Noorse advocaten klagen Israël aan wegens oorlogsmisdaden

Volgens het communiqué van de zes advocaten worden onder andere Israël een "zeer uitgebreide terreuraanval die in het bijzonder de burgers van Gaza viseerde", "het doden van burgers" en "andere onmenselijke daden die enorm veel leed hebben veroorzaakt", aangewreven. Ook voor de "aanvallen op ziekenhuizen, gezondheidscentra en ziekenwagens, de vernielingen op grote schaal van private en publieke eigendommen" en "het illegaal aanwenden van oorlogswapens tegen door burgers bevolkte zones" zou het tiental zich voor de Noorse rechter moeten komen verantwoorden. Sommige van die oorlogswapens - witte fosfor en wapens die DIME bevatten - zijn op zich al illegaal.

Zaplog

URGENT: Kidnapped by the Israeli Navy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date : 11-18-2008 Fifteen Palestinian fishermen along with three internationals have been kidnapped in Palestinian waters by the Israeli Navy. They were fishing seven miles off the coast of Deir Al Balah, clearly in Gaza fishing waters and well within the fishing limit detailed in the Oslo Accords of 1994.

The fishermen and the human right's observers were transferred from 3 separate boats to the Israeli warships. Other Palestinian fishermen reported that the 3 boats were seen being taken north by the Israeli Navy.

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Extremisten plegen aanslag op Israëlische dissident

(Novum/AP) - De internationaal bekende Israëlische politicoloog Zeev Sternhell is donderdag gewond geraakt bij een aanslag met een staafbom. Sternhell is niet ernstig gewond geraakt. Volgens de politie werd de aanslag waarschijnlijk gepleegd door joodse extremisten. Sternhell is een prominent tegenstander van de kolonistenbeweging en voorstander van vrede met de Palestijnen

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40 Year Old Man Shot by Israeli Soldiers

Awad Srur, 40, was shot four times with rubber-coated steel bullets
from extremely close range as Israeli soldiers entered his house
looking to arrest his brother Akil Srur. One bullet was shot through
his eye, another at his head causing large internal hemorrhaging. 2
other bullets were fired into his chest.

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Full account of Muhammed Omer’s hair-raising encounter with the Shin Beth

From his hospital bed at the European Hospital in Gaza and with barely audible voice, award-winning Palestinian journalist Muhammed Omer has given a full account of the hair-raising encounter he had last week with Shin Beth agents at the Allenby Bridge border-crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.

Omer, a co-winner of the 2008 Martha Gelhorn Prize for Journalistic Excellence, said he was abused, assaulted , humiliated, ridiculed, kicked, and strip-searched at gunpoint by undisciplined Shin Beth officers until he had a nervous breakdown in which case he lost consciousness for at least 90 minutes.

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Daily Kos US Envoy Attacked by Right-wing Israeli Terrorists

"That sounds an awful lot like what our media describes as a terror attack, doesn't it? I suppose the label of terrorist is reserved for Muslims. I won't pretend to know the full significance of the term "settler" to an Israeli reader, but it seems very generous. "

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Cameraman killed by Israeli army

After medical examinations of Shana's body, Reuters said that Israel had used a controversial type of tank shell which scatters metal darts, or flechettes, around the surrounding area after exploding, risking civilian casualties. Israel refused to comment on the report, but stated that the weapons were not illegal.

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"I am a black South African, and if I were to change the names, a description of what is happening in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank could describe events in South Africa."

~Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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JUDAISM ILLEGAL IN ISRAEL

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IS THE MIDDLE EAST ABOUT TO BLOW?

The situation in the Middle East has become extremely volatile over the last few days what with the Israelis killing Palestinians by the score in the Gaza and the US provocatively placing their warships just outside of territorial waters off Lebanon. After months of festering, the Israelis and the US seem set to bring the entire Middle East to a head with the ultimate endgame being the final confrontation between Iran and the US and Israel.

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Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Kuwait have all ordered their nationals to leave Lebanon within the next 48 (now 36) hours. WRH

Also see this article (in Dutch)

Burgers gedood door Israëlische aanval

De Israëlische raket doodde volgens artsen en ooggetuigen drie werknemers van een Jordaanse bank die buiten hun lunch opaten.

NRC

GAZA: AN ISRAELI CALL FOR URGENT ACTION

January 21, 2008

We, the Israeli organizations signed below, deplore the decision by the Israeli government to cut off vital supplies of electricity and fuel (and therefore water, since the pumps cannot work), as well as essential foodstuffs, medicines and other humanitarian supplies to the civilian population of Gaza. Such an action constitutes a clear and unequivocal crime against humanity.

Full statement on Uruknet

J’ACCUSE TOUT LE MONDE

Israel does not carry the blame alone for the carnage we see in Gaza today. The world is aware of what is happening and they choose to look the other way…

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