Israeli Strike Hits U.N. Complex in Gaza Strip
By Susie Madrak Thursday Jan 15, 2009 2:45pmAs the Gaza death toll passed an estimated 1,000 people and concerns about the humanitarian situation inside Gaza grew, Egypt announced on Wednesday that it was making progress toward an interim cease-fire, with some officials predicting that one could be five to six days away. A senior Israeli defense official, Amos Gilad, arrived in Cairo on Thursday to continue the talks.
Also on Wednesday, nine Israeli human rights groups called for an investigation into whether Israeli officials had committed war crimes in Gaza. The groups say that tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza have nowhere to flee, the Gaza health system has collapsed, many people are without electricity and running water, and some are beyond the reach of rescue teams.
“This kind of fighting constitutes a blatant violation of the laws of warfare and raises the suspicion, which we ask be investigated, of the commission of war crimes,” the groups said in a news conference on the 19th day of the war.
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Jakob Kellenberger, who spent Tuesday in Gaza City, agreed that the situation with civilians was dire but said that the principal hospital was making do with medical supplies, and that doctors, working around the clock, were mostly coping with the flow of the wounded.
“In general, they did not complain about the lack of equipment or material,” he said at a news conference in Jerusalem.
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Israel almost apologized, by saying that Hamas terrists fired rockets from there, even though they did not.
UN headquarters in Gaza hit by Israeli 'white phosphorus' shells
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/m...
Gaza: Live Web Cam:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gaza-attack
Israel shelled the UN headquarters in Gaza, burning the compound and a warehouse containing thousands of pounds of food and humanitarian supplies intended for Palestinian refugees.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/isra...
Israeli soldiers photographed with US-made M825A1 white phosphorous shells
for the excellent webcam Orangutan. This is truly disgusting to watch though. Somebody should be doing something about this.
Gaza, an open-air concentration camp, where children are dismembered, and while they aren't using ovens, they are burning people.
warning, graphic image of war.
Children are the victims of Israeli/US war crimes:
http://www.thewe.cc/thewei/&/&/images4/2005_w...
Barbarians. Pure unadulterated barbarians.
wonder where it is placed
Us and jews perfect together.
War criminals totally.
The US has killed through war and command of the predatory capitalist model roughly 180 million per decade since 1945.
Do the math....
thats over
1 BILLION ... yes BILLION.... people.
it dwarfs the Nazi's, it makes the crimes of Stalin seem amateurish, it makes Pol Pot a third stringer, it makes Mao and the Cultural Revolution purge seem trite.
1 Billion is 1000 Million.
Isn't it great living in an Empire?
I've said it here many times. The US is the worlds worst terrorist nation. The USA the land of milk and honey, the one that everyone wants to move to, hasn't existed for many decades now.
Lets be clear-were talking about a hard rightwing Zionist government,not simply "Jews" in general.
are not the same. We need to be careful there.
And important. I think most people here assume that. Just like a lot of people around the world don't judge the American people the same as the American Government. Progressive minded people usually can avoid the stereotypes of grouping people together like that indiscriminately, but its good to be reminded now and then too. Thanks.
feelings
“When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews, You are talking anti-Semitism.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
conflate criticism with anti-Semitism much?
only all the time.
Maybe time to stop whining about anti-semittism now?
It's not there, dude. The world doesn't revolve around "races" or "tribes". It's about what people do and have done to them. It's all about people. And right and wrong. Simple really.
CNN Report covers the effects of White Phosphorus on humans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQWl_uQKxOI&fe...
So, tell me again who are the savages in the middle east?
human rights watch, cnn and other foreign press continue to claim that israel wont let them into gaza
so how can they "confirm" any of these reports?
the spokesperson for human rights watch all but said this on tuesday
he cannot confirm nor deny that israel is using wp or any other arms, because they cannot get into gaza
if no foreign press is there...who is doing the confirmation?
So...Israel won't let journalists or observers into Gaza to report the truth, ergo there is no WP being used or other atrocities being committed.
What is Israel trying to hide? If they are the injured party, why all the secrecy?
a UN rep stated that after the first attack they notified the Israelis of their "mistake", and were rewarded with a couple more. Barak told them it was a "grave mistake" and apologized (and wouldn't he know?), but later Olmert, that grand posturing war-peacock, crowed about how justified it was.
Any other country pulling this shit would be labeled "terrorists".
I just wish to hell both sides would stop. This is getting no one anywhere. I hope Hillary can bring the adults to the table and try to make this killing stop one way or another.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcysW9O8xr0&fe...
