By Khalid Amayreh in Ramallah
There seems to be a perfect conformity between Gabi Ashkenazi and his last name. The Israeli chief of staff is considered one of the main Israeli war criminals responsible for the virtual genocide against the Gaza Strip during the past winter. O… Continue
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Israel and the United States started on Wednesday their largest-ever air defense drill simulating missile attacks on the Zionist entity dubbed Juniper Cobra, officials said.
During the two-week maneuvers,Juniper Cobra, some 1,000 American personnel will mesh ground- and ship-based missi… Continue
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1949: French and Israel atomic researchers start to exchange information. Israeli Defence Force Science Corps begins two year geological survey of the Negev desert in search of recoverable Uranium.
1952: Israeli Atomic Energy Commission is created. Its chairman, Ernst David Bergmann of Israel's Weizman Institute of Science, "the father of Israel's bomb," has been promoting nuclear armed missiles for Israel since arriving after World War II. Newly elected President Eisenhower will refuse to sell… Continue
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Netanyahu vows never to let Israelis be tried for war crimes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he would never allow any of the Israel's leaders or soldiers to be put on trial for war crimes.
Netanyahu opened his fiery speech at the inauguration of the Knesset's winter session by blasting the Goldstone Commission's report sponsored by the United Nations, that accused Israel of committing war crimes during its war against militants in the Gaza Strip last year.… Continue
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Sunday, October 04, 2009
UN's El Baradei: "Israel Is Number One Threat to Middle East"
The top nuclear inspector at the UN does not believe that Iran is the number one threat in the Middle East.
He says Israel is the number one threat.… Continue
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(CNN) -- Palestinians on Tuesday urged the United Nations to "punish" Israel as a scathing U.N. report accused the nation of war crimes during its military offensive in Gaza last winter.
But Israel rejected the investigation as one-sided and shameful.
The report accused Israel of committing "actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" during its military incursion into Gaza from December 27 to January 18.
Richard Goldstone, the South African judge who headed the U.N. inv… Continue
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By Paul J. Balles
24 September 2009
Paul J. Balles considers the “lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia” inherent in the hypocritical reactions of Israeli officials, and of Israel’s apologists in the United States, to the UN report on war crimes in Gaza.
Israelis and their Zionist supporters in the US are having temper tantrums over the latest UN Human Rights Council report on the attacks in Gaza. Judge Richard Goldstone, a South African war crimes prosecutor, led the investigating… Continue
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International Atomic Energy Agency says Jerusalem must join Non-Proliferation Treaty, allow it to monitor its facilities. Iranian ambassador hails decision as 'triumph'; 'Israel will not cooperate with this resolution,' says Atomic Energy Commission official
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Published: 09.18.09, 18:18 / Israel NewsThe UN nuclear assembly voted on Friday to urge Israel to accede to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and place all atomic sites under UN inspections, in a surprise victory… Continue
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The AIPAC crowd is going to have a hard time with this. Israel's uber-hawk Defense Minister (and the most highly decorated soldier in its history), Ehud Barak, says that an Iranian nuclear weapon would not pose an existential threat to Israel.
Today's New York Times reports that Barak told Israel's largest paper Yedioth Ahronoth that "Iran does not constitute an existential threat against Israel." Asked specifically about a nuclear armed Iran, Barak said, "I am not among th… Continue
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FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 file photo, Palestinians react after hearing news that their mother had been killed in Israeli shelling in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military used reckless force during the fighting in Gaza earlier th… Continue
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The Israeli prison guards are denying the right for Mairead to access her medicine. Continue to email and call Mark Regev and Shlomo Dror and express your outrage over the treatment of the FreeGaza21 while they are imprisoned. The women have no access to their luggage or their clothing.
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Israel Should Release Camera Footage of Deadly Attacks
June 30, 2009
(Jerusalem) - Israeli attacks with guided missiles fired from aerial drones killed civilians during the recent Gaza fighting in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The attacks with one of the most precise weapons in Israel's arsenal killed civilians who were not taking part in hostilities and were far from any fighting.
Th… Continue
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Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada, 30 June 2009
Seventeen-year-old Wafa al-Najjar was about 800 meters from the border with Israel when she was shot in the kneecap by an Israeli soldier. (Eva Bartlett)
"There was an explosion, maybe 20 meters away. Then another im… Continue
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Making Illegal Spying Legal Holder Refuses to Call Warrantless Spying Illegal
by David Swanson
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Global Research, June 17, 2009
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In probably the most disturbing testimony to hit Capitol Hill since Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the Ho… Continue
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B. Michael says Independence Day report that Jews comprise 75% of Israel’s population inaccurate
B. Michael
Published: 05.02.09, 14:12 / Israel Opinion
On the eve of the recent Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics maintained the tradition of publishing the number of Israeli residents at this time. The total figure provided was 7.4 million people.
There was also some happy news on the occasion of the holiday: The overwhelming Jewish majority in the country has been maintained. Ac… Continue
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Israel on Monday urged Spain to stop a Spanish judicial investigation into a 2002 bombing on the Gaza Strip, saying it "contravened the clear position of the Spanish government."
Spanish National Court judge Fernando Andreu announced Monday that he will pursue his investigation into a 2002 Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip, despite contrary advice by prosecutors at the court.
In response to the decision, Israel's Justice Ministry said it was "convinced the Spanis… Continue
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The United Nations blames Israel for the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, calling on Tel Aviv to end the fatal blockade.
Describing the conditions in the impoverished Gaza as alarming, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Ro… Continue