His last cry of pain “echoes in my ears”
Khaled Hamad was making a documentary about paramedics during the current attacks on Gaza.
by MARAM HUMAID The Electronic Intifada
Gaza strip
While Gaza war rages, Israel quietly speeds up settlement construction in the West Bank and Jerusalem
Suhail Khalilieh a researcher at the Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem noted that the Israeli government is adopting the policy of “silent settlement expansion” likely because it fears an increase in popular anger in the West Bank and a rise in international pressures on Israel
Palestine, Israel and CNN
CNN continues to foster the fantasy that the very existence of a poor, vulnerable little Israel is in grave danger from big, bad Palestine. It makes no mention of the fact that Israel has the most modern weaponry on the planet, provided by the United States, or that Israel receives $3 billion a year in aid from the U.S., while Palestine receives nothing. It also doesn’t mention that many of the weapons used against Palestinians citizens are in violation of international law.
Half-truths, Omissions and Distortions
White House in the Dark Over Arms Supplies to Israel: Report
White House and State Department officials had already become increasingly disturbed by what they saw as heavy-handed battlefield tactics that they believed risked a humanitarian catastrophe capable of harming regional stability and Israel’s interests.
They were especially concerned that Israel was using artillery, instead of more precision-guided munitions, in densely populated areas. The realization that munitions transfers had been made without their knowledge came as a shock.
Gaza: Whole Villages Have Been Wiped Off the Map
The smell and the sights we saw were shocking. The moment we parked and I got out, a very strange smell hit us—the smell of dead bodies. That smell will never leave me; it is still stuck in my nose. We saw totally flattened houses and other houses partially destroyed. It reminded me of pictures from war-torn areas where years of fighting erased a village
Dr. Mads Gilbert: Solidarity with Gaza! If no siege, no tunnels! – If no occupation, no rockets!
Dr. Mads Gilbert: I know you applaud for Gaza. I know you applaud for those who are there, the heroes of Gaza. This will be no easy appeal to make, because I am now overcome by the mildness, the warmth, the safety, the absence of bombs, jets, blood and death. And then all that we’ve had to keep inside comes to the surface – so forgive me if sometimes I break.
Wikileaks: Ban Ki-Moon Worked with Israel to Undermine UN Report
(Telesur) – The General Secretary of United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-Moon collaborated in secret with Israel and the United States to weaken the effects of a Board of Inquiry’s report accusing Israel of human rights violations in Gaza in Dec. 2008 – Jan. 2009.
Open Letter to President Obama: Your Legacy
Image above: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got 29 standing ovations during his speech before a joint meeting of Congress today. That compares to just 25 for President Obama’s last State of the Union address
Israel Admits Hannibal Procedure against Goldin
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon visits soldiers at an Iron Dome Missile Defense system battery, on July 25, 2014, on the 18th day of Operation Protective Edge. (Photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/MOD/Flash90)
Irish Senator David Norris: Israel bombs first and weeps later [VIDEO]
Senator David Norris said that entire families had been “obliterated” and called for immediate lifting of the embargo on Gaza. And, calling for Ambassador Modai to be expelled, observed: “He has his fingers in his ears all the time, and he just repeats slogans from Jerusalem.”