SHE GOES WHERE THE MONEY GOES!
OOOOOOPS!
How can you tell when a politician is lying? Their lips move.
You're kidding right? Do you seriously believe that what's happening now isn't totally sanctioned in Washington?
well thiers more where that came from, im sure hillarys jotting it down in her little black book, israel needs more willy pete must rush this order , obummer will expidite as soon as he swears in!
Ask the people of East Timor about the US. Carter was busy selling Suharto more ammo when Indonesia was busy with their own efforts at Genocide.
who was Carter's National Security advisor?
Zbigniew....
who is one of Obama's favorite foreign policy guru's...
Zbigniew...
what a circle of friends.
Not to mention old Henry Kissinger singing his praises and pining for Obama to usher in his New World Order.
Hey buddy,
Looks like you were wrong and everyone else was right.
I believe an appology is in order.
Who is tubesteak and what was he/she wrong about?
Tubesteak has spent the last few weeks trying to explain to everyone that everything is the fault of Hamas; and, that precious little Israel would NEVER lower itself to firing white phosphorus rounds on civilians.
and i will note that the above report leaves out that 10 missiles fired from gaza struck purely civilian areas in be'er sheva
did they have any white phosperous in them?
or clusters?
when wp is confirmed, and not by norwiegan doctors with an agenda and not by the human rights org that has yet to be on the ground, then i will comment
but your statement shows how much you truly care about innocent life
you only care when that life is arab and eff the israeli civilians
That's cool; I didn't expect you to own up to anything.
for hamas using schools, mosques and hospitals as military staging grounds?
for firing from what they know are areas that were israel to strike back would cause heavy civilian casualties?
for the un turning a blind eye when hamas uses their structures to fire weapons?
nope...not gonna apologize for that
but you can, if you wish
what a crock of shite.
the videos I have seen of these so-called rockets are those being launched from groves of trees, open fields, and similar non-urban areas.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SILJxPTqjAM&fe...
Who wants the "Greatest Israel"
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/so...
and wah wah wah. I'm going home and taking my marbles!
Has a "defend Israel no matter what" reflex.
I believe that he does
“They said [Bush] was in the middle of giving a speech in Philadelphia. I said I didn’t care: ‘I need to talk to him now,’ ” Mr. Olmert continued. “He got off the podium and spoke to me.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/washington/...
Olmert: "I told him the United States could not vote in favor. It cannot vote in favor of such a resolution. He immediately called the secretary of state and told her not to vote in favor."
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/12/olmert-bu...
Not to mention all the dual citizens of israel in our government.
Amazing huh, Israeli leaders boasting how they have the US in their back pocket.
Republican Paul Craig Roberts had an essay about this today too.
http://vdare.com/roberts/090113_humiliation.htm
I wonder how the US would react if this was coming from Iran or some other enemy of the US Empire conglomerate/MIC?
ohlmert....who is headed for indictment, and will say anything to increase the public's perception in his worth
Holy cow, do you have knee problems tubesox? You must, because I see so many knee jerk reactions from you. It's truly amazing that you are absolutely without any empathy for the poor masses that your Israeli masters are massacring. Anything at all that Israel does is fair game in your books. You keep on going back to that red herring about some rockets that are fired at your precious Israel. Overgrown firecrackers that have killed probably less than 2 dozen Israelis over the years. Yet the massive overkills that Israel undertakes are merely "defensive". I think that you are a psychopath. Only a psychopath or a madman can be totally without empathy and continue to hope that more "enemies" are killed.
those so-called rockets wouldn't have much range if fired from city areas or from buildings.
have you actually seen these things? they don't exactly follow a straight trajectory. they are better if fired away from urban areas - - which is the case.
Two norwegian doctors of a NGO on Gaza claim they are testing DIME weapons on combats. They said the victims are coming literally in pieces as a result of these kinds of explosives.
Concerning DIME,some pundits wryly observe:why wouldn't they use them? After all,because they don't officially exist,there are no international laws outlawing them.Aint' life grand?
when they always say that the terrorists strike during the administrative transition?, well, here you have it
All of us should be out in the streets protesting.
Truth is, I've got a real good comfort zone.
Maybe you do too.
Who knows? Maybe in 16 months or so, when the economy is really in the shitter and all the smart people are making excuses, we will be in the streets.
Until then, enjoy your comfort zone. I sure will.
If I was out in the street right now I'd be dead and mostly ignored. Working on media reform is nothing to scoff at. It's where the future's at and what we're going to depend on. For those who want to do the street thing I applaud them, for those who want to inform people using alternative media, I respect that too.
