Since Israel’s air salvo against the Gaza Strip escalated into a growing ground invasion, the death toll is soaring. Sunday was the deadliest day yet of the war, and Monday is on track to pass it considerably.
The death toll among Palestinians is up over 100 more today already, with the overall death toll now standing at 630, overwhelmingly civilians and including well over 100 children.
Another seven Israeli soldiers were killed today as well, bringing the overall toll on the Israeli side to 25 soldiers, and two civilians. Israeli officials continue to talk up further escalation of the conflict.
The question of when and how the war will actually end remains unclear, with no real exit strategy in place and Prime Minister Netanyahu making only vague references to a return of calm, even as he continues to make the situation less calm by adding more and more troops to the situation.
The war may also be expanding beyond the strip to some extent, with reports emerging of Israel’s military attacking an ammunition warehouse north of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, apparently on the notion that the ammunition would eventually be funneled to Hamas.
What is happening to the Palestinians people is similar to the American Indians who are now left to live on restricted land reservations, with no real economy other than gambling revenue, no hope for a future and the slow demise of their identity as a people. This is what the U.S. government did to the North American Indian tribes in the 19th century in order to expand to the south and west of the continent.
The theft of Palestinian sovereign land and water rights in the West Bank, ongoing harassment of Gaza Strip farmers and fishermen who try to sustain their pitiful economic existence and the eradication of their culture by redacting historical truth is the Zionist's ultimate plan. Israel uses an ongoing military siege strategy to defeat Hamas in Gaza and contain the PLO in the West Bank. They surround the Gaza enclave and prior to this current attack, kill Palestinian civilians by land and sea with impunity for the slightest provocation.
Operation Protective Edge is nothing short of blatant murder of non-combatants who have no where to seek shelter from the Israeli onslaught of terror and mayhem. If Israel's purpose was to secure tunnels which are one of the few ways the Palestinian freedom fighters can strike back at their oppressors, then why use tanks to blow up hospitals and bombs dropped from airplanes to destroy buildings? This is genocide, plain as the words read from this blog.
Hamas must accept the inevitable fact they are no match for the Israeli military and their hope the world will renounce Israel is not going to happen this way. They must devise another strategy to secure the future of themselves as indigenous Arabs who have every right to their sovereignty in the State of Palestine. What they need to do:
1. Have more Palestinian political leaders, scholars, entertainers, etc. and other influential people learn to communicate in English. If Netanyahu can articulate his perversity to the American people so can Khaled Meshaal's press secretary present a skillful rebuttal at a United Nations meeting.
2. Establish more cultural exchanges (e.g., art, music, theater, etc.) with non-North American subservient countries (e.g., Nordic, Asian, South American, etc.) using the United Nations as a channel platform. In other words show the world the real Arab culture: its creativity, beauty and intelligence.
3. Ask the Russian Federation to allow a Palestinian astronaut to participate in the International Space Station science experiments. This will inspire Palestinians to look "up" to the future.
4. Promote even more international tourists to visit the Gaza Strip as soon as the Israeli’s finish their grisly amusement. This seams implausible at first; who would come to see all the destruction of a society who’s citizens are occupied? However this is exactly what needs to be done. Invite the world to come and see what a modern “gulag” looks like, show how the people cope and survive, watch the children with missing arms and legs play a game of soccer who can still smile and laugh at their oppressors, give away bomb flechettes as souvenirs and other artifacts recovered from the Zionist’s ghoulish acts of perpetual war. In other words, mock the occupation; it’s no big deal, life goes on.
5. Show the world the futility of Zionism. It is Israel who will be the losers in the end because they have to spend much of their economic and human resources to sustain an occupation and fund and train an expensive military machine instead of seeking a true compromise with its border neighbor, the State of Palestine
The great warrior Sun Tzu once said, "Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory."
The victory the Palestinian people must first win before any actual battles are fought is to change the world’s perception of who Palestinians are: a nation of people whose heritage is rich in historical significance, who endure the arrows of Goliath the Zionist and who are courageous survivors who will not bend to anyone.
I wish I could click the approval thumb a thousand more times.
