ISRAEL / GAZA
Israel pounds Gaza after Netanyahu promises prolonged battle
“Gaza is a graveyard,” sing joyful Israeli youths
“The more the dead, the better”: Israel’s crumbling media war
US Stands Alone in Vote Against UN Inquiry Into Gaza Assault
Resolution passes, despite US opposition, as body approves official inquiry into “all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law”
Five Israeli Talking Points on Gaza—Debunked
Israel claims that it is merely exercising its right to self-defense and that Gaza is no longer occupied. Here’s what you need to know about these talking points and more.
Israeli attacks designed to “terrorize” Gaza population, international law experts say
Netanyahu government knew teens were dead as it whipped up racist frenzy
Netanyahu Aide Advocates Genocide
“They are all enemy combatants, and their blood shall be on all their heads,” the post reads. “Now this also includes the mothers of the martyrs, who send them to hell with flowers and kisses. They should follow their sons, nothing would be more just. They should go, as should the physical homes in which they raised the snakes. Otherwise, more little snakes will be raised there.”
URI AVNERY: ONCE AND FOR ALL
Israel Provoked This War
Washington Complicit in Israel’s War Crimes
Israeli War Crime: Video Shows Sniper Killing of Wounded Gaza Civilian
Posted at Facebook this morning: an interesting insight into how the media is reporting the Crisis in Gaza, from Naomi Wolf:
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“Eran Efrati below posted an extremely important report alleging that Israeli soldiers are leaking to him sniper attacks on civilians in Gaza looking for their loved ones. He alleges the soldiers say this is collective punishment of I D F dead. I need to know if you are willing who you are Eran that is…a journalist? Aid worker? Citizen? And dates and location you got this info and the motivation for the soldiers leaking to you. Also post the YouTube video please you cite of the civilian being shot by sniper fire. I am having headsplitting experience of my editors saying that if the IDF denies an atrocity I can’t cite it. As if the IDF is a final unbiased arbiter of history.” Naomi Wolf
How many Palestinians have been killed in Gaza?
It is imperative not to be numbed by the death toll numbers reported every day from Gaza.If the same proportion of Americans were killed as Gazans in relation to the population in the past two weeks, it would equal over 172000 Americans dead.
Bill Maher shredded by Glenn Greenwald on US intervention in Muslim countries
MSNBC’s Sole Palestinian Voice Rula Jebreal Takes on Pro-Israeli Gov’t Bias at Network & in US Media
“…. AMY GOODMAN: The AlterNet writer Max Blumenthal spoke to an anonymous NBC producer who, he said, described, quote, “a top-down intimidation campaign aimed at presenting an Israeli-centric view of the attack on the Gaza Strip,” unquote. In his piece for AlterNet, Blumenthal wrote, quote, “The NBC producer told me that MSNBC President Phil Griffin and NBC executives are micromanaging coverage of the crisis, closely monitoring contributors’ social media accounts and engaging in a
Why Is a Nice Network Like MSNBC Silencing Protest Over Pro-Israeli Coverage?
Immunity and Impunity: Fear and Loathing in Gaza
by Rabbi David Seidenberg
I posted this yesterday in the Chatroom.. Today Naomi Wolf commented about it this morning at facebook:
“So the new documents posted below from Hamas as of 2006 call for equal rights for all under the law….transparency..a hand extended to all…”The homeland is for all, it is the destiny and future of al..” This is QUITE DIFFERENT from the language still posted on AIPIAC-supported websites and widespread in Israel, that Hamas still calls for wiping out Israel and Israelis. This sounds more like the One-State solution I have been writing about. MAJOR CORRECTION OF THE RECORD. That said, who are “Samaritans”? If they are Jews/Israelis, fine with me. Also…it is nice to see this document titled “A New Hamas” but as a reporter I note that I still don;t know for sure that this is the last word since 2006…the wording could have gotten worse..and also I don’t know the status of this document. Is it just some random scholar? Or does it have formal status as the position of Hamas currently?”
From 2006:
Hamas drops call for destruction of Israel from manifesto
· Shift comes in lead-up to Palestinian election
· Commitment to armed struggle remains
“No Safe Place”: After Deadly Attack on Gaza School, U.N. Warns 150,000 Seeking Shelter are at Risk
Blockading the Truth: Obama’s Big Lie About Gaza
The secret report that helps Israelis to hide facts
The slickness of Israel’s spokesmen is rooted in directions set down by the pollster Frank Luntz
How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
Israel Firing on journalists
UN Official Calls Out David Gregory For Using Unconfirmed Israeli Propaganda Video
Israel is not my birthright
I was raised to think the country was ours by divine right. But this horror has challenged even my deepest beliefs
Shira Lipkin
Netanyahu Wins Larry Silverstein Award for Chutzpah
The Larry Silverstein Award for Chutzpah Above and Beyond the Call of Duty has been awarded (unfortunately not posthumously) to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his recent statements blaming the “telegenic” victims of Israeli genocide
Israel’s War of Attrition in Gaza
When the Daily Mail’s Max Hastings turns against Israel, you know it’s in deep trouble
Israeli lawyer: What is happening in Gaza brings disgrace on Tel Aviv
In Tel Aviv, thousands protest against the Gaza operation
Some 7,000 protesters were estimated to attended in the biggest protest against the operation thus far, alongside a small protest in support of the IDF.
Ted Rall Cartoon
UKRAINE
The Only Thing More Shameful than the Shelling of Eastern Ukraine is the Silence From the Left
RT Anchor: If Missile Was Russian, It Shows Why Governments Shouldn’t Give Weapons To Militias
25 Recent Events in Ukraine the U.S. Wants You To Forget
State Dept. accuses Russia of firing artillery into Ukraine, refuses to provide any evidence
“It’s true because I say so!”
Saying, “It’s true because I say so”, hiding behind “sources and methods” when a reporter asks you for evidence, and subsequently citing social media as “evidence” Doesn’t pass the smell or the Laugh test.
The Cuomo-Lavelle “Debate” About Ukraine
Blaming Russia as Flat fact
Washington Is Escalating the Orchestrated Ukrainian “Crisis” to War
Our Troops March and Drive Into Eastern Ukraine Bearing Nazi Insignia and Mass-Death
Crisis in Ukraine: A Retrospective on Russia and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Russians in London: ‘It’s official policy now to hate us’
POLITICS
What is Clintonism?
Hillary as Reaganite Malware
My party has lost its soul: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and the victory of Wall Street Democrats
A former Clinton aide on how Democrats lost their way chasing Wall Street cash, and new populism the party needs
ENERGY
Germany Sets New Record, Generating 74 Percent Of Power Needs From Renewable Energy
EDUCATION REFORM
Teachers unions to Education Secretary Duncan: Leave!
HuffPost: How the Koch Brothers Are Bringing Their Ideas to High School Students
IRAQ
Former CIA Agent: “The ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Was Trained by the Israeli Mossad”
ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Trained by Israeli Mossad, NSA Documents Reveal