I'm glad that you're doing what you do Orangutan. I've learned many new things from following the links that you provide. Knowledge is all important to help us stay alive in this mad world.
I agree. Look at the past election. If we didn't have people using the net to shine light on the right wing crap we're continually fed, we'd probably be inaugurating McLame next week.
between empires, eh?
So what does the UN do when a member commits a violation? They must have made plans for if this ever happens, so what is it? Let's get on with it.
They do what they always do, shake theirs fingers and go "tut tut, naughty, mustn't do". The UN is totally useless.
Israel is its own worst enemy. All they are doing is making more Hamas militants with each civilian they kill and each building or neighborhood they destroy. This will have the same result that the occupation of Iraq has had for the U.S.
creating more Islamic terrorist militants serves Israel's long term strategic interests.
at least the interests of Israel's core leadership and military/industrial complex.
Do we get a refund if there is not change and the US continues to provide Israel bombs to kill babies? Looking at these reports and then reading these comments... we are all of us on this website so powerless..... read and rant. Who cares? We did not stop Iraq, we cannot prevent this.
bunch of fucking butchers both dumbocrats and repigs , screw the filthy isralies!
One day in Gaza? How does that give him a clear picture of what's going on? And he speaks of ONE hospital in Gaza City that he says is doing fine. One hospital for 1.6 million people, 1000 deaths and scores more injured? What happens to those who are injured and can't get to Gaza City?
I dunno'. This guy's attitude seems a bit uncaring to me.
First they blow up the schools.
Then they blow up 3 hospitals.
Now they blow up the food bank at the UN.
What next?
The orphanage.
maybe a couple of skyscrapers.
Why has Obama not condemned these atrocities that are occurring in Gaza? Is he waiting for permission from AIPAC before he opens his mouth? The more he is reticent, the more it becomes clear to the Palestinians that the [alleged] agent of hope offers no hope at all for the Palestinians.
The hope is that on inauguration day, Obama will look out at the crowd and see a multitude of people wearing the button SAVE GAZA [mine will arrive in the mail next week].
obama will not be in control of foreign policy until the 20th
for him to make statements now would do no one any good
and please, turn the innaugeration into an anti israel protest
i have watched the others from around the world
if it turns out like the rest, not only will hundreds be arrested, but obama will truly see where these protestors hearts are at...and it has nothing to do with peace
Tubesox
You certainly are right. Obama would "truly see where these protestors' hearts are at..." and that would be, unlike Obama, with the over 1000 Palestinians who have been massacred by Israeli bombs which have been supplied by the United States.
that well over half of those who are dead are hamas...how is it a "massacre"?
unless you believe that killing armed combatants is a massacre
Why exactly are the Palestinians firing rockets? Could it possibly have anything to do with Israel breaking the truce last November and being surrounded by barbed wire and having their food and water and electricity and medications cut off and being bombarded with white phosphorous which we know [or at least we should know] burns away the flesh and sears the body from the inside out?
If Obama actually possessed the trait called integrity he would be condemning Israel for its actions and calling them by its right name, war crimes. But the [alleged] agent of change refuses to condemn Israel and must therefore be branded a coward for not speaking out against the heinous actions of Israel.
SAVE GAZA.
and after the withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza?
and yes, if you wish to see the left marginalized, please, keep attacking obama before he even takes office
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How come you ask the same question over and over? I answered that same question more than four times now.
OK, pay attention now.
When Israel withdrew in 2005, it removed 8,000 settlers from Gaza. It then resettled 12,000 settlers in the West Bank (Source: Avi Shlaim, an Israeli scholar of International Relations teaching at Oxford).
Now, the so-called withdrawal, was anything but. The withdrawal was a redeployment of forces around Gaza. That includes the airspace, the sea and land.
So, the Palestinians could not go anywhere outside the Strip. They could not fish for food by boat, and they could not fly anywhere even though there's an airstrip south of Rafah.
After the 2006 elections in Gaza and the 2007 removal of Fatah from Gaza by force, Hamas was punished by Israel. Israel abducted parliament members and jailed them. Some, it even assasinated. So, Hamas fired rockets because Israel refused to recognize them as the elected body of the Palestinian people.
How dare you confuse tubesteak with facts.
He wants to hear none it; none of it I say.
Stop the information. It hurts tubesteaks ears.
Mussint listen to the bad man.
Israel good; Palestinians bad.
