Unanimous Consent
When Israel acts, Congress applauds. No debate required. By Glenn Greenwald In most of the world, the Israeli attack on Gaza is viewed as an intensely controversial act and, more commonly, an excessive, unjustifiable, and brutal assault on a trapped civilian population. But not in the United States-at least not among America's political and opinion-making elite. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21805.htm === Gaza: 'I watched an Israeli soldier shoot dead my two little girls' By Donald Macintyre in Gaza City Grieving Palestinian father says children were killed after family obeyed order from troops to leave Gaza home. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21801.htm === Embedded With Gaza Medics Must see video: WARNING - Video depicts the reality and horror of Israel's attack on the people of Gaza - Viewer Discretion Advised. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21811.htm === Israel Wanted a Humanitarian Crisis By Ben White Targeting civilians was a deliberate part of this bid to humiliate Hamas and the Palestinians, and pulverise Gaza into chaos. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21802.htm === "Prima Facie Evidence of War Crimes" by Israel 5 Minute Video Report Channel Four News journalist Johnathan Miller travelled to Gaza where he interviewed civilians sheltering in a UN run school attacked by Israel using white phosphorus munitions. The attack - described as "Outrageous" by the UN Secretary General - was filmed by a school worker on his mobile phone. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21803.htm === Israel Accused of War Crimes Gaza offensive 'a crime against humanity': UN Special Rapporteur By Chris Gelken "Gaza is ablaze," he told the UN General Assembly, "it has been turned into a burning hell." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21796.htm === Posturing and Laughter as Victims Rot By Robert Fisk Mahmoud Abbas stepped further into humiliation by saying the only option for Arabs isto make peace with Israel. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21795.htm === In Case You Missed It Exposed: The Gaza Bombshell By David Rose With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former and current U.S. officials, the author reveals how President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy National-Security Adviser Elliott Abrams backed an armed force under Fatah strongman Muhammad Dahlan, touching off a bloody civil war in Gaza and leaving Hamas stronger than ever. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21800.htm === Israel's Doctrine of Destruction Bombs to 'send Gaza back decades' By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth Diplomats point out that, even if western aid flows to the Palestinian Authority, it will make little effect if Israel maintains the blockade, curbing imports of steel, cement and money. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21804.htm === Now We've All Seen Through The Israeli Government's Excuses If the Hamas rockets are so lethal, why doesn't Israel swap an F-16 for some? By Mark Steel The worrying part about whether the ceasefire in Gaza can hold together will be whether the international community can stop the flow of arms to the terrorists. Because Israel's getting their planes and tanks and missiles from somewhere and until this supply is cut off there's every chance it could start up again. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21799.htm === PM Gordon Brown, Here Is My Shopping List For Palestine By Gilad Atzmon In his desperate attempt to appease notorious Israeli war criminal leadership, Brown pleaded to redeploy the British Navy in the region. "We'll send Royal Navy to help fight (weapon) smuggling," said the British PM. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21797.htm === Zionism is an Incurable Disease of the Mind By Zaid Nabulsi To describe the colonial immigration to Palestine of a European people with no proven historical link to the ancient Israelites - and whose great, great recorded ancestors have never set foot there - as some kind of a "return" to that land is indicative of a perverted misunderstanding and misapplication of the verb to "return" and can only be a result of a disease of the mind. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21798.htm === Iran Defends Right To Arms In Gaza By Reuters "Iran has said today resistance groups around the world like those in Gaza had the right to have access to weapons to fight against "colonialists". http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21809.htm === --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
