When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared Hamas responsible for all the killings in Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, it was easy to dismiss it as an expression of the Bush Administration’s “special relationship” with the Israeli government and knee-jerk support for any killings with the word terrorist remotely linked to them. Yet it [...]
Already among the most devastating attacks in the history of the 60 year long clash between Israel and the Palestinians, the Israeli air strikes of the past two days show no sign of slowing down. Indeed, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has vowed to “expand and deepen” the mammoth bombing campaign as much as he deems [...]
Updated 12/29 5:55 PM EST There are two reasons a Gazan is outside today amid continuing Israeli air strikes, to bury relatives or to search for food. Food continues to be in short supply and shops are closed in what the UN is describing as a “disastrous” humanitarian situation. Dead relatives to bury are sadly [...]
Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip continues tonight, and people across the world are taking to the streets to protest against the massive death toll. Even in Israel, though police are quick to crack down on protests against the strikes, the rallies continue. Israeli police turned water hoses on protesters in the Israeli Arab [...]
With the world’s attention focused on the Israeli military’s killings in the Gaza Strip (over 300 as this article is written), comparisons are already being drawn between this war and Israel’s 2006 military adventure into Lebanon. Hard feelings remain between the two nations after that war ended in the deaths of over 1,000 Lebanese civilians. [...]
As the Israeli military’s attacks on Gaza move into their second day, there is no sign that the international calls for calm are getting any consideration. Indeed, with Israel advancing tanks to the border and calling up reservists the hundreds of Gazans killed in the first 24 hours of the onslaught may soon be a [...]
Updated 12/28 3:20 PM EST The first day of what Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak assures us will be a “long and difficult” war in the Gaza Strip has come and gone, leaving at least 300 Gazans dead, over 700 wounded, and one Israeli civilian killed and four wounded in retaliatory strikes. The number of [...]
As Prime Minister Ehud Olmert urged all Israeli citizens to unite behind the government’s decision to attack the Gaza Strip, hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Israeli cities to protest the killings. Several hundred activists in Tel Aviv rallied on the lawn of the Israeli Defense Ministry, condemning what they called “genocide and [...]
Israel’s long-promised attack on the Gaza Strip commenced in earnest today, with over 200 already dead as of the most recent reports. But at the Israeli Foreign Ministry mounts its “emergency international PR effort” to secure international support for what Defense Minister Ehud Barak promised will be a “long and difficult” military campaign in the [...]
by Justin Raimondo “There was no immediate comment on the Israeli air strikes on Gaza from Obama, who is vacationing with his family in Hawaii, or his staff.” This is how our incoming President has reacted to the worst attack on the Palestinian people in 20 years – by not reacting at all. The Bush [...]