So the other couple of hundred who AREN'T Hamas are...what? Non-humans?
Compared to the small number of Israelis who are dead (and they are also to be mourned) it seems the real perpetrator of terrorism is the Israeli government.
The U.S. should cut off aid to Israel until they stop the massacre (yes, massacre.)
who benefits from the terrorism?
certainly not Hamas and its constituents.
hey.... Israel benefits. The US benefits (arms sales, creation of new boogey-men, distraction from Iraq/Afghanistan)
By "the US" I assume you mean the corporations and war profiteers. Average Americans don't benefit at all.
you are basically saying that all acts of terrorism are false flag ops
of course, you understand how insane that sounds
Actually,
YOU said ALL acts of terrorism.
I didn't.
Say, what were the King David Hotel attackss?
Tell me, what was the Lavon affair?
Can you explain the Gulf of Tonkin?
Maybe the USS Liberty?
Or how about Operation Himler?
Or how about the Anthrax attacks?
2 of these ops were false flag...tonkin and operation himmler
the lavon affair was a failed attempt by some in israeli intelligence to create a false flag op...lavon was forced to resign, and it messed up relations between israel the us and britain for awhile
king david was an operation by israelis against british forces
the uss liberty was an attack by israelis on a us ship...israel says it was not flying its flag, the us says it was
the anthrax attacks have still unknown sources
you forgot to add 9/11...cuz i know you want to
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is what happens in urban warfare
if one chooses to fire from an urban area, one also takes responsibilty for the enemy combatant for fire back, thereby placing civilians in jeopardy
hamas, on the other hand, fires not upon israeli troops, but directly into civilian areas...where no troops are stationed
and as there are hamas made vids showing the training of both boys under the age of 18 and of women, i still question how many of these civilians are truly non combatants
and please...dont call me a liar...hamas has posted these vids themeselves
"i still question how many of these civilians are truly non combatants"
Riiiiiiiigggghhhhtttt.......MOST of the Palestinians are terrorists. Nice.
By this thinking, I question how many of those Israeli "citizens" are not involved in the military. After all, don't ALL Israelis have to serve time in the armed forces?
then i will agree with you
they havent done that yet
Everytime a story pops up about Israel the AIPAC people come out in full force. They try to shout everyone day and bust up any conversations.
not sure what you mean by "in force" as it seems that i am mostly alone in my opinion on the site
i have not attempted to shout anyone down...just am providing an alternative viewpoint
but if you wish to left alone in your anti israel hate fest...go to it
Typical. Anyone who disagrees with YOU is anti-Israel.
But you are merely "providing an alternate viewpoint."
Have fun in your little delusional world......
do you not read the posts?
i think you should look at the verbiage before you state that people are not engaging in anti israel hate
you certainly cannot call it pro israel
I think people are just sick and tired of this whole thing.
Israel does have a reputation for (how shall I put this) responding with a magnified response.So to speak.
I used to be some what accepting of Israel.
I know what happened in the 30s-40's.
And have somewhat followed most of the actions that have taken place since then.
But, after Lebanon and now this, It appears to me that Israel have gone over the top with their response.
The only thing that can come from this , is more Palestinians resenting Israel.
They need to discuss a peaceful solution.
Innocent children are being killed.
There is no excuse for that.
Not to mention cutting off food and medical supplies.
Didn't Israel bomb a facility that had medical supplies and food?
Plus the Israelis dancing in New York definitely are Not helping matters. The world is getting tired of this. No offense, but you should get used to people diss'in Israel.
I admire you for being stalwart with your position.
I just disagree.
Israel is the big player here. They should rise above the indiscriminate killing. And set an example of how to achieve a peaceful lasting relationship with her neighbors.
It's because I DO read these posts, { Edited, offensive. SiteMonitor} that made me come to the conclusion that you are simply one more person with blinders on who thinks that Israel can do no wrong. Wake up!
Answer this, if you are so objective: name one time that Israel was in the wrong. They certainly are not perfect, just as no nation is perfect.
But if you can't point to ANYTHING Israel was wrong about, then you are what you seem to be: an Israel apologist.
BOTH sides are accountable for violence, but Israel consistently goes overboard. Get your head out of the sand!
Hey Site Monitor, I was merely quoting our President by using that euphemism. How could that be offensive? (I believe he used it in describing a NY Times reporter to Cheney.)
Are you saying that quoting the President of the United States is offensive? What are you...communist???
Or one o' them damn libruls?!?
Yesterday you lied about the white phosphorus, now you're lying about the civilian deaths.
