Wednesday, December 26, 2007

What the MSM Won't Tell You About Israel

Palestinian Patient dies due to the Israeli siege on Gaza

"December 19, 2007

Palestinian teen died on Wednesday due to the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza strip reported.

Dua' Omran, 18, was unable to leave Gaza to get medical treatment she needed to live due to the Israeli army closure of the strip.

The Israeli army had closed all entrances to and exits from the Gaza strip in late June shortly after Hamas took total control of the Gaza strip.

Despite of the withdrawal in September 2005, Israel still controls all entry and exit points of the Gaza Strip, and since the beginning of September 2007, all borders have been completely sealed, even for patients in dire need of medical treatment.

The Physicians for Human Rights, based in Israel, filed an appeal in the Israeli High Court several on October on behalf of eleven extremely ill Palestinian patients, in a bid to allow them to leave Gaza for lifesaving medical treatment.

Since then, four of the plaintiffs have been allowed to pass, three have died of their illnesses. On late November the High Court ruled that the four patients should receive permission to exit Gaza to receive treatment in either Israel, the West Bank or Egypt, and gave the Israeli government one week to respond.

The ruling was not final, merely a 'suggestion', coming after a two and half week delay during which two of the plaintiffs died. The army refused the case and the high court rolled out the case shortly after.

So far 42 Palestinians have died due to being prevented by Israel to leave Gaza for medical treatment, the youngest was Ibraheem Abu Nahal, one year and half old.

In earlier reports media sources in Gaza said that the army was demanding Palestinian Patients leaving Gaza to give up information about resistance leaders or they will not be allowed out of the coastal region."

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"Israeli Prime Minister: Airstrikes on Gaza will continue

"Wednesday December 19, 2007

Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, stated Tuesday that the Israeli airforce will continue dropping bombs on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, as long as Palestinian militants continue to fire homemade shells across the border into Israel.

Many Palestinians see Olmert's promise as rather disingenuous, as a truce arranged by Hamas and adhered to by all of the Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza last year did not result in any lessening of Israeli attacks. In fact, Israeli assaults and invasions into Gaza increased after Hamas declared the ceasefire.

The declaration by the Israeli Prime Minister came after a series of airstrikes that killed nine Palestinians on Monday and twelve on Tuesday. All of those killed were said to be members of resistance groups, but dozens of civilians were injured, some of them with severed limbs.

Ehud Olmert, in his statement:

"The terror organizations feel this and will feel this in full force in the near future."

But Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday morning that the airstrikes may have the opposite effect, spawning revenge attacks by the Palestinian resistance:

"We must be prepared for possible retaliation from the other side."

The Palestinian people in Gaza live under complete Israeli control of all borders, sea and air space. They have been imprisoned inside Gaza with no entry or exit allowed for anyone, even the severely ill, since June. Prior to that, restrictions were in place allowing very few people in or out. Israeli airstrikes often hit crowded streets and markets -- Gaza is one of the most crowded places on earth -- resulting in civilian casualties.

Israel's policy of extrajudicial assassinations is illegal under international law, and is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signatory.

:: Article nr. 39348 sent on 19-dec-2007 05:49 ECT
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Link: www.imemc.org/article/52037
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"IOF Missile Strike Targets Bethlehem Manger, Killing at least 12

"by Huuretz Service and News Agencies

The Israel Occupation Forces killed at least 12 people on Monday in two separate incidents.

In the first incident, an Israel Air Force aircraft opened a missile strike on what they described was a terrorist cell, operating out of a manger near Bethlehem. The IOF spokesperson stated that although their intelligence was far from accurate, being obtained by a now deceased subject who mysteriously died while being interrogated, the IOF could take no chances on the victims being civilians.

Witnesses who lived in the area said that there was a couple with a child, staying at the manger. The couple had been driven out of their home by the IOF, in order for the Concrete Barrier Wall that Israel is constructing, to be built over their meager home.
Since there was no room in the overcrowded Palestinian refugee camp nearby, the couple had sought shelter in the manger.

They stated that the husband, who went by the name "Joseph" was not in the manger at the time of the missile strike. Joseph had been working at a carpenter shop in Occupied Palestine when the IOF missiles slammed into the manger.

The mother, known only as "Mary", was killed, along with her baby child. There were also three uncles from the East visiting the manger at the time of the strike and they were killed.

