Palestine | News & Headlines – Aug 15, 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 | Watch: Celebrities on Israel and Gaza – from the principled to the obscene – Video

Redress | Aug 13, 2014 From Selena Gomez to Bill Maher, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem to Zayn Malik of One Direction, celebrities young and old have shared their thoughts on the Israeli aggression against the people of the Gaza Strip. Here’s a recap of what the stars (including Mark Ruffalo, Joan Rivers, Jon Voight, […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Authority: $34.4 million worth of damages to Gaza water sector

Ma’an News Agency | Published Thursday 14/08/2014 22:03   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Water Authority said on Thursday that the water distribution network in Gaza had suffered $34.4 million worth of damage as a result of the Israeli offensive over the last five weeks, including dozens of destroyed facilities. The immense scale of […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Amid destruction, ordinary Gazans open homes, churches to displaced

Islam Times | Aug 14, 2014 Islam Times – The first day the bombs began to fall on Gaza, Refqa al-Hamallawy called a meeting in her office at the al-Najd Developmental Forum where she is president to formulate a plan of action. As the windows of the Gaza City office were rocked by thuds both […]

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Dutch official suspended for (accurately and truthfully) saying Zionists created ISIS

Originally posted on The Ugly Truth:
Project leader at Justice Ministry said establishment of terrorist group was a ‘plan to blacken Islam’s name’ Times of Israel A Dutch government employee who said the ISIS terrorist group was a Zionists conspiracy has been suspended pending further disciplinary steps. Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten announced the decision…

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#GazaUnderAttack | America Giving Israel a Pass on Civilian Deaths

By Gareth Porter | Global Research, August 15, 2014 WASHINGTON – United Nations officials and human rights organisations have characterised Israeli attacks on civilian targets during the IDF war on Gaza as violations of the laws of war. During the war, Israeli bombardment leveled whole urban neighbourhoods, leaving more than 10,000 houses destroyed and 30,000 […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | War Crimes in Khuza’a, Gaza Pile Up – Israel Used Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields

By Alex Kane | Global Research, August 15, 2014 Israeli soldiers check their weapons on the southern border with the Gaza Strip. (Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked the U.S. for help in combatting charges of war crimes committed over the last month in Gaza. He will definitely need […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | If the East Bay Was Gaza How Would You Feel?

If Shoe Were on the Other Foot Dissident Voice/ by Rick Sterling / August 15th, 2014 The Palestinian enclave known as Gaza is approximately 25 miles long by 5 miles wide. It is about the same area as the East Bay from Oakland in the north to Fremont in the south. To the west is […]

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11-Year-Old Boy Bled to Death by Israeli Army, Attempts to Rescue Prevented by Live Fire – Photos

By Kelly Lynn | Global Research, August 15, 2014 Thousands gathered shortly before afternoon prayers on Sunday in Fawwar refugee camp south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron to mourn the death of eleven-year-old Khalil Muhammad al-Anati. Israeli soldiers shot Khalil with live ammunition outside his home that same morning on 10 August after forces […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Egypt denies Kuwaiti aid entry into Gaza

MEMO | Friday, 15 August 2014 14:44 ‘ This action is not appropriate in the difficult circumstances that Gaza is witnessing as a result of the brutal Zionist aggression’ The governmental committee charged with receiving delegates in Gaza denounced the Egyptian authorities for denying a Kuwaiti aid delegation entry into the Strip.The committee, affiliated with […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Media hype fails to whitewash Israel crimes

 Smoke fills the air after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on July 26, 2014.   PressTV | Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:37PM GMT The media campaign by Israel’s allies to conceal its crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip has failed, a senior Iranian lawmaker says. Chairman of Iran Majlis National Security and Foreign […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Dutch man Henk Zanoli returns award over Israel killing of Gazans

  PressTV | Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:12PM GMT A Dutch man, who had been awarded one of Israel’s highest medals, has returned the title in protest against Tel Aviv’s brutal killing of Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip. In a letter to Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands, 91-year-old Henk Zanoli wrote that after […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | 2.5 million bullets used by Israel during Gaza offensive

[ PIC 15/08/2014 – 02:46 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– At least 2.5 million bullets and tens of thousands of projectiles were used by the Israeli occupation army during its military offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip, an Israeli army official said on Thursday evening. The Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth quoted the anonymous army official as saying […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | FAO: Gaza agricultural sector sustained long-lasting damage

[ PIC 15/08/2014 – 04:14 PM ] NEW YORK, (PIC)– The UN food and agriculture organization (FAO) said in a report released on Friday that “the fighting in Gaza has forced farmers and herders to abandon their lands and has paralyzed fishing activities.” The report pointed out that the local food production has been halted, […]

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#WatchIsrael | Israel breaches again 5-day ceasefire

[ PIC 15/08/2014 – 04:23 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli tanks fired two shells on Thursday night at agricultural lands east of khan Younis southern Gaza Strip in flagrant violation to the five-day ceasefire reached between Israel and Palestinian factions. Eyewitnesses confirmed that the Israeli artillery opened fire at Palestinian lands in Khan Younis. No […]

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