Fourth anniversary of massive Israeli assault on Gaza

Dec 27, 2012 | MEMO The first day was the bloodiest of the war, with the largest number of casualties since the creation of Israel in 1948. December 27th 2012 is the fourth anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza, known in Israel as “Operation Cast Lead” and in Palestine as “The Battle of al-Furqan’. […]

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Israeli report: Cast Lead war on Gaza cannot be considered a victory against Hamas

[ PIC 15/09/2012 – 11:53 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli institute for the national security studies said the military operation “Cast Lead” that was waged against the Gaza Strip in 2008 and 2009 cannot be deemed as a victory in the war against Hamas. According to Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, the institute added in a […]

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I’m A Cast Lead Survivor ~ by @ImNadz

Every day, Occupied Palestine weblog features an article of the new and very promising Beyond Compromise weblog where the youth from and outside Palestine are bringing you uncensored stories and share their experiences about occupation.  And… no compromise will be made about the rights.  A must follow. Today: Nader Monzer from Gaza aka @ImNadz June […]

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Justice ministry: We will prosecute Israeli leaders at international courts

[ PIC 14/05/2012 – 07:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The justice ministry in Gaza has said that Israeli occupation crimes against the Palestinian people were not subject to a time limit. The ministry said in a statement on Monday on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of Nakba that the Palestinian people were adamant on […]

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Human Rights Group: “A Dark Day For International Justice”

 Wednesday April 04, 2012 23:11 by The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – PCHR ICC Office of the Prosecutor decides not to open investigations into situation of Palestine The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) issued a statement Wednesday expressing its extreme disappointment following the decision by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International […]

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ICC sides with Israel, rejects Gaza war crimes probe

Published Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | Al Akhbar Amnesty International accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of “political bias” after it refused to investigate crimes carried out by Israelis during the 2008-9 Gaza War. The court’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Palestinian Authority to clear the way for the permanent war […]

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No apology after Israeli spokesman tweets 2009 bombing footage

Published Monday, March 12, 2012 Al Akhbar English An Israeli spokesman has refused to apologize after tweeting a video of a bomb attack in Israel from three years ago while discussing the current violence. Israeli forces have killed at least 20 people, including a 12 year-old boy, in the past three days in an ongoing […]

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Lack of construction material in Gaza – video

Related : Never Cast Lead Again – in pictures PressTV – Broadcast Date: 02 Oct. 2011 Israel’s 22-day war largely singled out residential neighborhoods, destroyed thousands of homes, hundreds of factories and 80 official buildings in the strip. In an international donors’ conference for the reconstruction of Gaza held in Egypt in March 2009, 4.5 […]

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OCHA: More Palestinians displaced this year than 2009, 2010

[ 01/08/2011 – 10:36 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The UN Organization for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories has issued a report documenting that home demolitions in Area C of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem this year had nearly doubled when compared to the same period of last year. The […]

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Palestinian dies of wounds suffered during the Israeli war on Gaza

13-06-2011,11:09 |  Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades Al Qassam website– Gaza- Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man died on Saturday of wounds suffered during the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip between December 28 and January 2009. Six members of his family, including two of his children, were killed when the army bombarded their home. […]

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Death Without Mercy: Israeli Attack on Gaza 2009 – video

To give the video the needed background, I would have started it with statements explaining why the desperate homemade rockets where fired in the first place, or better yet, replacing the name Hamas by dispossessed Palestinian refugees. That is what Hamas really is in fact, the people who have been waiting to get back to […]

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Goldstone’s Backtrack: Some points to remember

by Tom Pessah on April 2, 2011 | Mondoweiss Justice Goldstone, author of the famous report on the 2009 attack on Gaza, published an op-ed today in which he seemed to be retracting some of his claims. He wrote that “while the investigations published by the Israeli military and recognized in the U.N. committee’s report have […]

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What if the world community reacted to Israel’s Gaza attack like it did Libya? How the 2008/09 Gaza “war” should’ve happened

  March 29, 2011 | Kabobfest Operation Cast Lead It’s Saturday, December 27, 2008. Dozens of families gather together in Gaza City to celebrate the graduation of hundreds of prospective police cadets. Suddenly, the ceremony is interrupted by several explosions. Chaos ensues as men, women, and children are strewn about the now-destroyed police academy. As […]

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