In another missile strike in the Bethlehem area, a group of shepherds tending their sheep in the hills were also targeted by the IOF and killed.
Residents in the area said they were not terrorists, as claimed by the IOF, but simple shepherds taking care of their sheep.

An IOF spokesperson said since Israel had deemed the sheep to be an "existential" threat, the shepherds and sheep were destroyed.

When asked about the wanton slaughter of Palestinian civilians, Israeli PM Olmert said, "No one knows the pain, the fear, and the uncertainty the Palestinians feel more than I do. This I can say with absolute certainty, since it was I who ordered the strikes." Olmert added: "Since Palestinians won't recognize the land we stole from them as being ours and as an exclusive Jewish state, then they have only themselves to blame for all of the misery, death and destruction we rain down upon Palestinians on a daily basis."

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, contacted for comment on the IOF killing civilians, stated that she was worried that the IOF wouldn't have enough bombs and missiles to continue on with the Palestinian genocide:

"I plan on calling back Congress for a special session, in order to get their rubber stamp of approval on sending more munitions to our Israeli friends, to replace the ones used in the Bethlehem strike. Of course, this will be without any strings attached and they won't need to pay back the 300 million USD it's expected to cost the American taxpayer."

The White House stated that President Bush was at an AIPAC dinner, receiving an award for being a friend of Israel and was unavailable for comment. Secretary of State Condi Rice also was unavailable for comment, her spokesperson said as the Secretary was in New York, shopping for shoes."

Olmert says war on militants in Gaza to continue by Joseph Nasr

ELIE LESHEM
Jerusalem Post
Monday, December 24, 2007

If a nuclear war between Israel and Iran were to break out 16-20 million Iranians would lose their lives - as opposed to 200,000-800,000 Israelis, according to a report recently published by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which is headed by Anthony H. Cordesman, formerly an analyst for the US Department of Defense. The document, which is largely theoretical due to the lack of verified knowledge in some areas - specifically in terms of Israel's nuclear capability - paints various scenarios and attempts to predict the strategies of regional powers, as well as the US.

The report assesses that a nuclear war would last approximately three weeks and ultimately end with the annihilation of Iran, due to Israel's alleged possession of weapons with a far larger yield. Israel, according to the assessment, would have a larger chance of survival. The report does not attempt to predict how many deaths would eventually be caused by possible nuclear fallout.

Even if Iran gained the means and knowledge to create nuclear weapons, according to the report it would still be limited to 100 kiloton weapons, which can cause a far smaller radius of destruction than the 1 megaton bombs Israel allegedly possesses.

Possible targets for an Iranian strike are the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and Haifa bay, while the list of possible targets in Iran includes the cities Teheran, Tabriz, Qazvin, Esfahan, Shiraz, Yazd, Kerman, Qom, Ahwaz and Kermanshah.

The report cites Israel's Arrow missile defense system as an obstacle facing a possible Iranian strike and says that it could shoot down most of the missiles. Israel, on the other hand, would be capable of hitting most of the Iranian cities with pinpoint accuracy due to the high resolution satellite imagery systems at its disposal.

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Barak: Israel will win the next war

"Defense Minister Ehud Barak vowed Israel will win the next war it is forced to fight during a military ceremony on Monday.

During the ceremony, Barak officially gave the Second Lebanon War pin to IDF general staff, including Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, as well as former Chief of General Staff Dan Halutz:

"If another war suddenly breaks out, we expect that it will end in victory, with the minimum amount of casualties, and minimum injury to the citizenry. This war was not just an IDF war. This was a war for fighters who saw action up close, and for those who weren't in the line of fire, [like] the million and a half citizens who were in the range of missiles."

Ashkenazi, speaking during the ceremony, said that soldiers should wear the Second Lebanon War pin with pride:

"I am happy to wear the pin. We sent our forces to conduct an operation, and in most places they did it well. The Israeli people are happy about these achievements, even though we paid a price, 119 soldiers killed. This is an honorable pin, and a salute to the families of the slain and injured."

Disgusting!

Especially since Halutz had to resign because of the cluster bombs in Lebanon.

As for the "next" war, ass long as it is YOUR FUCKING WAR, NaZionist, and NOT AMERICA'S!!!!!!!!!

We ain't going to war for you no more!!!!!!!!!