The UN, not the "Gazans", is saying that the "civilians" category includes women and children ONLY.
They are saying that they don't have the time, while being shelled 24/7, to identify all the men and figure out (among the men) who's a civilian and who's a fighter. You got that?
I told tubesteak that he owes us an apology and he wouldn't man up to it.
I don't think he cares. Tubesteak is blinded by his own hatred.
calm down obummers allready in the tank for israel ,relax israels new puppet will see thiers replacements for israels used up weapons!
The one area of true consensus in Washington is the unilateral and unquestioned support of Israel.
Correct. No other country is given such unquestioned support, even our staunchest allies, such as Great Britain.
It's time for a much more balanced Middle East policy, one that treats ALL sides equally.
ah the final piss in your face from the chimpy!
Nah, that's happening right now - Bush is giving his farewell address....claiming, of course, that all that he did was great and promoted "freedom" across the world.
It's nauseating to listen to.
i believe that was what i was talking about!
Bush has pissed on us so much it's hard to tell when he stopped and when he started again!
Wow, of all people CHRIS MATTHEWS is chewing Bush a new asshole over his speech and the past 8 years.
Where ya been the last 8 years with this, Chris?
Israel
America
OMG, I hope no christians got hurt when they bombed the UN...
More Dancing Israeli's celebrating the bombardment of civilians and the deaths of children in Gaza
And a few NY Dem Big Wigs show up to add fuel to the fire.
http://www.alternet.org/story/119372/pro-isra...
and the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FABqq_jjRRo&
Bloodthirsty bastards would have a different opinion if it was their children.
the history of israel did not start in december of 2008
See the the people of Israel need Lebensraum. You familiar with that word Sox........?
You know, a little "elbow space"
Just like the Germans did. And by the way, the King David Hotel thing was a terrorist attack. If it was mounted today by Palestinians that is exactly what you would be calling it.
At least John Stewart, a jew by the way, knows up from down and is willing to call out our media and Israel on it's genocidal bullshit.
Tubesox should see this. Of course, he'd be there supporting the Israel apologists and racists.
as does Sen. Chuck Schumer and Gov. David Paterson who were at the "rally"....and let the record show that one statement from it all
What kind of nutbar talks like that????
golda meir
We can forgive you for killing our sons. But we will never forgive you for making us kill yours.
To Anwar Sadat just before peace talks.
as you said, a nutbar.
must say that max did a wonderful job of editing
max is good at that
sometimes his interviews are wonderful, funny and educational
but he has a habit, that when he doesnt get what he wants, to edit the vids to fit his premise
More people are turning away from Israel.
...and have turned away from us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aze0KJistiA
i think when one is confronted by people telling you to go back to the ovens...kinda brings out the worst in people
Israel and its supporters have been whining and bitching for years about how they keep getting outvoted in the UN (although they're shielded from the really bad stuff by the US Security Council veto). No wonder they didn't have any compunction about shelling the UN compound.
the new nazi party has risen from the old nazi partys
from The Telegraph UK
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/mid...
"In some of the most intense ground combat of the 20-day-old assault on Gaza, Israeli tanks powered into the southern suburb of Tel el Howa clashing with Palestinian militants firing rockets.
The tanks advanced under a barrage of artillery and mortar fire that struck the al Quds, al Fata and al Wafa hospitals.
There were unconfirmed reports that Shifa, Gaza City's biggest hospital, was on fire after being struck by Israeli shells.
[Israeli propaganda]Israel has repeatedly claimed Hamas commanders are hiding in Shifa although it has provided no evidence to support this.
[/Israeli propaganda]"
So apparently Israel-- #1 US ally and military client state-- is now bombarding hospitals as military targets.
More of "why they hate us".
An abused child that grows up to abuse it's on children. Tubesox.....
There is a word for what Gaza is, and you should know it well. It's called a GHETTO.
If you look at the definition of a GHETTO and look at what Warsaw was and Gaza / Jenin / The West Bank are they are in fact the same. If you take 1.2 million people and lock them in the Gaza strip, deny food, water, commercial enterprise and medicine, don't you think they would retaliate? If Jordan, Syria and Egypt blockaded Israel you would be here with all your righteous indignation proclaiming that Israel has a right to defend itself.
The bottom line, in '67 General Dian had strict orders to bypass Gaza. But victory in the Sinai came so quick that he got cocky and took it anyway and it will lead to the ultimate destruction of Israel.