You can if you really want to, you just need to make a different account for each thumbs up. Shouldn't take you that long. And, support is support, you don't necessarily have to pick up a gun or strap on a vest.
Very well said. Ugly Issie will of course try to put the kibosh on any attempts the Palestinians make to have normal diplomatic or cultural ties with other countries and there will be backlash for the other countries who attempt to form these ties with Palestine. This should make the two parties more determined than ever to establish relations and side-step and ignore the threats, screed and hysteria that will issue from the Zionist hole. There is protection in having close ties with powerful nations as the Zionists found with regards to the good ole USA.
the "palestinians" don't need to ask the Russians to allow a Palestinian astronaut to participate in the International Space Science experiments to inspire them to look "up" to the future.Their holy prophet used to fly on a donkey. They don't need those spaceship thingies, there are plenty of donkeys in the middle east.
http://feraljundi.com/173/funny-stuff-potential/
Jokes aside, wouldn't it be best for Palestinians to just get rid of islam? I mean they are in one of the most developed countries in the world and Jews are educated, kind people. I mean if they just wanted to exterminate the Palestinians they have the means to finish that within a day. But they are losing soldiers. Why? They aren't blood thirsty like they are portrayed in the media. They got plenty of Drones but still they send in soldiers to limit the casualties among the civilians.
When muslims kill others, its Holy.
When others fight back and muslims die, thats genocide.
Baby killer
Oh Infidel, displaying your Hasbara intellect (or lack of) yet again!!! The only reason why your beloved IDF won't finish off the Palestinians within a day is for 2 reasons – Firstly, they would know that the whole of the Islamic and non- US supporting world would retaliate both by symmetric as well as asymmetric warfare (Google Pakistani nukes as opposed to Israeli nukes – makes for interesting reading). Secondly, it pays for the zio-con likudniks to keep this status quo going as the only way Israel can exist as a rich & powerful nation is by constantly playing the role of victim to her mighty protector, the US – thus receiving BILLIONS of $. And as for the concept of war….when the west do it, it's war for "democracy", "liberation" and "self defence" – yet go to Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza to see what "democracy", "liberation" and "self defence" really looks like. Perhaps when Israel gets its head out of its a$$hole of victimhood and playing the guilt of the holocaust, and dumps the hell-hole ideology of far right zionism, will there truly be a chance of peace. The one bit of hope that I have is that there are some progressive Israelis who see the immorality of the occupation and their numbers will hopefully grow. Until then, I wish all zionist-likudniks, like yourself, catch a bad case of genital herpes and hopefully become sterile. Have a $hitty day you Hasbara POS!!!!
The sound and smell of Hasbara trolls touching themselves, angry, small-d!cked nerds who can't get laid salivating with glee over bombing of civilian infrastructure and the violent killing of women and children (war crimes if any other nation but holy mother Israel does it) is really getting nauseating.
Lol @ the expert on male anatomy. Stop hating so much, go make love to your sheep/goat.
Sweetheart, there are no free lunches. If the US funds Israel then it has its own motives. But hard to talk sense to people like you, Just keep blaming the Jews for everything. Open an atlas and count the number of islamic countries and the area they possess. You can adjust a million people very very easily. But no, they only want that 30 kms by 50 kms stretch of land. And are you gloating over Pakistani nukes? Try reading about the plight of minorities there, or wherever ISIS is working and then show some support for them too. If muslims are backward they only have themselves to blame. Blaming the jews won't take you far.
Infidel, Infidel, unlike your pea-brained intellect, I DO make a distinction between Jew and Zionist. I know from personal experience that not all jews are bad or that not all muslims are saints. There is good and bad in every race, place and faith. But unlike you, I prefer to call a spade a spade, and only target my anger at twats like yourself who fail miserably at seeing the immorality of occupation or gloating at the sight of innocents dying, rather than generalizing that all Muslims/Jews etc are good or bad. You mention ISIS – well let me disabuse you of any notion that I support scum like that – I DON'T. To me, ALL extremism, be it Zionism, Nazism, Jihadism or neo-conservatism, is evil. So as I said in my earlier post, pull your head out of that gaping a$$hole of yours and maybe pass on that wasted brain cell you have to someone who might make better use of it.
