Archive | August 7, 2014

#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas: No Reply from Israel on Ceasefire

  Friday August 08, 2014 00:24 by Chris Carlson – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group [Thursday Evening 8/7/14]: Hamas has stated that Israel has not yet replied to its ceasefire offer, warning of an “escalation” in hostilities should Israel failed to do so — this just hours before the three-day ceasefire […]

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Five Facts that the Israeli Government Would Prefer you did not Know

 By Anthony Bellchambers | Global Research, August 07, 2014 1. Binyamin Netanyahu claims to speak for the majority of world Jewry although, in fact, he represents only a minority of Jewish Israelis and Americans – those who support his right-wing, Likud Party. To many others, particularly in Europe, he is considered a US-financed, Zionist rabble-rouser […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Large marches in Gaza in support of Palestinian resistance – In Photos

[ PIC 07/08/2014 – 04:14 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Thousands of Gazans marched on Thursday in support of Palestinian resistance’s demands and the Palestinian negotiating team in Cairo. Member of Palestinian Legislative Council Mushir al-Masri said during the march that Gaza today is united behind Palestinian resistance topped by Qassam Brigades and Hamas Movement despite […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli soldiers question Tel Aviv offensive in Gaza

  PressTV | Thu Aug 7, 2014 12:18PM GMT An organization of veteran Israeli combatants says many Israeli soldiers have questioned Tel Aviv’s aggression on the Gaza Strip, as Israel stations its forces along the border with the besieged enclave in preparation for yet another possible offensive. Yehuda Shaul, co-founder of Breaking the Silence organization, told […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | More advanced resistance arms await Israel if truce breached

PressTV | Thu Aug 7, 2014 10:23AM GMT Palestinian resistance movements have stressed that they will use more advanced weaponry to ward off an Israeli offensive should the Tel Aviv regime violate the recently brokered ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a senior Iranian official says. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israelis ‘Withholding Information’ on Gaza POWs

  Thursday August 07, 2014 06:03 by Chris Carlson – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group Minister of Prisoner’s Affairs Shawqi al-Ayasa has stated that no information has been received concerning a number of Palestinians detained in Gaza over the course of Israel’s offensive on the region. Israeli soldiers hold Palestinians in […]

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Palestine | News & Headlines – Aug 7, 2014

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات | Daily News Overview Follow on Twitter for more live updates     WANT TO HELP #GAZAUNDERATTACK? Follow tweeps tweeting live from under fire and help them disseminate the real news! https://twitter.com/occpal/lists/gazaunderattack   Is Resisting Genocide a Human Right? 81 Notre Dame Law Review1275(2006). Conducting an in-depth study of the genocide in […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | If Palestinians Were Human Beings

By Shourideh C. Molavi |Global Research, August 07, 2014 Today the struggle for people of conscience appears to be less about convincing people that Israel is committing war crimes against Palestinians or grossly violating international law. Instead the struggle has become about convincing the world that Palestinians are human beings too. The ongoing televised genocidal […]

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Israeli Terrorism Update | Jordanian Family: “Israel Tortured Our Son To Death”

 Thursday August 07, 2014 09:00 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies A Jordanian family is accusing Israel of arresting and torturing their son to death, after detaining him during a protest, in Tel Aviv, in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. File – http://alarabalyawm.net The family in Amman – Jordan said Wa’el Salim Mustafa, […]

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Egypt Complicit in Israeli Siege on Gaza

By Sara Flounders | Global Research, August 07, 2014 Some of the fiercest attacks on Gaza have been Israeli attacks on the Egyptian-Gaza border crossing at Rafah. More than 100 Palestinians were killed in Rafah between Aug. 1 and 3, including 10 children at a well-marked school. Even U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who has […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel’s Unjust War on Gaza. “Self-Defense Against Peace”

“The aggressor cannot rely upon self-defence to justify violence against resistance to its own aggression.” By Michael Mandel | Global Research, August 07, 2014 We are bringing to the attention of GR readers this important 2009 article by the late Michael Mandel, distinguished law professor, focusing on the legal dimensions. Under Nuremberg, “the aggressor cannot […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli massacre in Gaza amounts to war crime: Larijani

Palestinian female mourners grieve during the funeral of a man killed in an Israeli airstrike, on July 22, 2014, in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip.   PressTV | Thu Aug 7, 2014 5:57AM GMT Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has denounced Israel’s brutalities and massacres in the besieged Gaza Strip as […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Reporters Without Borders (@RSF_RWB): Journalist Death Toll in Gaza Reaches 13

  Thursday August 07, 2014 09:35 by Chris Carlson – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group “As Israel announces the withdrawal of its troops from the Gaza Strip, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) reports that 12 Palestinian journalists and one media worker have been killed since the start of Operation Protective Edge on […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli soldiers cheer as lives are destroyed in Gaza – Video

    Published on Aug 6, 2014 by @ISMPalestine Video from an Israeli Defense Force soldier’s phone showing soldier cheering while bombing buildings, including Palestinian houses, in Gaza. Hebrew, with English subtitles. For full Hebrew video, see https://www.facebook.com For who does not understand the need or concept of resistance of Palestine, recommended read: The History […]

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Mounting evidence of deliberate attacks on Gaza health workers by Israeli army ~ by @Amnesty

There has been mounting evidence that the Israel Defense Forces launched apparently deliberate attacks against hospitals and health professionals in Gaza. © EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN Amnesty International | Aug 7, 2014 “ The harrowing descriptions by ambulance drivers and other medics of the utterly impossible situation in which they have to work, with bombs and bullets […]

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