No country, not even the US has a God-Ordained right to exist. If Israel insists on acting like Nazis, then eventually the rest of the world is going to need to cut them off. Starting with us.
hit the nail on the head, more than you know. NO NATION has a right to exist. Nations and governments are no more than a way to control people. Nothing more. Nobody has a right to exist.
to reassert our natural rights to Canada, which surrenders its right to exist by continuing to pretend there is a Queen and it is a she.
Sdubya
Intelligently and persuasively well stated.
I usually don't comment but this bullshit was too much :)
Totally summed up the situation in a few short paragraphs.
Kudos!
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0109/reisman...
No...that's not biased at all...LOL!
They can do anything they want...because they're Jewish...they can commit genocide, because they're Jewish...and ANYONE who has a problem with that...is obviously an anti-semitic, goose-stepping nazi...
Seriously though...the Israelis need to learn that their methods of dealing with terrorism AREN'T FUCKING WORKING!!!
Try something else besides overwhelming, one-sided military force.
I'd probably launch rockets at motherfuckers treating me like that too.
Their way of dealing with terrorists, only breeds MORE terrorists...sounds pretty fuckin STUPID to me.
And the capper is...Dubya adopted that method...and see how well that's worked out for us...
that the only way to stop this violence is to convince Zionists God really promised them Oklahoma, and persuade Hamas that there are 72 virgins waiting for them in the Martyrdom of West Virginia. Then they will both be out of range of each other and we'll only have to move a few million gomers in trailers. Even FEMA can do that.
"that the only way to stop this violence is to convince Zionists God really promised them Oklahoma"
every jew believes that god promised them the land of israel
jews were in fact residing in the land, as a nation, when the romans expelled them
you are mocking reality and proving the point that when one uses the term zionist, he means jew
The Jews, Israelis, Zionists...whatever...have the right to slaughter indiscriminately because they believe that a deity promised them land in that region?
Yet one more reason I hate organized religion.
Me too!
people would be free to worship as they saw fit, but under NO circumstances would they be allowed to become so organized as to be powerful enough to influence government.
I'm just absolutely sick and fucking tired of religious extremists from the big 3 religions affecting my life.
I curse them all.
The Israeli Terrorist Force (ITF) has a long and sordid history of deliberately targeting UN and foreign people, vehicles and buildings. No one should be surprised that this happened.
The goal is and always has been the same: get rid of foreigners so the ethnic cleansing can go on unobserved. Why do you think Israel has banned foreign journalists from the Gaza Strip?
The ITF's war crime in the Rafah refugee camp, a deliberate missile fire on unarmed people, brought worldwide condemnation against Israel, but only because it was on video. The same atrocities go on daily but are ignored; it's only when incontravertible video evidence appears that the west is willing to criticize Israel.
More than food and medical supplies, Palestine needs a donation of video cameras to record the ITF's murderous acts. Recordings could be used to file charges against the Israeli government - the same charges people were convicted of and executed for at Nuremburg in 1945.
“In general, they did not complain about the lack of equipment or material,” he said at a news conference in Jerusalem.
"IN GENERAL" - oh U.N. protocolspeak....Seriously b.s. NO LACK OF EQUIPMENT OR MATERIAL!!?? Say what?! WHO in any war says that? WHO - in any country, during any attack, says "we're ok" at the hospital...- I would like to know how did this guy ASK THEM?? "Oh, look you are going to have to make do because no one can get anything TO YOU ANYWAY - so do you will manage right?"....
"Kucinich on the Destruction of the UN Headquarters in Gaza"
http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle...
Washington, Jan 15 -
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza on the House Floor:
“The attack on the United Nations headquarters in Gaza is further proof that a post-legal era in world affairs has taken shape; where law and moral principles are irrelevant, where might makes right, where retribution and vengeance, even against innocent children, fails to shake us from moral lethargy or political paralysis.
“Collective punishment, disproportionate use of force, using U.S. planes, helicopters and munitions to attack a wounded, starved and thirsty civilian population of mostly children trapped in a box called Gaza has become acceptable, perhaps because we have already accepted the deaths of over one million innocent civilians in Iraq in a war based on lies.
“There is a way out. We must ask those who were given our armaments for defense to stop the aggression, end the blockade, end the occupation, and reconnect with the high sentiments that rallied their own suffering, wounded people to nationhood generations ago. When we recognize the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, when we come to grips with the reality of suffering on both sides, we may yet find a way to save ourselves."
Were he President...the world would be better off...not that Obama's gonna suck...but Kucinich was my first choice.
Once again, Kucinich is showing why he is the most qualified person to be President.
thanks &_*
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