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BBC: UN criticises Israelis over Gaza
I wanted to make sure this wasn’t forgotten. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7958452.stm UN criticises Israelis over Gaza UN human rights investigators have questioned the legality of Israel’s Gaza offensive in a wide-ranging report to the UN Human Rights Council. One investigator, Richard Falk, asked how a military assault with modern weapons could have been made “against an essentially defenceless society”.… Read the rest
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Israel Claims It Has Met It’s War Aims And The Result Is…
Israel called a ceasefire on Saturday, saying it had met its war aims Anonymous Israeli officials, quoted by AP news agency, said the withdrawal would be completed before US President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on Tuesday. UN official John Ging said half a million people had been without water since the conflict began, and huge numbers of people were without power.… Read the rest
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PCHR Condemns IOF Use of Unidentified Incinerating Bombs Against Civilians, Causing Horrific Burns
14th January 2009 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) utterly condemns the mass killing of civilians by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) during its ongoing military operation in the Gaza Strip. The current death toll stands at 983, including at least 673 civilians, of whom approximately 225 are children.… Read the rest
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You’ve got to love the BBC and their “unbiased” reporting
This has just been published on the BBC website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7829912.stm I’ll quote some salient points Speaking to reporters on the Israel-Gaza border, Unrwa spokesman Christopher Gunness said three of the agency’s employees were hurt in the attack. He said the compound was hit by what Unrwa believed to be three white phosphorus shells, which are incendiary weapons used as a smoke screen.… Read the rest