No question there are lots of Jews who are kind people. But the monster political institution that Israel has become is not kind. It does things under the guise of its own survival that no individual "kind" Jew would do. Institutions are not like people. You want to make excuses for Israel like blaming the victims? Blame the institution of Islam. After all two wrongs make a right. Thats a joke. Ha ha.
What option do the Israelis have? be driven into the sea? The muslims think of Jews as apes because thats what their prophet used to do. Imagine being surrounded by people following the most backward, misogynistic, bloodthirsty ideology, and PREVAILING. The arabs did attack Israel and then had their asses handed to them. You don't like Israel then go get some.
A bit of an oranges and apples comparison with America, but i agree Israel is in the wrong.
Amen, Brother!
Palestinian resistance fighters have killed over 40 Israeli soldiers since Tel Aviv started its offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Spread this news. The world hopes the zionist invaders who kill babies and their mothers to be destroyed totally and completely.
Amen!
Good. God bless the brave Palestinian freedom fighters, who will never give up in the quest for statehood. The further Israel drives them into the ground, the harder they come back. Talk about determined.
The more dead IDF the happier everyone is. Only monsters, wingnuts and those encumbered by forced chastity get off on this sort of one-sided violence.
So sad the Israeli government/culture can convince its young people to go die to terrorize Palestinians into giving up hope and the rest of their land.
And we are paying for it.
As the WORLD lays prostrate YET again to ISRAELI ATROCITIES many more innocent WOMEN & CHILDREN ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED FOR THE 'GREATER– IS RA HELL….
There are now reports that Israel is targeting homes and schools as well as hospitals. They lie when they say that they are doing everything they can to avoid civilian casualties. I was surprised…as was the spokesman for Israel…when Andrea Mitchell ask him why did they target the four Palestine boys who were playing on the beach. He blustered..claimed it was an accident and said it would be investigate. More lies.
Here is a fun exercise:
1. What would you do if you were the Israeli PM?
your citizens are bombed daily and the bombers are hiding among civilians
2. what would you do if you were the Hamas leader?
your citizens are killed and besieged by Israel (and Egypt) and the world largely ignores your plee
Here is a fun exercise!
1) How does one fight a sociopathic populace brainwashed into believing it is something that it has never been? This populace being Israel thus commits war crimes daily with the most advanced military in its region against indigenous people who actually own their land, but cannot fight back…
2) Should the leader of Israel be justifiably targeted since it is he who with premeditated murderous intent plans and gives the green light to all of the crimes in Palestine?
3) Should those people being Zionists be targeted for elimination since they are culpable in their maniacal support of the IDF, and its fellow criminal organizations lie Shin Beit, an the Mossad?
Where are the corrupt Saudis? They fund and arm radical sunni jihadists to kill other muslims who they consider heretics but when their fellow brethen are being slaughtered by their supposed enemy, they sit quietly?
why Human are so foolish …;; politician exist through religion & patriotism . Reject these there will be no war.
Need to teach … Deep down both of these are stated 1000s year back for political interest only.
Religion suck , patriotism Suck.
Saudis are just puppets trying to stay in power, thus they carry out USG/Israel terror in the region. Look at what is happening in Bahrain, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. At home use false flag operation and 'war on terror', a hoax, to frighthen gullible people into submission and The evil empire and the colonist zionists need servants to implement their geopolitical design, 'greater Israel' according to Oded Yinon protocol. The terrorists in washington will overthrown Saudis elite when the time is ripe too. Use them and then destroy them, to bring other stooges in. They have done in their entire dark histroy, and call it "American Exceptionalsims" . Saudis fund USG's and Israelis' wars to kill Muslims,and put their behind at the service of the evil empire and its extension Israel.
This is Not religious war. It is a plot by the evil empire and the zionist murderers to bring the region under full control. Thus, what sucks it the gullible people who have fallen for the USG propaganda LIES. What sucks is NOT religion, it is the embedded 'journalists' & corrupt 'intellectuals' who help USG to fool its own citizens.