Hamas: Talks with Israel fatal

The exiled leader of Hamas has warned that talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority could be a 'fatal blow' to the Palestinian cause.....

Four 'Commandos' Killed off Gaza

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian "commandos" at sea off Gaza on Monday, medical sources and witnesses said, as the military said it had foiled a...

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'Feel the hate' for Obama

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"My grandmother was in Auschwitz, Obama," he adds. "We're not going to take any Auschwitz bullshit! Listen, Obama, my grandma's number was 1268493, I remember her number on her arm, dude. And listen, never again will we deal with this, never again!"

Last week, Israel flattened a small outpost near the West Bank city of Ramallah

"We do not intend to build any new settlements, but it wouldn't be fair to ban construction to meet the needs of natural growth or for there to be an outright construction ban," Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu

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WORLD WAR III: "New Israel would be 'ill-advised' to attack Iran..."

US Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday the new Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be "ill-advised" to attack Iran, but stressed that it was unlikely to do so.

"I don't believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu would do that. I think he would be ill-advised to do that," Biden said in an interview with CNN, when asked about possible Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

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"Adolf Hitler would have had me exterminated.." - Taking Sides In The Middle East..

This is an interesting article we found, entitled: Taking Sides In The Middle East

by Burt Prelutsky. Here is an except...

Israel’s foes believe in targeting women and children just so long as they’re Jewish or Christian. They are not only intolerant of the freedoms we take for granted — speech and religion — but they are polygamous, treat their women as chattel and encourage their children to achieve martyrdom as suicide bombers.

Moreover, so-called honor killings are part of what passes for their culture...

Source: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com

Rabbis pushed "religious war" in Gaza

"Their message was very clear: we are the Jewish people, we came to this land by a miracle, God brought us back to this land and now we need to fight to expel the gentiles who are interfering with our conquest of this holy land," he said..

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"Shoot and don't worry about the consequences. His whole demeanor was extremely gung ho. He said in this operation we are not taking any chances...."

"According to the code, a soldier has to do his utmost to avoid civilian casualties and that involves taking some risk," said Moshe Halbertal, a Jewish philosophy professor at Hebrew University….

Read more the killing of innocent civilians in gaza....

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Gaza's Tunnel's Being Hit By Israel. U.S. Envoy on The Way

Israeli aircraft bombed smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border on Wednesday in a response to the killing of an Israeli soldier, violence that strained a fragile ceasefire before the arrival of a U.S. peace envoy...

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Source: reuters

BREAKING: Israel Accused of Using Farmers As Human Shields

METHODS used by the Israel Defence Forces in their assault on the Gaza Strip have raised questions about whether Israeli military commanders authorised the use of Palestinians as human shields - a charge Israel has repeatedly made against Hamas...

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Source: smh.com.uk

Israel in the dock over attack on Gaza

By the time the shooting stopped, more than 100 Palestinians had been killed for every Israeli who died. Was every death lawful? And, if not, where does the fault lie? ..

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Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk

The 14 promises of Obama on Israel

The Obama Promise Tracker is an electronic tool with which to follow all the promises the new President has made - 895 by its inventor Todd Smiths count.

Of these 895 promises, made between February 10 2007 - the day he announced his candidacy - and November 4 - the day he was announced President-elect - 14 are tagged under "Foreign Policy, Israel"...

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Doctor's Three Daughters Killed

"I had just left the room, carrying my youngest son on my shoulders. Then a shell came through the wall.I rushed back to find their dead bodies - or rather parts of their bodies - strewn all over the room. One was still sitting in a chair but she had no legs..

A Palestinian obstetrician who specialises in treating infertility, he lives in Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip, but used to work part-time in Israel helping Jewish women to have babies....

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Source: bbc news

Hamas terror: every Jewish child now a target

"They have legitimised the murder of their own children by killing the children of Palestine," said Zahar, in a video recorded from his hiding place in Syria and broadcast on Hamas's al-Aqsa television.

"They have legitimised the killing of their people all over the world by killing our people." ..

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Source: guardian.co.uk

Papal: Vatican compares Gaza to Nazi camp

The pope's minister for peace and justice was accused yesterday of speaking like a Holocaust denier after comparing Gaza to a "big concentration camp"...

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Source: the independent

Israel and the west will pay a price for Gaza's bloodbath

After killing 50 civilians in UN schools sheltering refugees - "C'est la guerre", the Israeli minister Meir Shitreet told the BBC when asked about the atrocities - the Israeli government agreed a three-hour daily lull in the carnage for "humanitarian purposes", as diplomatic manoeuvring intensified over a possible ceasefire deal. All this at the cost of only 10 Israeli dead, six of them soldiers.

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Source: guardian.co.uk

Obama camp 'prepared to talk to Hamas'

The move to open contacts with Hamas, which could be initiated through the US intelligence services, would represent a definitive break with the Bush ­presidency's ostracising of the group. The state department has designated Hamas a terrorist organisation, and in 2006 ­Congress passed a law banning US financial aid to the group...

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Source: guardian.co.uk

Hamas warns of 'black destiny'

Hamas's Syrian-based chief Khaled Meshaal told Israel that "if you commit the stupidity of launching a ground offensive then a black destiny awaits you…..

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Source: smh.com.au

Hamas resilient despite Israeli onslaught

"Israel has destroyed the buildings, but Hamas is still here," Ahmed Yousef, a Hamas spokesman, said Thursday, the sixth day of the bombing campaign. "There is no anxiety over the existence of Hamas even if they destroy all of Gaza because we are among the people."..

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Source: guardian.co.uk

A Mother's 5 Daughters Killed

As the latest war between Israelis and palestinians escalates, and as Israel continues to drop missiles into the Gaza strip, many civilians have been killed.

This is the story of 5 daughters, all killed during the deadly bombings targeting Gaza. One daughter, Iman Balousha, survived. Now Iman and her mother Samira, tell their story.....

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Source: the washington post, with reporters Sudarsan Raghavan and Islam Abdel Kareem