Anonymous wrote:Arn't these people being used as human shields? If you set up camp in Gaza, your a puppet for Hamas. So Israel should run with their tales between their legs? What about the 3 boys that were killed?

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this the neighborhood? Was it already bombed?

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=25263

"They will bomb the Zeitun area and the people are already fleeing. The problem is that the priest Fr George and the three nuns of Mother Teresa have 29 handicapped children and nine old ladies who can't move."

The video shows the destruction of Beit Hanoun. Israel wants to expand its buffer zone within Gaza. I think they will destroy everything within the new zone. The new zone will take a huge amount Gaza's land, reducing Gaza by 40 percent. Gaza is already one of the world's most densely populated places on Earth.

Who are "they"?

Anonymous wrote:Arn't these people being used as human shields? If you set up camp in Gaza, your a puppet for Hamas. So Israel should run with their tales between their legs? What about the 3 boys that were killed?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arn't these people being used as human shields? If you set up camp in Gaza, your a puppet for Hamas. So Israel should run with their tales between their legs? What about the 3 boys that were killed?

and what about the palestinian boy killed in revenge?

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for posting the video clip Jeff. It has to be seen to be believed.

I posted this assessment by Avi Shlaim, professor emeritus of international relations at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, and author of Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations in another thread but it bears repeating:

"The occupation, the relentless expansion of illegal settlements, the construction of the monstrous "security barrier" on the West Bank, the demolition of Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem, the flagrant violations of international law, the systematic abuse of Palestinian human rights and the rampant racism – all are slowly but surely turning Israel into an international pariah. No sane Israeli relishes the prospect of living in a pariah state that maintains an apartheid regime. But few Israelis are ready for a truly honest historical reckoning with the people they have wronged and oppressed and whose land they continue to colonise. To blame the victims for their own misfortunes, as the people in power habitually do, is both disingenuous and despicable. This is no way for any nation to behave, especially one with such an acute historical memory of the bitter taste of victimhood."

May 14, 2014
The Guardian

As for myself - BDS - Boycott, Divest and Sanction. I won't be buying Israeli goods or goods from US companies with strong ties to Israel. A quick Google search which products to avoid.

Good point. Maybe someone can post Israeli products to boycott.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for posting the video clip Jeff. It has to be seen to be believed.

I posted this assessment by Avi Shlaim, professor emeritus of international relations at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, and author of Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations in another thread but it bears repeating:

"The occupation, the relentless expansion of illegal settlements, the construction of the monstrous "security barrier" on the West Bank, the demolition of Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem, the flagrant violations of international law, the systematic abuse of Palestinian human rights and the rampant racism – all are slowly but surely turning Israel into an international pariah. No sane Israeli relishes the prospect of living in a pariah state that maintains an apartheid regime. But few Israelis are ready for a truly honest historical reckoning with the people they have wronged and oppressed and whose land they continue to colonise. To blame the victims for their own misfortunes, as the people in power habitually do, is both disingenuous and despicable. This is no way for any nation to behave, especially one with such an acute historical memory of the bitter taste of victimhood."

May 14, 2014
The Guardian

As for myself - BDS - Boycott, Divest and Sanction. I won't be buying Israeli goods or goods from US companies with strong ties to Israel. A quick Google search which products to avoid.

Good point. Maybe someone can post Israeli products to boycott.

A barcode starting with 729 means a product was produced in Israel.

http://www.bdsmovement.net/

Go to the Campaign tab for information about product boycotts, divestiture around the globe and sanctions.

Anonymous wrote:How is the international community so powerless and impotent against Israel. They are able to levy sanctions against Russia, a nuclear power, a former superpower. What does AIPAC have on our government ???

Anonymous wrote:How is the international community so powerless and impotent against Israel. They are able to levy sanctions against Russia, a nuclear power, a former superpower. What does AIPAC have on our government ???

Anonymous wrote:It is all horrible. Illegal settlements is horrible. The damned wall is horrible. Jewish-only housing is horrible. No-black housing is horrible. Ethnic crimes against Arabs, both Christian and Muslim are horrible. The trade blockade against Gaza is horrible. People are becoming more and more racist and it won't ever stop. And now this.