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Avi Shlaim: How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe | World news | The Guardian
A wounded Palestinian policeman gestures A wounded Palestinian policeman gestures while lying on the ground outside Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
Disproportionate Israeli Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
corner.nationalreview.com — Israel's Foreign Affairs Ministry has put out the following: Israeli humanitarian aid to Gaza 12 Palestinians from... Gaza transferred to Israeli hospitals for assistance and 2500 tons of humanitarian aid transferred to Gaza (Communicated by the ... (more) Disproportionate Israeli Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
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Al-Fakhoura School Bombed, 42 Killed, Including Children; 13,000 Homeless Water, Medicine in Short Supply
Informed Comment — ... Avi Shlaim of Oxford University gives an overview of the Gaza struggle. He explains that he believes the big mistake was for Israel to occupy the Palestinian territories in 1967 and to colonize them. ...

More Israeli Jews speak out against Israel's mistreatment of Gaza
Preemptive Karma — ... January 07, 2009 More Israeli Jews speak out against Israel's mistreatment of Gaza Yesterday it was Avi Shlaim with How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe . Today it's Victoria Buch with ...

Synagogue Burned, Anti-Jewish Assaults Soar
Pirate's Cove — ... Meanwhile, The Guardian tells us how everything that is bad in Gaza is Israel’s fault. I guess pulling out of the area and handing over the responsibility to the Palestinians was a bad thing, too. ...

Synagogue Burned, Anti-Jewish Assaults Soar
Stop The ACLU — ... of: The Community Security Trust, which is responsible for the safety of Jews in Britain, has also noted the emergence of anti-Semitic graffiti in Jewish areas across London. Slogans sprayed on walls include: ‘Kill Jews’ and ‘Jews are scumbags.’ The trust has now logged 24 anti-Semitic incidents - most of them in London - in the past week. Police are said to be stepping up patrols in Jewish areas. Come on, Brits, you need to fight back against this type of madness. Meanwhile, The Guardian tells us how everything that is bad in Gaza is Israel’s fault. I guess pulling out of ...

Avi Shlaim: How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe | World news | The Guardian
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — ... Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the June 1967 war had very little to do with security and everything to do with territorial expansionism. The aim was to establish Greater Israel through permanent political, economic and military control over the Palestinian territories. And the result has been one of the most prolonged and brutal military occupations of modern times. The big question is, can Israel exist without zionism? Go read the whole thing NOW!

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