Israel and Israel-Firsters’
PR methods:
1. We haven't heard reports of deaths, will check into it
2. The people were killed, but by a faulty Palestinian rocket/bomb
3. Ok we killed them, but they were terrorists
4. Ok they were civilians, but they were being used as human shields
5. Ok...
The IDF is already lying about the event - it is saying it gave people a "window" to leave the school but that Hamas prevented them. This wouldn't justify bombing the school even if that was true, but point is, it isn't - the IDF gave no "window" and it knew what it was bombing.
The IDF is already lying about the event - it is saying it gave people a "window" to leave the school but that Hamas prevented them. This wouldn't justify bombing the school even if that was true, but point is, it isn't - the IDF gave no "window" and it knew what it was bombing.
New Statesman | Jeremy Bowen's Gaza notebook: I saw no evidence of Hamas using Palestinians as human shields
A Palestinian woman in the Gaza Strip on 24 July 2014. Photo: Getty
Trouble has been brewing between Israel and Hamas for months. The signs were there before the Israeli and Palestinian...
That doesn't tell the whole story, though - both the UN and independent human rights groups are saying Israel's been committing war crimes by going after civilians on purpose. This is not about Gaza's population density only.
It's more than 10% of the soldiers inside Gaza and it's only been a few days since they got in. Also, I think they scaled their ground operations down after the day they lost 13 soldiers in 24 h and that's why casualties have fallen on both sides since then. Bear in mind also that the number of...
Because Hamas was not consulted and none of its demands were taken into account - only those of the Israelis were. What do you call a ceasefire agreement that includes only one of the warring sides? I'd call it a sham. If India was caught in the same situation, would you want it to accept this...
Israeli rabbi: It’s okay to kill innocent civilians and destroy Gaza | +972 Magazine
Dov Lior, a racist Israeli rabbi from the West Bank settlement Kiryat Arba, recently posted a Halakhic ruling allowing to kill innocent civilians, after being asked about the “war” (it’s a massacre) in Gaza...
Seven German family members killed in Gaza - The Local
Ibrahim Kilani, his wife Taghrid , 47, and their five children, aged between four and 12, died during the raid, Palestinian medical services said on Tuesday.
At least three other people in the Kilanis' building were killed and dozens more...
Should be remembered that Israeli journos (one of whom I quoted) and even the Israeli ambassador to the UN categorically denied that a soldier had been captured, and even said Shaul's body was already in "Israel":