place of regular operation of administrative and judicial organs of the government according to publicly known legal procedures." In other words, it's governance ...
The “Why” Question
I am not anti-Semitic and not anti-Israel. I was raised Jewish and wanted to be a Cantor in a large temple at one point in my early years. Since then, with a lot of experience and learning, I have gained the ability of separating religion from reality, government from the people, and policy from the ...
Netanyahu Mocks Legitimate Governance
Netanyahu never met a non-Jew he considered equal, a peace plan he didn't spurn, a law he didn't violate, or truth he didn't turn on its head. He reveals Israel's true face. He's contemptuous of Palestinians, other Arabs, and Iranians. He considers them subhuman enemies. More on his latest outburst below. New York Times columnist Tom Friedman ...
Hamas Commemorates 25th Anniversary
On Friday, Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Khaled Meshal arrived in Gaza. It was his first time in Palestine in decades. At age 11, his family fled after Israel's Six Day War. In 1975, he returned briefly. On arrival, he was joyously welcomed. Tight security accompanied him. He entered through Egypt's Rafah crossing. Symbolically, he kissed the soil ...
Israel’s Genocidal War on Palestine
Longstanding Israeli policy reflects slow-motion genocide. Non-Jews aren't wanted. Israel considers them subhuman. Peace, nonviolence, diplomacy, human and civil rights, as well as fundamental rule of law principles are systematically spurned. That's now rogue states operate. Pillar of Cloud raged from November 14 - 21. Memorandum of understand terms ended eight terror bombing days. Israel violated its ...
World Social Forum Free Palestine
The World Social Forum calls itself "an open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations opposed to neoliberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, for formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for ...
Israel Signals Hardline Policy Intentions
Observers thinking Palestinians gained from Pillar of Cloud might think again. Nothing changed. Hardline Netanyahu policies continue. Expect worse ahead. Palestinian peace, reconciliation and unity advocates are murdered or arrested. Qassem brigades leader Ahmed Jabari negotiated a truce agreement draft. Ways for establishing ceasefires in case of future flare-ups were included. Jabari was working with Egypt to establish ...
Netanyahu Plans More War
He admitted it. He's not finished. He has lots more killing and destruction to do. He "will not hesitate to do what is necessary to defend our people," he said. In other words, he'll ignore memorandum of understanding ceasefire terms, maintain Gaza's siege, manufacture pretexts to eliminate Israeli enemies, and kill Palestinian civilians he calls threats. On ...
Drums of More War
Cast Lead and Pillar of Cloud represent skirmishes. Syria's one on a higher boil. Expect full-scale war ahead. It could happen any time or perhaps next year. These conflicts portend more to come. Washington, Israel, and NATO plan them. Regional collaborators go along. One or more of them ahead may become targets. They'll know, or should, when ...
Israel’s War on Palestine
Operation Pillar of Cloud reflects the latest chapter in Israel's decades-long, slow-motion, genocidal war on Palestine. So-called memorandum of understanding terms changed nothing. They're nonbinding, meaningless, and insulting. Israel disregarded all past agreements. It'll violate this one with impunity and already did. More on that below. With full US support, it flagrantly ignored dozens of Security Council and ...
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