Category: War
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UN retracts claim deadly Israeli strike hit Gaza school
The United Nations has retracted a claim that an Israeli strike which killed more than 40 people in northern Gaza city of Jabaliya last month on January 6th which had targeted a school run by a UN agency. The attack sparked an international uproar and the UN responded very strongly even the Secretary General Ban…
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Insurgency in Swat – Pakistan Army & Solution
Abdullah Saad in his second part analysis of the insurgency in Swat has presented a well thought out plan on how to stop this insurgency in the Northern areas of Pakistan. He first analysis the mistakes made by ANP and the new government, which may have irreparably damaged at least 6 months of efforts made…
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Insurgency in Swat – An analysis
Abdullah Saad writes a very thought provoking article trying to understand the insurgency in Swat. In the first, he makes an attempt at describing the history of Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shareeat-e-Muhammadi and their political and religious motives behind this war. While in the second part of his analysis he tries to divulge the details of Pakistan Army’s current…
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Support the release of Israeli Shministim’s
Shministim – are 16, 17, 18 and 19 year old students studying in the 12th grade – these are a new breed of conscientious objectors in Israel and right now they are taking a stand. They believe in a better, more peaceful future for themselves and for Israelis and Palestinians, and they are refusing to…
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Oxford University occupied by students in protest for Gaza
In the first week of term, over 80 Oxford University students have occupied the historic Bodleian building to demand that the university releases a statement condemning the attack on Gaza and cancel the lecture series at Balliol College inaugurated by Shimon Peres. The protest was also joined in by ten more British universities namely SOAS,…
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Israel TV broadcasts a Gaza father’s heartbreak
Israeli TV broadcast a father’s heartbreak Friday night when a Palestinian doctor living in Gaza made a frantic phone call to a newscaster saying an Israeli tank had shelled his home, killing three of his daughters and injuring other family members.
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Outcry over Arms Shipment from US to Israel via Greece
Asteris Masouras a Global Voices blogger from Greece shares a very shocking report. With the war raging in Gaza, news reports emerge earlier this month about the routing of an extraordinarily large shipment of arms from the United States to Israel through the Greek port of Astakos caused an uproar among Greek bloggers. They rallied…
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Rudderless Invasions: Wasted Lives and Opportunities
Guest Post by Temporal who blogs at Baithak Israel has agreed to another unilateral ceasefire – like Sharon did in Lebanon – to be broken at will some time in the future. The costs are well known: Over 1200 dead Palestinians a majority of them civilians. Billions of dollars worth of infrastructure destroyed US arms…
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Help Gaza with five minutes of your time !
To donate to the Palestinian Embassy: Account Number 22497900126003 Habib Bank Islamabad Branch Embassy of the State of Palestine, House No. 486-B, Street No. 9, F-10/2, Islamabad, Tel: 2291185, Fax: 294703. Thanks to the Sabbah Blog *** PLEASE SPREAD WIDELY *** After the successful email campaign, it’s time to move to the next level: calling…
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Jewish Rabbi confesses “Israel should not exist” – Fox News pulls video
FOX’s Neil Cavuto conducted probably what was perhaps a very significant interview in 2006 where Neil Cavuto asks whether Israel should exist and Rabbi Yisroel Weiss from Jews United Against Zionism tells him, and the world, Mideast violence would stop if Israel ceased to exist. The interesting part in all this controversial interview is that…
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Palestine is Still the Issue – a video documentary by John Pilger
John Pilger a journalist has produced this video highlighting the Palestinian issue. John Pilger produced a video titled “Palestine Is Still The Issue” which has never been aired in 25 years due to the sensitive nature of it ‘being the voice for the Palestinians’, The video is definitely A MUST WATCH video and would request…
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Karachi: Protest against the Israeli Apartheid and Attack on Gaza
*******CALL OUT TO ALL CITIZENS OF KARACHI****** [singlepic id=1005 w=100 h=240 float=right]While Olmert claims to be considering peace agreements and a truce, ” The Israeli military has received the green signal to continue its apartheid and murderous assault on the citizens of Gaza. More than 700 Palestinians have been murdered and more than 3,000 seriously…
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Brazilian cartoonist on Gaza Genocide
[singlepic id=1005 w=100 h=240 float=right]Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff creates artworks that call on the world to condemn Israeli holocaust of Gaza. IT IS CALLED GENOCIDE. AND THE WORLD REMAINS SILENT….! Carlos Latuff’s statement on his Deviant Art website I’d like to beg all viewers to spread this image anywhere, as a way to expose Israeli war…
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Venezuela expels Israeli envoy over Gaza ‘Holocaust’
It was heartening to read that the Venezuelan government on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador to Caracas in protest to the Israeli military’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. President Hugo Chavez called the events in Gaza a Palestinian “holocaust” and said the presidents of Israel and the United States should be tried for…
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Avaaz.org – STOP the bloodshed in Gaza
The bloodshed in Gaza is escalating while diplomats talk — the death toll now stands at over 600 people and rising, almost half of them civilians and over 100 children dead. As Israeli tanks, airplanes and artillery bombard thickly populated urban areas, hitting UN schools yesterday, thousands more have been injured and 1.5 million terrified…